I should not say about SG in this thread but i don't know how many chapter WiAB have but SG has total 30 chp after chp5 release there will be 25 remaining.... 5yrs gone for "remastered".... 1 update per year..... 25 chp left.... do your own math
Bro, I honestly don't understand how the fact that it takes years for a single developer to develop two high quality games at the same time is relevant to my post. So if that's you asking me of my opinion on this topic, then I also want updates for both games to come out more often, with the current high quality of games or better. I also want more content with Bella, Nami, Leia, Katie, Sasha, Zara, Miru. And don't forget about Nadia and her bananas, Gina, Zoey, Mila, Vic, Nia, Sonia, Scarlett, Amber, Maja. Yeah, and love me some Elsa, Monica, Kate, Miriam and Nora twins, Dani from the gas station and that girl with the mischievous smirk from the locker room. This will do for the beginning.
But don't you think that sounds a little childish? "Mom, I want it now, gimme." Do you really think these complaints are going to get you somewhere, or is there some rationale for these complains other than frustration that you can't get what you want. Five years is a long spread of time, that's for sure. But do you think Ocean's skills were at the same level then as they are now? He didn't spend time learning things and improving skills, it's free, he was just born with it? He had the same hardware then? You don't take into account the progress he's made over the past year? I don't even mention his personal issues, which has been overcoming these years and spoke quite openly about it. We, professional critics, certainly know that this is just a weak excuse that lazy developers throw at us when they are lazy, right?
And now let's compare with the most successful project of all times. I bought BaDIK season 1 on Steam, in the mid of 2020. Now it's the mid of 2023. Six chapters have been released, 5-9 and interlude. Two updates a year, just like Ocean do, if you count both WIAB and SG as one. You would say that the last BaDIK chapters are three times bigger than the average SG or WIAB chapter if we compare the number of static renders. And BaDIK is completely beats SG+WIAB in the animation department, I mean quantity, not the quality. Well, that's true, but then again, we're comparing to the AVN World Champion. And if you dig into the first chapters of BaDIK (1-4), you'll find they are almost equal to the average chapter of SG in terms of the number of static renders. And now I'm only saying my opinion, but the artistic quality of a picture in Ocean's games is much higher.
The only thing that really hindered the advance of the plot for both games was the rework. But what were the options, to leave the old graphics as it is? For those who see the games for the first time, this is ridiculous and spoils the impression. Or maybe just finish and release them where they were before the graphical enhancement was possible, and then start a perfect "Summer's Really Gone" from now on at the current level of quality? Dunno, I like what we have now even if it took the time. Those who will first see the games on Steam won't even know about the rework.
And at the end of the post about the main thing
I can’t see the future, but if everything remains the way it is now, then I don’t believe in 30 chapters in a reasonable time either. But that's okay for me. To me, this is not a movie they've been trying to finish for years. For me, this is a series, I watch them episode after episode, season after season, as they appear. I don't expect the final credits in the near future and don't assume it will. As long as he releases two chapters a year with a decent amount of static renders and content, I'm fine with that, it's average for most of my favorite VNs. But I hope for the best, Ocean has said a few times that he is thinking of hiring assistants. Maybe it will happen, who knows.
