First of all, Cap, nothing good is going to come of this line of action. Jonny is just defending one of his own from flak about one of their less popular opinions, something I've done for you on a quite a few occasions, like your Halo review.
That said, if Stan just explained WHY he didn't like the game, like citing examples of where the controls didn't work for him and how he would choose to improve upon the game, I wouldn't say boo to the review. I'd still consider it harsher than it should be, but all things considered, I'm still willing to believe that someone could form the opinions contained within if they're well-enforced with reason and logic.
Even if I don't agree with the conclusions, I could still see how he came to them and I'm sure the review would have drawn much less flak.
When I gave WoW a 3/10 in my review, I made damn certain to explain calmly and carefully why I felt it deserved that score and how I came to the conclusion I did. I still took heat for it, sure, but if someone wanted to argue it, they had to argue against my points rather than my opinions.