Night Fury
03-18-2013, 11:33 PM
To kick-start this week, Square-Enix have released some images of a location in their upcoming epic Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII. The location has been revealed as being called the Dead Dunes, which does a good job of conjuring up all kinds of imagery. I for one find myself picturing scattered skeletons of large beasts lying in a desert wasteland, with many dangerous monsters just lurking behind them - desperate for a kill.
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The actual Dead Dunes are rather impressive, and look like a location fit for Lara Croft in her Last Revelation days, very Egyptian inspired. The images suggest that Lightning is looking for some treasure, and she must search far and wide across these Dunes to find them. Now, when you're a massive gaming heroine, you don't just wander aimlessly around sand dunes all afternoon... Oh no, Lightning has some pretty nifty skills and the player can actually fast track through the dunes by sliding down them.
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So, she's looking for treasure. Maybe she's taking a leaf out of another gaming heroine, Lara Croft's, book?
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Well this just looks beautiful, doesn't it? There's not a lot dead about this.
It reminds me of the Wonder of the World, Petra at Jordan.
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And there she goes, perhaps 'sand-boarding'
could be the next big sport!
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Here you can see Lightning facing off against some enemies.
She also appears to be using some kind of magic.
The ability is called Lightspeed, and allows Lightning to slow down time
so that she can plan a 'ferocious assault' on her foes.
With any luck it won't be long until we get another sneak peak at some locations from this game, but for now we'll have to keep dreaming of laying down on the luscious sand by that divine looking pool of water.... Are you looking forward to visiting the Dead Dunes?
[Source: Square Enix introduces Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII's Dead Dunes setting in eight screenshots - Neoseeker (http://www.neoseeker.com/news/22471-square-enix-introduces-lightning-returns-final-fantasy-xiiis-dead-dunes-setting-in-eight-screenshots/) ]
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The actual Dead Dunes are rather impressive, and look like a location fit for Lara Croft in her Last Revelation days, very Egyptian inspired. The images suggest that Lightning is looking for some treasure, and she must search far and wide across these Dunes to find them. Now, when you're a massive gaming heroine, you don't just wander aimlessly around sand dunes all afternoon... Oh no, Lightning has some pretty nifty skills and the player can actually fast track through the dunes by sliding down them.
41906
So, she's looking for treasure. Maybe she's taking a leaf out of another gaming heroine, Lara Croft's, book?
41907
Well this just looks beautiful, doesn't it? There's not a lot dead about this.
It reminds me of the Wonder of the World, Petra at Jordan.
41908
And there she goes, perhaps 'sand-boarding'
could be the next big sport!
41910
Here you can see Lightning facing off against some enemies.
She also appears to be using some kind of magic.
The ability is called Lightspeed, and allows Lightning to slow down time
so that she can plan a 'ferocious assault' on her foes.
With any luck it won't be long until we get another sneak peak at some locations from this game, but for now we'll have to keep dreaming of laying down on the luscious sand by that divine looking pool of water.... Are you looking forward to visiting the Dead Dunes?
[Source: Square Enix introduces Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII's Dead Dunes setting in eight screenshots - Neoseeker (http://www.neoseeker.com/news/22471-square-enix-introduces-lightning-returns-final-fantasy-xiiis-dead-dunes-setting-in-eight-screenshots/) ]