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He sounds like any creator going back to a decade old project, he sees the flaws from his inexperience and would want to change it.
This is definitely something any artist would want to do. I know I see stuff I've done even just six months ago and cringe, thinking 'what the hell was I doing?'
I do this as well. Probably why I don't post many things in the writer's corner.

I honestly have no issue with this at all. Have you played the original game recently? The world feels really empty, and it'd be nice to fill it with more history than it currently has. The best moments of the game involve the Shin-Ra and we barely get to know about the dirty-doings that they do, especially for an organisation that have taken over the world.
I'm actually playing a new file right now, I'm up to the first Nibelheim flashback in Kalm. Personally, I felt VII did a great job addressing its backstory, definetly better than its predecessors. My real issue now, is that it doesn't mesh well anymore with the Compilation because they've changed who Shin-Ra were and details about "The Great War". I felt VII worked with the info they gave the player but now I don't see how it works with the Compilation and I feel they have undermined some of the original goals of the original game. Shin-Ra came to power thanks to the Great War which made people lose faith in their local governments, in the Compilation, Shin-Ra started the war and had already become the de facto ruler of the planet. Sephiroth's madness at the expense of learning the truth of the origin loses a great deal of impact when you learn its happened before and now its going to be strange trying to rectify how some guy who was manipulating Sephiroth 5 years ago is nowhere to be seen or heard of in present time. The original game has now lost its ability to stand on its own. Its become like Kingdom Hearts where you need to read up or play over multiple platforms all the different titles to get the overall tale. It would be fine if it was designed that way to begin with but this is an situation where the creators have tried to tack on more story without actually trying to make sure it works with the established mythology.

On a side note, I'm always of the opinion that despite the IP being in the commercial domain that it's still the vision of the creators. Who are we to dictate what they want from the IP? It's their baby. If people truely dislike it, then don't pay money for it and they'll learn - but it'll still be their vision and theirs alone. I don't really get why people get in a huff, as if they've been betrayed.
I would agree if this was normal circumstances, but VII had a few more prominent influences in its creation that are lacking here. It may have three of the four core members, but I feel there are other prominent people who were involved that don't get as much publicity that were also not involved in the Compilation. To me, its pretty much like the new Guns n' Roses, yes it has Axel, but without Slash and the rest of the gang, its only GnR in name, despite being helmed by one of the original creators. I also feel that the Compilation's existence stands in contrast to the original philosophy of the series that made it good in the first place.