You're playing right into the negative people's hands if you listen to them without trying out the update for yourself. Do start a new world, though, to have the best (and least likely to have problems) experience. I've had exactly one update-related issue (game randomly freezing) with my fresh world and character, and that was solved by a simple reinstall.

IMO it's never worth it listening to such constant complaining, not when it's just some players (most likely a vocal minority, too). Some people love to hate on everything they find even slightly less than ideal, and try to get others to share that point of view.

Don't let them get to you. Even if you do end up hating the update after giving it a try at least that will be your OWN opinion and not random people's.

I think the game is still great, and while some aspects are more difficult now the overall experience is just as good as prior to Hearth & Home.