>>3852475
>I've come to accept these things don't actually matter to anyone except me
I matters to me. I hate the stylistic changes in chapter 3 and 4. I hate when anything does major stylistic changes mid way through. It bugs the hell out of me, and combined with the tonal changes, makes me not even want to finish the game.
>>3852478
>but I also think if Toby HAS the budget and the team then intentionally downsizing the art scope to look worse solely for "soul" purposes is ironically soulless
The entire appeal of Toby's games are the unique stylings born of compromise. Without those its all so boring and generic. Everything has pretty animation with a million frames, only Undertale animates you falling by having the same stoic sprite you use to walk around rotate and scale down slightly.

I would say he should fire the producer and most of the post chapter 2 team, since he has clearly reached the point at which too many cooks spoil the broth.

Also, he could have at least kept a consistent style. That goes above soul, changing a visual style mid game is just aids.