It really comes down to how people wanted things to remain the same and those who are accepting of the changes made. I see both as valid, but will say that those who want the old always have the old games.

I was going to say the same thing, Edge are harsh as hell with its reviews so how the hell does a game with clear issues and problems which seem to take a step back for the franchise gain a 9 when everyone is giving it lower for legit reasons.

I want to try this game, because one of the new leader is our country's National Hero Jose Rizal.

Hard to tell, metacritic is already at 68 review scores and opencritic was at 100+
A single review score in any direction is unlikely to make an average move unless the numbers were right at the tipping point. I certainly don’t see opencritic move at this point