Small, final rant:
I'm about to take my usual 1-2 month hiatus from this thread but as a guy that no longer finds anything to enjoy in this story beyond the insanity of the development, I think the Sam storyline is the only one that can still be salvaged into something decent. Even that one isn't perfect but it's the only one that hasn't been ruined already by writing either character to be weird, bipolar aliens in a bad soap opera around each other (lol). It's the storyline and character/relationship development that has become the least awful of all the main storylines. The Sam updates - especially since he was aged up a bit - are the only ones where I come to laugh at the new update and come away the least hysterical from laughter/mockery/shock in how bad it is. Dev needs to get back to that as it's the only one that isn't in shambles from a literary standpoint. I have no favorites as far as boners go as AWAM stopped being that off me a long time ago. I don't care who someone's favorite is or what turns them on the most, this is all about salvaging a once good story for me. It once had promise and it can be brought back if the dev cuts their bullshit.
I still think the Sam bedroom scene from 2-3 years ago is the last good update, the last I expected to mock and came away fairly impressed. Even it had issues but it felt the most like the early game and in a proper place. Frankly, L&P would have a better story if they made Sam the main storyline and then cut all but about 4 or 5 others. Sam, Dylan, Ellie and pick 2 more as I don't really care for this example. Those 5 arcs are AWAM1. The rest can be essentially DLC or AWAM2. Not chapters but self-contained stories. Arcs. There is no need to have all 400 plotlines in one story and call it a day after 30 years. Clean things up, focus, get to a goal in a plotline and add to it later or move on entirely. Trim the fat.
There is no need for these 4 month updates that consist of characters nobody gives a fuck about right now. The time just isn't there for it..
Chick from the gym and her BF? Part 2.
Shota boys and old men? Part 2.
Bennett? Part 2.
Friend with the sex toy and son in class? Part 2.
Ellie's friends and other DylanGFs? Part 2.
Etc. It won't be fixed because the dev is a narcissist that thinks they do now wrong as well as a milking artist that sees this as their retirement package but...it can be fixed if they ever wanted it to be fixed. It could be fixed AND a story they can milk for as long as they desire but it won't be.
The first step is admitting that the Sam storyline is the only one not in some way totally fucked, lost at sea, stuck in the mud, weird as fuck or nonsensical even for a dumbass porn story. That's your anchor.
Anyway, see y'all in a month or two lol.
