Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII is an upcoming Action RPG game developed by Square Enix for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It will be released on November 21, 2013 in Japan, on February 11, 2014 for North America and February 14, 2014 in Europe.
Lightning Returns is set to conclude the Final Fantasy XIII Lightning Saga. The game takes place in the new world of 'Novus Partus', contains new characters and will also feature a new version of the 'ATB' battle system. Lightning has been confirmed as the only playable character but Hope Estheim will be assisting throughout the journey via wireless communications. Unlike the previous two games of the saga; Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy XIII-2, Lightning Returns is described as a world driven game, in which the players' choices and actions will affect the world around them.
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Story
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII is set 700 years after the events of Final Fantasy XIII-2.
Gameplay
Lightning Returns will feature a modified version of the ATB based battle system seen in both, Final Fantasy XIII and XIII-2. Adaptations to the battle system include; being able to freely move Lightning around in battles, blocking in real time, and the ability to assign commands to the controllers face buttons instead of selecting from a menu.
Schema
Schema is the term given to the various costume changes that Lightning utilizes in battle, which give her different abilities, similar to the Dress Spheres system in Final Fantasy X-2. Three Schema have been revealed so far, which are Dark Muse, Divinity and Sorceress. All Schema are customizable, such as removing the block function being removed to replace it with more offensive-based capabilities.
Characters
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