The truth is that hardcore 3fags will never be able to cede an inch about it having shortcomings, because the game was hyped from the word go as this epic big-brain masterpiece for smart and philosophical people.

That image of what they believe 3 to be, and what they believe liking that image says about them makes them feel good. Admitting that 3 like most other RPG games to ever exist does some really stupid shit at times, would be a massive ego death to them. Thus anything 3 did wrong must be met with excuses and deflection to preserve the idea of perfection that it never actually met. These type exist for the other games but not in such a number, due to those games each having a relatively restrained hype cycle with low expectations.