The creator of Astaros is incredibly talented at developing and animating characters, and in fact, they're perfect. The problem, I think, is that he doesn't work on his stories or plan them out for later production; instead, he literally "works on the fly," taking fan feedback and developing them accordingly. That's where he falls down.
But let's be honest, his characters are excellent, both in MCR1 and MCR2, characters like Vanessa, Mia, Linda, Olya, Katya... they're perfect. The only thing he needs is better character development in the plot.
We saw that problem when he added many secondary characters who contributed little or nothing to the plot (it was better to leave them as games on the character's computer).
Let's pray that the MCR2 update is good and has scenes similar to the latest MRC2 ones, because Olya, perhaps the most anticipated, hopefully appeared in updates 12 and 14, and Anya in 14.
Recycling characters isn't a bad idea; in fact, I think a game that mixes characters, like the "resort" or something like that, would be their "revenge." Anyway, let's hope for a good update with those four scenes you mentioned.