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Above, you can see (hopefully quite clearly) a pair of interesting and particularly revealing scans released in Famitsu for Final Fantasy Versus XIII. Sure, they feature nothing of not in terms of how the game systems–combat and exploration and how they balance and so forth–but reveal volumes about the eventual look and texture of the game’s visuals, which appear to take a far more sombre and even semi-realistic tone. The abandoned, decaying gas station by the side of the road is pure Fallout, with its Old West meets Mad Max aesthetic. I do believe, however, that even these two new screenshots show more visual beauty and power than the entirety of Fallout 3. Why is that, I wonder? I suppose I have reasonable confidence that the game will not be breaking every few minutes with gloriously obvious glitches and crash bugs. The other major reason is the general feeling, which is less the harsh, unforgiving and cold look of that Western RPG and substitutes a feeling of regret, even sadness, to the field. I know others will moan about my criticisms of Fallout 3, but, in truth, I think that that was a brilliant game suffocated by Bethesda’s botching of the technical and narrative aspects of it. Just my two cents.

Not really much else to speak of, beyond the fact that you should seek out the translations of the interview, which are less revealing than the images themselves but give more context and raw data to it.