Why is Syrcus Tower so...primitive looking?

[Chewy2nd]

Probably the same reasons as why buildings from the 1800s use Roman architecture, I'm guessing. Especially since it is for Royalty, looks nicer than the bog standard futuristic look.

[NationOfZealots]

Rewatch the LotA and ST scenes to find out why it is so old looking (no spoilers) but yes a nod to previous FF mainly.

[Endemerrin]

The Allagan Empire reigned for about one thousand years. Xande was both the first emperor, and the last emperor after his resurrection. In 1.0, it was said that the Crystal Tower was built as his tomb, though they may have revised that and/or the NPC that said it could have been incorrect.

If that's the truth, however, that would explain the construction, given that the Allagan Empire likely wasn't building space ships until the end of their thousand year reign. When Xande originally ruled, the empire was probably at a technological level similar to our own, if not even further behind.

[CGMidlander]

The Allagan Empire reigned for about one thousand years. Xande was both the first emperor, and the last emperor after his resurrection. In 1.0, it was said that the Crystal Tower was built as his tomb, though they may have revised that and/or the NPC that said it could have been incorrect.

If that's the truth, however, that would explain the construction, given that the Allagan Empire likely wasn't building space ships until the end of their thousand year reign. When Xande originally ruled, the empire was probably at a technological level similar to our own, if not even further behind.

That doesn't mean it can't be retrofitted. Dalamud was built to complement ST.

[Ashkendor]

That doesn't mean it can't be retrofitted. Dalamud was built to complement ST.

Dalamud wasn't exactly the pinnacle of aesthetics, though. Those bottomless pits and robot spheres are so last fall.

[Kotemon]

The moon was a really complex creation. It had to have the excess security to keep intruders out and whatever was kept there, in there. It also was meant for people to travel to and from for general work and possibly emergency escapes should it fail. The tower is but was meant to be a nod to FF3. The tower in lore was built to receive and distribute the energy generated from the moon. It's also likely the moon was designed to be more than a cell and power source hence it would be way more complex than a tower that isn't in a slow decaying orbit. Although all those clones in the tower had to have been kept somewhere. My theory is the weapons (omega, ultima etc..) may have been designed to trap and transport, primals to the moon via ships as well as receive that energy from it via the tower for conquest. It also sounds like something Garland would like to do if they could.

[Magis]

Same way as the White House doesn't look like the CERN labs, nor the Large Hardon Collider.