The scenario writing feels bland, uninspiring;
The characterisation feels shallow, barely salvaged by decent voice acting;
The progression system is counter-intuitive, easy to miss events or even derail into an unintended route (I somehow ended up in Yayoi route despite prioritising Yuki dialogues)

Idk, these flaws could be due to the remake's script being mostly based on the original 1998 version, which meant that some elements were more receptible to people back then and less so to contemporary audiences. Could also be a case of YMMV.

Cuz White Album 2 localisation hopium ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
You can tell how much WA2 overshadows this game just by seeing the amount of reviews here asking for 'WA2 when?' instead of actually reviewing lol

Not that translations aren't already available for WA2 for quite some time, but that it'd be a real shame if WA1 can reach Overwhelmingly Positive reviews on steam yet some newcomers to the medium have no idea how much better WA2 is in every respect, how truly special it is and deservingly one of the best visual novels of all time.