I know what you mean . . . there wasn't actually anybody holding the controller and playing it, it was just a movie (have you EVER seen a preview with somebody holding a controller and playing it? Come on . . . be realistic).

I believe that given the power of the PS3, it is more than likely possible that what was shown was actual gameplay. I saw the girl moving around, shooting enemies, slashing them, casting magic . . .and all the while there was numbers appearing near the enemies DENOTING that damage was being taken. Plus I also saw the main character running around in a highly detailed, expansive forest environment and it was just beautiful. It is possible that when you get the actual game, unless you have a high end TV with a high-end game cable that the picture and gameplay won't be as clear, but it was still damn impressive. The gameplay seemed to be on par with quality of the movies from FFX. I'd even go as far to say that the gameplay had better graphics than the movie, FF:TSW.

Have you seen the in game graphics of FFXII yet? It was quite a jump from FFX, especially with the environments.