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Hi, cool project!

I would say if the goal is to support a moba/ rts style gameplay, the environment has to much contrast overall. Ideally have some units/ heroes in there throughout the creation process, so you can balance everything in a way so the gameplay elements read well. Perhaps you can add some parameters to your materials so you can dial it in in-engine. Generally vertical gradients can help to make things more readable (for example make trees stand out from ground).

Regarding style, I believe it currently looks more bumpy pbr than hand-painted, with some textures looking like sourced from photos.

The grass being distributes so evenly introduces noise/ contrast, especially with the colors being so different to the underlying ground texture. I would try having some groups of gras in select places. Particular where assets like rocks intersect with the ground, so the intersection appears detailed.

The paths currently seem backward to me: I would expect stone slates being placed in the middle of the path, where's frequently traffic. Perhaps look into mixing a mask into the blend (heightmap?) to achieve a more interesting/ varied transitions, currently the blends borders look repetitive.

For the final presentation, I would add some beauty shots without any OS UI. I don't know if you did this, but through-out the process, it can help to take screenshots and paint on top to quickly explore options.

Keep it up!

Sure I was referring to the UVs of the latest character:

Some borders seem almost aligned with the pixel raster, but not quite, many others seems more relaxed (didn't mark all islands in question, but hopefully it's clear. I find tube-like/ cylindrical shapes and strips are very fitting for this). Perhaps it comes across as nitpicky  ,but I think even when work-samples don't have LODs, it doesn't take much time during unwrapping and allows to show a habit of making assets "future-proof".

Here is a cool thread by @Neox on the topic: https://polycount.com/discussion/235489/uv-straightening-and-its-perks-on-lod-generation, with other users chiming with methods for other modeling apps.

Yeah letting go of old projects is pretty difficult. Fortunately ArtStation lets you hide projects so you don't have to perma delete them or something. It may be difficult to land a job atm, it's difficult for everybody, but you have solid stuff in there. Good luck!

has potential for greatness.

Sweet! I'm really down with the anatomy planar stylization. Would love to see more if that in the cloth. But it looks awesome!