The feeling of beeing Home ...

[SturmChurro]

Yep. It's a real shame but it's hard to ignore the unfortunate fact that the development team have shifted their target audience to the point where they're rarely willing to throw a bone in the direction of those they once sought to cater to directly. Then again, maybe creating an immersive and consistent game world was a lucky coincidence back in the day - limitations were even bigger back then which maybe meant more focus on making the game feel 'lived in' and 'consistent'.

I don't think that's fully true. I do think is going on is that they are trying to focus on everybody, and everything suffers because of it. Storywise, they do seem to be focusing more and more towards fan service, with characters like G'raha Tia at the forefront.