So i played the OG version and finally made time to try this "rework" and I'll be honest and say I'm not a fan of how the story has started. In the OG regular people have no idea of the existence of the Fey but now right off the bat one swims you to town? The MC barely acts surprised by the humanoid fish creature which makes it seem like it isn't that odd. The beginning story wise has left me appreciating the OG story line even more.
Next is the new designs, I'll be honest and say i don't like most of them. I understand the dev wants it to look different from other KK games but no one ever complained about that. As the old saying goes "don't fix whats not broke". I will also say Pixie's design is awful, i don't want to come off as mean but the character model is ugly.
Last as a fan i think its a spit in the face to completely trash all the work that went into the OG and restart from 0 basically. I've been following for a while and its just disappointing that now we have to start all over. By the time this is finished (if it is ever finished) I'll probably not even play AVN's anymore, this is going to take years to finish. I wonder how people that have been supporting this game for years even feel about this move. I honestly wouldn't be too happy knowing that it will be years of more support before i even see where we were currently in the OG.
Best of luck to the dev but i can't imagine supporting this game right now.