Hey Viera and Hrothgar players!

[rachcouture]

I'm more concerned with how SE handled both viera and hrothgar. The animations were actually kind of stiff, in relation to class animations. Their smile, at least with the face options I used was barely that. You could actually barely tell my girl was smiling in a lot of cutscenes; lack of expression. Kind of like they had a bunch of botox or something in their face is how I would describe it. However besides all of that, if they had come out like a proper race I would still probably be playing my girl right now. A lot disappointed.

Really?

Viera look TERRIBLE. Soulless, inanimate, like Barbie dolls but in a bad way. Their ears don’t move and they have that resting ***** face that makes them all look the same. I’ve been seeing them less and less too, a sure sign that people are switching back.

This is just rude and mean. Some of us very much love/appreciate the aesthetic of a tall, contemplative, twiggy model, nor does subtle and reserved equate to 'soulless' and 'inanimate'; Viera are very expressive as seen above, and beautifully made. They're something that haven't existed in this game as an option despite it being a primary visual archetype for both genders in nearly every other Final Fantasy title (and no, Elezen don't remotely count).

Just because their body language isn't exaggerated like Miqo'te, doesn't mean that there's anything wrong with the race.