Today I installed the Remaid of Dreams mod onto my Steam copy of Fata Morgana as a test. I’m pleased to say the process went well and I’m happy with the results as well. You do just have to launch an exe they give you, but they have made the installation very simple and all you have to do is direct it to your game’s folder. Personally I’m going this way because the increase in resolution alone is such a difference; 800x600 is tiny. There are some additional stories for after the main one added maybe, too? But the big epilogue I definitely want to continue to as a club if others are interested remains its own, separate Steam purchase.
The one subjective possible downside is that the artstyle has been slightly reworked in the CGs and backgrounds. I took a few quick screenshots from a Youtube comparison to share, original first and updated versions second:
Make of that what you will. Personally I do have a bit of an attachment to the unique original look, but I don’t think this is nearly as bad as a lot of remake art changes I’ve seen, and it’s definitely worth it for me. Those experiencing Fata Morgana on a platform like the Switch will only know the latter anyway.
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Actually, it’s interesting you bring this up, because I was aware of the differences in the artstyle, but thought nothing of testing it out with this Book Club: maybe this time instead of the Steam I could get the Switch version and play that way?
Though when you bring up the screenshots, the original artstyle simply has SOUL and if a 500x200 guy makes me feel feelings, i wonder if i need a 1000x400 version of the same guy drawn by a different artist xdd
I’ll think of sourcing the Japanese Switch version somehow 
EDIT: the backgrounds in Chapters 5+ are absolutely going to be a make-or-break of the Switch version to me. The trippiness of them and all of the sacral symbolism in the blurry background absolutely took my experience to the next level, I wonder if the Switch version can keep up
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Yeah I feel you. Often I’d be the same way; a lot of the time I end up picking original games over remakes because of how they change the look and tone. I haven’t gotten around to Suikoden yet, but I saw some screenshot comparisons the other day of the remaster that just came out and they messed it up so badly 
It’s a bit of a compromise on my end but I’m running on a 4k monitor and 800x600 is the tiniest little square on a portion of my screen, while blowing it up is just gonna blur the game to hell. In the end I think what I’ve seen of the remake art is still nice despite losing some of the unique look the original has, and I’ll be able to focus and kinda immerse better with it full screen and etc. It is a shame they couldn’t just get high resolution versions of the original art, but maybe those never existed in the first place.
I still think the backgrounds are nice and look relatively similar based on what I’ve seen, but honestly I don’t recall the later game ones you’re mentioning super well because I originally read this 8+ years ago now. My memory has slipped about a lot of it; I’m excited to see it again 
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