You might sometime understand that gamer do not progress. A new new generation of gamer does have another point of view how games should look and feel. The old JA2 design leaves MUCH for personal interpretation and imagination. You wish to have that old feeling again, witch is just not possible, because no one knows your personal interpreation. It is not possible to make a modern design out off an ugly (but great) design without destroying someones imaginations. I love the old look, but i would hate it as a new gamer generation. You can not combine both worlds without make someone angry. But i do agree a more adult style of portraits and MERC would have been better.