Square Enix Photomode Challenge: Rest and Relaxation

We asked you to send your most restful shots - here are some of our favorites.
Tuesday 8 April 2025 14:00
By Duncan Heaney

Sometimes it's nice to take a break. Well, unless you're a Square Enix fan it seems.

When we suggested the photomode theme of 'Rest & Relaxation', we should have known you wouldn't take the challenge lying down. You put in a lot of effort to make some amazing shots that really capture the laid-back vibes we were looking for.

So, chill out and enjoy some of our favorites below.

To be honest, the frog should consider itself lucky that this wasn't Quina...

  • Game: DRAGON QUEST XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age - Definitive Edition
  • Credit: @bdzs via X

Ah, two young friends staring out in the expansive world, content in the knowledge that nothing bad will happen to their idyllic country village. Right?

...right?

This is basically how I felt after taking down Midgardsormr on hard mode.

The Square Enix version of a Jill sandwich?

A couple of true chocobros taking a day off wark.

  • Game: FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH
  • Credit: @magic9ball via Bluesky

Narrator: "It was at that point that Tifa realized that she should have stuck to the approved Costa del Sol beaches for yoga."

Blue sky, crystal sea... Illystana is a real vision (of mana).

  • Game: FINAL FANTASY XIV Online
  • Credit: @mnaxer via Bluesky

Take a load off by the sea and enjoy some fresh Thavn-air.

  • Game: FINAL FANTASY XVI
  • Credit: @phillanis via Bluesky

Aw. All coeurled up and enjoying the sun.


Many thanks to everyone who submitted a shot for this week's theme. The next challenge is already underway:

A good theme, yes? Spring into action and give it a go!

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