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Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII is an action role-playing game developed and published by Square Enix for the PlayStation Portable. The game is a prequel to Final Fantasy VII and is also the fourth entry to the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII series, which also includes the games Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII and Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII, as well as the CGI movie Final Fantasy VII Advent Children and the anime, Last Order: Final Fantasy VII. Production was overseen by Yoshinori Kitase, the director of the original Final Fantasy VII, with Hajime Tabata as the game's director and Tetsuya Nomura as the game's character designer.

The game mainly focuses around Zack Fair, a 2nd Class SOLDIER, and Cloud Strife while he is a lowly Shinra Guard. Another character also present in the game is Aerith Gainsborough as she features in the trailer of the game. This game appears to take place around the events of Nibelheim outlined in Last Order: Final Fantasy VII.


Gameplay
Crisis Core has action- and menu-based elements. The new battle system is known as Digital Mind Wave, or "DMW", and revolves around a series of reels at the upper left corner of the screen which spin continuously as long as there is SP left to consume. Each rotate independently and upon lining up the three reels of the same character and value, a power-up or a "Power Surge!" will be rewarded to Zack.

The player will have full control over Zack when moving around, and can rotate the camera with the left and right triggers. Enemies abound in the field screen, battles against whom take place in real time.

Enemies can be attacked physically and magically. Spells such as Fire and Cure are located on the command bar rather than in a separate sub-menu like in Final Fantasy VII, and used in the same fashion as previous titles. Materia makes a return, fully customizable and in the multiple varieties from Final Fantasy VII, including green (spells) and yellow (extra commands: Steal, Sense, etc.). In addition, Materia can be fused together to enhance one Materia's abilities (such as making a Cure Materia that increases HP), or to make an entirely new Materia. The Materia the player has equipped determine the Magic and special commands on the in battle menu. Defensive and evasive maneuvers can also be used, such as dodge-rolling and blocking incoming attacks.

Following the completion of the game, the player will obtain a New Game Plus option.

New characters
Angeal Hewley : A SOLDIER who is the mentor to members in SOLDIER. Angeal also gives guidance in techniques and doctrines to fellow SOLDIERs. He is a respected 1st Class and is well known for his sense of responsability and wisdom. Although Angeal is officialy Zack's senior, he considers Zack to be a friend and equal, treating the younger Soldier with kindness. Angeal's good nature is the reason that trust is sparked so easily between him and others; even Sephiroth and Genesis are close to him, despite their usually distanced personas. Raised in a humble, countryside town, Angeals feels great pride in his upbringing. Despite the fact that his family was poor, he found simple pleasures in life. Angeal's troubles and ties seem to be a vital element to the story of this game. The previous wielder of the Buster Sword used by Zack and later, Cloud, Angeal dislikes the use of the weapon, claiming that he believes it would be "a waste" because it will get worn out. Angeal bears one white right wing on his back which seems to cause him some uneasiness as he considers it the trait of a monster. The wings do not connect to Sephiroth but to Genesis. He was infected by Project G before he was born. His mother was injected into the womb. Angeal's design seems to be based on Tetsuya Nomura's original design for Cloud Strife. Angeal's surname is derived from the Greek word hyle which is translated as materia in Latin. Angeal is actually the son of Gillian Hewley and was raised in Banora by his mother and stepfather, though he regards his stepfather as his real father. It was his stepfather who bought the Buster Sword for Angeal with their life savings.

Lazard : The head union executive of the Department of SOLDIER of Shinra. During Crisis Core, the SOLDIER department is independent, and Lazard is the union executive overseeing SOLDIER's management and drawing up rough strategy guidelines. Since Lazard does not have the combat abilities of a SOLDIER, he does not operate directly in the field. Within Shinra, Lazard has received promotions at an exceptional speed to attain his present status. He is to be voiced by Stefan Marks in the English release of Crisis Core.

Hollander : A former Shinra scientist who holds a grudge against Hojo, due the power struggle for leader of Shinra's Department of Scientific Research that cost Hollander his job. He is the father of Angeal and the creator of Project G. originally Project Gillian as he uses his wife as a carrier and extracts it from her into Genesis. He sides with Genesis originally, serving to halt his degeneration, until Genesis had no more use for his services. But Genesis let him live since he injected himself with the G cells. He has a small black wing and his body begins to deteriorate quickly.

Kunsel : A member of SOLDIER and a very good friend of Zack. He helps Zack from time to time in the game.

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