Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII

[Andromeda]

Square just announced the name of the new FFXIII game. According to information, Lightning will be the main and only playable character for the game. It takes place hundred(s) of years after the events of FFXIII-2 in a world/land called Novus Partus (Latin is back). It is going to be an action game from the sounds of it, attacks are still governed by a ATB they said, but it'll be more like an action RPG rather than the standard RPG FFXIII and FFXIII-2 were.

Lightning apparently has 13 days to save the world from destruction and like Majora's Mask, you're on the clock. Actions consume time and everything you do eats a little of your time away. It should also sound like Valkyrie Profile.

Lightning is also going to be customizable with her equipment. The equipment you wear governs what abilities you have and the way you'll fight. So it is more than just a cosmetic thing.

It also sounds like this is going to be a more open world with a non-linear progression. There were also suggestions that it make work like Breath of Fire: Dragon's Quarter where even if you fail at the end you restart with Lightning stronger and better equipped. They said that even if you're not ready, when the last seconds countdown you'll be sent into the final battle.

Lots a interesting things coming out about it.