PSO1, for all its faults, had more weight to its gameplay, and was kinda interesting to play through, with its spartan story and kind of zen atmosphere. You could easily compare the gameplay style to diablo 1, almost darksouly before its time.
Now PSO2 is fast ADHD shit with explosions and fireworks everywhere every second, and awful anime shit story with unbearable characters. Making us wait 8 years for this is just pathetic.