Quoted from SHOOTTHEPYRAMID:Interesting how the code being 1/5 complete doesn't seem to matter when people are praising how awesome the gameplay is...
But... what are the odds that it gets terrible as they finish it, versus the odds it gets better as they finish it? You're not comparing apples to apples. Machines pretty universally get better as the code is completed. It really makes sense to praise the gameplay today if you like it, regardless of the state of the code. The playfield is set.