I think it depends on at what point the review is being done. When someone is on a cherry high trying out a game before release for a day or two and knowing it is not officially "quite done" I think it can be forgiven if someone rates over high on a genre they love.
If in fact the review is being done after a month or two of release things can be more clear.
I am of the opinion SH3 was barely completed enough to be released when it was. So many people had so many different problems getting SH3 running well on their machine. The whole Starforce factor sucked for some, either preventing legit SH3 games from running and then as bad going to the point of shutting down their DVD drive. Nvidia users (whats that, at least 1/3 of all PC owners??) had UZO partical problems, and the fix was automatically shutting off particals for Nvidia users when using the UZO. Saved games (and careers) that would vanish mysteriously.
The list goes on and on, well beyond what I would consider average problems for a new release game.
Don't get me wrong I loved SH3, but was it was far from perfect upon release.
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