I call the style semi-realistic High Fantasy (which draws from the D&D roots, which drew from Lord of the Rings and the Conan stories - check out all the fantasy artwork from early P&P days). It's detailed and infused with realism, but obviously art at the same time. WoW is cartoony. Zelda is cartoony.
But it's semantic really. The only problem I have with the term cartoony is what it includes and suggests, which in the case of EQ is not true. I do get why you guys say it though, and I like that aspect of the classic EQ look as well.
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