-The new title screen looks pretty nice.
-Hm, the intro in the forest is completely different now.
-You're probably already aware of this, but the character biography reads the exact same text as it does at the top of the character status screen.
-Saving anywhere is a nice improvement.
-More as a general suggestion I'd like to see the Shift key function as a ON/OFF toggle for run, rather than the hold-to-run function it holds now. I don't know if it would be complicated to change. It's not a big deal, but my finger tends to get tired after holding Shift for too long.
-Now thinking about the diving scene (to get the crystal from the river), maybe it would be more fitting to have him only stick his arm in the water. Going diving during night time in an unknown location and with clothes on doesn't seem like a logical thing to do, especially since he doesn't know what he's seeing in the water is actually useful to him in any way.
-I chose no at the part of the branches, like you asked me to. I do think this could be presented a little better. In its current design, Vincent goes from appearing pretty knowledgeable about these branches to becoming so hesitant to not even trying them out, even though there hasn't been a hint at anything else in the forest that might possibly work as another alternative.
You kind have to think about what he's got to lose by trying out the branches. 2 of his soldiers are injured in a dark, unknown place, inhabited by monsters, no one to guard them and waiting for Vincent to return to them. What I get from the dialogue when selecting no in the choice is that crushing the branches has a chance of failing, which isn't really that big of a deal.
I'd think a better way to present the choice would be to make Vincent's knowledge about herbs pretty limited. He could think the branches he found could be used for a healing salve, but on the other hand also look very similar to a very poisonous type of branches, which would result in the death of the soldiers. This way you get a more balanced taking the risk VS playing it safe choice.
-There's a lot less Potions now? I've already activated some teleporters, and have only found 1 Potion so far, which isn't enough to keep me alive with, and forcing me to flee from battles now. I think you forgot to take in account the removal of the full heal that the previous save spots provided (which are now a neat waypoint system, but without the heal).
-Just found a 2nd potion right after I typed that, lol.
-"You are at a - crossroad" lol.xD
-After using the Bomb on the wall the cutscene froze when Vincent's path was blocked by a monster sprite (set Through ON during the character movement in that cutscene to prevent that from happening).
-Hm, whole new part that wasn't there in the previous version.
-The "Damn, where did he go?" doesn't make sense from Vincent's perspective, as the man could be right around that corner for all he knows. From a player's perspective it does make sense, because the player can see the other side of the walls, but it's strange to write dialogue around the player's perspective like that.
-There's a few grammatical errors in the old man's dialogue that shouldn't be there (even when taking in account his accent). Also, he spoke in third person a few time, while other times he spoke in first person (inconsistency).
-In the cave of Uncharted Grounds, there's an arrow above the pot I need to interact with, which breaks the consistency of using that animated glimmer for pointing out important tiles (small thing, I know, but hey, details).=P
-Also, having that pot with the mega obvious flashy arrow above it giving me the key I need to unlock the door 10 steps south of it feels a bit unnecessary.
-The dog lets me access a music playlist?o__O
-Gargoyles inflict Silence, even though that has no effect on Vincent whatsoever.

It's getting kinda late now, I'll continue playing tomorrow. I've mostly focused on things I felt like criticising or suggesting on, but don't worry, I'll go into the positives in my conclusion after I finish the complete demo playthrough (saving the best for the final part =P)

Shift Key
Aha, that's good to know. Admittedly I hadn't looked much at the system settings (but I did play some with the window colour sliders).

Potions
The lack of Potions was only a bit of a problem for me in the very first part, during the part where I had to wander around in the forest and doing the teleporter stuff. I did get 2 more potions from drops after I wrote that part in my post, but it was just enough to get by. After getting to the Uncharted Grounds I got those 5 potions from the chest + another 3 from an achievement, so it was fine from then on. It was just the very first part where I was kinda too reliant on monster drops only.
I saw you've added a chest with 5 Potions with the new game version, so that should resolve that.

Silence
Oh, it had probably just disappeared right on the turn I was using an ability. I'm playing some more right now, and it blocks my abilities while being Silenced (I've checked the icon at the face this time). So ignore my point from yesterday on that.

Teleporting
I've had a look at the fast travel system, and while it looks pretty presentation-wise, I can't think of much of a reason to use it (after having finished the demo). I'd keep it in if you implement a lot of backtracking in your story, or somehow motivate the player to visit old areas again. Otherwise it feels like an unnecessary feature that doesn't need to be there.

