Am I the only one that don't care if an AVN ends or not? Unless the game has an engaging mystery that I want to be solved what should I care for the ending?
I care to have good content per update. If this game or any other I like gets abandoned what makes me sad isn't that I haven't seen the ending, what makes me sad is not getting more content.
I do think it’s a shame when something becomes predictable like that, especially when you’re somewhat invested yourself. In my opinion, many devs already fail at the planning stage or the overall vision they set for themselves. A lot of them don’t even reach the stage that
Summer Heat has reached — and even here, there’s still
a lot that needs to be delivered in terms of story and everything else.
I think it bothers me less if the yearly updates actually provide content that has impact. That’s what’s still missing for me here (especially after the last update) and what I’m hoping the upcoming update will make up for.
It’s only logical that many projects with poor pacing eventually fall apart — unless they’re the
really big ones with thousands of subs, where the creators can easily live off the money even during long pauses. You just have to accept that you can’t change it anyway.
So I try to think in stages now, and I just hope for solid content from update to update.