Final Fantasy XIII: More Missions & Playtime Talk, Still No Demo

A recent European PlayStation.Blog interview with Final Fantasy XIII Director, Motomu Toriyama, and Producer, Yoshinori Kitase, reaffirmed the total playtime of 50-60 hours we already knew about months ago, and talks about about the added missions (side-quests) in the game that add to the mix. When asked about the “sidequest” content specifically, they responded with the following:

We call them “missions”, rather than “quests”. During the second half of the story, when the characters go down to a place called Pulse, there are many missions available there. In the majority of them the boss of the mission who you have to defeat, is more powerful than the main boss of the story. I’ve already told you that the basic playing time is 50 to 60 hours, but if you want to complete all the missions, the total time is probably twice that or more.

Unfortunately, those hoping for a definitive answer on an English demo prior to release will have to wait some more, as the response given to a question posed about its release was as follows:

We haven’t decided whether to make a demo available yet.

With March approaching quickly, I wouldn’t suggest you hold your breath.

[Source: blog.eu.playstation.com]