A little new FFXIII demo info

[byoushinn]

-You can play as Lightning and Snow scenarios
-Right analog stick is for the camera, left is for movement
-Camera can be moved fully during battle as well as field
-Cutscenes can be both paused and skipped
-NPCs are all fully voiced, and their natter is proximity based, you don't need to engage them and press a button to hear them talk. They get louder the nearer you are
-Attack chains are stocked and activated with triangle, and cancelled with X buttons
-The chain itself will change depending on the support party members you have with you
-Spam circle button to batter weaker enemies
-The battle system will be revised for the final release of the game

Most of it we knew, but still, some good stuff there (NPCs, skippable cutscenes etc)

edit: and lux translated more

"Demo's opening is same as final product's"
"All HP recovers after every battle"
"The MP system was lost."
"Time gauge increases according to the growth of the character."
"The party members are three people or less."
"The stage of the trial version is bottom of the cocoon (boundary with pulse)"
"only L'Cie can use magics"
"The casket has shape like a pending ball."
"There are many Fal'Cie in pulse and cocoon."
"TP is an element related to the summons beast."
"A new character that puts on the straitjacket appears at the end of the trial version."- YAY!
"Toriyama says '' he may be an important person lol ''
"Timegage increases when you are not noticed by the enemy and the combat starts in the final product"
"There are a lot of bright places in the product version though the stage of the trial version is a dark place."
"The battle result is related to the trophy system."

[Saki Liu]

Im not sure if these fit with your info, but Lux found these scans: Scan 1 (http://up2.viploader.net/pic/src/viploader971870.jpg) and Scan 2 (http://up2.viploader.net/pic/src/viploader971872.jpg)

[byoushinn]

Im not sure if these fit with your info, but Lux found these scans: Scan 1 (http://up2.viploader.net/pic/src/viploader971870.jpg) and Scan 2 (http://up2.viploader.net/pic/src/viploader971872.jpg)

Yep that's where the info is from ^^

[Saki Liu]

Lux also said something about 720p and 30fps. I have no idea what that means... maybe someone does.

Edit-
Lux said:
"Demo's opening is same as final product's"
"All HP recovers after every battle"
"The MP system was lost."
"Time gauge increases according to the growth of the character."
"The party members are three people or less."
"The stage of the trial version is bottom of the cocoon (boundary with pulse)"
"only L'Cie can use magics"
"The casket has shape like a pending ball."
"There are many Fal'Cie in pulse and cocoon."
"TP is an element related to the summons beast."
"A new character that puts on the straitjacket appears at the end of the trial version."- YAY!
"Toriyama says '' he may be an important person lol ''
"Timegage increases when you are not noticed by the enemy and the combat starts in the final product"
"There are a lot of bright places in the product version though the stage of the trial version is a dark place."
"The battle result is related to the trophy system."

[I Got Himuroids]

One more week, folks.

[Sadistic]

Hmm, interesting new info...
So NPCs actually have voices now. I'm going to love wandering around in the game xD Interesting about the loss of MP though. Skippable cutscenes = useful but I imagine they'll look too good to skip. :aldo:
Also, straightjacket? O_o

[dxgirly]

"HP recovers after every battle"

fully????? wtf?

[byoushinn]

Hmm, interesting new info...
So NPCs actually have voices now. I'm going to love wandering around in the game xD Interesting about the loss of MP though. Skippable cutscenes = useful but I imagine they'll look too good to skip. :aldo:
Also, straightjacket? O_o

seems a straightjacket that those such as Vanille are wearing when being sent to Pulse - so maybe a new character is revealed/rescued at the end of the demo

[Ikkin]

"HP recovers after every battle"

fully????? wtf?

It's probably because they don't have MP anymore, and they needed to do something in place of letting you use Cure to fill your HP out of battle.

They did it in The World Ends With You, and it worked fine there. It probably makes individual battles easier to tune for difficulty, really, though it might diminish the inventory management somewhat (which wasn't an issue in TWEWY since there weren't any consumable healing items to begin with).

[Shock]

First of all thanks byoushinn. The thing that stands out for me most out of those new points is that NPCs now have their own voices, I mean Final Fantasy X was the only game that had that. I was hoping Final Fantasy XII would have that also but it didn't so to know that Final Fantasy XIII has it is a relief. And as for the pause and skip option XII had that too, but like IBS said, it'll also be hard for me to skip them since the visuals will look amazing. I'm eagerly awaiting for the in game Pulse's screenshots.

[kingmickey]

does anybody know if there are going to be limit breaks or any of the sort

[kakalakingma]

I really want to see the openining... great visuals...*sigh* HIGH DEFINITION!! Hopefully that video will be leaked ASAP, but of course, also the demo gameplay. I feel like seeing the demo gameplay, say, on youtube might be discouraging. But then again, there are other sources... AHHH I can't wait.

[mercy0001]

I really want to see the openining... great visuals...*sigh* HIGH DEFINITION!! Hopefully that video will be leaked ASAP, but of course, also the demo gameplay. I feel like seeing the demo gameplay, say, on youtube might be discouraging. But then again, there are other sources... AHHH I can't wait.

That Edge magazine said that the opening was that train scene like we've seen a lot of times... probably it's the extended beginning part with Lightning of the latest trailer.

Now I'm getting nervous. and I'm probably not going to have internet next week>_<. I'm happy that there going to be some surprises in the demo appearently.
I'm looking forward to the new character and I hope SE gives some of those more bright places of cocoon and pulse after the demo is released. But I think we'll have to wait for the E3 this year to see another trailer of XIII.

