You don't need any special insider information to understand that unfrozen has a lot of problems. They promised early access in the second quarter, but in the end, they somehow released a demo with a bunch of obvious bugs at the end of the year, just to release something. On the other hand, nowadays, people tend to believe everything they read on the internet without any evidence. And, let's be honest, only about 5% of players will notice these "incorrectly rotated continents," "lore inconsistencies," and so on, and it won't affect the game's success. Personally, I don't like any predictions. For any topic, you can find a hundred experts who will predict all possible scenarios, and then at least one of them will turn out to be true, but not necessarily because the expert knows a lot.
Surprisingly, the game has been in development for almost since 2020. This is neither good nor bad. Let them take as much time as they need to create a quality product. But, remembering how long it took to develop parts 3, 4, 5, as well as parts 6 and 7, you start to wonder: "Why is it taking so long?".