>>73724
it's stated experiments are cheap and easy to mass produce. we still use humans fur rescue teams and soldiers, as we are more agile and intelligent than robots, despite our fragile nature. this is of course assuming that ai robots are still not that far ahead in the future. that and they had to use human liquidators instead of robots fur chernobyl or something
>>73723
1. it takes less time to make textures and models / assets if they look retro. i have done gamedev, and if you do it solo, it takes furever to do everything on your own, so a simple style can speed up progress. this could all be seen as laziness
2. its a trendy thing to do as an indie dev and monkey see monkey do