There was an identical scenario outlined and executed for Need for Speed last month, and we declined an invitation to the event in question as well as the Xbox One download codes EA offered under the same restrictions — no reviews until launch day, despite the game's availability on EA Access five days prior to that.
This is absurd. We know it, and we believe EA knows it as well. EA has run Access long enough to plan around it, and has repeatedly demonstrated as much. Over the last year, we've reviewed Dragon Age: Inquisition, Battlefield Hardline, Madden NFL 16 and FIFA 16, each of which had its full multiplayer component available on EA Access. EA scheduled review sessions, access and embargoes for those games around that reality. With Madden and FIFA specifically, review code went out approximately two weeks in advance, and review embargoes were timed with each title's EA Access launch.