Well a reboot is a reboot and creator should do what they want. It's sad because i leked original, but that doesnt mean thaht it will not be good
But i'm just sad because no michelle in this version.... cherilyn is..... not bad, but a downgrade
and male pov i don't know, female protagonist game are so rare and when you have a good one it become another one with male protagonsit nonetheless....
But i will see and will not stop follow
But yeah... sad for michelle
Actually it does seem to imply Michelle will be back, because her name is on the new cover, however Jasmine is the one that seem to have been removed, I guess the Dev wanted something that was previously lacking as the best friend, a redhead. I mean their are plenty of dark haired girls, Zoe is blond, the only thing missing was a redhead and now they replaced the previous blond best friend with one.
So yea I assume some characters will be reintroduced later, after all its merely the first chapter, so while the other began with Michelle, this one seem to begin with an accent Cherilyn and overall the new characters instead. Well I guess possibly Jasmine could make a come back too later, however she'd have to be a different character since the weight of her previous relationship with Yoon has been transferred to Sienna... well not exactly Sienna doesn't seem to have the 'big sister' relationship with Yoon in this one, so its possible Jasmine would retain those characteristics while having lost the best friend position.
Anyhow the versions do have some marked differences, the previous version was very much it felt a beginning story, Yoon was a prude character, her step-daughter had a lukewarm relationship with her, she didn't know Sukkon, Daniel wasn't a cheating husband and her best friend was merely a friend rather than a love interest. Here obviously it feels like someone mentioned its somewhat of a 'year later' start, Yoon is more flexible, already seem to entertain homosexual sexual interests, her 'daughter' worship her, Daniel is clearly straight up cheating already, she is already buddy with Sukkon and has a girl friend group, she also already has interest in her best friend.
I feel indeed it would have been a better idea to make a sequel to the previous version somewhat rather than a full reboot, as this game feels like its losing on the setting up and moved straight into changing the characters. It makes the change more appreciable if you can see it happen rather than being half way into it already. Also yea... the brother... could have done without that quite frankly. Now I'll keep following this game, I am sure it will still be great, if albeit its sad its going to take so long to reach back the point it previously was at.