Art and background
I would say the art style is more watercolors than oils, but that’s up to the beholder to decide. I agree that the art during load screens and cinematics is some of the best in the game. I hate the the bloated, dancing bologna Fashion Wars graphics of the game itself.
Sometimes I feel like Arenanet would have also been an amazing company if the developers made games like Bastion, Transistor, Child of Light and so on.