Criticize this game!

[Skyblade]

Where to begin...

Well, let's start with something I haven't criticised recently. The graphics. This game is aesthetically dull. It's not "dark", it's not "serious", it's boring. Oh, it can do dark and serious at times, and do it quite well. Usually in a one minute cutscene of the villains. But, for the majority, it's just brown and grey and more brown. There is no vibrance in Ivalice in this game. Everything feels washed out and lifeless. Colors are muted and landscapes are dull. There is no hint, anywhere, that anyone actually lives in this bloody world.

Two words, Akihiko Yoshida.

Irrelevant.

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There we go. The first two gameplay screenshots of War of the Lions and FFTA2 I found with Image Search. Notice the difference? FFTA2 has COLOR. Grass is actually green. Plants look alive. People don't look like they're dressed for a funeral.

And he was FFTA2's artistic supervisor.

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Picture 3 is about 2 minutes of editing with Microsoft Office color saturation and midtone adjustment. It almost looks like a world which has a sun (although admittedly it washes out the few light tones of the pic).