I think it's a matter of opinion. A lot of the ships, especially the prototypes, look pretty damn cool imo.
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For what it's worth, it's as xpand says; 2048 did not exist at the time we developed significant parts of the game. That image you've provided also didn't exist during 2048's development; it was created after, as a promotional piece for Quixel suite, by someone unaffiliated (iirc). So that's notable.