[Applejinx]

Not much creativity plus low-poly gives you that creepy look.

They can't be particularly creative without alienating subsets of the audience. What you're seeing is basically committee-approved art: many layers of approval given the ability to veto stuff that's 'weird', leading to a bland pablum that offends everybody equally.

[pyre]

In other words, the "Greendale Human Being"[1][2] effect.

[1] http://community-sitcom.wikia.com/wiki/Greendale_Human_Being

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xr-F40mnul8