Came back to read up on comments.
The current trend is a lot of up votes and down votes for certain people.
There are some comments saying change is necessary or normal, that isn't appropriate for a game being described as better but the same as the original. It was whole heartedly expected to be beat for beat the same world and story with more comprehensive code and that would allow for better development.
This rework/remake game is literally not the same game. The world's are completely different between the original and this replacement that honestly betrays fans who wholeheartedly loved the original and expected the words of the creator were literal and sincere. The game that has replaced the original has basically cut up the original and pasted things into place abandoning a lot of the original world, setting, and designs. The main story isn't even seen as the same because the world is not the same.
So the changes beyond the code is not good, because it quite honestly says the developer lied. You can add new content, you can improve or rewrite the code, but changes like this were never wanted by most people who took your words wholeheartedly at face value.