Detractors bemoaned the group for seemingly choosing Supertramp and Queen as influences. Some commentators have bemoaned the rise of Tim Hortons as a national symbol. Many critics bemoaned the lack of guitar, obscured vocals, and unconventional song structures. Strachan bemoaned what he perceived to be bad luck. Critics bemoaned the gameplay's repetitive use of falling down holes. Shubhra Gupta bemoaned that she was "watchable, if increasingly, exasperatingly familiar". Kollar bemoaned the character models as its one visual shortcoming. These not only bemoaned their dead, but cried aloud for food. Benjamin Lee of "The Guardian" bemoaned that she had been miscast as an uptight woman. That loss for Scottish history has been bemoaned by Scottish historians. Fellow GameSpy writer Christian Nutt bemoaned HAL for abandoning "Lolo" for "Kirby". In the dark they bemoaned their fate with the soldiers. "Harper's" essay "Perchance to Dream" bemoaned the state of contemporary literature. It further bemoaned a "tendency towards handwaving and gobbledygook to resolve the plot(s)". The French writers bemoaned the loss of life to Charles VII's cause.