Well, for one, I was disappointed when the entire game was trashed by the Dev, and decided to start over basically making the game start where the old one basically ended. The only part of the old version that did survive was the hotel where you're building up your tan. So much content, so much effort... wasted.
a) I was not expecting a life sim in original version... and I was pleasantly surprised with it.
b) if people didn't like it, Dev could have placed a jump in for those that didn't want to go through it, but others still able to enjoy it if they did, and that way dev wouldn't have garbage binned their blood, sweat and tears away like it was nothing. Maybe with a warning: Takes much longer to get started with mission, but allows you to customize agent further.
It feels like you're stepping into episode 3 of a series that retcons eps 1 & 2 and pretends they don't exist. All of that effort and world building.... gone. Shame. As long as the Dev considered it necessary, and didn't just get convinced by someone that just wants to see the world burn. ie. If it does make for a better game, still sad to see all of that tossed though.