The Art of Final Fantasy XVI

by Square Enix

The official art book for the hugely anticipated video game Final Fantasy XVI, this collector’s quality, hardcover volume offers a wealth of full-color key art, concept sketches, and more.In these lavishly illustrated pages, see how the world of Final Fantasy XVI was brought to life through hundreds of pieces of concept art and illustrations. Featuring the phenomenal work of the Final Fantasy XVI development artists, this volume is a superb visual compendium of Valisthea, from its Dominants and Eikons to its warring nations and rulers to its creatures and devices.At over 300 pages, this hardcover volume is printed on archival-quality paper stock and bound with a full-color casewrap and foil-stamped jacket.

Genres: Art, Video Games, Fantasy, Manga, Gaming, Games

320 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 19, 2024

About the author

Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd. (株式会社スクウェア・エニックス・ホールディングス) TYO: 9684 is a Japanese video game and publishing company best known for its console role-playing game franchises, which include the Final Fantasy series, the Dragon Quest series, and the action-RPG Kingdom Hearts series. Its headquarters are located in the Shinjuku Bunka Quint Building in Yoyogi, Shibuya, Tokyo.

Reviews

[Nyx · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 stars cause where are my Cidolfus pages, there’s no way he only gets two smh. Absolutely love this one - I really like the artstyle although I wish FF learned to put more early design sketches and stuff in their artbooks. Definitely loved all the Dion pages, he’s one of my favs alongside Clive and Cid and oh gosh, the illustration at the end with him and Bahamut deserves to be a wallscroll.
I love the few bits in Valistheian we got here (yes I did learn the whole alphabet cause I found it pretty 🤡✨) and Elwin’s gravestone inscription broke me :’))
I feel like there were some things missing but nonetheless I adore each and every FF artbook there is.

[Jessica · Rating 5 out of 5]

Si la saga de Final Fantasy XVI tiene apartados impecables, son los siguientes: el artístico y el sonoro. Si disfrutaste del primer apartado mencionado en esta decimosexta entrega, el libro de arte es una autentica delicia visual para todo jugador que se precie. Eso sí, no lo abras hasta no haber terminado el videojuego por obvios spoilers que contiene.

[Karime Cury · Rating 5 out of 5]

¡Bellísimo!

[Trike · Rating 2 out of 5]

All art, no explanation. The only text in the book are names of characters and locations. Which is probably cool for fans of the game or artists looking for inspiration, but if you’re like me and curious about the worldbuilding and how that informs the designs, you’re out of luck. A couple of the paintings look nice, though.

[Ximena · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ame el juego y este libro es una belleza. Observar todos los detalles es asombroso. Lo amo! Valió la pena cada día de espera

[Sof]

Ok I didn't know the Ultima's world order is why the attributes menu is designed that way that's so cool

[Thk · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting to find this at the library. Probably the best part of this book is the wondrous art and exactly no words! Sort of feel that XVI has more work put into it vs VII Rebirth, but this is not the platform to discuss this.

[Amanda Setasha · Rating 5 out of 5]

Personal Favorite Highlights

- Ifrit
- Joshua
- Shiva
- Cid
- Sleipnir

The artwork for this entire book is just beautiful and every page had something amazing to look at. It was really hard to narrow down a favorites list.