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.
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- 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.
Source: http://gematsu.com/2012/09/lightning-returns-final-fantasy-xiii-detailed-in-famitsu