FINAL FANTASY VII CRISIS CORE

PLOT:
Crisis Core focuses on Zack Fair, who's part of a military organization called SOLDIER, trying to earn a First Class ranking. He's joined by the world famous Cloud Strife, the main character in the original Final Fantasy VII title, the blond character being an average Shinra Guard. The Shinra Electric Power Company rules all of the world's continents by force and with the aid of their technological superiority. Shinra uses Mako energy to fuel all of its gear, power plants and buildings and provides electricity for comercial usage. Like in the original title, the
action takes place in Midgar, the capital of Shinra's growing empire, but you'll also travel to various other locations.


GAMEPLAY:
Crisis Core has action- and menu-based elements. The new battle system is known as Digital Mind Wave, or "DMW", and revolves around a series of reels at the upper left corner of the screen which spin continuously as long as there are Soldier Points, or "SP" left to consume. Each reel rotates independently and upon lining up three reels of the same character and value, a power-up or a "Power Surge!" will be rewarded to Zack.

The player has full control over Zack when moving around, and can rotate the camera with the left and right triggers. Enemies abound in the field screen, battles against whom take place in real time.

Enemies can be attacked physically and magically. Spells such as Fire and Cure are located on the command bar rather than in a separate sub-menu like in Final Fantasy VII, and used in the same fashion as previous titles. Materia makes a return, fully customizable and in the multiple varieties from Final Fantasy VII, including green (spells) and yellow (extra commands: Steal, Sense, etc.). In addition, Materia can be fused together to enhance one Materia's abilities (such as making a Cure Materia that increases HP), or to make an entirely new Materia. The Materia the player has equipped determine the Magic and special commands on the in battle menu. Defensive and evasive maneuvers can also be used, such as dodge-rolling and blocking incoming attacks.




CHARACTERS:
Angeal Hewley: A Soldier 1st Class who acts as a mentor to other, lower ranking Soldiers, particularly Zack to whom he seems to have become something of a patron. He is a respected 1st Class and is well known for his sense of responsibility and wisdom and is a companion to Sephiroth and Genesis, the latter of whom he grew up with in the rural village of Banora. Angeal is the original owner of the Buster Sword used by Zack and, later, Cloud, which was purchased for him by his late father using all the family's savings. He tends not to use the weapon, however, claiming that "use brings about wear, tear and rust".

Genesis Rhapsodos: A 1st class member of Soldier and close friend of Angeal and Sephiroth. He is the result of Project G that Dr. Gast, Dr. Cresent and Dr. Hojo organized. Like Angeal, he has a single wing, but his is black and protrudes to the left. He is a mysterious figure who is known to favor the play "Loveless" which he apparently found in his parents' study. For this reason, he is always heard reciting stanzas from various acts of the play.

Lazard: Has received promotions at an exceptional speed to attain his present status within the organization. The reason for this is hinted at subtly throughout Lazards various Soldier missives that Zack receives during the course of the game.

Professor Hollander: A former Shinra scientist who holds a grudge against Hojo, due the power struggle for leader of Shinra's Department of Scientific Research that cost Hollander his status and reputation. He is the father of Angeal and the creator of Project G, originally Project Gillian as he uses his wife as a carrier and extracts it from her into Genesis. He sides with Genesis originally, serving to halt his degredation, until Genesis had no more use for his services. But Genesis let him live since he injected himself with the G cells. He has a small black wing and his body begins to deteriorate quickly.


Left to right, Genesis, Angeal, Zack, Sephiroth, Tseng, and Cloud


So, what are your thoughts on this game? I should have made a thread on this earlier as it came out like a couple of weeks ago.

author=Tau link=topic=924.msg12429#msg12429 date=1208526973
DD, why didn't you elaborate on the game your self instead of copying stuff from wikipedia or whatever?

Because i am just plain lazy. 8)

author=Tau link=topic=924.msg12429#msg12429 date=1208526973
Ive heard some people say they cried at the end and how sad the game was but it's not sad, I mean I already knew he was going to.. yeah from Final Fantasy VII so I guess that killed the surprise.

A friend of mine cried at the end of the game as well. It wasn't even sad anyway, i've seen it happen in plenty of games.