Very Flawed Christmas DLC for Mystic Messenger

I was really excited when MM got the DLC, and I still am, but I’ve noticed there’s a lot of things that are standing out, in a bad way.

First:

Cheritz is not using the same artist for the CG’s and the art does not hold up at all, nor does the coloring! The characters don’t even look like themselves to be honest, there’s just something highly off. Ditto for the coloring, hair, of them. While I’d noticed Cheritz used two artists for the main game, the second artist did only the side characters sprites, which was very noticeable because they tended to be 90% ugly. But that’s okay, they’re characters we don’t give a fuck about. But then we get our main boos this weirdly different? It just doesn’t sit right with me! I mean they got really weird proportions, hair doesn’t look the same, they have meat cleavers for hands, when it isn’t yaoi hands resembling crabs…

Some examples (warning that they’re CG’s cause those are the new additions to it, but I cropped them so they’re not spoilers!)

Second:

The translation is…crap. Less than stellar. While I can still fangirl because Zen is a horny beast, Yoosung the cutiest cutie bean, there were a lot of moments where I didn’t know what the fuck I was choosing or what they were saying, the translation is that broken. Let’s also not forget that some parts are still in Korean, not the chats themselves thankfully!

Some examples (no spoilers)

Third:

I get the feeling that the writer might have changed because the characters didn’t act all that much like in the main game. But that can also be me being distrustful because of the art being changed 💦💦 Mind you it’s not a bad thing, and it could also be because of the very dodgy (current) translation.

Fourth is a nitpick:

For the price it was, 100 hourglasses, part of me doesn’t feel like it was worth it considering the issues, part of me doesn’t give a fuck and loves the good parts, and the other tiny part is being distrustful if Cheritz is going to fix these current issues, or they’ll repeat in the future for all their DLC…

Now, this does not mean I’m not enjoying this DLC. I am, trust me. I’ve screamed and squealed because Zen is horny, Seven calls one character Master repeatedly, Yoosung is as cute as ever, Jaehee super precious, we get to date Unknown…you get my point 😹😹  It’s just these have been annoying me a little, and I felt the need to warn/unload here hah.

I’m wondering if anyone else has gotten annoyed or noticed/gotten irked by these issues too, and if you’ve noticed something more I haven’t! 👀👀