The people calling this game a cash grab is fucking wack lmao.
Other indie games studios go through the same cycle all the time, upgrading engines, porting over content, sometimes starting over from scratch, and they also take years, if not close to a decade to have a game out, all the while still making their funding through crowdfunds.
The only thing Carnal Instinct does differently is that they share playable builds for the public to try and maybe report bugs if they feel like it, which I would totally understand if they decide to stop one day because of people who think game dev and engine migrations are as simple as dragging and dropping shit over all willy-nilly.
The CI team can be explaining all of their reasoning and staying transparent with frequent updates on the Discord and a clear roadmap, and people will still go "ew worse game" "wher duh secks go?!" "runs like shit" "cash grab, jump ship" "ya'll are getting scammed"
Bruh
I understand being impatient about a game that you like, or even stop supporting it financially, but when you willfully ignore the facts and make ignorant assumptions about a game just because it doesn't have the update frequency of AAA titles (on a piracy site, no less) that's just sad. Go touch grass.
Or sand.
If you can run the game, that is.