Time to continue playing then:
-At the password section, if it's possible at all, maybe allow Coffin and COFFIN as correct inputs as well.
-After selecting to put the skull on the gravestone, getting another yes/no choice feels unnecessary.
-You're probably already aware of this, but Zetya is talking to the old version of Vincent when he suffered from amnesia (not relevant in the new demo).
-In the cutscene after Zetya, I'd probably go with making the torches, flames and orbs appear per row (left + right), instead of per piece. It would give a similar effect, but speed up the scene a little.
-When I use the Knowledge Statue item from reaching 20/20 on Fury of Thunder skill it does nothing except making an item sound.
-Forgot to mention this yesterday, but I'd like to see a few examinable objects in Hunk's house. Maybe the book could tell the player something more about the character?

-I don't feel the scene of Vincent's return to Hunk's home is done very well. Let me explain why. One of the soldiers (forgot his name) just left without anything. Why? Where to? He's wounded, in an unknown place, away from everyone he knows. What is he going to do? Hasn't Hunk told him that Vincent said he would come back to them? Why didn't he leave anything for Vincent that could possibly hint at where he planned to go or planned to do after leaving.

Then there's the death of Luke. I feel this scene was way too much so early into the game for a character that's barely seen any screentime, and I'm not sure what you tried to do with it. Vincent showing so much care for a character that has only had a few lines of text and served the role as generic soldier following his commander. As player it's hard to care for this character at all, and so the scene is just taking up time without doing anything.
It's fine to have Luke die in that part of the game, but I'd cut down on the length of that scene by a lot, (remove the burial scene) and see if you can fit the dialogue in less text boxes.

-Minor nitpick: a better chopping sound effect would be nice when cutting down the logs blocking the path in the forest.
-Minor map error: am able to walk 1 tile onto the water by walking over the bottom part of a lamp.
-After using the Hand of Chaos to reveal the ladder to the secret area you use the more modern lamp tiles on that map (they don't fit in with the rest of the area).
-In that same secret area it also lets me walk over the bush tiles.
-The cutscene of meeting Wiola outside repeats if I walk over the event tiles again (only repeated itself once, it doesn't seem to do it again now).
-The dialogue in the textbox where Hank calls Vincent Mr. Abomination feels kinda off. Kinda extreme to call him those things. But considering he calls his own soldier idiots, it might just fit him, lol.
-Minor suggestion: instead of making the soldiers run through the hero sprites after the battle, maybe have them push Vincent away to create an escape path.
-Yup, the scene with Wiola after the battle is still awesome.
-Maybe make the rain stop during the night of the house burning down.
-Flashing arrows above the shining spots on the world map are unnecessary.
-It would be nice to be fully healed after Wiola's house burned down (after all the characters did get some rest).
-Silent Lullaby doesn't seem like a skill that would fit Vincent as a character. I'd really change the name of this skill.
-The Oracle in the Town of Duke is on a seperate map... why?
-The map before entering Town of Duke feels unnecessary.
-I didn't expect the demo to end in the same place.
-ArenaNet should be credited for the skill icons, rather than the guy who ripped them.

Alright, so conclusions - brace yourself, this is going to be a long read.
I don't know if I like the change to the story. I know the reason why you changed Vincent from someone suffering from amnesia to its current version, but I preferred the original. I think it also has to do with the "defect" he suffers from not being explained very well in the new version, and there's still parts of dialogue left from the original that don't really fit well with the new Vincent, and that makes the current story seem confusing and inconsistent at times.
I think for the huge change you decided to go with, it would most likely be better to completely re-write most (if not all) of the dialogue you've got instead of only editing out the most obvious parts that belonged to the original.
The current Vincent appears as too soft of a guy to be a knight/commander/general tasked with such an important mission. I can understand kindness, but in a world where the strong rule over the weak (which is what the medieval times were like), a character like Vincent just wouldn't stand much of a chance. He's so concerned about his soldiers' health and well-being to the point where I couldn't see him leading them into any battle out of fear of getting them hurt. The problem for me isn't the writing of the character (I do like Vincent's personality), but that it doesn't come off as believable in his current position.
Going back to the defect he suffers from. I'll admit I did skim some of the dialogue that I had read in the first demo, and I was a bit distracted when I played the first half yesterday, so it is possible I may have missed some things. Having that said, I get the feeling this defect of him isn't pushed enough to the foreground to get the player really aware of it. I think the concept does have potential, and that you could do much more with it than you currently have.

There's one other thing I noticed about the characters - although it's hard to say having only seen a small part of the game, and a few number of characters up to this point. But your character seem to tend to be either very kind and caring, or to be stuck-ups and total jackasses (lol). I'd like to see some characters that lean more towards a neutral position. You said that you have several more areas finished in your unreleased build, so I'm assuming you've got this covered already, but it's just something I wanted to point out.

