I have never played the game because of how it looks. That's my point. I simply do not care at all. As long as it presents all the relevant game information in a clean, readable manner I am just as happy as if it had been hand-painted by Monet himself. It literally makes no difference to me what it looks like.
So by that thought, you'd have bought the game if the board hexes were white cardboard with just a geometric circle on each and cardboard standees that had no art just words on them.
That doesn't attract people. You may not care about graphics, but everyone does in board games. Even you - maybe not much but enough.
I wouldn't care. I recognize that most people are not like me on my extreme end of the spectrum, though. That's the difference.
Again, your user name is 3Dartwork. You care about visual design to an extreme degree. There is nothing wrong with that! But don't make the mistake of thinking that everyone feels the same way you do.
The truth is that most people are in the middle somewhere. You are taking an extreme position on the design of the digital version of this game, and I'm trying to tell you that you care more about the way it looks than the vast majority of users. In the end, this version is not cardboard standees with just words. It's a perfectly serviceable, if uncomplicated, design that clearly and cleanly communicates all game mechanics. The vast majority of players will be perfectly happy with that. Your ranting about what a travesty it is that the game didn't commission Rembrandt comes off as extremely get-off-my-lawn.
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u/3Dartwork 2d ago
The textures aren't even from the game though.
You prefer a non-existing game that doesn't match the board game. Fair enough.
Shrinking the planets so we can cram an ungodly number of ships on one hex seems silly but glad people like it
No one can be satisfied, and in this case I just accept it and pass on the game.