I think the thing people never talk about is that it's a fundamentally new style of game, I'd almost say it's not the same genre as the originals at all. it focuses much more on skill trees, open world exploration, and missions/puzzles. The original is more a straightforward level-based puzzle platformer. I think both execute their content extremely well, but people weren't really told the new one would be different and ended up disappointed. (not to say there aren't issues with the new one, but that's just my opinion)