Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #360 in Computer & Video Games
• Colour: Alice Blue
• Brand: Square Enix
• Released on: 2008-06-20
• Platform: Sony PSP

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Complete the FINAL FANTASY VII experience and reunite with the most recognized RPG characters created by world-renowned character designer Tetsuya Nomura.

Witness stunning graphics and gorgeous CG cut-scenes coupled with top-notch voice acting in a 16:9 widescreen presentation, made possible by the PSP system hardware.

Innovative D.M.W (Digital Mind Wave) system enhances the action-packed real-time battle system, allowing players to unleash special attacks or call upon iconic FINAL FANTASY summons.

Take on challenges with the all-new "Hard Mode" which was not in the original Japanese release.

Acquire unique accessories, items and abilities made available through 300 side missions to further enrich the gameplay experience.

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Final Fantasy VII - Crisis Core, the highly anticipated entry in the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, takes fans on an exciting journey through the origin of the internationally acclaimed Final Fantasy VII saga in an all-new action-packed experience. Developed exclusively for the PSP system, Final Fantasy VII - Crisis Core marks the return of the celebrated game world that mesmerised many millions of gamers around the globe. With inspiring visuals, full 16:9 widescreen presentation and an engaging battle system, fans and newcomers alike can experience the world of Final Fantasy VII from an all-new perspective.

The Special Edition version, including "The Art of Final Fantasy VII - Crisis Core" 48 page, hard-backed artwork book and high quality slipcase packaging, is only available when you pre-order.(while stocks last).

Customer Reviews

5 stars? Really? C'mon now, it isn't THAT good...
I actually imported an English language, region free version of this from Hong Kong months ago, and i was really excited about it. Let's get to the point shall we, good things first. The cut-scene graphics are insane. No other way to put it. Just incredible. The game play is pretty good too, easy to control, and the materia leveling system is an interesting change from the original FFVII. That's about it.

Now, the story is, regardless of what everyone else says, rubbish. I honestly don't understand how any intelligent person could think otherwise. It's Hollywood-esque idiot fodder filled with shallow, two-dimensional characters, minimal dialogue (replaced almost entirely by ridiculous, if mindlessly entertaining fight scenes) and has no emotional depth whatsoever.
Don't expect to care about any of the characters, most of which are just plain irritating (espescially Genesis - seriously, all that stuff about 'Loveless', gay. Just gay. And what's it even for? A reference to a poster in the original? Who cares?). Even old characters Cloud and Aeris (Aerith in my version), previously deep, intriguing and mysterious have become dull, shallow and, frankly, pointless.

Superb cut-scenes aside, in-game graphics are okay, but not that special. Game areas are small, quite bland, lack interactivity and are essentially a series of corridors that allow for little or no deviation, which brings me to my next point; this game is ENTIRELY linear. Don't expect a world map or much in the way of decision making. There are side missions to keep things 'varied', and in all fairness there are a lot of them (some 300), but the problem is that they are all EXACTLY the same. I became bored long before i finished them all.

Gameplay, arguably any game's most important aspect, is actually one of Crisis Core's stronger areas. You equip materia and accessories to allow more command options/attacks/magic in fights, which occur randomly, and also to boost stats. It's a simple setup that's quite fun, at first, but since it basically boils down to just running around pressing x over and over again, soon becomes a bit tedious. And with the materia upgrade system it's quite simple to boost your stats through the roof very quickly, rendering most magic and special attacks obsolete. Also, with regards to the materia system, i found that i rapidly accumulated VAST quantities of useless materia, and sorting through it all became a serious effort.

Well, i think i've ranted enough. In conclusion, if you like simple, undemanding gameplay and the sort of story that you might find in a terrible soap opera or cheesy American drama then maybe this is for you, but i personally was massively disappointed. I think this game is little more than a cash-in from those evil, money-grabbing fools at Square-Enix (who frankly haven't produced the same caliber of games since the Enix people got involved. You know it as well as i do. Be honest.) who know that all the millions of FFVII fanboys out there will happily spend money on this regardless of how lame it is. Anyway, that's it. Clearly i'm in a minority on this one, but hey. There. My opinion. The end.

Final-ly a begining!
I have played and completed this game, it was rather easy but there are alot of things to do (i still have things waiting to do) i bought this game and it took me 7 days to complete it (not repetative gameplay) so it is fair easy to do, but the tasks are still there so its not 100% done. Further more what i dislike about this game (just the one thing) is that a certain character is in nibleheim when sephiroth goes mad, this isnt shown on the origional game story and is rather confusing to get my head around. The game offered me alot of action and suspense with many surprises along the way, it was very fun but i would advise any experienced RPG player to start on hard mode if they want a challenge. The endin nearly had me in tears but i expected it to happen as i am not daft lol. (i wont spoil the ending for anyone). On a final note, this game cleared up alot of thing on past characters, past story line and now it all makes sense, i had fun playing this game eventhough it didnt make sense at one part.

FANTASTIC!!!!
If youve played ff7 then this game is simply amazing, some might think its changed to much as i did for the first hour or so of game play but as with ff7, i got sucked into the story and it just made sense.
combat does get samey as some have said but frankly most ff games do and its after many hours of gameplay, its the story and other aspects of the game that grab most people and this has it all. it still has most of the depth youd find on a console version and the story line is (i think) the best out of all ff games (as an add on to the ff7 story line). its definately worth a play.
the things that might put people off are this game is more channeled than ff7. you cant explore the whole world as in ff7. you can explore alot of midgar etc and do the 300 side missions when you want but the side missions are from a static location(your instantly transported to the mission location, complete it then come back), the campaign is different you follow that around the world.
and for those ff7 fans who wont play it because they think the story line isnt full of suprises play it and like me youll definately be surprised.