A nu, cheeki breeki iv damke Stalker!
This game gets better every time I see it - the battle system looks very fun and complex. Looks like you'll have a busy year ahead of you.
Your first attempt looks completely passable. For a lot of games of this nature, the art style and atmosphere carries the visuals much more than the actual art quality. If anything, you could leave the tilesets to be of this quality and focus more on the Menus and character sprites visible during dialogue, which I think is what people remember the most when looking back. When I think of Sinathir, my first thoughts aren't of the tilemaps but are instead of the default character model in the pink dress and Billy talking about CDs.
Good luck!
