Thank you for the explanation! It felt so close to the original BB that personally it felt like the same (which is good in a sense, as it means the Aleksey is not denaturing the game). I saw the change for Alice, it's liquorish chocolate or something.Yes, you are wrong.
Kate has been removed for good, most likely we will also never see Olivias boyfriend. Olivia now passes by to watch TV instead. Several opportunities have been extended with new scenes (like the couch / spider / no more alcohol thingy), others are new. Also there are some new gameplay elements like the mandatory use of cams for certain opportunities, there's more stuff to buy in the online store, some with story content connected. A cousin will stop by at some point, a preview render was posted on the forum.
A few posts before yours you can also see a new scene concept with Alice which was definitly not in the original.
Eric's story is not very elaborated yet. Last thing he did on the enemy path was threaten with "things to come" ... which haven't come yet.
And good thing for Olivia.
Will see what happens with Eric in the near future. Thanks!