Maybe it's normal for big game dev's like EA or Eidos because they cannot release a big title again and again and it's really not bad game but many gamers used to say that it's crap just because it's old title made again with nothing better except new story, enemies etc. It's true but there's no time to make something better...
I'm mad on all of this "new industry practises" like hurry up with progress and let some bugs came into project because game should be made in one year... All that stuff is made for money, really big money worth buying reviews and other PR / marketing shit. I hate all that lies heard from PR guys...
When I'm done with part of my work (Level Design) I'm on a lookout for every little review about the game to see is it was cool, what looks crappy and many other things that makes an art - not a typical games factory workers to release the product, but an artists that want to see the honest reviewer's score...