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| From: Square Enix
Category: Video Games
List Price: $29.99
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Rating:  45 reviews
Sales Rank: 364
Platform: Sony Psp
Genre: role_playing_games
ESRB: Teen
Media: Video Game
Edition: Standard
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 12 - 20 years
Operating System: Sony PSP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0 x 0
MPN: 90722
UPC: 662248907222
EAN: 0662248907222
Release Date: March 25, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Great game, could have been a little better. August 6, 2008
First off this game is great pre-quel to FFVII. Does a great job telling you the mystery of Cloud and why he is the way he is. At the same time explains all the events leading up to what happens in FFVII. On that note the story line did a great job, but i fell it was a little to short. You can breeze threw this game somewhat easily if you don't feel like doing the sidequests or "missions". Which makes the game go by fast. Honestly the entire game I feel if you break the gazme down from 100% is like 30% of the game is storyline/normal play, and 70% is missions. The new battle system is great I really enjoyed it. But after a while the "activating combat mode" voice when entering and when the battle is complete "conflict resolved" gets really old and annoying. br /I wish SE made the storyline longer and more of the entirity of the game, instead of making up about 70% based on missions which has nothing to do with the story, just to collect items and materias.br /Also leveling up in this game is quite hard. Since its random based on your DMW wheel spinning its quite a pain. Sometimes you'll get like 5 level ups in a row others you can go hours without a single level up. I found myself sitting in a mission just letting mobs hit me hours and hours just trying to get my DMW wheel to get me a level up. br /Other than that the game is great. Excellent graphics, storyline, character interaction and cutscences. A great game to have just expect to be doing about 20+ hours of missions and about 8-10hours of storyline .br /
Pretty humble August 4, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Unfortunately the gameplay is very repetitive and bland. The bummer is, it does have a decent story, and it's really neat to play in the FF7 era again. The graphics are beautiful. It's very bittersweet. The feel is great, it's so nice to see Aeris alive again and such.br /br /The problem is, the gameplay is just button mashing, the "missions" are bland and boring. There's no gameplay. It would have been better to just release the material as some sort of movie, or better yet, just re-release FF7 for PSP like they've been doing with so many other titles.br /br /Really, you can skip this one, unless you're really such an FF addict that suffering through boring gameplay is worth it just to get some final fantasy 7 into your veins.
 Just barely short of perfect! July 18, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Ah, the Final Fantasy series. Who can forget fine games like Final Fantasy VI, Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy XII? br /br /Of course no one can forget Final Fantasy VII. This is largely because Square-Enix won't let us forget it. We have games like "Before Crisis" and Final Fantasy VII: Dirge of Cerberus, and of course the incredibly well-done movie Final Fantasy VII - Advent Children (Limited Edition Collector's Set) (go find my review of it and vote it helpful! Please? I'll be your friend! ^_^ ). Now into this fray of Final Fantasy fantasticness, we have "Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII". br /br /Now, I never played "Before Crisis" (though neither did anyone else), and I haven't played "Dirge of Cerberus" either, so I can't compare this to those. br /br /What I can do is say that this is one hellishly good game! The graphics are amazing. The music reminds one of the music from the original game without directly copying it (except for in a few places). The plot, at least so far, is compelling and interesting. Further the game really opens up the world we were introduced to way back in 1997. br /br /The game isn't perfect. I still haven't found away to remove the annoying subtitles, and I do have to join in the complaints about how all you really have to do to win is press "X" a lot. Plus having the DMW screen pop up every few moments gets old. I'm also really sick of "Active Combat mode activated" message you get when you go into, well, active combat mode. br /br /That said, this is, without a doubt, one of the finest games on the PSP, joined in competition only by God of War Chains of Olympus (which I also enjoyed). It's probably one of the best RPGs I've ever played. br /br /Overall, if you like good action, great graphics, nice music and a plot you can chew your way through, then buy this game! If you don't like those things, well, heck, why would you buy ANY Final Fantasy game? :)
