I have a great comparison for this update in my opinion, and it's also based upon the comments I am hearing from long time players here.
I call this update... Top Eleven: Sonic 06 Edition

I hope at least 1 person gets my reference, but I'll explain here.

In 2006 Sega released the highly anticipated Sonic the Hedgehog game (Known today as Sonic 06), which was a colossal flop. The problem was Sega decided to make the game "more realistic" except that in the 15 years prior, the game was never based on realism. The fans and long time players did not want a more realistic game, they liked what they had and wanted an expansion on that formula. Instead, Sega released a game full of new ideas that removed many of the things that made the previous games fun, and replaced them with a slew of new ideas that people didn't want, didn't ask for, weren't fun, and didn't work.

The final product was given almost blanket negative reviews from fans and critics, and drove countless fans away and onto other games and series. Many long time players and even diehards bailed on this game quickly. Even the diehard fans which were able to look past the bugs and glitches within the game had a hard time enjoying the game because at the end of the day, it just wasn't a very enjoyable experience because much of what made the game great was taken away.
Sonic 06 by all accounts was the downfall of the franchise and despite a couple successes since, they have never fully recovered.

I hope that Nordeus will read this and understand how critical of an error they could be making here, and that one bad version of a game can alienate the fans and players and ruin a successful franchise.