OP you fail to realize that Final Fantasy dominates its art style so thoroughly and has done it for so long that you just see it as uninventive or plain. You can go back to Advent Children and even the pre-rendered cutscenes in Final Fantasy X from 21 years ago and see the same art style - realistic anime character rendering. Just because their art style is a paradigm now doesn't mean that it lacks any qualities or characteristics that less popular ("unique") art styles possess. There's a reason why only one of those games is more popular than Final Fantasy 14 and spoiler alert: It's not because of the graphics.

Also Miqo'te ears are thoroughly good and Miqo'te in general are a great (and unique to FF) spin on catgirls