Huh, as critical as I am of DPC, I wouldn't really say I have low expectations. DPC has always produced interesting episodes, the worst thing about his worst episode was just how it was 90% free roam. If I could ask for anything, it would just be for him to cut the fat (unnecessarily long animations, 60 fps animations, etc) and make shorter development times, I completely trust him with the storytelling aspect.
My bad. That was probably an overreaction. (Family time kind of puts me in a mood...)
Nah, it's not like I hated Ep 9. I definitely didn't like it but it's still better than most VNs. (Edit: Except...at the same time I still dread finishing my runs for Ep 9. So ... there's that too.) Honestly, I just got kind of horrified at the possible Maya storyline coming up after looking at her new hair. My eye rolls started preemptively and they fell out of my head from spinning too much.
What I probably meant to say is that I know that for the most part, we're not going to get anything satisfactory in terms of what we'd like to see. There's just not enough time to cover branches that extensively and DPC probably has his own plans on when to break up Maya and Josy so that doesn't seem very likely given his propensity to drag things out. I already know to not expect much in regards to that.
In regards it to sucking, what I mean is that as long as he avoids the stuff I'm fearing he's going to write then I don't care. It'll be a good update regardless. That's what I mean by him having a very low bar to meet. He doesn't have to do anything spectacular or fulfill anything I'd like to see. He just has to
not make the characters any less appealing.
He already had the perfect touch when it came to arranging individual scenes and using the VN medium to its fullest advantage and that was just in Season 1 and 2. No manner of improved renders, animations, etc are really going to make a further impression on me.
Edit 2: I also think he's been kind of phoning it in for the writing since Ep 8. Ep 9 didn't really see a reversal in the trend and it seems like there's no potential for upside regarding that. It's another reason why I don't have high expectations. He can dress it up as much as he wants but shit writing is still going to seep through the packaging. It's kind why I feel he's bored/tired of the whole thing and why his obsession with pedantic details has grown out of control rather than his "perfectionism".
