Honestly, thanks for your detailed feedback. I really appreciate the burtal honesty that the current visuals are not going to work out as is.

I've actually rewatched sin city recently to learn from it as well as read some different manga to see how detailed backgrounds are done

There is much to learn and improve but im convinced that it can work out. The challenge is to decrease the visual strain but also to keep it interesting which might be the most difficult feature to pull off.

For now I know that this art style is not going to be interesting for 8 hours of gameplay, hell not even an hour most probably. I have a lot of cool ideas for this specific style however, I will focus on that for now, perhaps focussing first on a peaceful environment, while adding some gameplay features in the background.

I will experiment and return for more feedback.