Opening Scene

Final Fantasy XIII Demo Walkthrough

Opening Scene and Battle Demo

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|Vanilla: The thirteen days after we awoke were the beginning of the end.      |
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|Sazh: "Seriously?"                                                            |
|Lightning: "Be quiet."                                                        |
|Sazh: "I'm counting on you."                                                  |
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|[Sazh runs over to a boy.]                                                    |
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|Sazh: "Are you okay"?                                                         |
|Sazh: "I'm not a l'Cie."                                                      |
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|[Lightning kills a few more PSICOM soldiers.]                                 |
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|Sazh: "Guess everything worked out."                                          |
|Sazh: "Everyone wants to fight."                                              |
|Lightning: "You'll slow me down."                                             |
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|[The train is seen entering the citadel of Cocoon where warfare is going on.] |
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|Lightning: "Get out of the way."                                              |
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|[A large robotic creature attacks the train.]                                 |
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|Sazh: "Let's get outta here!"                                                 |
|Sazh: "Not that way!"                                                         |
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|Sazh: "Hey, hey, hey.  You gotta be kidding!"                                 |
|Sazh: "Give me a break!  What will we do!?"                                   |
|Lightning: "Stay there and watch."                                            |
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|[A Tutorial fight starts.]                                                    |
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After a visually stunning opening cutscene the game kicks off with a boss fight.  This battle is meant to introduce the game’s battle system to the player.  Let’s go over this system first.
The battle interface looks roughly as outlined below:

Choose a weapon to attack
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    ACTION
    (Skill)                                          Lightning       720 (HP)
     (Black Magic)                                   Sahz            620 (HP)
      (White Magic)

COMMAND SYNERGY BATTLE

[The tutorial of basic battle controls.]

[You’ll enter real time once in battle. Time flows depending on the time gauge.]
[Next, choose your target.  Use the left and right direction keys to choose your target.  There is only one enemy now, so you just need to press the O button!]
[Once the target is decided, choose the attack command.  You can use only one command, but at most you can stock three multiple commands.]
[The numbers beside the commands represent the time that they take.  Please be cautious as powerful skills need more time.  There is an unlimited amount of different combinations between continuous, but less powerful skills, or a one-hit-ko.]
[Let’s try stocking the commands.  Choose the commands by pressing the direction keys.  Stock the command by pressing the O button.]
[Take action of the stocked commands by pressing the triangle button, then let’s try battling!]
[Triangle: Command Action]
[Attack] [Launch]
[Fire] [Firaga]
[Cure]