Crisis Core: FFVII, the thread

[Alucard]

I was surpised for the lack of thread-age here.

Well, the game is sweet.

I picked it up today from an H.E.B. store of all places.

It plays like Kingdom Hearts sans the awful camera and bad platforming and picking up fruit and glowy green things. The visuals are effing RIDICULOUS. It's fun to play.

I admittedly wasn't the hugest FFVII fan but this game is totally worth it. It will probably help me appreciate VII more.

[Phosphor Glow]

Good to know it's an awesome game...I don't have a PSP though ;_;

[Alucard]

I'm sure a PS2 port is imminent.

It pretty much HAS to be.

[Phosphor Glow]

I hope so. If it is, I will snatch that shit up like...something...snatchable.

[acressl]

A PS2 port is a must. I'll not buy a PSP and FF VII's backstory interests me more than any of the others. (hell I even played Dirge)

[AoDfan]

I went to 2 different places today in hopes someone would have it. But I guess I'll have to wait a bit as I always do.

[Alucard]

I'm into my second or third hour of playing and I STILL love this game. I've yet to hit that infamous wall of frustration I seem to hit in every RPG.

[samachine]

void said:

I'm sure a PS2 port is imminent.

It pretty much HAS to be.

I wish it wouldn't...

I want SOME kind of exclusive on my PSP.

I'm not getting it right away, once I finish Samurai Warriors 2 Xtreme Legends I plan on getting it with Gamefly, that or the new God of War. Not huge on Final Fantasy, but if it uses the Kingdom Hearts fighting system than I won't object to it.

[J is Justice]

I need to get this. Well, this and a PSP.

[TromboneMan]

OK, so my little brother is getting hyped for this game. I, however, am not, despite being the bigger FF Fan. Can someone give me a rundown as to why we should get excited for it?

[Totorob101]

Iv actually had this game for a long time on japanese import and im very much towards the end of the game.Its actually quite decent,the graphics are impressive and the CGI cut scenes are stunning,identical to Advent childrens film! I dont want to give away what happens to much but Cloud is a very tiny part in the game and you only get to see him a little bit later on in the game, and you actually get to know and hang around with Sepiroth a lot to.The story i dont fully understand as my japanese isnt that great sadly.Theres a few mini games and side missions but the side missions,they are quite dull as all you do is run and hit things,the battle system is basically just button bashing as well but its quite fun.To see some of the familiar areas in more up to date graphics is a lot of fun! I dont quite get the spinning slot machine thing with the charcters faces but its pretty cool.No vincent either in the game ..But its good and a real must for any FFVII fans.

[Alucard]

Mar 27, 2008 7:36:26 GMT -5 TromboneMan said:

OK, so my little brother is getting hyped for this game. I, however, am not, despite being the bigger FF Fan. Can someone give me a rundown as to why we should get excited for it?

I wasn't really an FF fan either. Then I played this game.

It's beautiful, it has an awesome combat system (my favorite ever in an rpg), and well...why not?

[kittylimits]

FF7 is my all time favorite game, but I have no idea that this new one is, exactly. Can someone explain it to me? Thanks.

[Alucard]

Mar 27, 2008 12:29:23 GMT -5 @kittylimits said:

FF7 is my all time favorite game, but I have no idea that this new one is, exactly. Can someone explain it to me? Thanks.

Sure thing, Crisis Core FFVII is basically the prequel to FFVII, it's the story of Zack, Angeal, Genesis, and Sephiroth, the Shinra SOLDIER group. Genesis being the main villain so far unless Sephiroth does a giant heel turn (he has not yet while I've been playing). If you remember Zack from FFVII, he's the guy who did all of the stuff Cloud thought he did (thanks for explaining that one for me, Dude). Cloud and Aerith are also in the game in a big way, Aerith is a major player and her and Zack's romance I found really really touching, though I'll admit (make fun of me at will) I cried during their cut scenes because they were so cute but at the same time, I know she dies in FFVII , Cloud is introduced a little bit later in the game as a Shinra soldier, he and Zack form a close friendship, so he too ends up being an important character in the game.

The combat system is very similar to Kingdom Hearts (no whack platforming though, yay!), you hit X to slash (during a combo you can throw in triangle for a spin move), square will roll to evade attacks, and triangle will block them. L and R will scroll through your little tiny menu to let you choose to attack, use materia spells (you know, fire, blizzard, etc, you also fuse materia to make other attacks and such), use items, and so on. Combat is real time like KH and depending upon where you attack some enemies will help out a lot. You can run around the battlefield as you like. It works REALLY well and it's my favorite battle system I've ever seen in an RPG.

The slot machine style limit break is also back, as you meet other characters they'll be added to your limit break thingy (Cloud, Aerith, Sephiroth, Angeal, Tseng, so on and so forth), and you can use their attacks, while Aerith's limit break will heal you or make you invincible for a time. It can really save your ass in a harder battle.

The graphics are ridiculous, the game is really a visual feast. And the voice acting is good, but not great, but I wasn't expecting much there. Cut scenes have voice overs while some have the usual text.

You can do side missions like in FFVII, etc etc.

It's a great game, it kept me from selling my PSP. Probably my favorite game to come out this year. It's the only game to have made my PSP feel less like a novelty and more like an honest game system.

[samachine]

I'm surprised this dropped so low.

I just bought it and enjoy it so far, REALLY like Zack as a character over Cloud.

But, Missions, do they scale as you level or like can I go do something else so I can destroy these 'hard' missions?

[Alucard]

Apr 5, 2008 17:31:54 GMT -5 @samachine said:

I'm surprised this dropped so low.

I just bought it and enjoy it so far, REALLY like Zack as a character over Cloud.

But, Missions, do they scale as you level or like can I go do something else so I can destroy these 'hard' missions?

Basically it's a mixed bag, from all of the missions I've played so far (and I really only ever do it in order to get helpful items like Ifrit materia or simply to level up) are pretty short simple and to the point, wander around, pick some stuff up, find the enemy you're intended to destroy and destroy it. Some of them can be kind of a nuisance, such as all of the Shin Ra robots the first few go arounds (you probably know the ones I mean). But they're all pretty damn easy just judging from the ones I've done so far. I've probably gained more strength from just playing through the main game than doing the side missions. And yeah, Zack is pretty damn cool compared to Cloud. He gets even cooler later.

[samachine]

Also, how does materia level up? I don't really get that.

[Alucard]

Apr 5, 2008 18:01:20 GMT -5 @samachine said:

Also, how does materia level up? I don't really get that.

That's a damn good question. It just sort of happens, I have NO IDEA what brings about Crisis Core's limit break system...it just kinda happens when it happens. Materia levels up when you get a pair of matching numbers in the DMW slot machine, and as I'm sure you know 777 allows Zack to gain a level.

Do you know about Materia Fusion yet? Combining two materia to make something new...pretty useless to me so far, but it's a cool idea.

[Koda, Master Crunchyroller]

How you level up Materia is as follows(I'm using an example):

(Tseng) (Angeal) (Tseng)

or

(Tseng) (Tseng) (Tseng)

Those combos level up your Materia...what I mean is, if you have the same character on both ends, or all 3 slots are the same character, the Materia will level up, but ONLY if the two end slots have the same character and number. So if in the my first example, both Tseng slots have a 3 in them, your Materia levels, but if one Tseng has 2 and one has 3, then it won't level.

[samachine]

I have one MAJOR problem with the game, that Square constantly does..

If I've died, let me skip the damn cutsceens, I don't need to talk about this crap everytime, I'm not that good, and considering EVERY boss n this game can oneshot you, I'll probably die a lot.