I’m not trying to be rude, but I don’t think you understand what “objectively” means.  What you are describing is ‘subjective’.  Objective refers to demonstrable fact; something beyond personal opinion.  Subjective refers to views based on your feelings and opinions.  For example, stating this game is APP-driven is an objective statement.  Stating the art is poor is a subjective statement.
 
in addition, claiming a ‘majority of people’ based on forums is generally a fallacy.  The online community, and especially negative posters tend to be more widely represented than the overall consumer base.  This can be seen quite often with video games and movies that gain large scale online negativity, but still succeed upon release.

Ok...
I never wished for any game to fail, even the Munchkin series and Cards Against Humanity which i both hate.
What about the way others like their games?
In what world should yours supersede mine, or others' ?

It does look like Bakshi! I knew there was some influence for this art kicking around in my brain somewhere but I couldn't place it. I actually really love the character design and character art. I understand people's disappointment in the tiles, but the character art is so evocative. People who aren't as familiar with that style of fantasy art from the 70's and early 80's are probably missing the antecedents of this newer art. But I'll be damned if it doesn't bring me right back to those fantasy roots.

I've met people who were really turned off by Bakshi before. Some people really didn't care for Wizards or his LotR. There's no accounting for taste. Of course, it is useful to be able to evaluate things dispassionately and at least recognize skill and expertise in art even when it isn't to one's personal tastes. A lot of people have great deal of difficulty with this, however. It can help to have been exposed to art criticism before. But not everyone takes that sort of class in school.
So you often get people reacting to art that they dislike as though it is poor art- confusing personal taste with quality. It happens all over, not just when people see new boardgame art.

I like it; reminds me of styles used in the 70s-80s such as the film “Wizards”.  Art definitely is subjective though, and anything not in a modern, mainstream style can take getting used to.  ‘Too Many Bones’ has a rather polarizing art style but seems to have found it’s audience.

Is it dead really, or because you want it so?
I'll take it with a grain of salt

I’m not trying to be rude, but I don’t think you understand what “objectively” means.  What you are describing is ‘subjective’.  Objective refers to demonstrable fact; something beyond personal opinion.  Subjective refers to views based on your feelings and opinions.  For example, stating this game is APP-driven is an objective statement.  Stating the art is poor is a subjective statement.
 
in addition, claiming a ‘majority of people’ based on forums is generally a fallacy.  The online community, and especially negative posters tend to be more widely represented than the overall consumer base.  This can be seen quite often with video games and movies that gain large scale online negativity, but still succeed upon release.

That’s too bad about no December release.  I’ve found the one month span to be perfect timing to have tried out new content and be ready to add something else in.