think there can be varying degrees of negativity. When it's an engine based flaw or glitch then I can understand some negativity if slider adjustments cannot help mask part of the flaw. But, I have seen people complain that this is unreasonable and they slam a game without tweaking sliders to adapt to their style or skill. They scream a good game shouldn't have to. Thinking that 4 levels of difficulty and not having to adjust sliders will cover all gamer's skill sets is purely ignorant or just plain lazy. Now, if sliders cannot fix or reduce a major flaw then I can agree with them.
Also, we have the ones who complain about the slightly off colored uniforms, Little Joey is missing the arm band, the cannon is facing South not North, the hot chick who sits in the 3rd row is missing, etc... These people are probably younger and never played Pong and cannot appreciate how far graphics have come and so therefore look for any little detail error.
Yes, it can get frustrating when something works or is a nice feature in one year and then just mysteriously is omitted or becomes broken. This is what I find frustrating.
Lastly, I think some are irritated with EA's progression on the next-gen consoles. Many feel that they are not producing features from old-gen fast enough and therefore have no tolerance for any flaws. Paying $60 for a game each year and feeling like it was a minor upgrade and in no way warranted full selling price has definitely peeved a few. I can understand this frustration.
Hey, as I think about it, people here sound like Eagles (Philly) fans. Even when they're good they are not good enough. Passionate yet critical!