[PSP] FF VII Crisis Core - Big swords and big hair, it's like the 80's all over again

Originally Posted by Rock

I just gave this game a try and got totally blown away. The opening sequence is already breathtaking but the combat system is really amazing. Materia is back, fuck yeah!

Yeah, It seems that it's an awesome game. I've just tried it and I'm shocked. I'm not a big fan of FF7, but this game is definitely a must buy for me.

It's just my first impression, but the battle system is totally awesome. I still don't get the roulette system though. But hey, I'm only 10 minutes into the game.

Have you listen to the music? The boss battle song is sooo good.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Yep, pretty much what Rock said. I'm liking the voices so far and the lipsync really got my attention. Pretty well done.

I also finished th first mission.

Spoiler:

Man, that Ifrit CG was great. It resembles a lot to the original summon attack

About the DMW system. It looks like every action you make is connected to each of the slots. One slot reacts if you cast magic, the other if you roll or use any yellow materia (AP), but I'm not sure about the HP one. Maybe if you are hit or if there is any variation in your health.

The is also a shop in the menu. You don't have to look for shops in the game.

They also included a mailing system kinda like the Xenosaga one. It seems that you cannot respond to them though (at least for now).

I'm really liking the music. Those piano scores are beautiful. Also, expect a lot of heavy metal soundtrack in the battles.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Inhert

about the slot machine thing. I manage (I don't know how) to make 3 power surge vs behemot.

You'll be getting it quite a lot. Hope for the lucky number 7. If all the slots are 7, you lvl up.

It's still a mistery though, sometimes in the middle of the slots I've got some flashbacks about Zack taking to someone and stuff...It's pretty weird.

The slots also changed one time. The character faces were replaced with Summon faces (or at least that's what I think I saw).

The menu is quite easy to figure it out anyways. It's something like (not literally translated, I have no idea how to read japanese):

- ITEMS (First sub-option to use an item, second to re-arrange them)

- EQUIP (To put the materia and accesories, second option to re-arrange, 3rd option to remove, and 4th I think the system configures your equipment to an optimal configuration)

- MATERIA (You can use your healing materias and stuff)

- ??????? (I have this option locked right now)

- D.M.W (Shows you the statics of the slot thing)

- MISSION (I've tried this in a save point. You can access plenty of sub-missions. You lvl up pretty fast doing these missions).

- MAIL (The mailing system which it might be some sort of tutorial database or something)

- SHOP (Buy all your goodies here)

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Qwarky

I saw a photo of a gallery, but I couldn't tell if it's an actual real gallery somewhere or some mockup virtual one that's in a game or a disc.

Yeah, you saw this:

Final Fantasy VII 10th Anniversary (fotos) - Nintendo Koppai

I'd kill for that Tifa poster.

Originally Posted by Torte

So can someone explain to me what exactly is so fun about the battle system? How does it work? From what I've seen, it's real-time ala Kingdom Hearts, no?

The battle system is real-time all the time. You have to move and attack constantly. The game doesn't stop even when you cast magic or use items. The targeting system is automatic. You target the enemy which is closer to you. You can't control the camera either.

To use the materias and items you have to use L or R to select them (you can see them at the bottom right corner of the screen) and then use the action button to cast them.

You can also cast summons and limit breaks, but they look kinda random since they have something to do with the roulette.

You have green materia (Magic), light green (healing magic), yellow (special attacks or roll), and then you have the purple and blue materias which improves your status and such.

The AI is not very good though. You can smash an enemy constantly and the rest looks like they are waiting for their turn. It doesn't happen always, but it happens.

So far I'm liking the game. It doesn't quite feel like an RPG though. You go from one mission to the other and it kinda gets pretty repetitive (at least for now).

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Anyone said......Music RIP???

I didn't rip this. Don't expect this to be as good as the OST since several songs are incomplete. Anyways, it gives you an idea of the game's sountrack.

I was speaking idiomatically.