Quote Originally Posted by Laddy View Post
Out of thirteen games, this is the third Sci-Fi one, I don't think that's 'too much' at all. But to each her own, I guess.
I didn't say that there was too much Sci Fi in the Final Fantasy series, I said there was too much Sci Fi from what was shown in this trailer for THIS particular game. And I'm not into that. I mean hell, I totally fell asleep while trying to watch Star Wars. It's just not my thing. I don't mind sci fi when it's nicely integrated into a story like FFVII or Firefly/Serenity/BSG. But if the primary focus is on the science fiction aspect of things, I'm not too keen on it. Guns and machines and robots, it's all alright, but I'm not a huge fan of it.
Quote Originally Posted by Omecle View Post
FFXIII is no where near the uncanny valley. Beowulf, that's something that is in the uncanny valley.
I don't think Final Fantasy is there yet. I don't look at the graphics and think, "whoa that's creepy". But the trend has been to make things look more and more realistic and hyper realistic rather than to steer completely away from that, which is exactly what Pixar does. I'm not really talking so much in terms of character designs looking too human, but more in terms of facial expressions, movement, clothing, etc. Take that instance in the trailer where there's a group of people sitting down and one of the characters looks up. I found that to be eerie.

Quote Originally Posted by Loony BoB View Post
I can agree with Miriel regarding how sometimes it's better to be unrealistic, though. That's something I loved about VII, the blocky characters with massive heads and hands
Man, I loved those polygonal characters. <3 And I really love the design for the remakes of Final Fantasy for DS. I guess it's just the aesthetic that I prefer. I mean, I was pretty wowed by the graphics in FFX. But since then there hasn't been much of an evolution or development in style. Like I said in my previous post, it's just the same ol' same ol' only a little prettier.