Low reviews aren't good from whatever source. This game really needs at least 1.5M players to have legs given that the 1.5M will be split geographically and they need to fill 256 player servers to give the advertised game for the people who want to play it 6-12 months from now.
Unfortunately reviews seem to be as much a popularity contest than anything else, and popularity can mean sales.
Do you know what its like to live on the far side of Uranus?