The Last Remnant Lowdown

I apologize for not posting this earlier, but the site was down for me and maybe some others of you, when DNS is reset it takes a few days for the entire world to correctly see it ;)

Its interesting that this title is already getting made fun of for it being called the "Last" Remnant suggesting to fans that unlike "Final" Fantasy this title would be the last? Unlikely lol. Anyway the title is set to be released for the Playstation 3 and the Xbox 360 in Japan and America at the Same time, no word on when the Pal release will come however.
Hiroshi Takai, the game's director, then took to the podium, and explained that players would be able to use simple commands to control enormous amounts of characters at one time, introducing large-scale battles to RPGs.

That sounds mildly awesome to me, a sort of RTS, MMO without either one and still with the story and aspects of an RPG we have all come to love? Good move Square... now if only I could find the demonstration that was shown about the game :(.
The demo battle then revealed a huge roc-type monster augmenting the enemy forces, which titled the lifebar heavily in the enemies' favor, since they suddenly had a strong new ally on their side. With that, a new selection of menu choices appeared, revealing that while this is a new initiative that Square Enix is banking on, the game is still rooted in old-school RPG mechanics and values. Last Remnant is unique, in Square Enix's canon, as it is multiplatform for both PS3 and Xbox 360.
[via Kotaku & 1up]