For me as long as viable solutions are offered, criticism is fine.
The issue with RoflWaffle was that he saw that the first negative GT7 video he made did well, and then it started coming across like he was cashing in on that negative sentiment.
That's why I encouraged him to make a video along the lines of "How I would design a racing game" to put a more constructive spin on it. There were probably others wanting a similar thing, and likely himself too, as he eventually made this:
I see what you're saying, but I just think he had a long list of issues and wanted to cover them in separate videos. It's also possible he wanted to find a balance between growing a channel, where multiple videos does well, but not cutting up stuff just for the sake of it. Brevity is important imo, his videos are very tight in that sense. So I don't really have a problem with him splitting it up to talk about his grievances when each video still feels fully featured and is tight.
I really liked the My Version video as well. I can see how some would get a bit fatigued by the criticism. As someone who has issues with the game, the critique is something I don't mind watching, as it's quality content and I really enjoy his style of videos. But for those who feel like it's a bit much, I can see it. But I think that's more of a personal taste thing rather than a video quality thing. They are all well structured and good faith videos and it covered a wide variety of issues he had.
Variety is good indeed, don't get me wrong. Had it gone on for years, I would agree that it was time for a change. I just feel like it wasn't necessarily an objectively bad thing that he did a series on all of the issues he had with the game.
As someone who plays the UFC games, I could make like 8 long videos all on the game's issues, and going over ways to fix them. They, to me, are critical and important things that need changing. It'd be one thing if it was a minor thing that wasn't really a problem. But when they are fundamental game design or other significant problems, I don't think it is cashing in on the negative sentiment.
At the same time, I don't see the idea of splitting them up into multiple videos to be 100% cashing in. It's kind of both I think. You make the videos to begin with because you have issues you want to talk about. But also, if you want to grow your channel, putting the individual topics into separate videos is a good way to go, regardless of the sentiment around the game.
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