It's pretty obvious that he got lazy with this short, let's blame it on his family issues. While we can nitpick a lot on the step-mom short, it was still better than any other short since "hanna's holiday".
As I've said once, if this is Sum's Job (which it seems to be), he is really far too relaxed with his work schedule. I know he isn't forced to work from 9 to 5, and that SFM comes with a fuckton of complications, but still, it does seem like he doesn't put in much work on a daily basis (if he even works on a daily basis).
Still, at the end of the day I do enjoy his works and he seems to have learned a bit from both his Fallout release and his NW2, about pacing, story, how much it takes him to do something and what he could change to see less complain from his patreons.
I haven't supported him in the longest time, but I know others are and will support him unless he really (and after seeing the patience with NW2 I mean REALLY) fucks things up. So here's hoping for better shorts and a MK9-2 release that doesn't take a year.
Also TFG's work might improve NW a lot, from what I've seen and read at least.