FFT vs. FFT Advanced ..

[Shotgunnova]

I do, in fact, prefer FFT's art because it looks like classical time period art. People wear plain dresses, regal men carry swords, there's no fancifiul regalia or bright colors for show -- they're akin to actual portraits. FFTA's art looks like comic strip characters, mostly because they're the opposite of FFTA's style: flamboyant colors, exaggerated features, and they all look like kids. I may hate the game a little more because I favor the original, but when it comes to the art, it's quite clear to me that there are two different styles. I prefer the "adult" kind.

And I don't see how anything looks like "Mr. Potato Head," either. Even the summon art is different from the characters', and even I wouldn't go so far as to say that FFTA's art looks like a simple cut-and-paste job.

[Roto13]

That's because it doesn't. If you take away any two characters hair or beard in FFT, though, their faces look the same.

[Shotgunnova]

Anyone's bare faces are going to look remotely similar if you strip them of their individual features. :rolleyes2

[Roto13]

There are more "individual features" for most characters than just hair. If you take Marche's hair away, and take Mewt's hair away, they still don't look the same.

[Shotgunnova]

You pointed out faces initially, and of course kids' faces are going to look different innately than adults -- the former doesn't have beards or mustaches, so they'll have to have some other feature. Marche has rosy cheeks, Mewt's dream character has a big eye tattoo on his forehead, etc.; the same would apply to FFT, since not every character has a beard or a weird coif that's their entire appearance. Goltana's head doesn't look like Dycedarg's; Zalbag's head doesn't look like Larg's;

Also, keep in mind that FFT characters are going to look fairly similar because (1) their heads are often postured in the same way and (2) they don't have noses, like FFTA, which makes their faces look less complete. Honestly, there isn't that much Square art for either game, so I don't see why how any of the characters' (in either game) matters that much. Their features are all in-character, to me.

[Monster Hunt]

I just said I didn't. That's why I don't think it's crap- infact I think it would be great. Unfortunately I'm not an playstation fan but that's another thing...