Kinda surprising people loved the original more. The Original have so many micro management to do on daily basis, like maintaining the base, attacking other areas. So it seems like the game are much more 'bigger' than the refine. I think this makes this VN adult game more 'game focused' than 'story focused'. This is only just different preference.
Also it gives the illusion that player will 'someday' get the dev to update those 'bigger' area, when we actually dunno if dev actually want to to that (as shown as how the refine actually moving fowards). This will makes the game shallower in the long run if dev just continue the old one and too many stuffs to balance later on.
In terms of graphic, the original feels more 'original' to some people I think just simply because of relatability. the original have blonde (which to westerner more relate into) (also dont forget the red hair), the refine more asian focused (which westerner, not to be racist, hard to distinguish at first glance). In the end, it's just different preference once again.
Altho for the scene, I think the refine just much more superior. Refine have better shadow, angles, scenic background, better animation etc. (Well too bad for me, bcos of my laptop too old, I cant play the animation without any lag).
TLDR: The original have 'wide' area, the REFINE more like focused one which I think better in the long run (Also better animation, better scenic scene)
The original player who likes the game bcos of 'game focused' ofc will dislike it, bcos the game now more like 'story focused'
I hope the dev understand how the frustration might come from the players. For me, I really love the current state of the game <3, good luck
