I usually don't like it when devs decide to go for a remake, because most of the times it doesn't add anything to the game, but in this case, after playing the remastered episode 1, I have to say that the writing has improved a lot and while it's the same main plot, there are some differences in the individual arcs for each character, so there are actual changes in the story besides the characters' looks. It still needs some work, but it's way better than the original version of the game.
The MC is more "humanlike" now. I know it seems weird saying something like that, but in the original version he was more like a robot, than someone who's just went through some tough times. I think that's been fixed in the new version.
Eliza's arc makes more sense now and it seems like she has a darker backstory, we didn't see in the original version (at least I don't remember it, but I stopped paying attention to her after a certain event, so I might be wrong), and it could be somehow connected to the MC (like Ken's).
It seems like Shina's story changed a bit (Movies addiction? Seems weird, but we'll have to wait and see if it's important or not), but we didn't get enough information about that yet and the same goes for Nicole (the boyfriend was just a dick in the original, but now it looks like it's something bigger) and Irene.
I still don't like Yuna, but at least this time her first "interaction" is avoidable and not just skippable, so I can just ignore her.
I didn't notice anything different in Alice, Zoey and Ken yet, but I think there were enough differences in the story so far (plus there are 4 main characters from the original version and a couple side characters we didn't see yet, and a new one we saw in the end of this episode) to justify the revamp.
Visually I prefered the original looks for most of the girls, but they don't look bad (except for Zoey maybe, who looks like she's wearing a wig from some angles) so I guess I'll get used to it.
All in all, I think the remastered version was an improvement compared to the original one and the dev managed to make a lot of changes without leaving us feel like we're playing a completely different game now, which is a big plus for me.