It’s unashamedly a coffee-table artwork book stuffed with brilliant information, images, art work and screens that gorgeously show the background to XV across glossy pages. There’s so much to show from these game worlds that there could be a whole plethora of supporting material (and certainly more than that which is actually, readily available), but we lead with the available-at-most-retailers The Art of Final Fantasy XV, a great art companion to the latest entry in the gargantuan series, as well as the Kingslaive movie. It really does add to the experience and enjoyment.īeing a series of such distinct worlds, vivid imagery, styles and aesthetics, there’s no surprise that the Final Fantasy franchise has art and lore books to spare as well. I'm so pleased to have had the chance to pick up an actual, proper, physical book in this digital age, once I'd put each game down. Throughout 20, for example, I acquired all the Assassin's Creed art books as I played each one from ACIII Remastered through to Odyssey (back-to-back) - and then added the exquisite Limited Edition version of Valhalla's artbook too. I'm always adding to my collection of art books, often alongside the game I'm playing at the time. Video game art books - Amazon US (opens in new tab) | Video game art books - Amazon UK (opens in new tab) The best video game art books enhance almost everything about a game and what you thought you knew about it. The best video game art books can now be coffee table perusal books, genuine reference books, quote mines for researching something, image-laden tomes featuring never-before-seen-in-game places, objects or scenarios. Now, video game art books cover concept art, inspirations, further game-universe lore and information, place histories, and character backgrounds. Gone are the days of strategy-only books, and even the 'how the developers made the game' approach is seen less frequently now too. The best video game art books not only look great, but they provide so much extra information and imagery for all our favourite games.

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