To be honest I want to see the final product. In concept I think I get what they want to take the game to, the playtest probably was a very raw form of it so it makes it hard to see the picture clearly.
Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe some Known World (Mystara) setting information and maps (continental map), sort of like a gazetteer is included in OAR #2: Isle of Dread as was in the original publications.