How come Miqotes/In-game models don’t look this good?

[CraftOs]

https://m.imgur.com/fNZjzxH

In game, they look absolutely nothing like this..

[Shougun]

Was going to come in with "Because they're not Hrothgar" but then I saw it's art and now I can't choose how to respond. >

What is it in the art that you see that isn't something a miqote can/can't do in game?

[MsQi]

Not sure what you are expecting.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Ahh yes, 2d art is definitely replicatable in a 3d game.

[Theodric]

It's all subjective, I suppose. I'm not a huge fan of Miqo'te to begin with, though I'd say they look better in-game than in the seasonal event artwork - mostly because the seasonal event artwork has a habit of putting characters in weird poses that just look uncomfortable to be in.

[CraftOs]

Oh, I’m sorry. All I mean is that the art doesn’t look very similar to the game models, face-wise. That face art looks more like out of something from black desert online in my opinion.

[MsQi]

Oh, I’m sorry. All I mean is that the art doesn’t look very similar to the game models, face-wise. That face art looks more like out of something from black desert online in my opinion.

So, more human? Stylistic preference?

[Efrye]

Oh, I’m sorry. All I mean is that the art doesn’t look very similar to the game models, face-wise. That face art looks more like out of something from black desert online in my opinion.

Promotional artwork is very rarely comparable to the in-game art style, in my experience.

I have to agree though, to a certain degree. Most female Miqo'te faces don't look very appealing to me either. In fact, most of XIV's female faces in general don't look appealing to me.

[CraftOs]

So, more human? Stylistic preference?

Yeah haha, I’m a fan of how black desert models their characters! It’s so strange how SE’s big titles like FFXV look similar to that art style look, but FFXIV doesn’t do it. Hopefully in the next FF mmo (maybe XVI?) it’ll be like that more.

Promotional artwork is very rarely comparable to the in-game art style, in my experience.

I have to agree though, to a certain degree. Most female Miqo'te faces don't look very appealing to me either. In fact, most of XIV's female faces in general don't look appealing to me.

I totally agree. Unfortunately though, I don’t see SE changing this game’s graphics very much, even after PS5 comes out. Yoshi and his team just don’t seem that interested.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

I'm not a fan of the black desert faces. They look like they tried to be too real, and it just looks like... Fakey, to me.