I don’t think I’ve played any of his other games to answer from personal experience. The reviews I’ve skimmed lead me to believe that it’s his best work yet, but that someone who asks “Is this more overwrought Cage crap?” is still going to hate it. I don’t mean that as some sort of passive-aggressive jab at your hostility, just that it sounds like even at his best so far, it’s not going to change the minds of people who don’t like his writing.