The player can choose whether to follow the game's story, which can be completed in around 15 hours of gameplay, or to complete missions, leading to around 50 hours of gameplay for a 100% completion. Certain combinations of characters and numbers in modulating phase will allow the player to level up Zack, power up Materia, or perform special moves and summons. Combinations of sevens lead to special status effects, while having identical characters in the left and right slot opens up the modulating phase. Images and numbers continuously scroll in each of the three slots consuming Soldier Points (SP). The game's key feature is the Digital Mind Wave (DMW)-a slot machine-like screen in the upper left-hand corner. The player chooses actions from a menu, featuring attack, magic, special attack, and item choices. This is one of the many allusions within the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII.Ĭrisis Core -Final Fantasy VII- is both an action and turn-based RPG, with a stream of fast turns creating the illusion of real-time combat. The opening sequence of Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII- mirrors that of Final Fantasy VII both start in a train station and both protagonists jump off of a train.

The game tells the tale of Zack's battle against the villainous SOLDIER defector, Genesis Rhapsodos, and the other products of the Jenova Project. He is a SOLDIER working for the Shinra Electric Power Company under Director Lazard Deusericus. The game's hero is Zack Fair, who was a minor character in Final Fantasy VII and the previous owner of the Buster Sword before Cloud Strife. The game is a prequel to Final Fantasy VII and is the fourth entry to the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII.Īn HD remaster of the game called Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII- Reunion was announced in June 2022 during a broadcast celebrating Final Fantasy VII 25th Anniversary and features new models and lighting, redone voices for consistency with the Final Fantasy VII remake project, and rearranged music.Ĭrisis Core -Final Fantasy VII- begins seven years before the start of Final Fantasy VII, and encompasses the events that take place until just before its beginning. PlayStation Portable Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII- is an action-RPG from Square Enix for the PlayStation Portable.

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