I like the new controls and gameplay changes in this update. It makes it feel a lot more like you're a professional scientist being paid to do something complex and technical. However, with the amount of time it takes to get everything done now, I assumed Dr. Bao would ask for *less* drives, not more. As it stands, there's basically no time to do anything except download signals and run to get the server hashes. I'd like to see that changed. Otherwise, I think this update is a step in an interesting direction and I'd hate to see the changes walked back to appeal to people who want the game to be something different than the developer's vision for it.
Two important bugs to note: Repairing the oven is broken in this update. Removing the panel from it puts you in a bugged state where your screen is still stuck on the oven panel but you can walk around and interact with things, and can't progress the oven minigame. I tried to regenerate my save to see if it would fix this, and instead it broke everything more, turning a whole lot of things into errors that I could not interact with or get rid of.