I'm going to say something no one is going to like, but according to some people, non FF fans, Final Fantasy graphics ARE always cartoony, lovely, high quality, but cartoony. Of course the right word is stylized.

Personally FF graphics is that perfect balance between realism and the animated look. It's so well done it looks like it could be real, but it's not. That said Rokien you are on crack if you think ARR's graphics are any more stylized then what we have now. :P