Hmm, the base story and premise of the game are still the same, which imo fits the term remake pretty well. Until the remake got most of the content back from V1 it will be compared to that version and my personal opinion is that he should've continued V1. As far as I can see the grind is still the same, the player has to upgrade stats, get money and especially wait a lot (mostly there's nothing happening on the weekends) for some events to happen (and the promise of V2 was to reduce the grind in the first place).
This doesn't mean I dislike V2, but as long as both versions aren't on the same level content wise I will prefer V1 over V2.
Where can i download V1?