Heya Del,
As mentioned in another comment, I've learned of SD through Sunken Veil and I've come to appreciate both projects for what they are.
I can 100% understand how this whole situation would leave you a bitter taste but I'd argue now -kinda counterintuitively - is the best time out of any to trust the team to change what exists.
You can even reach out to them and ask that they change existing stuff up to your standards now that you know what the baseline is.
The original game was great, SV could also be better but I want them to stand on their own if they have to be called great.
I'll say, they have done a LOT of work to reach to this point -including redoing pretty much all of the assets - so you can rest assured that if something can be done to fix the situation, they're the people to talk to.