You play as Zack right... in the end he dies (sob)
but are there any new characters?

thanks for the spoilers............

People should know that prior to playing the game if they are a FF7 fan.

Well, I was being sarcastic but protip: not everyone who is going to play this has played FF7.

yeah uh

it's an eleven year old game and no they haven't.

Yes they have... even an infant.

I've recently done some homework on this game, to see if it's worth buying considering I just bought a PSP. I know everyone seems skeptical, but this actually looks like its going to be a good game. And not just a good game compared to the other fancruft that Square has been churning out for the past few years, but an actual good game in its own right.

It's really all hearsay for the most part, seeing as how few people have played it, but I really haven't heard a bad (exceedingly bad) thing about it, and extra bonus points towards people fluent in Japanese, because they say the story is good too. Obviously though, you need to have played and be familiar with the FF7 plot and universe to really get anything out of it, though. So, I'm seriously considering buying it when it's released.

And Marcus, it's Wutai, not Wu-Tai, hahah.

It should be Wu-Tang. That's for sure.

Yeah though, this is one of the few top games to get on PSP. Alongside MGS:Portable Ops, Grand Theft Auto Liberty City Stories, and Metal Gear AC!D 2.

gbump (i was gonna post in the psp emulation thread but i realised i'd be more likely to get a response in a thread dedicated solely to this)

does anyone know an easy way to get phoenix down? or a way AT ALL? I don't die all that often but god damn, I never seem to have any. I usually just see the girl in headquarters but she destroys my heavenly dmw and I hate that. Is there a store that sells them? If so, what is it/where do I get it?

I'm on chapter... 6? I think. I'm going to help aerith build the cart currently.

Wow, as if you reposted the exact same post in another thread. You couldn't even be bothered to rewrite it and possibly add something?

The game isn't even all that great. WOO THANKS SQUARE, I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR A GAME WITH A BATTLE SYSTEM THAT I NEVER HAVE TO THINK TO USE. Next generation: unreliable leveling! Dodge attacks that only work sometimes (adds drama)! And most important... a bunch of numbers that constantly grow but have absolutely no relevance to anything. WATCH YOUR SP, WOULDN'T WANT IT TO FALL BELOW THE 20,000 MARK. HP? We got it. MP? You bet. AP? Completely useless but it's there; just for you, players! Did you miss Aeri(s)(th)?? How about Cloud? Play Crisis Core now and you'll get to experience what they were like...... five years prior to the events of the end of the world.

Buy now and get an extra bonus: A million side quests! Yeah! More side quests than you would believe! 32 hours worth! If your thumb falls off from mashing x... we may even send you a new (mako infused) one! You can be a member of soldier too!


I think the only impressive thing about this game is the graphics.

edit: oh my bad aten, you added a reference to a faq which tells you something unimportant that really doesn't help anyone at all because the reels are still completely random, even if you've met the criteria for leveling.

edit edit: and yes, it is a spoiler. As was said earlier, not everyone knows what happens. Not everyone has played FF7.

That's a spoiler regardless. Not everyone knows what happens to Zack. Just like how some people don't know all the secret characters in SSBB.
It's a spoiler. Btw I didn't know he had aerith on his mind. Thanks.

The game itself is alright. I would say this and Chains of Olympus are about equal. So far the story in this game is pretty shit though. I mean even though I kind of know what's going to happen, I feel like they could have done a better job. The voice acting is what really gets me. It's so...HORRIBLE. I'm thinking of getting the redub version so I can play this game later on hard mode and not get annoyed at how bad Zack's English voice actor is.
And there is some strategy involved in the battle system, but ONLY if you're playing on hard mode, or you want to do everything in the game like fight Minerva. You could easily breeze through this game just mashing X.

By the way Square is dumb for not having party members. WHY NO PARTY MEMBERS!?
God that pisses me off so much. No party members. It looks perfectly logical to have people assist you throughout the game. But no, this is Crystalis/Quest 64. Only one player SORRY.

I would say this game is no higher than an 8.0. It has too many flaws. Don't get my wrong, I really like it, but it could have been so much more.
Brave Story is still my favorite PSP RPG.

Edit: I do quests more than the actual missions. It's good because you get shit that raises your max HP to 99999 and max MP to 9999.
Not every review site gave this game a 9.0(G4 lol).

It's so...HORRIBLE. I'm thinking of getting the redub version so I can play this game later on hard mode and not get annoyed at how bad Zack's English voice actor is.

What redub? 

And I must have superhuman tolerance because the voice acting is pretty solid.

I mean undub, whoops.
I don't mind lots of the voice acting(Sephiroth, Tseng, Aerith), but I really can't stand Zack's. Especially when he is actually trying to be serious, it just sounds even worse. Maybe it's just me but they could have used somebody better for someone's voice you're going to hear throughout the game.