Unfortunately that's how things work now considering most titles don't leave early access or get abandoned immediately after leaving early access. At the end of the day, the developers are still making you pay money to play an undeveloped version and that means the game is going to be evaluated for the content that it currently has and not the potential.

I've always had the mindset that an Early Access Title was to get a rough idea of the game, and get as much bugs and glitches fixed, whilst also seeing what needs to be different. Take a look at Rust. Rust has changed immensely whilst being in Early Access. If you compare the game to how it started you wouldn't even believe it is the same game. I feel like rating an early access game based on the content isn't a proper way to review an early access game.

sure but thats why he isn't recommending it. No content is a good reason to not recommend a game, early access or not

Well it is an Early Access title, you can kind of expect it to lack content ;)