mrstickball on 25 November 2008
I think the major issue to the reviewers is that they didn't install it, as the review was most likely finished before NXE launched.
From my understanding, installing the game resolves the large majority of issues with the game. Notice that reviewers aren't knocking the gameplay, they're knocking the technical issues (and why are they attacking that, given that Mass Effect and Fallout 3 have had game-breaking issues?)
Back from the dead, I'm afraid.
