It IS stunning.
It's a phenominal demo. Like Blue Dragon, ES has gone from a "most likely buy 1st week" to "must...preorder....now".
The demo is more well rounded than Blue Dragon. It features a small useless town, hidden treasure, all the combat goodies, and one boss.
To me, for some reason, I got a "Super Mario RPG" meets "Kingdom Hearts" vibe from the game. The game is incredibly vibrant, ala SMRPG. The combat system is phenominal. By far, one of the coolest battle systems for a game in a long time.
The greatest part? It's 4 player. My girlfriend and I hacked & slashed through the demo with glee. It was just too much fun. She decided that I should buy the game, and invite her little niece over to play 3p co-op through the game.
More than likely, her niece will get an Xbox 360 for this game.
The only real weakness from the demo (and my impression from the game is) that the camera kinda sucks. You can't move it: it's very linear, and very difficult to see the enemies in battle. Outside of that, fantastic.
Go play the demo! Now! If your a fan of RPGs, Kingdom Hearts, or old Paper Mario/SMRPG games, it's a must-try.
Either way, you can get a good 1hr from the demo if you wanted to do everything. Or beat it in 5 minutes. It wasn't quite as hard (imo) as Blue Dragon's demo. The attacks are insanely powerful, and most enemies are rather weak if you know what your doing. The active guard system can hamper most enemies attacks pretty handily (and likewise, alot can chain together defends to totally neutralize your attacks).
The cutscenes for your special attacks are just freaking sweet - nothing like chaining together a combo for 5000 damage at the starting of a game.
Back from the dead, I'm afraid.
