I feel the gameplay issues have been exagerrated for people who aren't playing the game because of the tone (and some aggressive commentary) in the DF article, and more importantly, things like the Crowbcat video being seen as indicative of general gameplay.
That said, things like the hilarious movement of setting a motorcycle back up after it's fallen is some Grade-A jank. I don't want to overstate things to imply the game is ideal as-is, but I don't bother with broken games, and I already have at least seven hours into this version.
Oh things are definitely being overblown, but what else is new? Game is very playable and yes it needs certain things looked at but that's game preview. I didn't play it on Xbox One, only X, but what Crowbcat showed did look bad but i have a feeling that is not how the game constantly is, no way. And of course typically those videos on Youtube of folks claiming in the video title how horrible the game is on X, lol. Yeah ah well.