Yeah, this remake was completely unnecessary. Neither the story nor the gameplay has seen any significant improvements or changes that warrants a remake being made, much less considered by the developer. There was nothing wrong with the original opening and the more that I think about it, the less it makes sense the more you go along. Because if you've already played up to this update, you would know that the context behind the situation makes such a start...implausible to say the least. And that's quite shocking to say, considering that the entire premise is completely unrealistic to start with in the first place!
But even so, none of what happened in the remade introduction gives any indication as to there being any rational thought behind adding a scene like that. If anything, it kind of felt like the developer just...decided to start over because there was something they didn't like or that they second-guessed themselves because of what someone close to them had said. I was enjoying the story so far, since it seemed as though things were beginning to really get interesting with some characters. Sadly, it seems that most of that was thrown by the wayside in favor of a largely unnecessary restart instead of progressing the story as normal. I hope that this remake will justify itself as time goes on, but...I'm starting to doubt that will actually be the case.