I just finished playing for the first time, and I thought so at first too. But eventually the 'newness' factor wore off and I got used to them, and now I would probably resent any visible changes.
I think I just went into it knowing PL and so the different look took some getting used to. 20/20 hindsight (one of my bestest skills ) it is probably a good thing - from a dev standpoint it's probably helpful in a lot of ways if all your games don't look exactly the same.