It is a shame. Prometheus clearly had the talent, it’s just a shame that it will get overshadowed by the sheer loss of goodwill such a direction shift has brought.
There are plenty of of posts (and upvotes) here showing that people would rather it continued as it was.
For actual support, there are a grand total of 7 comments on the Patreon post. That’s it.
Granted, comments are subscriber-only. So maybe there are a lot of non-paying supporters who are Ok with things. But if that were the case, surely that support would show up here?
The story’s audience is VN players and I highly suspect this is unlikely to change much any time soon.