Schimid ...
Change happens over time, theres nothing you can do about it. Its better for a company to actually try to do something new and either progress further or crash and fail, over doing the same shit the "fans" want. I mean, would you want to play the same thing over and over again? If you really wanted that, then just re-play a good game...
Edit: It does suck that they had to pretty much make some character changes, making them useless... but you know what? I can make me a car. If I want to use the character the same way in the previous games, Id play the previous games.