Game art, defining style and general feedback plz

MonoSilentMe

Hi we just launched a Kickstarter and I wanted to engage more with the community about our art style. Obviously I more specifically want feedback from other artists about defining our own style in this niche.

Here is a sample 


To me, the characters also feel slightly detached from the scene itself but maybe that's just because I spent too much time staring at it

We don't really have an online gallery for more example other than our Kickstarter I'll link it here in case you would like to look at more samples before replying 

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/chimeraco/lux-a-survival-mmorpg-pc-mac-xb1-ps4

MonoSilentMe

a couple more examples in case you hate clicking links

miguelnarayan

I feel the environment has more level of detail than the characters on the first screenshot, the last one is fine though. The first thing I usually scan on a environment is people... the trees look beautifully detailed, but they are not the protagonists, I think, maybe work the economy a bit better?

Haversack

Honestly the biggest thing I see separating the characters from the environment is the shadow under the character's feet. Because they have shadows, and the environment pieces do not, you get an odd dissonance of expecting the cacti and bones and such to have shadows too. Giving shadows to the other entities on screen will bring everything to the same level.

*Edit*
After looking at the pictures more I see the other shadows. The separation that is happening may just be a color thing. I do like the art style though. Do you have any gifs of it in motion?()
*edit 2*
Looked at the kickstarter stuff.

Odow

I hate being that girl, but this looks a lot like don' starve, My first reaction was thinking this was some kind of mod for it.

Don't get me wrong, it looks really nice. Maybe it's just me, but a visual identity is as important as everything. But it's a bit like that game http://www.totalminer.com/ It's not minecraft, it is different, but if freaking look the same. Or this