>>749
i was under the impression that the real brains behind his projects died in like 2010 and took all the series's good ideas with him to the grave.

>>749
>Higurashi reduced to bad spinoffs
Greed. Plain and simple.
Once he saw how much the gatcha game made all bets were off for that series.

>Umineko gets a weird stageplay
He's always had an interest in stage plays. Rose Guns Days had one too and Higurashi started as a stage play script.

>Phase 2 never
I want to believe he'll make it after Silent Hill f but he probably doesn't have a reason to go back after he gets his Konami money + whatever he made from milking Higurashi.

>>762
You mean that friend of his, who died during Umineko and R07 dedicated the Answer Arcs to him? Due to the sudden tone shift in Umineko, rumour has it that R07's friend was a ghostwriter for Higurashi and Umineko Question Arcs.

Still, I consider Rose Guns Days as R07's best work

>>749
He built a career on aping Edogawa Ranpo in the new media sphere