The review for that magazine you posted is two pages long and can be read in pdf or downloaded in other formats here:

https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_175


This review is notorious at pointing out EAW faults.
They include the blurry cockpit gauges and the poor view distance of planes.
But these are things corrected with patches and mods.

[European Air War Help Site (EAWHS) and File Archive]