Lightning Returns Demo out now!

Dang, I just wrote this too!

I'm going to submit it here anyway since I don't want it to go to waste.

Free DLC costume(s) for playing the Lightning Returns demo!

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The Lightning Returns demo is out now on Xbox 360 and Playstation 3!

Here's a description of the demo from Square Enix:

The demo puts players in control of Lightning as she traverses the chaos-infested Yusnaan palace of her old ally, Snow. Players will experience Lightning’s new customization options and master the game’s completely overhauled battle system. For those who activate the Outerworld services and submit their battle scores of the final fight against Zaltys, the ‘Siegfried’ outfit will be unlocked in the full retail game.

The "Outerworld" is social media related. Submit your score of the demo's final boss (share it with your Facebook friends!) and you'll receive the costume of Siegfried from Final Fantasy VI.

There's an additional DLC outfit exclusive to North American Playstation users called the Utsusemi Garb which can be acquired simply by playing the demo.

I don't believe there's any sort of confirmation that the outfits are unlocked at the time of playing the demo. Just wait until the game is released and they should be available in the "Rewards Barter Shop" in the main menu.

I've already pre-ordered the collector's edition for 360, so this demo will be a nice way to get an early look at the game as well as get a new costume right from the get go when the game is released. Are you going to play the demo?

source Lightning Returns Demo Available Now + Download & Play for Exclusive DLC | SQUARE PORTAL

Yay. Free stuff!

Loved it but unfortunately a very short demo

ill get this game IF i can now play through XIII and XIII-2 without major problems..
if not then i wont bother

i dont think ill download the demo

Ooh, I'll have to try to remember to get this when I'm home.

Anyone know how long this demo is?

No, but I know it's about 1.1 GB I'm downloading it.

Originally Posted by Psychotic

No, but I know it's about 1.1 GB I'm downloading it.

I assume you must be talking about the 360 demo, cause the PS3 demo (which is downloading as I write this) is 2063mb... I wonder if there is any difference between the 2 to make such a large difference?

Played the demo, and... meh. Is that it? Based on the demo, LR is a no-buy for me.

Originally Posted by Carl the Llama

Originally Posted by Psychotic

No, but I know it's about 1.1 GB I'm downloading it.

I assume you must be talking about the 360 demo, cause the PS3 demo (which is downloading as I write this) is 2063mb... I wonder if there is any difference between the 2 to make such a large difference?

Just 1080p videos with lower compression.

The demo was a bit underwhelming to me, not to mention way too easy. I know it's a demo and that there will probably be much harder fights later, but being able to win nearly in my sleep was a bit meh. I'll get the game when it gets a price drop, probably.

Wow... cant believe I'm going to say this, but the demo was kinda disappointing.

I didn't think much of the combat, but I am sure it will grow on me.

From what I have read of the demo you just see the Prologue.

It starts with some CG video then you fight some monsters in that club that got destroyed, then you enter a black void of chaos in search of snow or something, while the game tells you that the demo ends at 6 AM, but then the demo just ends itself right after that cutscene no matter how much is left on your clock.

As said, it sounds like the prologue, just slightly different for the demo like the 6 AM thing. This is not in the Prologue but during the normal days, as you can actually see the running clock then. The prologue normally has no clock but ends after Saltys.

Well the clock did tick when I played. I just described it to make it easier for you to tell for sure if it was the prologue or not

I cannot say that for sure because you start the prologue with Snow in Yusnaan and end it with the dragon and later in the story you enter the same building to confront snow but the dragon only appears randomly then. I don't know what the demo is like but as said, it sounds like the Prologue with some slight changes.

My post before was actually as much of a try to confirm as possible. I could download it but I don't want to now as I am done with the story and probably will donwload the demo before the European release.

Well, seeing as you know what do do you could probably clear the demo in... 5 minutes if you skipped all the cutscenes and tutorials. I think I used 3 minutes on the boss the first (and only) time I did it

I'm pretty sure it's the prologue.

Honestly, I think the whole ending at 6am thing was meant to try to simulate how the clock in game works, but it wasn't really utilized in the demo. All it did was make you feel like you had a lot more time left in your demo just before you were at the end of it. That's kind of silly.

However, I liked this demo. Once I started grasping what was going on with the battle system somewhat, it seems like it will be pretty fun. The story seemed intriguing enough to make me know what will happen next. Yes, the battles were super easy... but it's the very beginning of the game. The only thing I would have asked for is to maybe have a couple of short sections to pick from rather than just the beginning to maybe give us a feel for a harder battle and to see a more open environment, but eh. I might buy this day 1 now.

This demo needs over 2 hours to be downloaded. And I know the story already. I will download it but try it out when I want.

I checked it. It is the prologue.

Whelp, the demo did it's job. I really, really want this now. The Muse was my favorite class, I really liked that hat.