There are positive things to say about this project no doubt. The most obvious being render quality.
But... Working hard? Really? Can we please stop ignoring how L&P's production rate for the past almost 8 years is going down every single year? Slower and slower...and slower. Less overall renders every year while on the other hand more experience and superior hardware. The complete polar opposites.
The "quality is going up" excuse isn't working since ~mid 2021. L&P's been pushing the limits of DAZ&Photoshop for almost 4 years now, and yet things are still getting slower. The story has become worse since part 02 started back in 2022 aswell, atleast in my opinion. That is not what I'd consider "working hard". Nobody would argue that there are ups and downs as with everything we do in life, but in this case it's ONLY down and NEVER up.
Yes, you could commend him for keeping at it for so long. He's not abandoned it which most games going for that long (there's hardly any) are, but why would he? I wouldn't abandon $15.000-$20.000 a month either. But you know what you can do? Push the limits in regards to how little can you do and still sustain that kind of income.
You are talking about a guy who has never followed up on ANY of his old Patreon goals, and now he's made a new one basically asking for $30.000 a month in order to hire a "helper". He could hire several AAA game designers for that kind of money. Actual professionals. A LEAD game designer working at Blizzard Entertainment makes roughly $10-$11k a month. Junior game designers with bachelor degree roughly $6-$7k a month. AWAM is a Patreon funded porn game. Let that sink in for a minute.
I barely participate in this thread anymore, but seeing this comment I just had to give my 50 cents. The hype is gone and I haven't played the game since the gym update last year. Cheers!
