I personally like the EGA art much more than the VGA version, mostly for the strong use of colour. The woods are BLUE, the city is GREEN, the forge is RED. I love that boldness.
That said I don’t think the VGA version is ugly. And while it’s sad some things are missing from that release, I do like the voice acting very much.
So honestly the best way is to just play them all and compare them haha. It’s a short game anyway, so it’s quite doable really.