I think you forgot that when BaDIK episode 8 came out, DrPinkCake made a post
celebrating AL and showing how he graphically revised some of its early content
just for the sake of it, because he really loved AL. If I remember well he even said that he loved AL
more than BaDIK.
About AL:
That's not how I remember things went. At all.
I've been following AL here on F95 since its 1st chapter.
Those were the days where few games (3-4) were uploaded daily and monthly updates were the basic rule.
Everybody loved every minute of AL
until the shit hit the fan. Chapter 5 came out, I downloaded it and I started playing it.
Then I came across the infamous choice - which girl should I rescue first from fire. I thought: "fuck, now what?"
So, I entered AL's thread and started reading posts.
Everybody was
angry as fuck and shocked: basically, you had to choose which main girl you saved and which main girl you made
die.
I dropped the game on the spot and I never came back. And that's what a lot of people did too.
The rest of us stayed until the very end, and I don't think anyone of them ever complained about the ending. As far as I know, everybody on AL's thread always tell that they love the game because of the very same reason I dropped it: because it emotionally wrecked them. They just love that kind of drama shit. NOT ME.