Yeah this is the only thing i don't like. This is a MASSIVE spike in costs. We *will* lose some things. Whether it's writing content, game length, difficulty. There is no way we will maintain everything and balloon this cost.
This will undoubtedly force owlcats hand to bring in more players which usually never bodes well for the OG fans, ESPECIALLY with the type of games OC makes.
Or the budget can be simply increased proportionally :)
Also let's be honest about it, our games are a bit overstretched by the end chapters, and that's felt. Some reasonable (not dramatic) shortening in favour of more polishing, better release quality and reactivity (and more 'horizontal' mutually exclusive choices, which make the game more varied, but not longer) wouldn't hurt at all.