Below you can check out the list of all the things you should expect to see in Final Fantasy XIII. The list, originally posted on 1UP, was created by a Japanese website that summed up the information received by various Japanese magazines generally from FFXIII director Motomu Toriyama. So, yes, we could say that it’s a real work of art! Check it out below:
– Battle difficulty will be greatly increased. In fact, Toriyama expects XIII to be “the most difficult FF ever”.
– In the demo, party members are CPU controlled. In the final, you’ll be able to issue them directives.
– Continuing your “Chain” in the demo isn’t very important in the demo, but will vital in the final.
– The classic FF victory fanfare isn’t present in the demo, but will be in the final.
– Victory poses may be incorporated into the final; the matter is currently under consideration.
– If the first hit of a chain kills an enemy in the demo, your character continues attacking air for the duration of the combo. This will be remedied in the final.
– Snow is barehanded in the demo, but will have weapons available to him in the final.
– Encounters occur solely from the front in the demo, but various encounter styles will be present in the final.
– The final will have a level system.
– The demo only allows you to control one character, but the final will have a new system for managing other party members in battle.
– The final will have command shortcuts.
– Selecting your target in the demo can be a bit of a chore; the final will have a more streamlined targeting mechanism.
– The final will have an “item” command in battle.
– NPC dialogue will be subtitled in the final. In the demo, there is only voice.
– Sazh’s rather bizarre battle animation will be altered to be less strange, and more “jolly”.
– The Time Gauge maxes out at 3 in the demo, but you’ll be able to add more segments in the final through a new character growth system.
– Summons will be present in the final. The mysterious “TP Bonus” that appears after battles in the demo relates to them.
– Finally, the occasional frame rate drops in the demo will be fixed, according to Toriyama.