I agree, people shouldn't treat it as a whole game.I doubt even Hyao remembers MC hs a mentor anymore
TBF I won't hold them onto every detail, Thing can change dramatically, many stuff they need to make on the go.
As long as they can deliver a good product at the END, it doesn't matter what they've changed during the course.
Also IIRC Hyao said he has the Rough Whole Picture, just a matter how they reach there.
That's also the reason I'm not Checking EVERY updates, And I'm a firm believer the Monthly update models do more harms to ongoing game projects more than good.
WIP projects need tons of Breathing Rooms, no way every update can satisfy (Most of) audiences.
And you should Not treat Vertical Slices as the game.
This is why I don't check every update.
We don't actually know the amount of actual work hyao has to do every month vs what he can safely display on an update, and not every month is going to contain the same amount of work either.
Let's remember hyao isn't a veteran of the industry, there are probably many things he still has to learn about the programming itself, and there are also many moving parts he has to coordinate with the other ppl in the project, as well as the actual writing.
We also don't know how much of what he shows that is setup for later in the story.
Remember in the current state of things it is still not safe for Scar and Tank to go to the other side of the mountain, and for example the crocs mention a passage between them and the lizard tribe, which might come into play.
I do believe that he kinda "forgot" the player is supposed to be looking for his mentor, but that's because we've been a long looong time without hearing anything about it.
I do wish we got more in terms of relationship with already established characters (personally invested in how Rhot, and Barrel, are gonna go), but currently hyao seems more interested in developing the world and the overarching plots, which I think is fine, from its inception the game was never conceptualized as a simple dating sim in a fantasy setting.
It just means I currently get less playtime out of it, but I'm sure I will in due time.
