I agree that the art is awesome. I didn't think the characters grunting sounds were helpful or added anything to the text. I just turned that feature off. I read several reviews that had a negative tone about game play and almost didn't give it a try. I am glad that I did, I really liked it. If you liked Banner Saga you will probably get enjoyment out of this game. If you need to get every choice "correct" then you may be frustrated I liked that I didn't have any idea what was going ot happen with my choices. In many games it it too obvious, Ash is not. . I am not sure if this is due to issues with translation or if this is intentional but either way I enjoyed it. If felt that ti added a sense of tension that fit wit the sense that the game's world is ending.
I liked the visuals and voice acting. I also found the story interesting. I did not like leveling up. I normally like this part of games but I found it tedious here. Glad they had the autobuy feature but wish I didn't need to use it. My major gripe was the I could not reassign keys. I had trouble with the controls and found it frustrating.