The Polygon review is ridiculous, and it's the kind of thing the bigots latch onto to justify their stance. The thing is, the bigots and Gamergaters then strawman EVERYONE based on the few particularly obnoxious examples like the Polygon review. It became clear very quickly that the manufactured "controversy" about Gamergate had nothing to do with supposed ethics and was all about spreading sympathy for bigots and misogynists.
A good example is the (completely unjustified) often misogynistic attacks on the GameSpot reviewer. She spent a small part of her review on the issues that typically trigger the bigots but people misrepresent her review acting as if that was the majority of it, or even the significant cause of her score. Her review is actually very detailed on her thoughts, and while many may disagree with those points, the "Gamergate" types latch onto small parts, make dozens of topics (literally) on the subject, and then establish echo chambers that often of course diverge into bashing transgender people and just overall bigotry.
I've seen people who never even read the review claiming "most of it" is about "cultural appropriation," when she never says that in the entirety of the review and some of her focus is on how the lore differs from the tabletop game.
Point blank: Gamergate was a far-right recruitment drive. Sadly, it was successful. Nutty extremists like the Polygon "reviewer" give fuel to it, but they do not justify it.