Tybalt has shown no likeable value across all facets of the story.
You are very wrong. You're forgetting he has a better ass than the MC, Derek, and even several of the HOTs.
There were only 16 scenes in episode 8
You're way off on that number. It's at least triple that. I count more that 50.
It does raise an interesting question for me, though. I have seen many comparisons of DPC's output of renders, animations, and overall gameplay time compared to other games/AVNs. But not having played a lot of others in this genre, maybe someone else here that's more versed than I am can answer this:
How does the scene count in the average BaDIK update compare to the updates by other developers?
I hope
OFT is editing as we speak.
Sorry, my man. I don't work weekends, and hence, I generally don't visit this site on those days. If I think of something that will fit into my schedule and horrify both the Madame lovers and haters simultaneously, I'll tag you in it so you can share the culpability.
Has there been any other 4th wall breaking moment like that, excluding the episode ending monologue montages, since I don't consider those being anything similar? Do you think DPC jumped the gun and its not backpaddling and it will probably never get mentioned again?
I'm thorn between wanting a great twist and wanting my happy ending, so I guess I'll be ok with whichever direction.
I don't know about fourth wall breaking, but we are occasionally let inside Bella's mind such as with her breakdown in bed with MC at the DIK house. I think it was an unintentional mistake for DPC to include the future MC monologue about Bella's mental state. I wish he would have just left us to come to our own conclusions. I think he realised too late that he introduced a jarring break in narration. Future MC appears at the beginning of game and with that Bella scene and then promptly fucks off.
We get similar 'omniscient MC' narration at the end of Episode 3 (the bit about doors), and it returns in Episode 8 (both in the montage narration about how people come and go, and his quip about not asking the right question right before he panics over who Sage's parents are). It seems like DPC uses it whenever he wants to foreshadow something dramatic and doesn't sweat its absence the rest of the time.
When it comes to fourth wall breaks, where the MC is addressing the audience as a narrator (not to be confused with the inner monologues of the MC and other characters), I can think of only two others in addition to the Bella library scene that do not occur either as either an episode intro or wrap-up. They are:
- The narration during the time skip in Episode 7 after Hell Week
- The MC's explanation of his decision to choose Jill after she stands up to Tybalt at the restaurant