That second paragraph makes me feel a lot better. If my partner gets a better experience because they haven’t played the original, then hey, all the better lol. It’s the story I was most worried about, that by changing things they were making it worse for new players just to surprise old ones. But if they’re still keeping a good story, or hell making it better by updating for modern sensibilities, then that’s great.
Seems like a lot of variety of opinions. I wonder if my partner and I will come out of the story with two very different opinions. I’m going to try to hold back mine if I end up not liking the newer story as much as the older one, in case they do end up liking it a lot lol.