They'll look a bit closer in the end - a lot of what I'm doing right now is just using the graphics I have to help speed things up. As much as possible, they're going to be in the XP style (to match up with the tileset - Inquisitor's wonderful sets), and I do have a new character set already for Durane, I just haven't bothered to transfer it in yet (since I found the files, I've mostly been working on cleaning up scripting).
I just don't want to feel confined to match the original 100%, given that the original was confined to a limited set of graphics.