I think the option to choose may be apparent. Dunno. I really like it though, shame I have approx 365 more days to wait until I can get my hands on a copy of the real game.
I'm really impressed with the demo. The battles are random encounters, but you can see the enmy and approach it. Once you engage in battle it's almost like FFXII where you run around and attack and fight, etc. This also makes it sort of like Crisis Core a bit, except Crisis Core you couldn't see the enemies before you got into the fight except on mission bosses and battles were only on corners. This is actually letting you utilize a tough or easy location to your advantage and vice versa. Very impressive.
I hope on the official game they impliment the Victory Fanfare somewhere though, I was getting worried. I'll be happy even if they only play on bosses like in FFXII.
The characters are nice, Sazh or whatever seems a nice comic relief, Lightning to me actually seems less like Cloud and more like Ashe to me, but that's just my opinion. In either sense, I like those two. Snow was enjoyable as well, and seeing Vaniile was making me yay! :mudkip^_^:; Also, the woman that supposedly dies in the end, I'm assuming that could be a driving force for Snow later, quite possibly like Reks was for Vaan in FFXII.
The Naruto-looking kid was funny and interesting, as was his counterpart, the other chick. I love their personalities, only compared with Snow and the Woman they seemed like comic relief in a shojo anime/manga.
I love Sazh's little chocobo! It's so cute, lol.
The story overall seems excellent, though the intro, if that intro is final, seems a bit too short to me. I like how it through you right in though, it built up exitement that wasn't there when I had first seen FFVII, and that game was supposed to throw you into the AVALANCHE mission too.
The rating system after battles is spectacular, and the battles seem nice and balanced in terms of difficulty. Not too easy, not too hard. Perfect. The look of chests amuze me, those computer orb things, lol. One thing I did not see and I'm pissed the guy didn't show it, if it was there in the demo, the Triangle Party Menu. D: I love how they change it every time and my favorite menu theme is still FFXII's, hehe. ^_^
Overall... 9.6//10. I'm liking it, a lot. Of course, it won't be as good as FFXII in my opinion, but that's only because FFXII changed my life in a lot of ways, and I love Ashe too much. I doubt I'll be mistaken though if this ends up my 2nd favorite FF game in front of FFVIII and behind FFXII.
So all in all, FFXIII ftw! :mudkip^_^: