Well the graphics quality is top notch. However, as others have said the style and maybe even the atmosphere may not be the best to some people. It is subjective, but basically the thing I like most about FFXIV is the char models have a more realistic look as opposed to a more toon look. Same is true about the armor and weapons. Which is the reason I can't stomach games with toon like characters such as WoW, Rift for their char models, and Tera has god awful armor (though I do like the half naked girls). However, I will have to agree that for instance the art style and atmosphere of other games backgrounds and landscapes can look better in my opinion even though FFXIV technically has better graphics. Fortunately, 2.0 is supoosed to have better landscapes, and from the SSs I have seen appear to have a good ambiance. Then we also had Yoshi P say that the world would look more alive (NPCs that dont act like background scenery).