A worthy addition to the Compilation of FFVII July 17, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I first beat CC in about 20 hours with 30% of the Missions complete. I was sad the game was so short, but I realized I had missed a lot of things, and I had a lot of fun along the way. Revisiting sites from FFVII was great, all the in-jokes (Sephiroth's shampoo usage: Rolling on the floor laughing!), and mastering a new battle system was really fun. I'm on a second play-through, have nearly 60% of the Missions done, and will probably do a third run as I am now aware of even more things that I've missed. Once you've cleared the game, you can start from a New Game+, getting to keep your current level, materia, and accessories. This makes the main line of the story very easy (if you start over on Normal again), but also the ease makes you able to complete the tedious, early Missions so quickly you can get to the juicy Missions that lie past 30%.br /br /One of the critiques people have of this game is that an element of the battle system, the DMW is "completely random". It is NOT. Once you understand what this slot-machine like device is actually doing, you find a more purposeful way to fight. Sure, the early Missions can get tedious, but fighting foes is the only way you'll be able to level yourself up and gain enough points to fuse your materia up, and this opportunity is what the Missions present. The goal of this is to beat the extra boss Minerva. Let's be honest, when has powering up to beat a game's Super Duper boss ever been fun in any game? (Racing Chocobos to be able to get Knights of the Round, anyone?) Like many other goals in real life, the desire for the ends make it easy to go through the means. Also, once you see the replay value of the game, the storyline's shortness is a non-issue. br /br /So you see that as a game, I really like CC, think it's very good, and offers fun for casual and hardcore gamers alike. I have only one major problem with it: I don't think there was a need to have a central villain (Genesis...though I'm a huge fan of his portrayer, Gackt...so I'm a bit conflicted on this one. ^_^;).
 Rushed, repetitive, and uninspired July 15, 2008
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
F you could play FF7 the game or then watch FF7AC consecutively without any interruption, I don't think you'll have the same here. I have always loved FF7, it has been a good ride. I loved the original game, and I loved Advent Children. I can't say I liked Dirge of Cerberus, it just felt like they made a game just for the sake of making a game.br /br /And then there's Crisis Core...br /br /As soon as I started playing the game, I felt it was going to be just... OK. And sadly, my calculations were true. This is just as bad, if not even worse than Dirge of Cerberus. Sure, the graphics are good but that's about it. Need proof? I'll give it to ya:br /br /-Watch out for invisible walls! There are a few places in the game where you're trying to go to other places but you can't. The other games had this, but only in reasonable places. Here, they're EVERYWHERE.br /br /-The battles are so easy and predictable, you can do them while in a deep sleep. All you need to do is just hit the X button several times. It looks like Squeenix didn't put any thought into it.br /br /-The gameplay is VERY repetitive. You can care less halfway through, which brings me to my next reason...br /br /-The game is WAY TOO SHORT! About a couple hour in, I was already on Chapter 4. Just a matter of time later, I had finished the game. Again, this game is very rushed, as if they were on a deadline to finish the game. The creators were on a deadline to make the other ones, but you couldn't tell it because they were so flawlessly produced. Meanwhile here the game is so rushed and you could tell all the flaws.br /br /-The music. It sounds like leftovers from Halo 2. The music doesn't fit and at times they repeat the same song over and over, it's like hearing a guy's cell phone ring for 2 hours.br /br /-As usual, the voice acting...br /br /-The ending. Enough said. The depressing and melancholy feeling is good before being ruined by the "OMG I'M GOING TO HEAVEN PLEASE DO THESE THINGS FOR ME WHILE I'M IN HEAVEN" thing. It should have just ended after Cloud lets out his big scream.br /br /This game had so much potential, but wasted it. I really am sad to say this, as I used to LOVE FF7 to death. Overall, skip it. FF7 the original and AC were great, but with the way things have been going since DOC, the creators have been rushing as fast as they can to make a video game. They keep going "OMG, You'll LOVE this! It's gonna be like the original FF7!", but no. They haven't even TRIED.br /br /Please, give it up, Square.
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