A question to all WoW players coming to XIV

[-JayJay-]

Honestly, I don't see much "anime" going on with the aesthetic in XIV. This game seems more like it has a fantastical stylized-realism sort of look. I've played other MMOs like Elsword, Maplestory, Eden Eternal, La Tale, Soul Saver Online, and probably some others I don't remember since years ago me and my friends would just game hop from one to another after playing for a month and a half or so. But, if being too "anime" seems to be the issue, I don't really understand that viewpoint as I personally can't really see it, especially in comparison to the games I've played before FFXIV. FFXIV just has clean looking aesthetics to me, same for ESO. WoW never really caught my interest, it just looks plain ugly and off-putting, and it isn't because of the more "toony" aesthetic as Overwatch has that and its easy on the eyes for me, not to mention I've heard some unsavory stories about the WoW community. FFXIV seems like a game I'll be playing for a while, the community has been pretty pleasant from short time I've experienced it and I'm enjoying my gameplay experience, despite people saying how much of slog early levels are.

[Penthea]

To me that's pretty rich coming from people who played WoW which has a very cartoony art style.

Literally thought the same thing. I played WoW for over a decade and honestly my first impressions of this game's aesthetic was "oh this style is very close to realism" because I was so used to the cartoony and often goofy style of WoW.

I wouldn't say this game is "too cute" by any means, but I've heard people refer to it as an anime at points.

I feel like people who make the anime comparison haven't watched much or any anime. There is definitely a japanese influence (it is a japanese game) but to call it anime is a huge stretch. There are actual anime-style games out there that legit look like an actual anime.

I think it's the whole it's kind of fashionable to hate on weeaboos stuff is the cause for some of these sort of comments. Some think FFXIV must be a cringe anime trip just because it's japanese.

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Literally thought the same thing. I played WoW for over a decade and honestly my first impressions of this game's aesthetic was "oh this style is very close to realism" because I was so used to the cartoony and often goofy style of WoW.



I feel like people who make the anime comparison haven't watched much or any anime. There is definitely a japanese influence (it is a japanese game) but to call it anime is a huge stretch. There are actual anime-style games out there that legit look like an actual anime.

I think it's the whole it's kind of fashionable to hate on weeaboos stuff is the cause for some of these sort of comments. Some think FFXIV must be a cringe anime trip just because it's japanese.

When I say FFXIV is anime I mean in it's artstyle. Like when you look at the style of the eyes and whatnot or all the drawn art it's based on it's anime based. What I don't mean is it's based on anime as thats wrong.. but SE's base art style is that of an anime look.. that's what I mean anyway.

[Gralna]

When I say FFXIV is anime I mean in it's artstyle. Like when you look at the style of the eyes and whatnot or all the drawn art it's based on it's anime based. What I don't mean is it's based on anime as thats wrong.. but SE's base art style is that of an anime look.. that's what I mean anyway.

Yea, I'm going to have to agree with Penthea. I don't see anime style in XIV, I see a lot of jrpg tropes but nothing that screams anime at me. Character eyes and noses are proportion realistically, no over exaggerated emotions (sweatdrops, nose fountains, mood lines). The game obviously has japanese influences in its aesthetic but that's because it's a japanese game. Japanese != Anime

[Truen]

One of the biggest reasons I don't talk to my friends about this game is because of character model and design. Especially now we're going to have rabbit-women running around to join scantly clad Miqo'te and kiddie-P Lalafells...it's really hard to swallow. I'm not sure I'd describe these design choices as being "too cute," but I agree with the sentiments.

[NessaWyvern]

The only "anime" like races in FFXIV are Lalafell (who look chibi, especially those dune folk eyes) and maybe Miqo'te with their large eyes and cat-girl look. The other races don't look anime at all.

[Geigerette]

I certainly think FFXIV has a lot of cute going on in it and I dress my character to be cute and think she's very cute. FFXIV also has a lot of surrealist imagery as well so, I think it's a combo of both. I'm a 14 year wow veteran.

[SturmChurro]

Yea, I'm going to have to agree with Penthea. I don't see anime style in XIV, I see a lot of jrpg tropes but nothing that screams anime at me. Character eyes and noses are proportion realistically, no over exaggerated emotions (sweatdrops, nose fountains, mood lines). The game obviously has japanese influences in its aesthetic but that's because it's a japanese game. Japanese != Anime

It doesn't matter if you can find the fine lline that distinguishes such and such from an anime, or not. For the question at hand to an outsiders perspective, and I can attest to this since I don't watch ANY anime at all, or have ever since like saturday morning cartoon Pokemon, or Yu-Gi-Oh, this game looks anime. Simple as that. It will have a negative connotation just for being Japanese, simply how it is.

Like I said before, when an outsider watches the ShadowBringers trailer, they don't think it looks cool, they think it looks cringe, and "weeb". Just watch, since he was mentioned, Asmongold reacting to the trailer, one of the more recent ones, where he was open to trying FF out.

[Vonleo]

It doesn't matter if you can find the fine lline that distinguishes such and such from an anime, or not. For the question at hand to an outsiders perspective, and I can attest to this since I don't watch ANY anime at all, or have ever since like saturday morning cartoon Pokemon, or Yu-Gi-Oh, this game looks anime. Simple as that. It will have a negative connotation just for being Japanese, simply how it is.

Like I said before, when an outsider watches the ShadowBringers trailer, they don't think it looks cool, they think it looks cringe, and "weeb". Just watch, since he was mentioned, Asmongold reacting to the trailer, one of the more recent ones, where he was open to trying FF out.

And when outsiders look at WoW we think "how can people like the graphics of that game it looks like total crap and cartoony" I am watching a youtube video on Classic WoW beta and the game looks like an upgraded version of Runescape.

[SturmChurro]

And when outsiders look at WoW we think "how can people like the graphics of that game it looks like total crap and cartoony" I am watching a youtube video on Classic WoW beta and the game looks like an upgraded version of Runescape.

It's literally the classic version of WoW from like 2004 with minor upgrades. What are you even talking about?