How is this anything new? Medal of Honor has been pulling this schtick for many years. These rail sequences and "following commands" are all part of war games.
90% of shooters are linear, so any criticisms about linearity are immediately questionable.
I take offense that reviewers are just now noticing this. All things considered, if you wanted to make this criticism, it would have been more valid 4 or 5 years ago when I started complaining about it.
Also, that Destructoid response doesn't really argue anything overly substantial.