$175? That is a considerable chunk of change. This isn't going to be my cup of tea (you can find me hoarding Armada miniatures), but... 175? YMMV, but that price tag seems to be on the expensive side. Then again who am I to say, I'll be picking up one of the new Armada starters, and that's only half a game for $100.
The art looks wonderfully unique, as for the board... yeah, they might have leaned harder some way or other. I had Imperial Assault and those board pieces did feel much more organic/lived in/what have you.
I'm interested to see how this goes. Back in the day Descent was my first dungeon crawler, and a good time it was