Quote Originally Posted by Eagleheart View Post
Having been to every corner of Eorzea as it currently exists, I would submit that it is actually quite beautiful. It's like wandering in the woods in Oregon, or the Grand Canyon.

I think there are people nowadays who will not be happy with a game unless there are floating rocks and Phazon deposits a la Metroid in every corner of a given planet. I, for one, find the maps to be simply lovely to wander.
Agreed! The landscape is not very fantasy-like just as the clothing, armor, and weapons are a bit on the mundane side as well.
But it all keeps with the aesthetics that -this- game was created with.

A while back I used to hope for a bit more "fantasy" in Eorzea, and still think it might be nice to have in new areas...

But the existing zones are all very beautifully done.
Sure there are copy-pasted elements, but they are surrounded by many unique areas and magnificent vistas as well.

There are still many hidden places I have heard about but not visited myself.
The AF armor quests have taken many of us to places we hadn't been to before, and I think that was part of the intent from the beginning -- i.e. create a vast world with unique spots in far flung places; then slowly unfold the quests and take adventurers to these spots as new content is added.

But I guess I should hurry up a bit and visit these areas before the world as we know it is destroyed by Meteor.


Oh, and one more vote for keeping anima as it is.