I think a lot of us like cartoony artwork in general, add to that metallica, add to that dirty donny cartoon art style as in the zombie look and its ,in the main a win win win.
I also reckon that hetfield had a massive say in this game,including carrying the artwork over from the custom game some years back,hence we have the current pro and le look.
Just my thoughts
Precisely why Stern did not do the premium cartoony. Go for the LE for cartoony, premium for clasic Metallica and the pro cartoony for the masses.
