by Robert Smith

Created on: August 04, 2008

I have been waiting for this game for some time, 11 years to be exact! The original final fantasy VII came out in 1997. It was simply amazing and probably the best game on the play station if not one of the best games ever. The story for the original FFVII was somewhat confusing. There were areas that were not explained fully. Crisis core is a prequel to the original game. It ends where FFVII begins and it answers most of what fans have been asking for the last 10 years!

Story - The plot is very good. You play as Zack who is a second class soldier for an organization known as Shinra. Shinra are using the natural energy from the earth and using it for electricity. They are quite influential and powerful and so have an army to protect their assets. The army is known as SOLDIER. Zack is an elite member of this army. He is second to the 1st class members Angeal (his mentor and friend) , Genesis and the SOLDIER legend and hero Sepiroth (later the main antagonist in FFVII). In this story Genesis goes missing and Zack and the two 1st class members go looking for him. This leads on to themes such as betrayal, love, revenge and a bit more love!

Characters - Along with the four people I have mentioned you are going to come across some familiar faces from the FFVII game. Cloud Strife features later in the game as a low level member of SOLDIER. Fans of the series will know Cloud as the main protagonist from the other game and its movie companion. Cloud is possibly one of the most beloved characters in video game history. Its great to see him an unconfident newbie! You will also come across Aries (now renamed Arith in favour of the Japanese version of the game). She plays Zacks love interest. Don't worry the whole love theme is subtle but the game basically shows it is a powerful emotion when shaping a person! Tifa also features here and there as does Yuffie. Both good guys from the original game. I was upset not too see more people but I guess they were not needed.

Game play - Lots to talk about here. This is not your typical RPG. It is an action - RPG. Normally a Role-playing game uses turn based strategy for battles. This is where you don't actually fight someone but you choose your characters next move then watch as it automatically takes place. Here however you control Zack in the battles. Fights occur randomly as you walk through the game. When a battle happens enemies appear and the area in which you can move is limited. At first fights are rather limited as you can

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