Here's the thing about graphics: If you go into steam and look at the library as a whole, about 80% of the game graphics are horrible SpiderWeb level drivel. Now a good portion of these games sell for under a $1 and I think Jeff's games are worth $5 maybe $10 if I have nothing else at all to play...which will never happen because I play survival/crafting games and they come out about 3 or 4 a month
Once this newest game hits a big sale, I'll be sure to grab it.
(TLDR; mini rant about Vogel) feel free to ignore!
My personal history with Spidweb goes all the way back to the original Exile. During that time Jeff would email his players and have back and forth conversations all the time. He was a Mac guy through and through, but he gave us pc gamers a good portion of his time. IIRC, he would release on Mac first and then roll out the pc version a little later.
He lost me when he renamed his game Avernum and sold it a 2nd time. True, there were UI changes and added scenes, but the game sold for full price and was the equivalent of a large patch or mini-expansion.
He redeemed himself a little with the first Geneforge, but then made the cardinal sin of basically cloning the first game and changing some of the names around for the rest of the series. Geneforge is truly horrid when it comes to copy/paste development.
G1 was the last game I paid full price for till Avadon, which again was too much copy/paste designing. At this point, I'll play Vogel but only at bargain bin prices.