Did squenix make a mistake by investing too much in graphics and not enough in

[Gramul]

Should they not have hired one of the artists that worked on the other Final Fantasies?

[Ilean]

Should they not have hired one of the artists that worked on the other Final Fantasies?

What? They used artists?

Sure the textures and high-poly characters look nice. But the graphics end there imo. The world is so empty i can't even think of a word to describe it. Everything is so "square". The towns are so simply built from a design view. I've done 3d graphics programming in school, albiet nowhere near on this level of course. But a large portion of the world looks like they just put in 4 polygons and through on a nice texture. The graphics of this game are far from ground breaking imo.

QFT

[Gramul]

What? They used artists?

Yes. For the characters, equipment and detail work of the city. For the environments, they just took some of the concept art and made a few large chunks for their tilesets.

I'm just wondering if it would have been cheaper not use Yoshida for the art direction.