Set six years before the 1997 PSX game Final Fantasy VII, the prequel Crisis Core follows the adventures of Zack Fair as he discovers the truth of the organisation he works for, Shin-Ra. At the time, Cloud Strife is still a Shinra Guard and Aerith Gainsborough also makes an appearance. Other prominent figures are Sephiroth, Tifa, Yuffie, Cait Sith, members of the Turks gang and also characters from Dirge of Cerberus.

The game is played as an action RPG and the events are mainly set around the city of Nibelheim. The turn-based battle system, DMV or Digital Mind Wave, is entirely new. It is based on reels with the portraits of the characters spinning in the top left corner. Lining up the same character in all reels is awarded with a power-up (Power Surge). Attacks are both physical and spell-based, and materia also makes a return. There are different varieties, both defensive and offensive, and different materia can also be fused together.

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Alternate Titles

"クライシスコア -ファイナルファンタジーVII" -- Japanese spelling

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Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII	PSP	$3.50
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“Gift of the Goddess”	DreinIX (9427)
You Are My Living Legacy....	Guy Chapman (1747)

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The Press Says

IGN Australia	Jun 18, 2008	9 out of 10	90
Gaming Nexus	Apr 16, 2008	9 out of 10	90
TotalPlayStation	Apr 20, 2008	9 out of 10	90
Gameswelt	Jun 26, 2008	87 out of 100	87
Gameplanet	Jul 21, 2008	8.5 out of 10	85
GBase - The Gamer's Base	Jul 02, 2008	8.5 out of 10	85
Sci-Fi Online (The Sci-Fi Channel)	Jun 20, 2008	8 out of 10	80
The Dashhacks Review Site	Jul 15, 2008	4 out of 5	80
RPG Land	Mar 30, 2008	6 out of 10	60
G4 TV: X-Play	2008		40