Why do you think there taking there sweet time. And even if someone steals a beta copy and writes a bad review when the game actually does come out and is perfect that 1 bad review that some punk probably wrote isn't even going to be a thought in your head anymore.

And people have been allowed to play with the creature editor and have your heard a single bad thing about it? nope. Thats also the reason why they took out the water stage. to many potential bugs and not enough time to change the game to allow players to stay in the water bug free without delaying a fuck load.

In a way Maxis is a slave to its own hype. There is no way they can release the game now without it being the most life changing gaming experience ever. So in a way we all have a part in the delay in the game just because of the pressure we in turn put on the developers.