Here's a bunch of stuff I've noticed or read about the demo, if anyone cares or hasn't read any of this before:
- Arte Trees from Graces are back. Like Graces it doesn't seem like you can alter the artes in the sequence?
- There are four elements: Fire, Water, Wind, Earth. There's also another symbol which I assume is non-elemental or something. Artes also have a secondary attribute, Sorey's Mueishou, for example, has the attribute "Amorphous". Not all artes appear to have an attribute, however.
- Some artes appear to be advanced versions of other artes, looking at their descriptions. So learning artes probably relates to that in some way.
- It looks like additional effects, such as stun or stat debuffs, can be added to artes.
- Artes have a usage count, and based on the gauge next to it that has five ranks, can improve as you use them.
- Discoveries, also in previous games like Rebirth and Graces, are back in this game.
- Mystic Artes, at least these basic level ones, consume 3 BG. L1 is to transform into or cancel your fusion, which uses 1 BG, R2 is for "Blast", which uses BG for whatever effects you've set/learned.
- Characters have support skills which are used while on the field. One of Mikleo's is "Treasure Sense", where he'll inform you of any nearby treasure chests. One of Alisha's is "Medicine Compounding", where she'll make items like life bottles. One of Edna's is "Snack Preparation", and she'll make various snack items for you to use. One of Dezel's is "Speed Drive", which gives you a temporary sped boost on the field after a battle. And one of Lilah's is "Physical Control", where she (anyone?) gradually recovers health when it's below 50%.
- There is something called Equipment Skill Level, but it's not something you can really toy with in the demo I think?
- Looking at the menu in one of the videos, it appears there's no option to make anyone else the screen avatar? Circle is for the character status, square is to swap Tenzoku, Triangle is to change your controlled character in battle, and X is to cancel. So assuming all the controls and functions are the same as the final game, it looks like the on screen character has to be Sorey (I haven't seen anyone move the cursor to Alisha to see if it's possible to at least switch to her though). To me the menu also looks like it's specifically designed for a max of six characters, two humans and four non-humans, so I have my doubts that you'll have all eight of the main characters in the party at once.
