• Keep Vaan, though he's no longer the main lead, and is given more character development and backstory. Vaan is now a street rouge, that works for Baltheir and does some jobs for him, wishing that he can fully join him as a Sky Pirate.
  • Ashe is now the main lead and the game is strictly through her struggles and POV
  • Penelo is still in the game, though as a minor character, she desires Vaan to stop working for Balthier and wants him to make a better choice in life. She's in the party for a while, as a guest though. She leaves, when she realizes that she cannot change Vaan or his dreams.
  • Lord Rasler survives and is a playable character, until his death 1/2 the game.
  • Battle System is more like Chrono Trigger/Tales- The game is still Open World and monsters still appear on the main map, however when you run into a monster a different screen and the character that you choose to be the main attacker is controllable and the CPU controls the rest. You can choose between Ashe, Vaan, Baltheir, Fran, Rasler, Basche and Larsa. So it's not like FFXV, but more like a Tales Of game.
  • Characters that have a connection can team up and do a special move, like Chrono Trigger. Ashe/ Rasler, Ashe/ Vaan, Baltheir/ Fran, Vaan/ Baltheir, Ashe/ Larsa. Ashe/ Basche.
  • Music is done by the FFXIII crew.
  • Summons is done like FFX
  • Zodiac System, expect it depends on what Summon that character can summon. Aries = Ifrit, if you give Ashe the Zodiac " Aries " she'll summon Ifrit throughout the whole game. You cannot change or remove though.
  • Limit Breaks are still the same.
  • Final Battle is a showdown between Ashe and Dr Cid
  • Ending is more the same, Penelo watches Vaan be happy that he's now a Sky Pirate. Ashe now a Queen, gives a speech to her people, while thinking about Rasler.
  • Vayne is still in the game, but thinks that he's the Main Bad, and ends up being slaughtered by Dr Cid.