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To my understanding it's that the game looks like complete ass (even compared to other DC games released a decade or more ago) and is probably a prime example of everything wrong with AAA games these days. Hell if I know if there's any "culture war" shenanigans over this (probably? I haven't watched any videos about it or read anything, though I've seen it mildly mentioned) but from an outsider's view about it... it just doesn't look appealing, at all.
Personally I can't really bring myself to care, because I don't play such games (most western AAAs) anymore, nowadays. Without outrage, who would even be talking about a game like this anyways? To me it's like people fighting over their opinions of a turd on the sidewalk at this point. I get why- these people still care about the franchises, they still have hopium for all these studios and whatnot going strong for... some reason? And they probably spent 90$ for the turd on the sidewalk and now feel like dupes.
I was raised considerably into a lot of the hallmarks of nerd culture myself, but I've long let go of these franchises. If a good game or show comes out I'll try it eventually, maybe (or have it on the backlog anyways). I get the frustration (if it happened to Monster Hunter or something I'd be pretty upset) but I suppose luckily for me, these games and western franchises in particular were never "it" for me.