actually, for me it's like this: i started to play this mod, after the original game, because of the drawn art. i prefer drawn art. if it goes to either HS or DaZ i just write it off and play something else, because then it's no longer what i came here for in the first place. quite a number of reasons, starting with the "individuality" (in lack of a better term atm) of drawn images; most of those 3DCG games i checked out end up with the models appearing erm, "artifical" and generic.
side note, Akabur actually really drew pictures, pen&paper, and then scanned them for the respective projects, not sure if he still does it.