<p>Japanese magazine Famitsu seems to have pulled some new details during an interview regarding <em>Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII</em>. <a href="http://andriasang.com/con2l3/lightning_returns_details/">Andriasang</a> has more to show, but here are a few things to make note of.</p>
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<li>The game is only 30% complete.</li>
<li><em>Lightning Returns: FFXIII</em> will be Lightning&#8217;s final game. It will also contain one (happy) ending.</li>
<li><em>Lightning Returns</em> is &#8216;World Driven.&#8217; Players will have to determine how they&#8217;re going to interact with the ever changing world.</li>
<li>The game is meant to be played&#8211;and finished&#8211;multiple times.</li>
<li>The game has a 13 day limit that can be influenced based on what you do in the game.; defeating specific enemies, completing certain quests and helping people can either increase or decrease how much time you have left.</li>
<li>One day in the game is roughly the same as 1-2 hours in real-life.</li>
<li>Lightning is on her own when in battle and can also move freely. The Battle System is closer to &#8216;action&#8217;, will still have an ATB gauge and you no longer select commands from the menu, but instead select abilities that have been tied to the buttons on the controller.</li>
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<p>It would seem that Square Enix is trying a few new things when it comes to the final game in Lightning&#8217;s story. I have to admit though, I didn&#8217;t expect <em>Final Fantasy XIII</em> to become a trilogy back when it first came out in 2010.</p>
<p>Via <a href="http://andriasang.com/con2l3/lightning_returns_details/">Andriasang</a></p>

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New Details About Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII, Courtesy of Famitsu
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By Kyree Leary

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