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I don't know if this avn got dropped in his lap or not, i do remember it being 1 off the best early on and it was already done by BD at the time.I understand all of that.
I wasn't sugesting that BD was at the same level as these guys, however he is making enough income that if he just kept his mouth shut and maybe wrote an outline and then paid an actual writer to fleshout the scripe and write the dialogue his followers would be much happier.
Unlike so many good devs, he had the golden oppertunity to make an awesome game dropped right in his lap with getting so much financial support so early, and then he just fummbled spectacularly because he has no self-discipline and can't keep his foot out of his mouth!
Even still, Regardless of the story quality, unlike the games by those devs I listed before, WVM is a harem which people will flock to even if the story is lacking, so If he would just learn to keep his mouth shut and not announce an update untill it was 100% ready, he would catch a lot less flack.
it used to be on the 1st page for weighted rating(unfiltered),during & after the big break and the release after it took a nose dive now its on 9th page(filtered on harem)
You're right that story's matters less for harem games but its mainly the Main story line or concept.
currently the story and characters lack depth (as a Harem fanboy myself i know that's actually a bad thing)
it makes the harem feel cheap, add in the ever expanding cast which makes actually fleshing out the characters hard, so if better writing is on board it will be a uphill battle (sure a getting someone to help whit writing might work but personally i don't think DP will do it)
my current opinion on WVM development is this:
BD is a super inconsistent writing wise he does put out quality renders but that alone won't make a top tier VN
sadly hes back to the old routine off not keeping up promises given
Which i actually expected ,were back to monthly excuses again, i mean hes on vacation right now right?
(or hes just leading people on putting in minimal effort for max return,milking the vn for as long as he can,because hes fully aware its on a downward spiral or that he isn't into development (as much) anymore )
the VN is still riding on from its early succes but its been overtaken by many other vn's in terms off popularity
two things are keep this afloat in my eyes :
1.commitment from subscribers whit hopes to see a finished VN
2. the actual controversy around it all, WVM has kinda turned into a meme on f95