fwiw, I agree with your point, and even speaking as a supporter, I would *much* prefer he just wait and release a full-fledged update whenever it's ready if for no other reason than it cuts down drastically on confusion.
That said, a point of clarity: The "split" for this update shifted away from animations/no animations over the past week or so, and it's now more of a story split. Part 1 (released last night) is everything up until the scene with the neighbors, and does include animations. Part 2 (release TBD) will be the huge scene with the neighbors, and will also have animations included (as I understand it).
No disrespect to those who pirate the game, but I kinda hope that nobody releases it here until both Part 1 and Part 2 are out and have at least gone through some public testing. Otherwise, we're all just gonna be dealing with an endless stream of questions from people who don't bother to read or pay attention to any of the discussion in the thread.
Now, I'm off to play Part 1 of the update...