I’d say that aside from the big grind with Jet and then the second big grind with Amaria, the original game is less “hell” than the revamp.
In the original, you can do any quest you like, in any order basically any time you want
In this one, quests unlock when the game says they do, and you have to sit though hours of doing stuff you don’t want to do just yo get to what you want and you have no idea when that will happen.
As long as you follow the guide, the original is actually less convoluted, especially since most of the quests are copy pasted from the original.