Sim, eu percebiFair, but a lot of substantive updates to games do happen in a 2-6 month window. A gander at one, for example, shows about 150 renders per update.
This also discounts the inherit benefits of the "remake"--your character designs, clothes, etc. are already available, as are a bunch of stock renders. Heck, there's even a bunch of Ren'py code that can be reworked.
I dunno if there's a standard time to completion for a fap game--but based on observation, it looks like 1-6 years, with most wrapping up within 2-4 years. A number of them are one man operations.
# I got what you meant and I agree. It's dragging a lot and for too long. 6 years of BBS and it's still right at the beginning... However getting some perspective was in order here. People tend to be quite unfair about the amount of work put in, even more for "small" updates like these.
Zip is the only one still releasing updates and I really appreciate him for that. Not a perfect solution but we make do with what we've got...