I don't understand these "GAF was wrong" / "so many eating crow" comments.
If you followed the earlier threads, everyone seemed to acknowledge that this would get good scores/review well, but the complaints weren't about that.
It's just a huge departure from everything we appreciated about older Tomb Raider games, and involved so many modern gaming conventions, that it almost felt like it didn't have it's own identity.
That said, it is great it's reviewing well although some of the reviews don't read like the scores that were given. I'm excited to play it myself/judge it accordingly.