Exactly this, this whole switch to UE5 was just a good reason to delay things and keep milking the simps. If it would be "just" an engine port, then we would see same content added step by step like they had in the UE4 version, but we don't. We see a whole new map with a different story. So they basically start over to delay things.They are no longer updating the UE4 version, however the UE4 version still has more content 'technically' since anything new goes to the UE5 build and a lot of the stuff they're porting over is being remastered.
Frankly, based on everything I know about going from UE4 to 5, once they started on 4 they should have ended on 4 and just planned for 5 for their next game. The upgrade route is generally considered idiotic by devs and is incredibly time and effort consuming for very little outward-presenting gains and with a top-notch team deeply familiar with UE generally adds a year of total dev time just for the transition alone...
So yeah, maybe full game in 2026 if we're lucky at this rate... they seemed more professional than the other "forever promise to keep you dreaming" western developed games like wildlife that are barely even games since most of them are in fact industry veterans, but then they go and pull indie patreon milking trick 101 by remastering/restructuring/engine upgrading, etc. It's why Yiffalicious is not basically a worthless toolet right when there had been a lot of interest and a lot of content sprouting in the old version...
And instead of just finishing, nope, we're going to recode the entire project from scratch... 2-3 years now, I forget, and still no parity, lmao.
Every day I hate the ero game development scene a little more, and people wonder why we pirate them. They're not worthy of the same attention as regular indies is why. I'll gladly buy a complete game to support devs that put more work in their craft than their hustle, and that there's the problem why I barely buy any ero games and 90% of those I do buy are from Japanese developers with actual work ethic.