I wouldn't pay too much mind to reviews post-purchase. Hell, I only look at reviews to see if there's warnings about some major issue but that's it.
That said, I rated it with a possitive review because I like games with werewolves (and cool monsters in general, like in Aarklash) and because the game felt like it tried to provide the player with fun (it gives you some choices, it allows you to bypass stealth a lot of times, fun decissions like choosing violence while some NPC is talking, etc) but I can see how people on the edge leaned more towards the negative side. The game is a bit shallow, repetitive and short. Whomever doesn't buy it for some old school fun with werewolves will most likely be disappointed.

If the game is decent and I can see an effort on the devs' side to give me legit fun and entertainment I will always support that. And I think that was the case here.

One thing I'd love to see from Cyanide would be more from the Confrontation franchise. Maybe something like their manager-style games but managing a warband of wolfens and other factions.

Anyway, it's good to see there's other people that liked this game.

Cheers.

I also think the reviews are too harsh. The game is a little lacking in character animations (like head tracking), but I don't mind it. The game is like a mix of sneaking and smash 'em up. Honestly, I mostly just love the whole "werewolf" theme. It's always been my favorite cryptid. I'm still progressing through the story, but I am enjoying it, so far.

no game is perfect. story, graphics and animations aside, I had a blast playing this game. and bring on more werewolves.

The review system needs to be taken with a grain of salt, there are too many people with nothing better to do than complain. It's like you say, it was never meant to be anything aside from an old style slasher. Personally, I liked it. It ran well, which is always a bonus, and the combat was fun and the story engaging. What's not to like?

The game is very repetitive, pretty boring..Same doors, same moves, same evemies except few bosses...

the game literally bad. the enemies wont chase you outside they designed room. you can literally butcher one person in one room and alert entire crew, but when you move though another room by a door and leave the door open, the enemy cant past that door they dont even know how. they simply thinking u vanish. when you there standing in front of door. its wild to think you though this game have redeemed qualities.

and dont get me started with open world element, the worlds is empty, you are werewolf and you fighting leaf animal that hella week, they can at least make some creepy monster in forest for you to fight but no they choose simply leaf zombie in same model over and over.

you are werewolf, you are mythological creature, they can make another myth creature for you to fight, but they simply not doing it. if nothing in forest scare your werewolf pack beside military and their gundam toys, why they even losing in first place?, they not avatar who just taller version of human, werewolf have enchanted speed strengh, everything. they can ripped those gundam off any moment, and somehow they losing because choosing fight the gundam head on like these mma match, while they can use forest environtmen and they speed to dismantle them easy like alien vs predator when hunting human, the story not make any sense.

and beside that all you can do in open world element is just collecting interaction point by talking to some tree spirit and the talk barely 30 seconds. what is this? playstation 2 level of exploration?

Lol it does kind of remind me of wolverine origin and a touch of castlevania los 2 from the stealthy parts that don't look like they mix in well and i feel like the trailer should be playing "Rules of Nature" song. Sorry for that long run on sentence, but this game is cheap right now so i'm willing to try it out. You can get this game for like $2 right now or in a bundle with other games for a little more.