Why bother with the colors if you're gonna make it look like an Apple ][ or PC-88 game?

Why going for an art style that is way too based on hardware limitations of the early days? I understand super-deformed, 2d, pictorial (and/or pixel art) and low poly. They're stylised. But this is simply limited and too abstract. You could be a photorealistic picture or a naive painting or a Picasso, but you choose stickmen, or even less. Why?

I like the art, wishlisted.

Graphics style (portraits, interface) and gameplay premise with automatic battles reminds of Loop Hero which I enjoyed quite a lot. Not sure about those bare bones environments though, how fun could exploration of such world be in a long run.