Does FF16 use FF14’s Graphics Engine? Because I’m not a fan of the way it looks..

[Lihtleita]

during these reveals for games that havent even gotten a release date, its important to remember crack-head cloud. also xvi uses xiv's artstyle, particularly around the eyes

[HeyMcFly]

For me; it's the little designs- they did a dark fantasy which is great! but then I saw this:


Why for the love of fashion would anyone want to style their hair like this? I mean, atleast it's not a mullet but this is almost just as bad. It looks like a 13 year old who just discovered Hot Topic & the manga section in the book store for the 1st time.
With pretty much every solo FF game being a flop imo from ffx-2 all the way to ff15; I'm gonna wait for reviews- But I agree; the way they look is abit ugly; almost 3D anime & I'm not a fan & haven't been of this style SE has adopted- there are no moles, freckles, blemishes- nothing. Just another waxy, uninteresting face.
BUT if FFXIV got the polish XVI has, I wouldn't complain, as it'd be a step in the right direction

[Fourbestintoner]

What are even saying? FF7R looked ridiculously terrible, especially during the day.

[Neri]

Why for the love of fashion would anyone want to style their hair like this? I mean, atleast it's not a mullet but this is almost just as bad. It looks like a 13 year old who just discovered Hot Topic & the manga section in the book store for the 1st time.

I have a feeling that is just during his youth. There should be time-skip to his adult time as you seen at the end of the trailer. And if you look at the trailer in 4k, you will also notice some sort of freckles(Don't know what it's called, aging spot?) on his face as well.

I think the transition is quite smooth connecting from youth to adult. I mean, he looks pretty fresh out new newbie bodyguard who couldn't protect Joshua whom he sworn to protect. Then time skip to how he looks as an adult which look a little haggard and seems to be full of spite to take revenge on whom ever did Joshua in.

[Limonia]

At least some of the characters' faces looked like FFXIV Midlander and Highlander Hyur. I'm not really a fan, would have liked it if they looked slightly more anime-like. The children look ok.

But in the early FFVII remake footage Cloud had that way too narrow Midlander face as well, and in the final version he looked much better, much more normal and appropriate for his age. The younger FFXVI main character looks like he has that "younger", slightly rounder Midlander face...
(Nothing against players who like the Hyur designs, but I personally just don't like how SE designed their faces, they could have made them much better in my opinion.)

[HeyMcFly]

I have a feeling that is just during his youth. There should be time-skip to his adult time as you seen at the end of the trailer. And if you look at the trailer in 4k, you will also notice some sort of freckles(Don't know what it's called, aging spot?) on his face as well.

I think the transition is quite smooth connecting from youth to adult. I mean, he looks pretty fresh out new newbie bodyguard who couldn't protect Joshua whom he sworn to protect. Then time skip to how he looks as an adult which look a little haggard and seems to be full of spite to take revenge on whom ever did Joshua in.

I get that much, I could tell it it was young/ old- but you missed my point: the character design is just weird to me & boring. The anime hair is just bad & looks really stupid; If he is in a guards-Watch: Who has time for hair gel? His design just doesn't bring anything new to the table or fresh really. (I'm not saying other FF characters have had such an appealing look either, aside from Squall Leonhart maybe since he was design from actor River Phoenix) This characters older version just has a larger face i& just a generic face that you'd see on any FF NPC just in higher resolution Yet, there seems to be hardly any detail to him at all aside from the tattoo & really moppy stylized hair- Like "oddly styled anime hair= Check, feminine male face= check, probably something dark/ emo about him= check" Just feels like something that's been done time & time again with Square

[StriderShinryu]

Why for the love of fashion would anyone want to style their hair like this?

I mean, I get that it looks kind of stupid but at least he's got that hair as a youth. Lucia has basically the same hair cut and she's a grown woman who is Aymeric's second in command.

[BigBossCL]

A few people "in the know" on twitter were thinking that it might be Luminous, which FFXIV uses a custom version of. There's a few reasons for this.

It would be an engine that the Heavensward devs would already know pretty well. Dev time could be reduced. Large landscapes are also something that the FFXIV branch of Luminous handles VERY well.

There's also the possibility that any next-gen improvements could be applied to FFXIV depending. Yoshi-P has said he wants to do a graphics upgrade. Well, here's a chance to make the engine capable of better lighting and materials.

[Derio]

Its not the new unreal engine. Many people even requested them to postpone the game to have it rebuilt on a better engine.

[HeyMcFly]

I mean, I get that it looks kind of stupid but at least he's got that hair as a youth. Lucia has basically the same hair cut and she's a grown woman who is Aymeric's second in command.

Yeah you're right!
I hated the hair on her as well