20. would it kill them to bring us a sequel that fills some of the original game's plotholes, instead of digging it a set of new ones?

I ask the very same thing, but you know what? The series has fallen victim to marketing and becoming a cash cow for the company and while it's certainly sad that it has, it's not like we don't have the stuff we loved from the original.

Anyone tries to force the new shit on me without regarding the original stuff will get a punch to the balls though. :3