CRISIS CORE FINAL FANTASY VII REUNION (NSP, XCI) ROM + v1.0.4 Update + DLC

CRISIS CORE FINAL FANTASY VII REUNION Relive the beloved classic with this game, the HD remastered version of the popular prequel to FINAL FANTASY VII. Experience the dynamic new retelling of the tale of Zack Fair, a young warrior who is admired by the destined savior of the world, trusted by legendary heroes, and loved by the girl who holds the fate of the planet in her hands. CRISIS CORE –FINAL FANTASY VII– REUNION takes you on a grand saga that breaks the limits of an HD remaster. All graphics, including characters and backgrounds, have been remastered in HD, renewing the 3D models and enriching the visual experience. The battle system has also been improved, providing a smoother gameplay experience. The fully voiced dialogue, available in both English and Japanese, enhances the storytelling.

GAMEPLAY

Crisis Core is an action role-playing game in which the player controls Zack Fair through and between open areas, allowing him to talk with non-player characters, interact with the environment, and engage monsters in battle. At save points, the player may opt to take one of the available side missions, and if so, Zack is moved to a special area to complete the mission, which usually involves defeating one or more monsters. If the mission is completed, the player is rewarded with beneficial items, and often new missions become available. Whether the player is successful in the side mission or not, upon completion, Zack is returned to the save point in the main game.

Crisis Core uses a real-time combat system in which the player can move Zack around, initiate attacks, special abilities and spells, use items, and block or dodge attacks. Zack’s abilities in battle are set by his currently equipped material. Up to six Materia can be equipped at any one time, which can impart special attacks, magic spells, or passive bonuses such as health increases or the ability to display the statistics of the current foe in combat. Materia is gained throughout the game through exploration, as rewards from side missions, as spoils of battle, or from shops. Materia can be fused together to make more powerful versions with improved bonuses; for example, fusing an attack Materia with elemental magic.

Materia can create a new attack skill Materia that inflicts elemental magic damage in addition to physical damage. Special items collected in the game can also be used in Materia fusion to further increase the Materia’s power. Crisis Core uses a slot machine-like mechanic to affect the combat system. The “Digital Mind Wave” (DMW) features two sets of three spinning wheels; one set with numbers one through seven, and another with pictures of characters that Zack befriends during the game. The DMW automatically spins as long as Zack has at least 10 “Soldier Points”, which are awarded to the player by defeating foes.

If the DMW stops with the same three pictures lined up, Zack will then perform an appropriate Limit Break attack that can greatly harm an enemy or significantly heal Zack. Additionally, in this case, if the number slots give two or more of the same number, the Materia in that slot will power up. Should the numbers line up as “777”, Zack will gain an experience level, increasing his health, soldier points, and ability points. As a result, leveling up is no longer determined by experience points and is instead based on luck. If there is no match in the pictures, matching numbers on the slots will grant temporary bonuses, such as limited invincibility or zero-cost use of skills and abilities.

The chance of matching pictures is tied to the current Limit level, which is raised by taking damage in battle and reduced upon successful battles, and after certain storyline events. After collecting certain items in the game, the pictures on the DMW may also randomly change to summonable creatures, which have more destructive and beneficial Limit Breaks should the pictures match up. Following completion of the game, the player will obtain a New Game Plus option. The North American and European releases of Crisis Core also have an added difficulty mode, which increases the power and health of enemies.

The newly arranged soundtrack from the original composer, Takeharu Ishimoto, further immerses you in the game’s world. Join Zack Fair, a promising young operative in the Shinra military’s elite unit, SOLDIER, as he begins an investigation into the mass disappearance of SOLDIER operatives with his mentor, SOLDIER 1st Class Angeal, and the SOLDIER hero Sephiroth, in the mako-powered metropolis of Midgar, the headquarters of the powerful Shinra company with a formidable private army.

CHARACTERS

Crisis Core begins seven years before the events of Final Fantasy VII, and many characters from that game and other related works appear. However, the primary characters in the game are from either SOLDIER, which consists of Mako-enhanced superhuman soldiers, or from their covert branch of operatives, the Turks. The main protagonist is Zack Fair, a young and friendly SOLDIER.

His mentor and friend is Angeal Hewley, a 1st class SOLDIER who is also friends with fellow SOLDIER members Sephiroth and Genesis, who ultimately becomes the game’s primary antagonist. The SOLDIER operatives work under Director Lazard, the illegitimate son of President Shinra. Zack is also friends with the Turks, particularly their leader Tseng, and one of their female operatives, Cissnei. Throughout the game, Zack encounters and befriends Aerith, a young woman tending flowers from a ruined church in the Midgar slums, and Cloud, a Shinra infantryman.

STORY

SOLDIER Zack Fair and his mentor Angeal Hewley are dispatched to Wutai to support the Shinra war effort; However, during the fighting, Angeal disappears. Zack is appointed to find both him and another missing SOLDIER, Genesis Rhapsodos. Zack, accompanied by Tseng, learns that Genesis and Angeal deserted Shinra, and he and Sephiroth are assigned to kill them. With help from Dr. Hollander, a scientist with a vendetta against Shinra, Genesis creates an army of clones to attack Shinra’s headquarters.

After the forces are defeated, Zack and Sephiroth track down Hollander’s secret laboratory, where they learn Hollander used both Genesis and Angeal as part of “Project G”, an attempt to create supersoldiers infused with the extraterrestrial lifeform Jenova’s cells. Sephiroth faces off against Genesis, while Zack pursues Hollander. Angel, intent on keeping Hollander alive so he can be returned to normal, prevents Zack from killing the doctor and knocks him into the slums of Midgar.

Zack recovers as he finds Aerith tending to him. After spending some time together, Zack returns to SOLDIER headquarters, which is now under attack by Genesis. Zack re-allies with Angeal, who has developed doubts about his and Genesis’ actions. As Angeal, Zack, and Sephiroth protect the headquarters, Angeal confronts Genesis before both disappear. Zack is subsequently ordered to investigate Modeoheim, where Genesis has been spotted.

While en route to Modeoheim, Zack meets Shinra infantryman Cloud, and they become friends. Near Modeoheim, Zack encounters and defeats Genesis, who seemingly commits suicide by throwing himself into the depths of a reactor. Zack travels on to Modeoheim, where he finds Angeal and Hollander. Tired of the fighting and his gradual degradation, Angeal summons and fuses with his clones and mutates into a monster, forcing Zack to kill him. Before dying, Angeal gives Zack his Buster Sword, telling him to protect his honor.