http://www.ff-xiii.net/index.php?page=article&article=216

British magazine Playstation World Magazine (PSW) has a bit of new info for everyone. There are no new images in the article, so here's guts of new info they wrote about:


"Cocoon's government is using crystals with the power to change man's destiny to force those on Pulse to work against their will. In turn, the citizens of Pulse are rebelling. Their force is led by the only confirmed character so far, a feisty woman who goes by the codename of 'Lightning'.

Apparently the player won't know if he's (Note: I presume by "he" they are talking about Mr. 33cm) on Lightning's side or not until a certain point in the game. One new feature to help develop the story will be a 'split-screen' of sorts, showing different characters in different locations on screen at the same time."


Basically, Lightning is heading up a rebellion fueled by the people of Pulse and the poor treatment they've gotten from the Government of Cocoon. As for the split screen, this will probably be for cut scenes as having a window to other characters on your screen while in battle or running around doesn't particularly make much sense.

why......why would you want co op for a rpg????

Weren't they trying to make this game more action-oriented? I smell Dirge of Cerberus.

i just can't see Co OP working if thats what they were gettin at in the article

I am confused.

 It actually worked well (I thought) for LotR: The Third Age. *gasp* thats an EA game! and I like it! What is the world coming to...

The only real way I see this working is if they used the Secret of Mana formula. I absolutely loved that damn game and it was multiplayer as well.  The multiplayer aspect can work, but it's definitely a very risky ordeal.  If implimented properly I think it's sales will jump an extra 10-20%.  If not, I feel they will drop more like 40% IMHO.  I think I'd like to see how this would turn out.

-SpectralDuality 

I agree with the OP....I highly doubt they would put Coop into the game, and it sounds more like just another way to advance the story. Perhaps they try and tell the story of one character while you play on the other, or maybe tell two characters' stories at once (which seems a little difficult, but doable I guess). All in all I think if there were going to be Coop it would be announced differently than just "at points there will be split-screen"

Why not? The battle sysetm is supposed to be like FF12.

So it'd basically be a split screen MMORPG.  The only "glitch" would be the occasional pause to change what attacks you are doing.

Well I don't care if they put a co-op split screen on the game but, thay better not spend to much time on that and forget to add all the special details the past ff games have had!