Downgraded Art

[Froscho_Vung]

Loved the Art style of the previous SolForge and how the monsters art works would evolve with the cards stats making each cards level unique. This was what had me captivated by the game back when I was 14, still looking fondly on my favorite lvl 3 Grimgaunt Predator and all of the wicked zombie cards from back then.
12 years later and I don't see an improvement but a straight downgrade from it! I instaled the game after I read in the newsletter that the game was free to play and that I'ld get a free deck but I will not play past the tutorial. The new art direction really confuses me. For one using old artworks but not using any of the evolved forms leaves out the aspect of making the lvl 3 monsters feel stronger than the lvl 1s, additionally sprinklying in some new artworks which look horrendously worse compared to the old ones quality wise, makes me question why this is the case. For one the atempt to speak to old SolForge gamers is there but castrated and the new artworks seem like cheap filler which either speaks for the quality of future artworks or the laziness of the artists not to renew the old cards to create a unified artstyle. And Oddly enough the main cards from back then, the Solforged that would go up to lvl 4 are no longer cards but icons for your deck giving a boon every 3 turns.
Waiting for 12 years just to get a worse sequal hurts to the point where I'll no longer read my mails with anticipation for another update as I'll now after 12 years of patience will kick the newsletter of my subscribtions.
Gameplay wise what I could see from the tutorial is that the core gameplay is downgraded too with less actions a turn and the fact that the player can't build their own decks anymore.
Other gripes I have with what I saw is already discussed by other so'll leave that uncommented.

The old artworks got me Playing SolForge and had me dreaming of them till today, sadly the new artworks leave me wanting for what was.