The first thing I'm going to do when the demo arrives besides posting something like "YAY! I've got it" on the forums here, is watching the Agito and Versus trailers:)

[Sabin]

Thanks byoushinn and lux for this.


-You can play as Lightning and Snow scenarios

:lol: I've been saying this all along.


All HP recovers after every battle

I don't think I have a problem with this. I hope this means the game will be challenging, e.g. difficult battles.

[1nOnly]

I'd hope for some info on the equepment, i wanna know if Lightnings gunblade is going to be her only weapon through the whole game/demo .. the most exciting thing is that about the NPC's, which is about time that they talk without being engaged.. there's still alot to know about the game, but i hope that they improve the RPG elements than having it more a like an action game..

[Sabin]

From GameFaqs via NeoGAF

- Like the FFXII demo that came with DQVIII, certain parts of the map are cut off from allowing you to explore.
- There is narration by Vanille that opens the game
- The end of the demo is "striking" in some way
- Play time is DEFINITELY not an hour. Actual playtime is 35-40 minutes tops
- Virtually no load times
- Full movement and camera control during battle, despite rumors to the contrary.
- The A.I. control coupled with the real time movement definitely gives the game an FFXII feel at first, but the input style gives it a totally different pace.
- The kinetic energy and smoothness of battles has to be played to be properly understood.
- Graphics are particularly notable for their in-game cutscenes, which may very well be a new standard

[Lord Of Dumbasses]

Hey and what about Limit Breaks? Are they included in the demo??

[1nOnly]

Hey and what about Limit Breaks? Are they included in the demo??

they should be included, its said that the demo is focused on the battle system.. and i think they're just called "Breaks"

[AnimeGirlPrincess]

So is that in the demo now? Wow........does anyone know if you can actually use summonings?

[Daemon]

The MP system was lost

makes it sound like they misplaced it under the couch :)

anyways, this could be interesting...

[Wandering Hands]

The MP system stayed behind and fought valiantly in order to aid the escape of his comrades.
Sadly, he was shot down on the battlefield. General HP and Major ATB are mourning their loss.

[Saki Liu]

So is that in the demo now? Wow........does anyone know if you can actually use summonings?

I doubt we can use summons in the demo, but if we're able to it'll probably be Shiva because we've seen more of her then any other summon.

[AnimeGirlPrincess]

Ah, okay. I was just wondering. Does anyone know what kind of Summonings besides Shiva?

[kingmickey]

i know that your going to use summoning to get and find things

[mercy0001]

I've also found this:
"O to Confirm, X to cancel"
"The demo will last about an hour"
"Text will be readable on SD TVs as well as HDTVs"

And some good news about the development of XIII:
"All parts of the game are almost complete"

It seems that SE is further than 80% in development!
I hope you can change the controls in the demo because I hate the Japanese controls ...

From Degenki about the demo:
Nomura:"(the demo is) just a little exciting scene"
Source: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=357841

Edit: Famitsu also said that there are almost no loading times and the baackground music is "so so cool" Thanks Hamauzu! (from Kotaku)

[Kätharina]

Ah, okay. I was just wondering. Does anyone know what kind of Summonings besides Shiva?

Carbuncle, Ifrit etc... general summons most likely.

[Kyobox]

It's very interesting ! Hard to wait for the demo version now :p !

[pupucachi]

I wanna buy the demo now O:
All the NPCs can talk huh? It will be hard to listen to all of them :)

[Chocolate Cupcakes]

Hopefully the battles will be more challenging if all your HP recovers after each battle.

[Hynad]

It means that tents have been removed altogether... FF XII did start a bad trend after all.:(

[Zeta_Stryker]

So is that in the demo now? Wow........does anyone know if you can actually use summonings?

Yes, but not in the demo.

"HP recovers after every battle fully????? wtf?"

I actually like this idea. Especially if it's swarm after swarm of boss. Like if you're lead into another boss battle from the last.

Lik in FFVII's case; you'd be swept into One Winged Angel from Bizarro Sephiroth. And FFVIII, you'd fight all 4 phases of Ultimecia without no healing in between.

[Rag]

It means that tents have been removed altogether... FF XII did start a bad trend after all.:(

I swear I never used tents/cottages :wtf:

[Hynad]

You probably never played a game prior to the PS ones.

[Adam Blade]

Damn no summons in demo... oh well good to know the BGM is nice.

[shiva99]

ifrit ? i hope to see himin the demo.. .

[AnimeGirlPrincess]

I can't wait for the game to come out! Summonings.....cool...

So does Snow summon Shiva? In one of the trailers I think he did.

[Zeta_Stryker]

Well, if I'm not mistaken. The demo that had summons; FFXII. The summons were already powerful as is. So, it's a good challenge.

ifrit ? i hope to see himin the demo..

Again, there will be NO summons in the demo. It was confirmed on IGN PS3.

[AnimeGirlPrincess]

I also heard that he can use ICE as his element. Is that true? Sorry if I'm asking so many Qs..... T_T

[LOL]

^ Hence the name Snow (plus the fact he summons Shiva).

[AnimeGirlPrincess]

Ah, I knew it! It was kinda of obvious in his name, Snow. LOL

[Nex]

It means that tents have been removed altogether... FF XII did start a bad trend after all.:(

Huh? What trend? FFX was the first with save points that healed you, XII didn't add anything to that. O_o