2.5D has its strengths. Good detail and shadow work that anime styles struggle with. But the same face syndrome is brutal.
pic related various 2.5D checkpoints showing the issue. Body proportions are good, no bobblehead, but faces have zero variety.
>inb4 anime faces are generic too
Yeah but anime has expressiveness,you can get disgust, sadness, melancholy, joy, real personality and charisma.
2.5d stuck in pretty mode. Technically beautiful features that look nice but never express real emotion. Prompt whatever you want, you will not get raw expressiveness, just another bland perfect face.