The game has terrible animations, why did he add this to the game? Is it just for an "animated" tag? These are some of the worst animations I've seen in a long time.
There are three reasons for the state of the anims:
1) Anims take a disproportionate amount of time to do, so I don't waste too much time on them
2) Anims take up file space, so I don't use a lot of frames (jerky)
3) I'm not an artist and not very good at doing them- my improvement is glacial pace
Unless you're a Dev, the first two won't mean much to you and I won't try to convince you how important they are. Suffice to say, I'm one of the few devs that offer a 1 month turnaround on updates- I can't waste time. I'm told there is file 2gb limit for Android users so there is a file-size constraint on the game.
The third reason is just tough luck- I believe my strength is story telling not visuals and I think (hope) that's what people like about my work.
You make a valid point- why bother with anims at all? I've always felt readers expect it, but I may be wrong- readers might prefer no anim v a bad anim, so by all means continue to debate that point.