Quote Originally Posted by Circonflexe View Post
If you look at the before and after comparison, I would assume that the original designers of all races had a precise idea and made something of it with the possibilities available at the time. At the same time, the new designers post DT don't seem to have recognized the style and improved it with new possibilities, but rather pushed through their own different idea. But that's just my personal impression.

To me, it doesn't seem as if the update had any kind of artistic ambition, but rather as if it was based on purely technical considerations, implementing things because you want to show that it can be done - not because it would improve the style.

So yes, in the end we have a stiff warrior of light with very limited design who doesn't really look great in "great" lighting. Unfortunately, a missed opportunity.
You need to go to the mobile game if you want a proper HD recreation of the original races. There's even a long paragraph on the JP site that explains the process of being as faithful to the original designs as possible, and it's strangely absent from the English one.