General / Off-Topic Forum posters angry with developers

[Marak]

And if I don't like how a game plays? Am I not allowed to criticize it because I don't have a masters in game design?

Of course you are - I think I'm making the same point you are.

Game PLAYERS are probably the best audience to criticise games. Coders may criticise the mechanichs of a game, players are more interested in how the game plays and whether it's fun, which IMO is more important.