i didnt say the review was necessarily credible. but it definitely sounds more thought out and in depth than the one from ign. he goes into detail about what he liked and disliked about the game and why.
when compared to the videos ive seen of live 14 the ign review sounds like a completely different game. he says the midrange game is nonexistent and players dunk far too often. yet in most of the games ive seen its the opposite. players have been forced to take bad shots because the defense is not awful. in the hum vs hum game from nadasfan you can clearly see that playing at least somewhat smart basketball actually works and not working for decent shots is penalized. he doesnt really mention ai at all. he says that play art is missing even though its not so that just makes it look like he spent very very little time with the game itself. basically its like hes bashing the game based on the visuals. he said the games controls lag but i havent heard that from anyone else. it sounds more like hes trying to play the game like old versions of live and theyre not instantly doing what he wants because its not physically possible.
thats just the impression that i get from reading the ign review. it didnt seem to be objective at all. almost like he had an agenda. even the beginning of the bleacher report review started out negatively but it was warranted and he did go into what was expected vs what was delivered.