You do not have to choose – you can use both versions of Midjourney
Prompt: good times go, river flow stylized –v 6.0, ran with Vary(Strong) on images from Prompt: good times go, river flow::50 dotted elastic stained fuzzy masterpiece river::70 –v 5.2
Attached are outputs demonstrating a variety of the balances between creative and factual.

Prompt: good times go, river flow::50 dotted elastic stained fuzzy masterpiece river::70 V5.2 (recycled); V6 produces nothing of the kind.

Thanks for reading!
Irina