Having become the world's de factor ruler, Shinra operates on many different fronts from vehicle and weapons manufacturing to genetic engineering. The world is in the grip of the Shinra Electric Power Company who dominates via its monopoly to Mako energy, a power sourced directly from the lifestream, the life force of the Planet itself. Several playable or otherwise major characters from Final Fantasy VII make cameo appearances. The city of Midgar has not yet been completed, and the town of Nibelheim is still filled with its original inhabitants. Since the game takes place seven years before Final Fantasy VII, many places on the Planet are either under construction or otherwise different from Final Fantasy VII. None of the shops will sell Phoenix Downs, which must be found in treasure chests or won in missions. More shops are added by proceeding in the storyline, and by doing missions which reward the player with access to new shops. Two to four pieces of equipment can be worn depending on requirements. In some cases special weapons are utilized, like wielding a parasol during a vacation to Costa del Sol.Įquipment is limited to accessories that grant various stat boosts and special effects when equipped. The game begins with Zack holding a typical SOLDIER sword, but he eventually moves on to wield the Buster Sword. Materia can be customized through the Materia Fusion process. Materia may grant significant bonuses to Zack's HP, MP, AP, ATK, VIT, MAG, SPR, or LCK. Materia does not divide, though it does level up if two matching numbers corresponding to the slot are drawn in a modulating phase (the likelihood of a level up is based upon a hidden EXP counter that gains points as Zack defeats enemies the higher the counter, the greater chance of leveling up) 1 - 4 as a SOLDIER 2nd Class, or 1 - 6 as a SOLDIER 1st Class. This does not apply to Chocobo Mode summons. Main summon sequences are skippable FMVs. When the DMW slots switch to the summoning scene one of the various Summon Materia are selected and performed.
Summon Materia are no longer under the player's control, and instead, are added to the DMW. Materia is part of the magic and ability system. Some missions can only be unlocked by accomplishing certain story parts. 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. Crisis 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.
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