Maybe so, but it's still being worked on, so I'm really not sure why the negativity. However, I'm not going to tell you what to think, I just don't see it.
i see a kind of 'welcome to the argument loop' there, not going to bother..
surely some would want the former version, and some would want the actual one, i'll not give opinion before i see the new version complete. lack of time as well.
what i'd love to have back, are the outside locations that have been there and just weren't used to full potential. the dorms, and outside, all of it, and more locations; even the dorms weren't yet full accessible, but think of it.. you could sneak around at night, pester teachers, and have scenes there that break the daily-same grind. the ingredient collecting was a good start before they were made obsolete and now again are not.
now imagine you might catch Astoria illegally casting some on Susan, in the Hufflepuff dorm, and ofc call her up for punishment after. branch there, either wait for the curse to finish or intercept somehow, with two outcomes. that's only one single idea. all the existing girls have their dorms, alot of unused potential.
*edit* P.S. most of the latter can be done with a static background for the location, and re-used assets for the persons in question. the rest is just text.