You know, I'll actually agree with your overall sentiment. Yes, graphics could be better. This would mean, as you suggested, that I would have to go 8-bit style (or other simplistic style), or make them higher quality, which unfortunately means the game would be more expensive. Personally, I am tired of all the 8-bit looking games, and they don't create a serious atmosphere, which I absolutely needed for this game. Bottom line, though: I didn't spend enough time thinking about how the background and character art will go together. There is a stylistic mismatch between them, and I feel it too.