Do you all feel like

Do you all feel like you can't really make your characters look FF-ish?

I don't know how to say it, but the faces, customization, don't make me feel like I'm playing a final fantasy character, like a character I'd be able to see in a main game.

I wish customization was a little bit better and we had more options for faces :(

They sure look like a Tetsuya Nomura character *grins*
Young, beautiful and looking like a pop singer.

Character creation is lacking for sure, but this game definitely has the corny "kawaii" look the fanboys/girls salivate over. Don't know what you aren't seeing.

I think even more than faces, what we need is an overhaul of body sizes and shapes for all races and genders. We need old, young, and younger; fat, slim, and thin; tall and short that are REALLY taller and shorter...

Excluding chapters with anonymous heroes like I and III, Final Fantasy was a series with an ample variety of looks in its casts. And so long as we won't have that, we're all doomed to all look the same, with the only slight variation of races. Even clans don't make a difference outside of Hyur...

http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb2...dus_Render.png

Yeah, no thanks.

I'll just leave these here.

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/MegcXr9pGIU/maxresdefault.jpg

http://bbsimg.ngfiles.com/1/8701000/...23d282e310.jpg

Inc STEINER.

please.

With the clanking and all.

The characters look closer to FF12 to me

http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb2...and_f_bust.jpg

http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb2...sheEnding1.jpg

I wouldn't expect many more options any time soon. Hairstyles are one thing, but the characters currently all adhere to the game's aesthetic.
Also "isn't very final fantasy" is crazy to me. Our characters are very much in line aesthetically with X, XI, XII, XIII, and XV's design.
The early ones just had more simplified designs due to hardware limitations, and our outfits are different because non-MMO characters are designed to have iconic outfits to make them instantly recognizable. Logic that completely falls apart in the MMO games since we're not "iconic" characters, we're "ourselves," one of many.

We're not this:
http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb2...tis-render.png

We're this:

http://ffforever.info/pics/gallery/f...t_jobs_all.jpg

I just wish that there was more facial hair options for male Miqo'te. I want Ro-sham-broe's glorious beard.

I do not want to look like either Nomura's teen trash or Amano's girly men and impractical girls.

Tactics designs have always been the best designs in Final Fantasy.

http://assets.rpgsite.net/images/ima..._300610_01.jpg

More Faces i would agree with so many of them look like preteen faces /facepalm

All the faces look too similar. I also agree on the height/size issues. They blame gear and how it fits but there has to be some way around it. I also hate how most pants look bad because they were designed for male bodies.

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Nevermind previous post...

More face options, sure i guess... certain races do have decent older faces, Roegadyn and Hilanders for instance.

I want more clothing options that looked like they were designed by Amano.

That's just me though.

They add more customization options in every major patch and you can pay a very small amount of gil to change your characters appearance. Being an ex FFXI vet this game couldn't feel more FF to me personally (appearance wise) and they're expanding on that all the time.

The faces lack emotion... its hard to explain, but its like they are dead inside, the female hyur reflects this the most, imo.

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Originally Posted by Ghastly

They blame gear and how it fits but there has to be some way around it.

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Oh...there is but...
It would take an astronomical amount of development and testing time to get right.
We already have a LOT of options and combinations, and they're specifically chose to look aesthetically pleasing...to the Japanese and JRPG fans in general.
A lot of options have to be sacrificed to save development time on new armor and weapons. Hats especially. If there's too much deviation in body or facial structure, then a lot more work has to be done to get it right.
There's a reason even the big budget hyper detailed Elder Scrolls games don't have a lot of intrinsic differences between their races.

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Originally Posted by Laerune

The faces lack emotion... its hard to explain, but its like they are dead inside, the female hyur reflects this the most, imo.

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http://asf.theheretics.de/dns/src/1388272948513.gif

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Originally Posted by Talia_Hailwind

I'll just leave these here.

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/MegcXr9pGIU/maxresdefault.jpg

http://bbsimg.ngfiles.com/1/8701000/...23d282e310.jpg

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Surprised you didn't roll galka F.

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Originally Posted by Almalexia

Surprised you didn't roll galka F.

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http://cdn-www.i-am-bored.com/media/...4cb%5B1%5D.jpg

Lmao ^ But yeah. Right now I went female midlander for that more "ffish" look I'm going for, but ever since then I've been getting random creepy tells from unknown people, and her eyes look dead, as in soulless ;-;

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Originally Posted by Israacf

Do you all feel like you can't really make your characters look FF-ish?

I don't know how to say it, but the faces, customization, don't make me feel like I'm playing a final fantasy character, like a character I'd be able to see in a main game.

I wish customization was a little bit better and we had more options for faces :(

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The reason why it feels like you aren't a main character is because there is basically no character interaction when it comes to your story in the other final fantasies you lead a party and your a part of that party but in this game your a lone wolf everyone is doing there own thing and you just happen to be there when cutscenes happen.

No, tbh this post as proof:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...lamour-Cosplay

They're all recycled from FFXI, so yes, I can see them being in another FF.

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Originally Posted by Israacf

like a character I'd be able to see in a main game.

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Good. I'd be annoyed if androgynous 17 year olds were my only option.

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Originally Posted by myahele

The characters look closer to FF12 to me

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Well, Final Fantasy XII and Final Fantasy XI were practically the same, and Final Fantasy XIVs races are almost carbon copies of Final Fantasy XIs, so yeah.

I feel like I can make my character look like they are from I-VI, IX, XI, XII or Tactics. You know the more medieval styled ones.

Then again I tend to like those ones more so I don't see any issues.

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Originally Posted by Nalien

Well, Final Fantasy XII and Final Fantasy XI were practically the same, and Final Fantasy XIVs races are almost carbon copies of Final Fantasy XIs, so yeah.

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far from it , at least LALAs doesnt look like tarus at all :(

tarus were awesome , adorable and best race ever! ....lalas lack all what make Taru awesome! , starting with panic (tried but failed) , and taru female blush from FFXI > all