New January 2008 HQ scans of Final Fantasy XIII
A small update from yesterday, it seems the HQ versions of those previous Final Fantasy 13 scans have appeared online now!
These scans really show off some of the game's environments and characters, as well as art/creature design and the general mood of the game.
Accompanying this grand batch of HQ scans is an intriguing translation of this page's story introduction by FinalFantasy-XIII.net, which we've touched up slightly here:
Built by a great entity, it is a society floating in the sky, enclosed in a "shell" - Cocoon.
It flourishes, protected by the great machines and living creatures invented by the Crystal.
The inhabitants of Cocoon, in a long period of tranquility, fear infection from the outside.
Outside the shell, an underworld --- the entity of "Pulse" awakens. Fearing this faceless invader, the people begin to suspect one another, and hatred takes root.
Cocoon's government, wishing for stability, takes emergency measures. They arrest large numbers of citizens, suspected of being "infected from the outside", and announced that they would be compelled to migrate to this underworld, "Pulse". In reality, it meant banishment, but the fate which awaited them was even more cruel than that...
The crystal, a symbol of harmony, chose a person to whom they would entrust destiny... to lead the world.
She was chosen.
To be the enemy of mankind, who will ruin the world.
Final Fantasy 13, as we recently emphasized, is a PlayStation 3 exclusive, and will probably release sometime in the first half of 2009.
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