Since when did this game go from monthly/bimonthly releses to 1-chapter-a-year method? NGL, this is peak milking.
about 2 years ago? the monthly release was literally only the first chapter to the second chapter. can't remember if second to third was bi monthly, but by 4th chapter, it was multiple months.
I said it before and i'll say it again, because people like you keep coming in, not knowing what they are talking about.
Every chapter has double the renders or close to double the render / animations compared to the previous chapter. this has increased development time every chapter. not to mention the quality improved a lot per chapter. you don't see the jump in quality in these last few chapters since it had to peak at some point.
i posted the proof of render and animation count a year or so ago, but it exist in this thread. the game is always getting bigger, so the development time takes longer. this isn't "milking" as the amount of content reflects the time it takes to make.