I know it’s a useless comment and I wish I could give a more constructive criticism, but I still have to say that AP Redux might be the worst decision I’ve seen from project on this site, — not that I follow that many, but I did see Innocent Witches devs deciding to rewrite the whole game for the third time, wasting time on something most people don’t even care about (while also making it worse). But really, wasting time on worsening the thing people didn’t like about your game is still not as insane to me as remaking something people liked (and making it worse).
But more than that, the decision was also handled very badly. This is something you need a lot of input from fans from the start — even if you are absolutely sure about your decision to shoot your project in the foot — at least talking with fans both on patreon and outside would make it possible make this change less painful. To start adjusting new art before making a bunch of it, including animations.
I’m not even a fan of original designs, I feel they are wa-a-ay too ass-centric while I’m more into boobs, but even I can’t see how new art is an improvement. Previous art-style was unique, and thus looked even better than it was because it had little competition. New art is just another anime-wannabe design. Not bad, but nowhere near the best and there is A LOT of competition when it comes to hentai games, making it seem weaker than it is. And while even do anime redesign if you're not giving everyone huge anime tits to rival their asses? Honestly, a potential change from bowling pins to hourglass figures was the only thing I hoped to like in this redesign.
Also, changing scenes to make them less sexualised (you can find examples on previous pages of this thread) is just insane for an «update» of a porn game.
I still wish the team all the best, but I might start playing new versions literally for the plot (unlike with Innocent Witches I actually like the story and characters in this game quite a lot).
