Escapologic: Butcher

It may be unfair to compare this game to itself, but if you revamp a room, surely the brand new iteration should be better than the first? 
Unfortunately, we were left underwhelmed by this version of the Butcher. 
The game seemed toned down and illogical, with a poorly worded riddle at the end that wasted most of our time trying to decipher. (We remember the first version of the game also having a 'slow' point towards the end, which involved some form of riddle too). 
The first version, was dark and scary but this version was just dark. 
The game could have done with a few more puzzles.
WIsh they had kept the live actor element.