Reviews are a snapshot of the game on a given day. I totally agree it would be great if all games worked perfectly on day 1 and there should be reviews which accompany the releases. Its just when issues are found on day 1 the reviews for that game slate them and give them bad scores which impacts on sales and in some cases the actual existance of the franchise and/or companyetc. When those issues are corrected and the game improved soon after releaseI feel the reviews should be updated to accompany them.
When someone comes along to buy the game a month or two down the line they will be able to make an informed decision based on the game as it currently is rather than a game which could be totally different at release. With regards your commend Dernebel about being incentiveised to release good games...reviews can be used to do that but by the same token should be used for developers to continually improve and better the games once they are out.
