I also think it's a nice-looking game. The graphics help convey the setting really well, IMO. I really enjoyed it.

For me, "primitive" is not the main problem (though I'm getting a bit sick of pixel art), it's more blue-green hue is off-putting. It might match the theme of an alien planet, but it lokks like it would give me headache or something.

It also have great effects for explosions and, iirc, mind attacks thingy.

Well Rogue did come out 45 years ago. 35 years ago was around the end of the NES/start of SNES generation.

Yeah, there's a definite Commodore 64 aesthetic to it, but it feels like every pixel is meaningful. It's all just detailed enough to be able to tell what's going on.

First screen is much more readable at a glance.

People are sensitive about this. I didn't think our opinions were controversial but you got a downvote within a few minutes of leaving your comment. That was fast.

We're not even criticizing it, just saying it's not for us. I was born in 85 and used computers in the computer lab at school in the 90s that were too old to even have mice, they were keyboard only. We played educational games on them like Oregon Trail and lots of math games. These graphics remind me of those. I'm just not interested in going back that far.