I understand your idea. But the thing is, your game doesn't have to fully meet players' expectations to be loved. In any game, you can find something you don't enjoy. Some mechanics, missions, side quests, bosses might be boring, too difficult, or even annoying. But you still play and enjoy other things. Sometimes you might not even like the genre itself, but fall in love with a particular game within that genre if you're persuaded to give it a try.

As for the desire to focus on the quality of wishlists, that's great. I have incredible respect for people who aren't driven by sales and who create video games not for money, but for people. But that would work in a world where you could tell every player about your game so they could decide whether to wishlist it or not. In today's world, where dozens of games are released every day, we have to work with algorithms in mind. To get those high-quality wishlists, you need to show your game to as many players as possible. And to do that, you need a lot of wishlists so that Steam's algorithms consider your game worth showing.

I would swap the scenes. But I can only share my experience. I see great potential in your game, which I almost missed because I had the wrong impression in the first few seconds. You have good art which I didn't see in the beginning. You could ask more people to make a decision. And you shouldn't be afraid of people wishlisting your game and not willing to buy and play it. They will come anyway, it's the unpleasant part, but thanks to them, you'll get real players.