This review sure is valuable for the moment. Too bad it is next to useless in a month. While i am happy with a review of the beta, just for the sake of hearing an opinion, i see little value in it for the audience of players. Those players will go for version 2.1.1 and the review will still be read in months to come, giving out of date information. Furthermore it mixed the development and the playing part. They are very different audiences and the issues are also not depending on each other.
While the opinions are valuable, the blogentry itself isnt as much.
I recommend an article on playing 2.1.1 or on 2.2 when its finished. I would recommend a separate article on an behind the scenes of the game, aka the development. But with the warning that the author did not take part in development and that the experience is only based on a svn co and make. The information sources, the background of the reporter and the method used are very very important for journalism but alas seldom recognised.