Hello, I have a couple of questions I hope someone can answer! I have been away from this game for a long time now and therefore I have not kept up, at all, with the development diaries over the years. I am a bit curious about the art in the game, how many artists are apart of the development team? I have vague memories of art being commissioned a long time ago, but I could be confusing it with some other game.
I also wonder if the development team have decided upon a dedicated art style for the game? Right now the game seems to have a lot of "different" art styles although many are similar enough to be clumped together. However, there really is at least two very distinct art styles in the game. My main focus for this critic is on the sex scenes and not the general background or UI elements. Although it is important to keep a consistent visual identity with the UI and background as well the main attraction is, at least in my opinion, the sexual CGs which are ultimately the "eye-candy" for the game. An easy example of the difference would be to look at the tavern, job, events. The Jak x Indarah scenes have a completely different art style compared to the Andras x Alexia scene. I am just curious if there has been any form of announcement in which style the game is aiming for going forward?
I just personally feel that having two very different art styles in the sexual CGs has laid the groundwork for possible disappointments and disagreements depending on how much attention any one style gets. I don't know for how long this has been going on or how widespread it is but it could be potentially troublesome to move away from now. On top of that if someone has been waiting for a specific CG and it is in a style they dislike they could be disappointed due to how different the styles are.
I for one am always excited when there is a sex scene, especially intercourse, between Andras x Alexia. The Andras scene after the Wulump dungeon scenes was therefore a bit of an disappointment for me personally. Don't get me wrong I can still get off to it and the descriptive texts, can more or less, stand on their own even without the art. In my opinion, however, Alexia looked really different and not really the same appearance that I fell in love with. Another gripe with that scene and style is that the CGs seemed "fuzzy" and unclear. I could not differentiate between Andras' supposed cum and Alexia's bodily sweat as an example.
All in all the game has improved greatly since the last time I played and I am loving the, for me at least, new castle UI and design, not to mention all the events, features and CGs since the last time I played. I would like to clarify that I don't intend to insult anyone. This is simply my personal opinion and I tried to give a bit of constructive reasoning behind it.
Thanks in advance for any response and, of course, for reading!