idk but HC1 is still way better than HC2. the progression system in HC2 sucks and is way too limited, the pass out thingy is annoying, running away becomes impossible in later areas and confusion is way too brutal (looking at you, bimbo).
overall you have to grind like crazy (or edit your file) on every single run, where in HC1 you coud get to the point where you coud just skip the early game areas entirely to meet the girls you wanna see, while HC2 doesn't even allow you to visit the city before day 3. i've beaten the castle in HC1 multiple times, but i have a hard time motivating myself to grind through HC2.
I completely agree with you, because the main issue is that the skill tree branch, and the basic stats that you have (health, lust points, attack) should be separated from the skill tree, you could mix the basic skills from HC1 which scale infinitely, with HC2 Skill tree and it'd be a good idea for the player...
But having to grind and knowing that you'll be penalized for playing properly from 20 days + is dumb, it's okay that enemies get stronger each day, no problem with that, but if you're not going to allow players to become stronger while giving more challenges, the line between challenge and unfair is kinda easy to pass (like confusion triggering enemies in HC2, and no, personally I don't care if Diogaoo gives an item to help against them, or a passive, give a bigger time window base and from there we can work something out)...
I won't lie, HC 2 is in it's bare bones, so I wouldn't compare it with its "predecessor" (I put it in "" because they're both being developed), the core base is there, a turn based combat game with corruption and seduction focused on femdom using real porn actresses/actors and variety of fetishes, with bad endings and a simple RPG system, there should be more games like this, it's not explored much currently...
But HC 2 offers for now at least, nothing really worth it to be wanting to play it, currently it is a downgrade and I'm not proud or happy of calling it this, the only positive is that it's offline, so if the online site of HC 1 is down (milovana) and you can't play it, the "successor" is on the making...