Official FFXIII: Fabula Nova Crystallis Thread

[Wolf Kanno]

Was reading Playstation Magazine and they had an article on FFXIII. Here's a few new things I've learned about the game. WARNING!!! THAR' BE SPOILERS IN THESE POSTS!!! ARGH!!!

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The jungle stage we've seen with Obera moving through is actually a part of Cocoon...

Obera skips when she runs

Lightning's "Gravity" power is a leftover from her days in PSICOM. Its not connected to her I'Cie powers.

Sahz is apparently an ex-soldier like Lightning

Apparently the bulk of the story takes place in Cocoon while the majority of Pulse may in fact be optional.

Pulse is open ended with lots of life and scenery a la FFXII...

Cocoon can be seen in the sky orbiting Pulse as you travel in game and its quite visually stunning I must say from just viewing the screenshots.

Lots of effort was put into the visuals of the game, especially the battle system.

The team hints to there being more crystals than just the two that control Cocoon and Pulse.

The Fa'Ciel are hinted by the team to be beings that serve the crystal and are simialr to the Shinto belief in Kami. By this, there are innumerable Fa'Ciel and each only controls one aspect of the Crystals power and governs part of its dominion.

In addition to each having differnt powers and places they govern, the monsters are said to be different depending on which Fa'Ciel territory you are in. The Behemoth seen in the demo is created by the Cocoon Fa'Ciel and looks mechanical while the Pulse Behomth will be wild and more "natural" looking.

I'Ciel are people chosen by the Fa'Ciel to perform a specific task. They are given several abilites, summons being one of them...

When the Shiva sister tansforms into a bike, an input command takes the place of the normal command screen and different control inputs make them do different things. (sounds like the flyer for one of them new sex robots)

The team has hinted that Odin (Lightning's Summon) will transform in a very simialr manner to Shiva. Playstaion Magazine specualtes Odin transforms into a Cyborg Sleipner for Lightning to ride into battle.

You will not be able to control your whole party in the beginning of the game. It will be unlocked as time goes by.

Your party A.I. can set up follow ups and cover for for your lead character. This usually happens randomly but the XIII team hints there is a way to get the A.I. to do what you want without manually switching control to them...

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Overall, I'm a bit pleased with the new gameplay details and the world details are incredibly fascinating, I just wish I didn't know in the back of my mind that the Fa'Ciel are probably going to look incredibly stupid to fit in with the games world design. I'm still smacking my head in disbelief concerning the Summons "Action Vehicle Mode". It sounds even more ridiculous now...