I agree that Amagami SS+ was weaker than the original, though I don't necessarily know that it was because of the half-length arcs for each character. I was more bothered by the show's need to upend the stability of each relationship and use the resulting drama to drive the plot of each arc. It really constrained creativity and didn't allow each waifu's endearing qualities to shine quite as brightly as they did in the original.
It just felt to me 2 episodes was too little time to fit in the whole mini-drama Amagami SS had in the first season. The drama felt more forced because of this reason and it just didn't feel very well implemented or executed. Not to mention the whole shocking fetishes thing wasn't really shocking anymore. The original felt like a breath of fresh air with some drama interspersed around, the second season just felt like an unnecessary tack-on for milking the franchise, with some drama simply for the sake of having drama.
I personally want Envelope to start posting on gaming side just for some of the reactions.
You don't say.
What's the closest gaming parallel of Cowboy Bebop? Link to the Past?
Don't listen to frostbyte. Best/ only worthwhile thing KyoAni ever did.
The original FMP was pretty good, as I said, but nothing really special. Fumoffu recycles too much of its jokes and comes off as rather bland to me.
FMP:TSR on the other hand is definitely a step up though. Quite well done and actually made me appreciate the franchise more than FMP/Fumoffu ever did.