Credit needs to be given to Hold Your Fire for having the notion to take on trigger - happy shooter tropes, but the overall execution of the idea just makes it feel adrift. (metacritic.com)
Ideas work more like currency there, but as you point out (and I think this is common), someone else's execution of the idea often falls short. (janefriedman.com)
When you get the timing down right, however, the free movement in Sunset Overdrive may be the best execution of this idea since Jet Set Radio. (dailydot.com)