Well time to download. Kind of sucks I'm downloading for 360 and not getting Utsusemi garb. Oh well, at least I can judge to see if I like the battle system. That's what is going to determine if I buy it or not.

Not much of a fan of newer Final Fantasy games, but I guess the incentive on PS3 is enough for me to at least try it out.

why no ps4..

This demo is going to be the determining factor in whether or not I get this game. I always found the combat of these games to be engaging, but the stories were the stupidest things. Eventually I'd reach a point where my disinterest in what was going, coupled with a particularly hard fight, would make me put down the game forever. In XIII that was most of the way through the game and in XIII-2 that was the final boss fight against... the dude with the purple hair and beads. One thing that I do like about this game is that it appears to be entirely focused around Lightning, who was the only character I actually liked in both XIII and XIII-2.

Ah, well I can't try it yet. It's exclusive to gold members at the moment. Never quite understood why they did that with some demos on the 360...

Hah. Free costume. Final Fantasy XIII: Mega Ultimate Costume Quest Extreme Saga Bonzai.

Square Enix, you're cracking me up.

... Never played a FF game. Looks like I know what I'm doing today.

I hardly enjoyed the previous 13 games, but maybe this one will be different. I'm interested to see if the combat system is in fact different from the previous 13 games.

I tried playing the Japanese demo...but I had no frickin' clue what was going on. I could have been sacrificing millions of babies for all I knew.

I am on the fence regarding this game. However, I am excited to play this demo. I want to love this game, and hopefully, the demo will impress.

Lightning yay! Way to make my sick day in bed happy again SE :3

Cool, I've never played a Final Fantasy game so I might give this a go when I get out of class.

Eh, I'll wait for the FFX/X-2 remake. I tried FF13 and didn't care for it at all, but I gave it another chance with FF13-2 which ended up being an abysmal failure. Now, between Square using stupid DLC outfits to promote this one and FFXV abandoning the turn-based combat the series is known for, the future of FF isn't looking too bright. I'll just stick with the older games.

Holy Moley! I guess I'm kind of on the fence about Square's dlc policies with these recent Final Fantasy games. On one hand I don't really like being nickel and dimed by games, but on the other I thought the arena boss battles for XIII-2 were very fun and worthwhile. I can't wait to download the demo and check out the battle system, which I believe will be very similar to paradigms. XIII-2 did improve on the "fluidity" of switching paradigms which for me greatly improved the overall gameplay experience. I think XIII is just as good as any of the other FF games, and have been greatly anticipating the final entry. I think this game will start off what I anticipate to be a great year for rpg gaming.

Do you have to play the demo before the game is released in order to get the costume? I lent my PS3 to a friend for a month...

Okay, after playing through the demo using a friend's account, I can say my interest in this game is far greater than before. I was originally very iffy about the game since I hated how overcomplicated the combat sounded. That was why I never got XIII-2. Played the demo of that one and had no idea what I was doing. If Square Enix was not obsessed with giving simple things stupid names like "Schemata" and "ATB" it would have made things simpler. I was completely unaware that Schemata was basically armor and skill sets that you could switch mid-battle. I was also unaware that ATB essentially functions as stamina, which regenerates slowly over time and explains why you need to keep switching Schemata;so you don't get stuck sitting there like an idiot waiting for your ATB to regenerate. I do wish there was a way for Lightning to backdash or roll or something. It would have made it easier to get out of the way of near-unblockable attacks like the demo's end monster's fire attack.

Wow, I wasn't expecting this at all but it's very cool of SE. Regardless of how they've been doing as a company in the past years, they've really been on the ball with demos lately. Bravely Default had the demo-only side quest and now these costumes.

Though I do like that a lot, I'm not a fan of how they're favoring PS3 with the extra content. I understand Sony is much bigger than Microsoft in Japan but the console favoritism got old a long time ago.

Oh, yes! I shall download it later.

Oh man, I'm gonna miss out on the demo, but I hope can get the DLC. I'm going try the Demo later.

Glad to hear it, better download it soon.