I mean it literally is a game, what else would it be?
Companies releasing complete editions of games once all the DLC released that bundles together the base game + the DLC is not anything unusual.
modern discourse over critic reviews be like:
critics don't like something you like? 'oh who cares what critics have to say, they're out of touch elitists with what audiences actually like'
critics like something you like? 'anyone who says this is bad or they didn't like it was wrong, it good...