Does FF16 use FF14’s Graphics Engine? Because I’m not a fan of the way it looks..

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

They definitely don't use XIV engine. It was a failure used for FFXIII, and now it slows down XIV.
I'm sure they are using modified XV engine, because it looks almost identical.

Only 1.0 ran on crystal tools. 2.x runs on a modified luminous engine.