The review was written while the game was still in development.
All the beauty of the rework and nostalgic moments fades against the backdrop of a crude release, a bunch of lags, bugs and disconnections. It will take a miracle for the team to fix at least half of the problems before the release on September 23rd.
Is it worth playing - definitely yes, although there is a reason to wait for bug fixes so as not to spoil the overall impression with shortcomings and bugs