Official The Last Remnant Website
Not media related, Wired has the first hands-on preview online. It doesn't seem to be very informative, as the writer mostly encountered cut-scenes:
Don't get me wrong, Square Enix's The Last Remnant does look great and shows promise, but the generous amount of time I had with the game at the Microsoft booth was pretty much just about watching cut scenes. Things did start promising, with an opening cinematic that reminded me of the Lost Odyssey opener, as you find yourself in the middle of a massive battle of Lord of the Rings proportions. You then quickly find yourself in battle, in control of a few squads, giving each of them an attack command from a menu. After all the commands are set, off they go.
Now, this could be because it's part of the game's opening, but that was it, with combat being shown in a sequence showing the result of every attack, which then segued into more story scenes.
And then more scenes. The next 10-15 minutes I had with the game looked great -- though character outlines were a bit pixelated -- but it was all shown to me, with nothing playable. When I was finally presented with some gameplay, I barely ran a few paces to trigger a battle before my time was up.
I came out of the demo with more questions than answers. It does look like the game will offer a combat experience different from the RPG norm -- at least from what I could see on monitors as I was waiting in line -- and that makes me want to play even more.
The Last Remnant comes out on the Xbox 360 everywhere on November 20, and is expected to come out later on the PlayStation 3 and PC.
Giant Lizard Beast (Off Screen)
Through The Plains (Off Screen)
Terminated (Off Screen)
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