I definitely agree and hear what you’re saying but strong art style achieves the same thing and invariably ages better. There are definitely occasionally those games going for photorealistic that make me pause and appreciate it but more often than not it’s the games that really own a distinct, creative, and well thought out visual style.

Anyone here playing it? Curious to hear how it is! FF12 is by far my favorite and one of the only FF games I’ve actually beaten, so sort of curious to hear a comparison. Still working through Tears of the Kingdom so I won’t be getting to FF16 for a bit anyways