They're not wrong though? I really don't see the point of being mad at the headline rather than at the predatory game. Nothing wrong with the first, but the latter... Oh, the latter.
I was gonna defend it because it's gacha... but the article doesn't even focus on it being gacha, it focuses on it being a typical mobile RPG. Like, the problem with mobile RPGs is NOT the ability based quasi-turn combat, nor is it inherently bad to make an XCOM one.
I wish more publications did this. Some games are absolute dogshit cashgrabs. Most just dance around it like "It doesn't live up to the legacy of its name."
Yeah. It sucks. We get it.