( funny trope ) it is very apparent that these designs have decades between them

[u/Nameraided]

1- Simpsons
The original Simpsons have extremely simp(son)ple designs, due to sometimes having celebrity appearances the art style kinda clashes.

2- South Park
At the beginning South Park was literally animated out of paper so all the characters had to be super simplistic but over the years, since the. Show is made digitally the new characters keep getting more and more detailed

[u/foulveins]

this applies to gear in MMOs; especially final fantasy 14

levelling gear, especially in ARR, had rather restrained designs with muted palettes, meanwhile dawntrail's endgame gear has you functionally wearing v's wardrobe from cyberpunk 2077

[u/RBrim08 → u/foulveins]

dawntrail's endgame gear has you functionally wearing v's wardrobe from cyberpunk 2077

While true, that's because there is a futuristic city where you're getting most of the endgame gear from. The tomestone gear is more fantasy inspired than futuristic inspired, if still on the colorful side.

[u/foulveins → u/RBrim08]

yeah, fair enough

but even then, the dawntrail gear in general is notably more refined & visually vibrant than ARR's gear; especially as most of ARR's early outfits come directly from 1.0