I think people here got to understand. This isn't the first time where a game developer with a lot of goodwills from the audience tried to backstab the fans of the first game by promising them with sequel they assure it's not going to ruin anything, it's going to stay faithful to the original game only to shove all the unnecessary elements to pander to libshits, tumblr misfits etc. Let me list the games that had done in the last 10 years.
Last of Us, Hades, Dishonored, Subnautica, Kerbal Space Program, etc
For now they are all I can remember. I didn't include franchise more than 2 games like Far Cry, Dead Rising because it will get LONGER but you get the point. The best thing you could do is just quit fanboying and sucking off for western developers that get too popular quickly unless they are outwardly anti-woke or something like Factorio dev. I don't think I never paid full price for any western games except Factorio. I used to be pretty fond of Bioware before they made Mass Effect but I saw the big dumpster fiasco with Mass Effect 3 ending, since then I couldn't really trust most western developers. Even before 2010, I was never fond of rockstar treatment western devs were getting because I thought they all get the fame go to their heads real quick.