There is no speculation on whether or not the sim is a WIP, as it is still obviously a WIP shown by the continued work of the developer for the last year. The reviewer is just stating his opinion on the sim and could easily state his opinion that the sim is still a WIP. Its not like reviews are that accurate anyway, just opinions of those with varying knowledge of the development.

The problem with reviews is that they are taken at a certain point in time. Jason for example seems to have a problem in that a lot of RoF reviews were done in the early days, they didn't do RoF any favours, and the magazines are not interested in updating them.
That can cause a real issue later on down the line.

You can hardly expect the reviewer to be sure its going to be finished if the developer is so vague about what will be finished, plus CLOD has been out for 10 months now, he prob thinks it IS finished.

No, I know you and I think all will be ok in the long run, but it would be foolish to predict the positive outcome of future work on this as a done deal in a review. There are many factors that could cause this or any other sim to not get fixed. SimHQ is doing another review on this later for that very reason.

That is a definite problem for ROF, while COD has a chance for a reprive when the sequel is released.

I'm not saying they should predict a positive outcome, I am just suggesting that the reviewer should reflect the fact the developer hasn't finished working on the sim.

I agree we certainly don't need anyone saying anything positive about the sim.

I hope that the devs actually read all the reviews and take the time to keep reading after the reviewers talk about the bugs, because the next thing they always talk about is the lack of content. Adding another 50% performance boost or another plane is cool, but if there isn't anything to do with them besides play a broken campaign or get into another uninspired furball. These reviews are not going to change their tone even if the engine is running at 300fps on a Pentium II. Either give us some additional multiplayer modes, or give us the tools to make the game fun for everyone, not just the "kill:death ratio: sperglords who only care about their stats.

I thought it was quite positive Chivas. It could of been much worse. Reviews should be honest and truthful to the version he has.

Are you really believing that every player, who is having now with CoD, is described by your description????