Yeesh. No man. Not at all. The game is about discovery and most people are playing it like it's a linear rollicking blockbuster adventure game, like Uncharted or something.

The whole point of the game is communication. You trying to communicate with Trico sure, but Trico also tries to communicate with you and instead of just trying to teach him what you're saying, the game is also about learning what he's trying to say. He has ideas on what to do too and the more you learn his sounds and noises, the better you understand each other and the better and more responsive the game gets. But most people just seem to be skipping that part. "Do what I want you stupid thing!" Ugh. You're missing the whole point.

Do people know you can just place barrels above you without having to throw them? Or that Trico makes sounds in the game to communicate to the player the same way the player makes sounds to communicate with Trico and once you recognize them, the game is more smooth sailing? Or that you can help in combat by pulling of soldier's helmets once they're down? Or the butterflies symbolize how many secrets are nearby? Or you can hold the L3 button down to meditate which can provide hints on what to do? Or that R1+X scolds him to reset whatever he's doing, or makes him sit making his tail easier to grab?

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People were complaining back when SotC came out about the empty world you have to traverse between colossi. The whole point of the empty world was to provide what "pillow shots" do in Japanese Cinema; giving you a pause to think about the game, what you're doing and interpret what's happened without leaving the context of the film. But people didn't get that. They complained and complained about how empty and boring the world was.

People are similarly complaining that Trico doesn't do exactly what they want him to do. They don't get it; that isn't what the game is about. This isn't a 'oh I know what to do, now I need to give the command to do it' game. This is a kind of brotherhood experience where two entities are communicating across impossible obstacles and through impossible circumstances.

In time, this game will be as well regarded as SotC was but too many people don't understand Ueda games. These aren't puzzle games where you figure it out and move on. It's about little discoveries and amazing moments and, if you have the patience to learn what the game is trying to say, this game has those in spades.