Holy shit!
Can't wait to see this all in the game. Wow
I don't think the car is going to break down in the final game, other than that, this should be an epic opening for the game.
They are still going to find an excuse to visit Cidney/Cindy. The intro where she says, "Mah name is Cindy" wasn't in the demo. I'm guessing, in the actual game, it comes before the scene the demo takes place. I don't doubt we'll get a reason they stop there. Hell, they might even work in the "Prompto was doing stupid shit or someone sabotaged the car" angle. From the dialog and description, it DOES seem to take place within the story itself. We DO know Noctis and crew are on their way to see Titan at Cauthess. They reference something regarding Titan is up because of the earthquake in the morning. We know that, that area in the game, Titan is the main summon(Archaean) you find and was cut from the demo BECAUSE he was story-specific. The inclusion of such story tidbits seem a little too meaty for something made "just for the demo". I still think the time the demo takes place will be similar to the Dollet invasion of the FFVIII demo and that event's place in the final game(and to a lesser extent, the Stillshrine of Miriam in the FFXII demo), not like FFVII and FFXIII's demos, which basically were taken from the beginning of the final games.
Guessing, I think the timeline goes like this:
- Stuff at Lucis before the peace agreement signing. King Regis and his court meet Idolas Aldercapt and his entourage at the palace to sign the treaty. Meanwhile, Lucis is celebrating the proposed peace and Noctis(and his friends, among other gathered royals) are attending a gallery party thrown for this occasion. Noctis awkwardly meets up with Stella(or Luna).
- Shit goes down at the peace treaty signing(I'm guessing Niflheim will only sign if Lucis relinquishes their crystal and power to them) and Aldercapt and his men leave without a peace deal signed. They leave some way, but give the signal for their army to move in, and the celebration becomes a bloodbath as the Niflheim soldiers storm the palace and the gallery.
- Noctis, Ignis, Prompto and Gladiolus make their way back to the Palace(the scenes taking place on the city streets and through alleys and garages) to find his father missing(dying or dead, even). They Ignis urges Noctis to escape, so the group decide to take the Regalia and exit through a hidden tunnel out of Lucis.
- The group heads to Lestallum(there's going to be some plot related reason), but discovers Titan's causing earthquakes around the area. Perhaps it's tied to the Exineris corporation and their mines, and an earthquake has trapped miners in a tunnel and further more quakes might cause the collapse of the mines completely(again, just guessing). Noctis and crew decide to see what's up with Titan.
- Group head to Duscae, shit happens and the Regalia needs fixin'. Cidney, er Cindy decides to fix it for a price. Group decides to take up a hunt, but knows time is of the essence(in the final game, there's likely no summon in the goblin cave). Cindy, er, Cideny fixes the Regalia and they continue their trip to the Disc of Cauthess.
- Group finds Titan, who's become agitated for some reason(probably something to do with the imbalance of the crystals) and you fight him as a boss, then eventually get him as a summon.
Yadda yadda, return to Lestallum, something something, fill in the blanks.