Other than the change to story, I noticed you've also put some more detail in the shiny things, like achievements, a more detailed combat system and stuff. I'd just like to give my opinion on some of this (and I have to add that this is very strongly merely my opinion, so take it how you will), but 1 thing that bothers me about games in general is when there's achievements for simply playing through the game. Like the achievement you have for defeating Zetya. It's something any and every player will do just by playing the main story, so I don't really understand why it's counted as an achievement. I believe achievements are best used as a side activity, for people who like to work down checklists which in turn motivates them to explore more of your game (hunting down optional bosses, finding secret areas etc.)

Onto the good things. I think the game is fun to play. The maps are pretty nice to look at, and in general not too large. There's plenty of loots to be found. The music in every area and cutscene is good and fitting (but I do slightly prefer the battle theme you used in the first demo). The scene with Wiola in the house still makes me laugh. That's really the best part. Not only because it's funny, but because it shows a lot of both character's personalities and how they interact with each other in a setting that allows them to be themselves (free from worries and responsibilities during that scene, not having other people around etc.)

I know I've been very critical, and probably sound more like it than I really mean to, but they're all things I felt I had to write about and give you something to think about (I think it's important to think about design decisions you make, even if you keep it at just that). But in the end they're all just my opinions, not facts, so use them however you will.

As a final thought I'll just say that while the new demo does feel more polished graphics- and mechanics-wise, but the story and Vincent as character clearly suffers from the huge change you decided to go with after the original demo. I'm looking forward to seeing more, but I kind of fear the change to the story and the main character are going to hinder and slow down development too much.

´Zetya
Yeah, this was one of the things I skimmed over a bit, because to me it seemed very similar to the original. I kinda took the words of his unusual condition as the previous memory loss, and like you said the problem probably lies in the fact that I've played the original demo, but also that the defect isn't really presented to the player all that much up to that point. I remember there being a few lines about it right before the start of the 1st chapter, but that doesn't explain much.

I think the reason why I liked the original version better was because it was immediately clear what was happening. Vincent appeared in a mysterious forest without any memories whatsoever, and for however cliché it was, it was a solid and very easy-to-get-into introduction in my opinion. The new version with his unusual condition it is hinted at as being something important right from the start, but not explained or shown clear enough to make enough sense.

Demo end
Alright, I see what you mean. I didn't mean it as a disappointment, I just thought I'd be able to explore the town this time. But holding it back for release is a good thing - plan on doing the same at some point with my game as well.

author=Dark_Metamorphosis
The reason why the 'defect' is not explained that well at first, is because Vincent is having a hard time trusting people (especially when it comes to reveal his secret). His entire life and 'destiny' is suffering from this defect, and it has a huge impact on what people thinks of him (for several reasons).

It makes sense when reading it here, but I felt it wasn't shown enough ingame to make it appear as important as the game is hinting at it to be. Like it is mentioned without detail in a few lines right before the start of the chapter, but I think it would be much more effective if the player got to experience the 'defect' condition in action, during gameplay, not just from reading a line of dialogue. Because then the player gets to see what it does. When seeing what it does to him it'll be much easier for the player to understand the nature of the 'defect', which in turn will make it easier to relate to Vincent, because you know what is happening to him (which was one of the strong points of his version with amnesia).

About Hunk, I thought he was pretty kind and caring, but in his own unique way.

had played this today and gave my thoughts which isnt much on another thread for this.
its really short but what is there is really good.
it seems the project as of this moment is not abandoned and we will get a update at some point in the hopefully near future!
so look forward to that! : D

Very good demo. 1 large dungeon, game ends in front of the first town. Main character's issues wasnt really explained that well, just vaguely referenced, like we dont really experience what his issue is. Battles are pretty nice, and there's lots of potions around since there's no inns or anything. Though if you run from an enemy that has trapped u, you cannot escape them. I also wasted a MP UP on the main character who only uses TP, maybe you shouldn't give me that when there's only the one party member. First boss was tough, but lucky for me you gave me one of teh most powerful skills in the game at the start, a stun attack with 100% success rate. So you can just stun lock any enemy and bosses and have an easy time. There's also alot of features which the demo wasn't able to get to, mostly due to the first town not being available yet. Also, there's a problem where I equipped the second party member during the second boss battle, but afterwards the stuff I equipped on her all disappeared and she only had her default equipment. If your script is gonna screw me here then dont have the option to equip in battle, lol. Anyway, its a pretty good demo, but is clearly not polished.