As far as I know it hasn't been reviewed in PC Gamer UK magazine (If you know for sure it has then please let me know) only PC Zone with a score of 71% and it sounds like you're talking about PCZ's review. PCZ Did review from what was considered to be finished code, but in the time the review went to press (that is usually several weeks before the mag is actually in the shops) the decision was made by Larian to hold back the code and tweak it.
I do think that the games press differs from country to country. I think the UK is quite a hard marker in general.
