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Yeah sorry for my lack of vocabulary, "throwing away" is such a harsh word I agree. But that's basically what it is, you scrap the old story — keeping a few part and apply new approach to it. 

I get and noticed the point you said about making it easier to write when I play the game, not just that I also found that in the old version you introduce too much route into the story, when some character doesn't add anything or build any significant into the MC — Like Clarance and that dragon guy (Sorry I forgot his name). The three only sensible character to build any significance is just Tiger, Presodal, and Marcus. Not to mention if you considering putting different topic you could've explore based of their characterization, you could made the route more richer. Like for example Tiger route explore an emotional distress or the importance of strength and compassion, Presodal explore sexuality and composure, while Marco explore the meaning of reliability and trust.

Now putting all that aside complex to me is not right word for the new version, maybe what you mean is a "Compact" story. Because that's how it felt to me, with how everything unfold quite quickly amd all the emotional weight is presented in a faster sequence, when the older version present all that emotional weight in a way that more subtle and gradual.  For example like rather than having the problem with MC's parents in a conversation, the older one had us met his father and see the emotional distance first hand. But like I said, although I prefer the presentation of the old version, the new one still definitely writen in a really great way.

Anyway, I would love to revisit the old version before the changes, can I ask on which built did you start to apply all this changes? I would like to see the update before it.