First of all, thank you so much for taking the time to play and write such complete feedback!! I really appreciate every point you made, and thinking back now about Alex and Nina, you are absolutely right. I'll take all those notes with me when voting finishes and use them to improve it!
The character art style was a first-pass sketch meant to evolve into the style we see on the badge, but we had to cut loose somewhere as the deadline approached and still went with them rather than having nothing. But do they look out of place compared to the cover art on the badge, haha
Again, thanks a lot, it means a lot!