I think less of them would be fine, I do like to be reminded of the scale of things but its one of those funny things where like if you had a strategy on a boss that was really fast but a bit meh vs one that was a bit more time consuming but made you appreciate all the mechanics more.. nearly everyone, even the people who specifically say they like the slower version, would pick the first faster one. It's just one of those things..

Also making the old cities seamless again would be awesome :3