Famitsu this week has plenty of new details on Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII, Square’s newly announced conclusion to the Lightning Saga. Find the lot below.
The game is currently 30 percent complete.
This is Lightning’s final game and will have a happy ending. Unlike Final Fantasy XIII-2, it will not have multiple endings.
Final Fantasy XIII was story driven, XIII-2 was player driven, and now Lightning Returns is “World Driven,” which means that the world in constantly in motion.
One day in the game world is equal to one or two hours in the real world.
The game is designed to be played through many times.
It will not take several dozens of hours to clear one volume.
It is possible items will be carried over on a second playthrough.
Due to the influence of chaos, people from Final Fantasy XIII-2 have stopped aging and are still alive.
Novus Partus is composed of two natural terrain continents and two urban continents.
Menu commands are not selected in battle. Rather, players assign abilities to buttons.
The battle system is nearing an action battle system. The ATB gauge still exists.
Because Lightning is the sole party member, players can have greater focus in battle.
Lightning can move freely in battle. There is also some sort of time influence.
Lightning has become considerably more lovely.
The world could end before the 13 day limit, thus resulting in a “Game Over,” depending on your actions.
Defeating enemies and clearing quests will increase the world’s life expectancy.
At the same time, helping certain people could decrease the world’s life expectancy.
Lightning will come across serial murders in the city.
There are many clocks around the city showing the always moving progression of time.
Hope will provide Lightning directions via a communications device.
Battles can carry out in just about all operations.
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