Appreciate the thoughts and feedback.
As for your promo shot that does also look nice but hopefully the game won't go that far into a sort of "anime direction" if that makes any sense.
Don't worry, I'll probably go for something tonally a bit more reserved, that was mostly an experiment with the art.
I think games that constantly overlay screens with faces whenever a voice it talking over the gameplay can get distracting.
I fully agree. The game Bulk Slash was an influence with the pop-up portrait in the corner, but it tends to get pretty repetitive after playing for a long while, so I'll likely tone down the usage of it unless something crazy happens on screen.