The demo was set up like this: When the game loaded there was a menu with about 7 different scenerios that you could choose. They were mainly to show you the different aspects of the game. For instance, the first scenerio was mainly to show you what the in-game cinematic stuff would look like, it also acquinted you on how to move around, activate things, etc. This was actually one of my favorite things in the demo, you play Reks, I'm not quite sure but I think he's Vaan's brother, he is some sort of young recruit for the knights of Ivalice or something, it appears that he is being mentored by Basch who seems to be a really high ranking knight on the kings guard or something like that. The mission you're in, you're supposed to be working your way from outside the castle to the kings room because he is supposedly being threatened by some force or army (it's not clear) Anyway, you are instructed to stay behind and Basch goes off by himself, when you get to the top you walk in the kings room to see everyone slaughtered, including the king himself, when you turn around Basch stabs you through the heart and explains that he pretty much flipped out when he found out that the king was actually going to sell off the kingdom to these people he appearantly thought were threatening him. Everything in this sequence are in-game cinematics and they are AMAZING, the visuals are unbelieveable, I literally could not believe it was PS2, excellent voices, although they were Japanese with english subtitles at this point, which was another reason I am sort of shady on the exact story, it was just a demo after all.

The second scenerio was a short cinema with Vaan and Penelo in the marketplace/town of the Ivalice kindgom. This scenerio is mainly to show you the way towns will work, talking to people, shops, etc. This is EXCELLENT, the town is so lively, it's really amazing, when you go to the marketstrip it's really an incredible sight, everyone is moving and interacting with each other, it looks great. Eventually you get out of the town and enter the desert outside, this sort of demonstrates the way outside battle is and the way you can have monsters "link" to you if you try to run from one and piss off a whole group (just like MMORPG again) At the end of the desert you fight an AWESOME dinosaur boss. This was so incredible I think Square could have released this one battle as a game and slapped a Jurassic Park title on the game.

Anyway, I'm typing alot, but another really really notable scene was where you wake to find yourself in a prison as Vaan. This sort of shows the dungeon / event areas and the way they will play out, again amazing... Basically you enter this area of the prison all the prisoners are scared of because of the crazy Bangaa prisoners. Okay what excited me about this part was the sheer brutality of this scene, it's unlike anything I've seen in Final Fantasy thus far, and I REALLY hope they don't censor this stuff for the American release, I will be SO pissed. It's SUCH an effective scene because it basically shows the mean bangaa prisoners mauling another prisoner, beating him to death and chucking his body off of the second level onto the floor in front of you, it's INCREDIBLY graphic compared to anything I've seen in the series yet, and I LOVED it. Call me sick, whatever, it made the scene effective, that's all I care about, censorship is bulltrout.

Anyway this scene eventually leads you with Fran and Balfear to escaping the prison through this sewer system (final fantasy cliché alert!) Anyway, as I stated in an earlier post, the quick battle system makes the game HUMONGOUS to compensate and it's SO awesome. I was literally covering so much ground in this place and it just KEPT going, it's a good realistic experience of dead ends and long expansive areas that are representative of how long I think they are supposed to seem. Anyway this scenerio ends at this room you enter, and fight an enormous boss that takes up the whole room and is again, awe-inspiring to say the least.

The last couple scenerios basically let you go through some beautiful forest and spring areas with the whole cast of characters, you can switch the characters out at any time and I HEAR you can't die until EVERY ONE of your characters is killed, although I didn't test this on the demo unfortunately.

Sorry for going on and on, what I said should be pretty accurate although it was a pretty decent time ago. Hope I answered your question and gave you a better idea of how the demo was and how the game will be.