I don't know how I feel about this art style being changed. Sarah just looks bland now with less detail on herself and the others. The older art had way more detail to it with the shadings of her hair, the blemishes from everything to her top to feet. I'm assuming it changed to allow for quicker updates to the game? I feel like this game has lost its quality over quantity aspect.
Now I'm not claiming to be a professional in art styles, but from my consumer point of view, it just looks boring, less personality and just outright lazy. I'm not criticizing the game, in fact I really love this game and want to see it work its way up to completion. It just hurts that developers from time to time have to make detrimental sacrifices towards the game and the people will just have to deal with it.
I'd rather have to wait for months or even a year for something special, than faster updates with less quality.