More ‘Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII’ Lumina and battle screens revealed

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A few more screenshots have been revealed by Square Enix in regards to their upcoming multiplatform title, “Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII.” According to a report by 4Gamer on Jan. 28, the latest images take another look at the mysterious Lumina character, which looks eerily similar to Sarah, the sister of Lightning and one of the two main protagonists in “Final Fantasy XIII-2.” Some battle and exploration sequences from the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 video game are also featured. You can check out the new screens, as well as several older shots, from the role-playing game in the slideshow at the top of this article. [SOURCE]

‘Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII’ armor design explained

Motomu Toriyama has provided some insight in regards to the armor design in the upcoming multiplatform title, “Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII.” In an interview with Venture Beat on Jan. 29, the game director talked about balancing aesthetics and functionality when coming up with an outfit for Lightning, the main playable character in the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 video game.

In terms of the process of designing outfits, if we were to look at it just from the standpoint of, “Is this realistic for battle?” and whatnot, we might end up with very bulky, chunky outfits — armor and stuff that you might see on soldiers in the real world. For Final Fantasy, we want to keep in mind the characters’ personalities and what their character is like. As far as Lightning, we would think about what befits her character and then design the aesthetics and allocate functionality to it afterwards.

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