Agreed, I personally feel that for a product like this to not only thrive on the market, but to exist at all, there must be some underlying element of the game that is original to some degree.
How does one update their version of the game, Do you simply download the lasted version on this page and overwrite the folder the games' files are stored in? Because I'd like to retain the progress I've made so far, but I'd also like to update the game.