the graphics and animation are anime. More cartoon then CG. Don't get me wrong, FF9 & 10 were good. And I still say FF4 is the best game ever made. But the rest of them fell short and the guy who was behind the FF series doesn't work for sqaure anymore. Just my OP, but this game owns. They use something called the "trinity", basically you can play through 3 different sides of the same story using three different main charaters.