I like the original Hazbin pilot.
It was a bit clumsy and over the top, but it had the right idea.
Heard they remade it for the first episode
They did not, The pilot is still canon in-universe, first episode starts off post-pilot, but because they don't acknowledge the pilot in the official amazon release, most people will have watched the show without even knowing of the pilot, making it necessary for the first episode to to introductions of characters...again. Only now way faster and even more clumsily, because they actually have a plot they need to get to.
and it's apparently totally different and terrible now?
It's...not great. Idk if i'd describe it as terrible, but the pacing is fucking atrocious, which leaves very little room for the character moments.