OPM UK and Edge go hands-on with Final Fantasy XIII

Both OPM UK and Edge magazine feature hands-on previews of Final Fantasy XIII in their respective May issues (out now). While 1UP may have already exposed most of what we need to know about the battle system, there are a few tidbits that had gone unnoticed. OPM UK details the post-battle screen, which includes information on a 5-point performance rating. The developers refused to elaborate on this, but did say it would affect gameplay.

Edge asked FFXIII director and writer Motomu Toriyama if the number of time segment commands for each character would increase (which would ultimately let characters perform more actions in a single turn). He replied with a hinting wink, "That's a very shrewd observation." Toriyama also talked a bit about the storyline, revealing to OPM UK that FFXIII won't just be about Lightning and will be "told by different viewpoints and characters." In that regard, it looks like gamers can expect to see a storyline similar in scope to FFVI. With a public demo packaged in the Japanese Blu-ray version of Advent Children (out in less than two weeks), gamers will get to experience an hour's worth of FFXIII gameplay and story.