The publisher, Critical Bliss, did not want to use the art of the original because the quality of the original images varied throughout the game. The game had a long development so there are minor differences in skin tone, hair color, etc. could be noticed. The publisher decided to drop all the images and remake them using a new unified style for the entire game.
I don't think that it is a correct comparison. Zelda games were always about gameplay and story, art changes from game to game. The correct comparison for me is shining series. I like Tony Taka art. And I have no complaints, but old players were enraged because of that.
I think this is most likely the case. While the CG does look more cartoony now, having a unified art style I think will benefit the game more(also like that thicker booty). I also think the new animations look way better in terms of color and smoothness as well as the motion itself(grinding instead of just a janky up and down for the seated pose).
The thing is, it all comes back to one thing that is genuinely making me scratch my head with this situation; who the fuck asked for this?... At the end of the day, this is not the publisher's job. Whatever the creator, publisher or people/fans think about the OG art or the new is completely subjective and doesn't mean fuck all. If a game is good, it'll sell, if it's bad, it won't. However, it's so unnecessary. If people want a game to be localized, they want it for what it already is or shaping to be, they don't want a reshaped version of a board of people in suit think they want or will stick.
Hmm. I generally agree on the animations, seeing them side-by-side like that, though I think the original faces are hotter, and I'll note that the boob bounce in the second animation feels less energetic in the new version, even if it's much smoother. That said, it's WIP and I slightly prefer the newer animations in this comparison overall anyway, though I still consider the artwork to be a side-grade at best. Welp, here's hoping this turns out well. I'm not entirely certain a unified art-style matters as much for h-games, but then I might just be too used to games that just combine in-game graphics with cgs.
Honestly, as much as it was a great step towards differantiating itself from NTRLegends, the hot spring part felt a little rushed. Like there's not even a pretense of freedom there. You just move through the days and hope you reached 100% until the 10th day has happened. Not to mention that the art is not as good and the few H-scenes there are locked to a specific time of the day.
It is on DLsite but not on steam. The steam version was supposed to release in Q4 of this year but got pushed back into 2024 because of all the changes to graphics and gameplay updates they are working on. You can still play a good version of the game right now that has the endings and such.
In terms of art, yea the graphics during onsen is a little funky. Plus getting to 100% can be done before the 4/5th day if you can get ~20% per cumshot. Then you’re left with the same onsen gameplay without any progression
However if you bought it on DLSite you will be getting a censored version of the DX version. They can't distribute uncensored via DLSite for obvious reasons.
