Yeah downloaded it to have a look and form my own opinion, not the greatest fan of violent or abusive femdom here or very submissive sons, but a power discrepancy in favor of the mom over the son and who has learned in the past 20 years what makes him tick and is able to influence him makes all the sense in the world and can be great fun if stays loving.
Just as long as we do not have a 25 yo son that does not know how to kiss and has never dated before or a mind of his own that will be fine by me. Else we get just a turnaround of too many of the games where the females have no agency or character, just with the male MC in that role and then it also stops being a male MC game and becomes a female MC game in reality.
For the dev, well complete rewrites with
another tone and focuses for the game, will always leave many disappointed since they were enthusiastic for the game that you made before rework and were here for that game and that tone. Even if you think the rewrite is better and many agree with you, well that is not where those earlier fans were here for. On the whole it is always better to use a new game for that new story with new models as rework the old game.