Well I read both and got the same impression from both... Nice to look at, some sound issues, AI occassionally loses the plot completely. Not truely 'Epic' in scale despite the hyping, a fun game, and worth $40.
I assessed it as being a title to follow the progress of, but I personally can use that $40 more usefully elsewhere 'today'.
Maybe something got a bit lost in the translation somewhere as unless I'm mistaken Skybird is a non-english as a first language kind-of-guy.
I did think the TvT review was probably a touch over-enthusiastic though
(yep I know not either of you guys).