I managed to finished the game just a little while ago… And frankly I’m impressed… And I obtained these photos from my run through the game…
Final Fantasy 7: Crisis Core talks about the happenings before the original game of Final Fantasy 7 which came out around a decade ago (thats a long long time ago)
And those who had played the original Final Fantasy 7 will no doubt be interested in the storyline of this game. Crisis Core tells out the story of Zack, who in the original game is already deceased (So you’ll already know somewhat how Crisis Core is going to end)
:Read on but be beware of spoilers:
Being in an elite group of soldiers (called SOLDIER), Zack and his mentor Angeal looks into the mysterious disappearance of another comrade Genesis. Crisis Core will also showcase how Zack first met with Aerith in Midgar’s Slums (and how there was chemistry between them), how Zack and Cloud first met, how Sephiroth found out about his birth from the Ancient Jenova cells, and how Zack eventually fell in the hands of Midgar’s army.
~Zack: his dream being: To become a hero~
Prepare to revisit places you have seen in the original game such as Midgar, Nibelhiem, and even Junon. There are also several familiar faces you will meet along the way (Such as Aerith, Tifa and even certain summons). Unfortunately, the game didn’t really showed one of my favourite character, Vincent Valentine… All you can find about Vincent is the coffin which he’s asleep in…
~Aerith (I love how she says HELLLLLOOOOO~~)~
The game still retains the usage of Materia (stones which contains magical properties). Expect to spend some of the time reorganizing and leveling up the Materia to make them more powerful. Materia fusion is introduced here at which you could fuse different materia together to power them up and even create new materia.
~Genesis (fan of LOVELESS)~
Unfortunately, since Crisis Core is a hack and slash type of game, there are no other playable characters in the game except Zack. To make up for this, DMW is introduced. In battles, this DMW will spin like a slot machine and your summons and special moves will be triggered when you get the right combination. The other thing to note about DMW is that your leveling up is also dependent upon it which means that it could be very very easy for you to level up or very very tough for you to do so. To enhance the playability of the game, missions are introduced. Now frankly speaking, playing the mission alone will take a few days at least to acheive 100% mission progress, but the mission mode eventually become very repeatative after a while. And certain missions tend to be really easy while some others tend to be almost unbeatable. I failed to beat one mission where the enemies can make a ONE-HIT-KO on you if you fail to evade the attack even after playing that level numerous times. There is also one mission at which you have to kill off 1000 Shinra Soldiers… That mission alone took me almost an hour to finish…
~One Act from LOVELESS.. Nothing should stop my return… to become the dew that quenches the land… to spare the sands, the seas and the skies… I offer thee this silent sacrifice~
I managed to finish around 48% of the mission before it became either too tough or too repeatative to continue.. And at that time I was already at Level 50… And could easily dispatch any other enemies in the main storyline… So hack and slash seems tedious after attaining higher levels…
~One of the battles in Crisis Core~
Storyline-wise… The game really cleared up a lot of uncertainties which I did have when I played the original FF7. One particular memorable scene which could be found in both games as well as the movie Advent Children is The Burning of Nibelhiem… I’m guessing that if there is an award or a ranking for the best fire burning scene ever… Nibelhiem scene will top the list…
~These two are around as well 🙂 ~
