This is usually how games without fast or consistent updates work. Once the talk of the new update is done, people will delve into unrelated, or less related stuff, only for the occasional new player to bring back a little relevant discussion. That or the thread will be dead for that time.
There is also the question where does relevance end?
-Game>Criticism of game
-Development>Criticism of deveopment
-Development issues> Talk/speculation and criticism about said issues
It's all very murky as it's not being made clear even with the removal of posts as they have been one sides on the disapproval side of things.
BD has said a lot while what has been said equates to so little. At one point we were expecting 2k worth of new renders and more recently it sounds like they all got scrapped, no clue if the reworks are being kept or scrapped.
Story is now gonna take place over twice the amount of time (Yeah it was crammed before) but that means a complete rework of the game and this was mentioned at nearly 1 year after the last update, has he been reworking the story the whole time he was re rendering scenes or has it just started?
Honestly it might be best for Mods to write up a summary themselves post it then lock the thread.
When ever we get a new update which last mentioned will be the rework it's practically a new game as events are being redone and timing when you meet people.
I personally don't consider the last update an actual update as it does not fit the game prior, it is what we will be at when the rework is done, and DitLo is a spin off. Basically last true update was July 2021. To be fair I did not play the last update when I heard what it entailed and Ditlo annoyed me with the manner of censoring taking place, did not like the cyber feel to it as it seemed out of place and why tease Harper in that manner whom I've been personally waiting for, would have preferred the allusion to her being naked (Not on screen) or the item placement angles to conceal but that is wait to release this after we get Harper in main game and don't censor at all.
It's a bad situation all around, BD and all that brings then the fans and those who feel slighted just makes for a mess of a thread.