Quote Originally Posted by Chardrizard View Post
yes i agree with OP, i feel the color palette on eorzea isnt vibrant enough, they didnt go nuts on colors, they put too much emphasis on realism... there are also no "WOAH" feeling as you enter the town..
I do like how the areas look, but I don't LOVE them. I keep trying to figure out why exactly.. But I think you may have said it right there. Perhaps lack in variation of colour. Thanalan is pretty much all orangey-yellow without many other colours scattered about. The Black shroud and La Noscea are all green with... not much else. Even some oddly coloured flowers or crystals or rocks may be able to spice it up a bit. That illustration of Gridania had much more plant life.. More to see, more life to the place. Even looks a little misty and mysterious, with glowing lights. I was expecting something a little more "WOW" than "meh.." Not to say the areas don't look nice. They do, but they're just ok.
In some other games I'm always looking around at my surroundings. Aion was one game that was always impressing me. I couldn't take my eyes off the colour of the sky. In XIV I often auto-run without looking at much of anything because it all looks the same and very dull. I feel bad for saying that... because I'm sure the people who made it put so much hard work into it. :\