People keep saying that, but I'd much rather the game end strong and leave us wanting more than drag on long enough to wear out its welcome. We're about halfway through, and the character dynamics are starting to stabilize. We have the second half to challenge those dynamics, recover, and wrap things up. That feels about right.
If we try to spin things out too long, either we'll need to stall the relationship with the chosen girl(s), or we'd need to keep adding outlandish scenarios to avoid things becoming stale. It's not like we'll complain if it winds up taking an extra episode to tie up all the loose ends, but I think we're better off keeping it short and sweet.
Then trust that Drifty can come up with an interesting setup for his next game.
I'm surprised to hear that it will go up to 8 chapters.
In my version, the scene with Stephanie seemed very conclusive. I also struggle to see what the next chapters can focus on.
With CECE it is simple, after having conquered her we will have to deal with her fragility, we will have to teach her (bad term) to manage her feelings.
With LEXI we will have to deal with her work environment, we will likely guide her out of an environment that is now harmful to her and we will have to fight the fear of a girl now used to being famous.
With KIRA ROBIN it also seems easy to hypothesize the continuation, learning to live with a couple of girls, without destroying their relationship, perhaps with the final choice linked to having a child.
The childhood friend whose name I can't remember, I think the easiest way can be a love triangle with CHRIS
STEPHANIE on the other hand I have no idea what to expect, if not yet "work" problems, at the end of the bar scene, while joining us and cece, she receives a phone call that she ignores, so I expect that despite her will, she will have to choose whether or not to return to service, there may even be a return of the MC father to complicate matters.
However, as much as I easily see plots to continue the story, I find it hard to imagine situations in which we can go crazy with the others, it seems to me that the choices of this 4th chapter are all definitive, especially since there is no final harem, but it would really be strange a monogamous adult VN for 4 chapters.
I admit to being very curious.
In conclusion, as much as I may regret seeing this VN masterpiece finished, due to the lack of experience I have it is better to close when it is right to do so, without extending the project for mere economic reasons or requests from the fan base. You can always start a new project without destroying the previous one