Raising money has nothing to do with quality.
Who remembers the name of the new Star Wars protagonist,
However, everyone remembers the name of the furry humanoid.
Here, in the world of VN's, we have good stories
Parental Love, Proud Parent, The Guardian, A Petal Among Thorns,
Mid Life Crisis, "bad quality of images, but with a good story", Elly, Avalon, Where The HeartIs, Buried Desires and others.
The criticism is about the story itself, which started out very good, one of the best, but it missed the point, as they say here,
when you move a lot, it falls apart...