Finally! 2.5 pages of rants about other stuff, but I was hoping someone else had said something about the crap I saw in the preview pics -- the skin shinier than a mirror, the horrible lighting, the lack of detail, the view orientation looking like it was peeped through a window might've been story-based if only 1, but too many were "across the room" view point. Even skin tones seemed off (and this is a new monitor, so I can't blame my hardware).crap renders
But, thanks for your comments, and sacrificing oneself for others by trying to put up with the grind.
(Speaking of tags, changes to which are on hold on this site pending "stuff", we really need a "clueless game dev" or "newdev" tag to warn people the game might suck, the dev's coding might suck, the artwork might suck, and the dev is using it as a learning tool that shouldn't have ever left their own computer... but maybe "15yo dev" could be an option, too.)