He played the demo multiple times and also provided me with a very elaborate "visual description" (excerpts contained in the collage at the bottom) of the video shown in the preparation room before playing the demo, the one Maximilian Dood also described in passing (Shinra propaganda video with Jessie hacking into the feed and explaining the gameplay).
- It starts with a pre-rendered cinematic video showing infrastructure, workers and the daily life of Midgar.
- A narrator is talking about the great things Shinra provides to the citizens of Midgar, leading everyone to the Promised Land with the power of Mako, which powers everything as a safe and clean energy source and is responsible for transforming Midgar into this thriving metropolis.
- In the middle of that Shinra propaganda video, it glitches out and Jessie takes over.
- During that cinematic video, however, we get a great look at several parts of Midgar (above the plate only, of course). Here are some notable details:
- It starts with a camera pan over parts of Midgar showing a modern cylindrical building also seen in the background of the E3 2015 reveal teaser and the shot of Cloud on the Hardy Daytona introducing editions and pre-order bonuses. We also see a train passing by an industrial area and a highway with a noise shield on one side running perpendicular to it.
- Another shot shows rooftops with multiple chimneys on top and another highway suspended high above with big Mako pipes running alongside of it and through the building scape. We also see a swarm of white doves flying by.
- The imagery in both shots is very reminiscent of the reveal teaser from E3 2015.
- Then we get a camera pan down into the streets with many different buildings resembling a neighborhood in New-York City. One of the buildings even has a silo on top like the one I described in my latest analysis video (Game Analysis #10)
- The next few shots show cafés, restaurants, shops, traffic lights, lots of fire escapes, awnings, AC units, familiar cars driving by, citizens going about their day, children riding their bicycle and construction workers doing their job.
- In another shot, they show mechanics swapping Mako canisters of a car (like changing batteries) and loading full ones onto a small green pickup truck with only one back wheel. We already saw similar canisters in the gameplay demonstration footage and I even mentioned those in one of my videos (Game Analysis #8).
- In the last shot, we see a mechanical digger carrying a pipe segment. What the most interesting about it is that it doesn't bear an excavator shovel at the end of its arm but instead that very same brown robot hand seen in the original game on that broken highway in the sector 6 slums.
- What's very interesting about those scenes is that everything takes place in broad daylight and it doesn't feel dark at all, very much comparable to those skyscraper and highway shots in the reveal teaser.
- I hope those scenes are part of the final game releasing next year.
- After Jessie takes over, we learn the combat basics of which we already know plenty. However, several camera angles are different. The sector 1 station interior (having different ads, and the shampoo ad returns), the Guard Dog area, the room with the elevator and the area with the large ramp where Cloud uses a Potion in the gameplay demonstration from E3 2019 also received new angles.
- Another new aspect is Cloud's ability Triple Slash. It's the one we see him perform in the E3 2019 trailer footage in the subway tunnels. He hits 3 different targets with wide slashes which may hit multiple enemies per hit if in range. It consumes only one ATB charge.
- We also get to see the Sweeper step onto Cloud, pinning him to the ground, inflicting high damage and bringing Cloud into the KO status, where the screen lights up in red (like when on low HP). Barret then need to use a Phoenix Down on Cloud to have him get up again. Jessie explains that the game isn't over until all party members are KOed.
- Last point, Cloud uses an Ether which shows an orange-red effect around him to contrast the green one for Potions.
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