Quote Originally Posted by Bastian View Post
Quote Originally Posted by Wolf Kanno View Post
DQVIII brought not only a greater emphasis on graphics and character models (a common trait of the FF series).
...no. A common trait of the FF series post FFVII.


This is the problem I was pointing out: most of the pre FF VII games have a lot more in common with the DQ series than does DQ VIII. The issue is only that there are MORE FF games than DQ games. So, sure there have been more full-sized 3D models in FF than in DQ, but that's because there were only seven DQ games prior to a DQ game with 3D models. Just like (well, almost) there were only six FF games before they moved to 3D models. But then FF started pumping them out a lot faster (to their detriment, in my opinion).
Not really, the series has always been about making better graphics, the SNES era FFs are more distinct and graphically better than their DQ counterparts.

DQIII (NES) FFIII (NES)


DQV (SNES) FFV (SNES)


DQVI (SNES) FFVI
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You cannot look at these side by side comparisons and tell me that Square's FF titles are not graphically superior. FFIII could almost be a screenshot from FFIV, a console jump. So while its easy to blame VII and the PS1 era for going the graphics whore way, its really been there since almost the beginning.