This is definitely not something that was there and i simply missed, not only is the background bothering me, but the art work has become substantially more cartoony, i am guessing the patches didn't patch right... but something has changed.
And really, it isn't that i don't like it, this is a physical reaction with me. i am not trying to be funny or insensitive here when i say this, think pokemon and siezures. Some moving backgrounds don't affect me, probably a speed and colour issue. i can, forexample, play dominions3, i don't like it, but it doesn't bother me, however there was a mechwarrior i bought but never played because i couldn't get past the menus, and quite frankly if not fixed, i will never play this again.
its almost immediate eyestrain that leads to nausea and headaches, worse than that it leaves me very agitated, ready to jump down anyones throat for the slightest thing, a sensation that lasts for around a half hour to an hour. oboviously its not worth the aggrevation to play a game, and makes it a little hard to enjoy it. And like i said, it doesn't have to be fancy, it just has to be GONE, preferably without having to navigate the menus to disable it, i'm hoping for an .ini file i can edit.
if you can do it, great, if not, farewell.