I think it's a result of it being around so long. 35+ years and they've had time to develop both the games world and as developers. Which is probably also why they went back and remade the first 3 games. Unfortunately they could never change the worst aspect of Rance as it was already hard baked in

It's nothing new. This is like the 2nd or 3rd attempt someone has tried to make an alternative more modern VNDB, but of course it doesn't offer nearly enough functionality and eventually it ends up going nowhere and being abandoned shortly after

I think it's just impossible to be objective about yourself

If only I could be so blessed

Good old games? It's not a bad place to get games from. No DRM and some older titles you can't as easily find on platforms on Steam

They just see it as "Oh this looks and plays much differently from Chrono Trigger. Yeah the musics good but where's the time travel or the characters from the first game?" Kind of frustrating

Granted it's not really the most challenging game. It's more VN than anything. The story however is peak.

I've wanted to give it to various friends and even my brother, but given they never fully play through any of the games I get them, I always hold off