It also amaze me to see how close Aerith and Zack were… And how their relationship developed… And how sad the story was when Zack suddenly disappeared, not being to see Aerith… And how heartbreaking it was to learned that Aerith keep on writing letters to Zack for the four years that Zack remained unconcious inside Nibelhiem manor… And how the normally cold stanced Tseng, kept all the 88 letters that Aerith wrote for Zack… And how the Turks (hired arms that does the unspeakable) attempted to locate Zack and Cloud before the army in an attempt to save them… Crisis Core shows you parts of the story which you never really know about… Like how in the ending of Advent Children we see Aerith and Zack together waving goodbye to Cloud… It dawned on me that when Aerith died in FF7, she was reunited with Zack… And I’d always thought that its pity that Aerith died so early in the original game… But after watching Advent Children and playing Crisis Core, I felt that she is happy being with Zack again… (Especially how she wanted to have more time with Zack in Crisis Core)
~Aerith’s letters,in Tseng’s possession which never made it to Zack~
I’m also amazed at how the Buster Sword changed hands from Angeal’s father to Angeal and later to Zack and finally Cloud… How Zack leaves his hope and dreams to Cloud after he died… I’m also really disgusted at how the army managed to kill Zack off…
~Zack’s last stand… This scene was totally heartbreaking… Seeing your hero getting worn out and later shot~
Another intriging point is what really happened to Genesis… We saw him getting hoisted by 2 men who mentioned that he will become one of their brothers… And we could see that one of those men seems to have white/grayish hair… So my speculation is that could Genesis be one of those grayish haired guys in Advent Children… or possibly related to one of those guys?? Another mystery left unsolved…
~At least it seems he died peacefully~
Music and BGM-wise… Certain familiar tunes have been reworked and sounded even nicer than the ones before… And I still got teary eyes as the ending credits rolled with the BGM of Aerith’s theme and Cloud’s theme (Yes, I’m a soft one)
And the ending of this game shows where the original Final Fantasy 7 takes off… With Aerith selling flowers in Midgar and Cloud jumping off the train
~Cloud… the hero of the original FF7~
Another particular memorable scene was when Zack flew into the air (figure of speech) and just moments before the credits rolled… He asked… Hey… Do you think that I’m a hero now?? And yes Zack… I really think you are a real hero now~~
A great game which solves many unanswered in the main game and leave certain new ones… I believe that there’ll surely be another game about FF7 since the story has not ended yet…
Thank to Square-Enix for developing such a memorable game… Even after ten years the game is still going strong… You all are the greatest for coming out with the whole FF7 story… From Crisis Core till Dirge of Cerberus… The whole story is just amazing!!!
Anyone with a PSP out there…?? This is really a must play!!
Wow, you really captured all my feelings about CC! I just finished it a day ago, but I also got emotional at the end too. How can you not when SE sets it up that way in the storyline. 😉 Anymoo, if you haven’t found out already the two men who pick of Genesis’ body are the two brothers Nero, and Azul from FFVII Dirge of Cerberus, but you don’t really get that unless you saw the secret ending of DoC.
Great review, and I hope that SE will continue to put out games like these!
Souba
Thanks… I have yet to play DoC or get a PS2… I know… Which gamer in this era doesn’t have a PS2 right… But still… Thanks for the info on who the 2 men really are… I remembered reading about how Genesis showed up in the end of DoC… And I really hope SE will put out more FF games on PSP… Cheers
Great review, exactly what I thought of the game, story, ff7, etc.
And I’m softer than you, because I really cried at the ending, first time ever happened with a game.
Probably the best ending I ever saw.
Hey there.
good job! great review and thanks for those pics 🙂 i already played FF CC and it’ very heartbreaking! Though you could imagine what the ending looks like if you know FF 7.
Doesn’t anyone pay attention during the credits!? The names of the two mysterious characters are actually there!!! Weiss and Nero!
Lol… I was too involved with the music during the credits… So it was Weiss and Nero… Who are they?? Darn… I really have to play DoC…
Hey! Why did nothing happened after the last battle of Zack with a dozen of soldier and Zack being shot? The only function i can use is the pause game – only! So i can’t save my game and had to reset the game. Geez.. I’m too lazy to battle genesis once again.
@Fay… I didn’t experienced any problems with that part…?? Were you playing from a UMD or an ISO or a CSO…???
