Polygon's absolutely terrible Watch_Dogs review

Not to grammar nazi you lost me at that period when it should have been a comma lol

And I don't follow your logic, the budget does impact the gamers experience because the budget is one of the important factors that determines limitations of the game.

I don't think that was quite the point. Yes, the budget affects how large the scope of a game can be while still remaining functional and polished, but that doesn't matter to the player. A game riddled with bugs is still riddled with bugs regardless of how much money went into its production. A critic shouldn't say "oh well this game isn't as polished as GTA but I mean GTA had a huge budget so I can't really mark it down for that."