How good is the game engine of FFXIV?

[Dyvid]

No one compared the art style and the countries has nothing to do with it
Are you trying to say Blizz are more capable of creating smooth textures in their 14 year old MMORPG because they're American and there are texture issues with things like the hair etc in FFXIV cause the company is Japanese? But yes, the 2 different types of cinematic were discussed already, I hoped to get an answer to the question itself
If you wanted to say they're just incapable cause of the engine being inferior then I'll understand that

But you are comparing and yes, country do play a factor in art design. Blizzard has a unique look to their games, sort of a trademark. I wouldn't say SE has a similar look to their games but individual producer have a certain niche, Tetsuya Nomura for example.

Now if by "smooth texture" you mean polygon counts, WoW has added models and levels with higher polygon counts with each new expansion, but not everything in the game has received this graphics up, BC is basically the same models it had at release though improved graphics cards and directx upgrades makes it look cleaner.

As for FFXIV, console support is a fact because while PC continually upgrades itself year after year, ps4 hardware remains the same until a new console comes along every 5-6 years. This was a reason SE dropped the PS3 support.

If you are curious about FFXIV 1.0, watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJ9C...x4HT5oBemN23vr