It could be that the ISO or CSO have corrupted sectors… Tried to reload and replay it… If it still couldn’t work then I have absolutely no idea whats wrong…
i like this final fantasy specially cloud&tifa,yuna&tidus ,Cluod is a sweet boy I LOVE YOU CLOUD
CLOUD IS NOT THE HERO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ZACK IS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I beet the game five times and it is not boring when is the next game comeing out
Next game to watch out for from Square Enix: Final Fantasy series thats on the PSP will have to be FF: Dissidia and FFXIII Agito… Dissidia’s a 3D Fighting game having the characters from different Final Fantasy series while FFXIII Agito is a role playing game…
So far, only the release date of Dissidia have been known that is during the third quarter of this year… Can’t wait for it 🙂
wow! you felt exactly how i felt! =o
sniff
I’m at the part where I have to fight off the Shinra army. For god knows what reason, Zack just WON’T DIE! Do I have to let him die on purpose, or just fight off the soldiers for a while? somebody please help me. e-mail the answer to my question if you want.
Magnademon690@yahoo.com
Hmm.. I don’t really understand what went wrong though.
You do have to let him die on purpose… Or rather, he should die after a while
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I’m not really sure who is tukul… Sorry… Haha… Thanks though. Visit back if you have time 🙂
Very cool!!
My favourite character is Aerith.
Yours??
Of course its Aerith. Lol… I practically fell in love with her…
Its just that I really hope she didn’t have to die
i wish the story was different and zack never died
Hmm But if that happened… There won’t be a Final Fantasy 7 right??
i played ff crisis core and i LOVED IT !!!
i just want to know a few things that i hope one of you’s are able to answer
– what comes after ff crisis core?
-when does advent children come into the mix?
-if i was to play ff vii and crisis core, which should i play first?
-and finally i’m still totally confused please help i’m a clueless person!!!!
please e-mail me if you have an answer to any of my questions or are
able to help me in any way. my e-mail is sk8er_boy_ds@hotmail.com
thank you and please write back
I’ve sent an email to you already…
Anyway for all those who might read this… I’ll answer the questions here as well.
-Storyline wise- After FF7CC it should be FF7… (I’m not entirely sure where FF7BC fit in though. Please enlighten me)…
-Advent children comes a few years after FF7. So now its FF7CC, then FF7 and then FF7AC.
-Since you have already played FF7CC, why don’t give FF7 a shot. And in the end, you’ll understand the whole story clearly. Especially how FF7AC got into the mix
Cheers
i was a bit skeptic about the FF games for the past few years (although i absolutely LOVED Advent Children) but a friend of mine let me borrow her copy of crisis core and i kid you not, i played through the game twice and didnt put my psp down for atleast 3 days.
this game was outstanding!
and i agree that the ending was just heart breaking T_T
i was like “bu…bu.bu…but zack cant dieeee T.T hes my favorite!”
and thanks to this game, i just went out and bought my first PS2 and plan on getting as many FF games that i can afford 😀
im currently on FF7.
rock on square soft/enix
🙂
Glad you like FF…
I’ve played quite a number of FF games and I can tell you… There is nothing else quite like it..
And I love it…
wow what an ending played through the game twice it was shady on zack sheesh 89 letters. What put me off was the cut scenes seeing them again and again gets tidious. A shame Tseng never reached zack in time.
hmmm perhaps one can only wonder what would have happened if Tseng reached Zack in time. Maybe someone should write up a fanfic on this.
how zack died by gunshot or by sword
I’m not really sure but by the looks of it, it could be both
zack & cloud r so fucking hot
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Dammit!They are all heroes!It was something special to watch Sephiroth having more human feelings than in FF7!His story is also sad!And like I said before,they are all heros in some ways!
I couldn’t agree more on this. FF7 would not be FF7 without the NPC we all know as Sephiroth.
tifa is best………………………..^_^b
tifa is best………………………..^_^b
Final fantasy dissida is pretty cool but it would be the best game if zack was on it not cloud. on dissida u can be the two main chars from ff1 ff2 ff3 ff4 ff5 ff6 ff7 ff8 ff9 ff10 and two bonous chars. ZACK RULES
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