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Learn The Real Story Of FFVII In Final Fantasy VII Crisis Core

Last year, Final Fantasy VII – the game that may be the most important game to appear on the Sony PlayStation, and is certainly the most popular – celebrated its ten year anniversary. Square-Enix announced a series of projects related to FFVII under the banner “Compilation of Final Fantasy VII” and featured projects across several platforms – consoles, handhelds, mobile phone games, traditional and computer animation. The highest profile part of the Compilation is the film Advent Children, a direct sequel to the game that occurs two years after its climactic events. The cell phone game Before Crisis, a prequel to FFVII, weren't localized for the North American market, though the console game, Dirge of Cerberus – which was only moderately successful and received a poor critical reception – and the anime OVA Last Order did make their way to the United States.

In 2008, the final piece of the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII came to the United States, an action title for the PSP, Final Fantasy VII Crisis Core. In Crisis Core, players take on the role of Zack Fair, the SOLDIER 1st Class that was series protagonist Cloud Strife's friend and mentor. Final Fantasy VII Crisis Core leads players through Zack's rise in the SOLDIER ranks, his relationship with Cloud, Sephiroth and Aerith, and (SPOILERS for an eleven year old game that every single one of you has played!) his eventual death prior to the events of FFVII. This is the first time that Zack, an influentitla character in the storyline of the Final Fantasy VII series, has been a playable character in any of the series' games.

Though Final Fantasy VII Crisis Core is primarily an action game, it does have several role-playing elements, including customizing Materia to learn spells and other abilities. In addition to the powers gained from Materia, Zack fights enemies in the style of a more traditional action game, including defensive and evasive moves.

From a story perspective, Final Fantasy VII Crisis Core is important because it reveals what really occurred in one of the original game's most famous sequences – the flashback to Cloud's confrontation with Sephiroth at the Nibelheim reactor. In Final Fantasy VII, the events through Cloud's eyes are an unreliable amalgam of Cloud's memories and Zack's, but fans can now play through the battle that began the lengthy feud between Cloud and Sephiroth and see what really happened.

Final Fantasy Crisis Core is one of the highest-selling games in PSP history, and it's also drastically better than its predecessor, Dirge of Cerberus. Crisis Core even managed to garner a 35/40 score from Japanese gamer mag of record Famitsu, and was also selected as a GameSpot Editor's Choice. To fully explore the backstory of Final Fantasy VII, get Crisis Core today at GameQuestDirect.com.