I'm not keen of seeing someone else continuing a project that the orignal dev abandoned and didn't give his consent. As sad as it is, just let it go and let's mourn this project. It's not the first time this happens, and won't be the last. I still hope for his return to finish it, but I'm not delusional.
Wow that's quite the interesting question... Idk what to think abt but Ig I'd lean more toward the I don't rly care option. If the guy rly abandoned the project. I couldn't care less. Especially if the guy who retakes it has what it takes. Good writing, good rendering, a steady pace... I think I'd be more cool with it if he did it a bit like some serious parody of the big franchise do. Change names, change sprites a bit and that's it. Ofc, he'd adapt the story and add the things he think could have been added to make the game better (overall make the story his). SO that if the dev ever comes back (even if there's 0.0000001% he actually does) it wouldn't be the same game. And I could enjoy both
Ofc, I'm not saying he shouldn't try and ask the dev for the rights b4. However if the devs truly disappeared, I couldn't give les of a damn lol.
Like you said project are being abandoned every now and then. I honestly wouldn't mind if a team of dev/s decided to do this for abandoned projects, not just abandoned project now that I think abt it, could be kinetic novels that offer only one path but have a pretty good story. You always wonder what if in them. Could be the femdom only games (oh man how many of them have goat tier settings for a good revenge/role reversal path but devs aren't turned on by that), maledom only games... The possibilities are infinite. Ofc all of this would be done in a parody-like manner.
And b4 anyone start criticizing me, this is a piracy site...
Oh and btw It's my 1st time playin this game, I'll come back and make a com abt it once I finish it see ya
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