Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII (PlayStation 2)

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Description

Set after the events of Final Fantasy VII and the Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children movie, Dirge of Cerberus lets players take the role of the mysterious Vincent Valentine.

After a new organization arises from the events known as "Meteorfall", Vincent is called to the surviving town of Kalm by Reeve Tuesti, an old ally who controlled Cait Sith. Vincent has been invited to the town's celebration, but during the festivities, a group of soldiers attacks the town, killing and capturing the people. It is up to Vincent to protect the innocent once more, and find out why these soldiers are also after him.

While set in the world of Final Fantasy VII, Dirge of Cerberus is an action shooter that runs through twelve chapters. The on-screen action can be controlled by the analog controller, or via the Playstation 2's mouse and keyboard accessories, making it more in line with PC-style shooters. Being a character driven shooter, the perspective can be changed from first to third person on the fly to navigate through the multi-level environments.

Several items and characters from the series make their return, as well as the Chaos break limits system, which allows Vincent to take the monstrous forms he changed into from Final Fantasy VII to inflict more damage on the enemy. Taking a nod from its RPG-based parent, the game does allow Vincent to find the usual healing items, materia spells and gil from the Final Fantasy universe, in which he can buy and sell for other new items.

The game also features a weapon customization system, which allows the player to mix and match weapon parts to form more powerful attack items and abilities.

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Part of the Following Groups

• Console Generation Exclusives: PlayStation 2
• Final Fantasy games
• Final Fantasy VII games
• PlayStation 2 Greatest Hits releases

User Reviews

Great way to kill time... and Final Fantasy!	Reborn_Demon (136)
Bittersweet spin-off	NeoJ (455)

Critic Reviews

IGN	Aug 11, 2006	7 out of 10	70
Cheat Code Central	2006	3.4 out of 5	68
Games Master	Dec, 2006	64 out of 100	64
Yahoo! Games	Aug 21, 2006		60
GamesRadar	Aug 16, 2006	6 out of 10	60
GameSpy	Aug 14, 2006	3 out of 5	60
allaboutgames.co.uk	Apr 27, 2007	6 out of 10	60
Eurogamer.de	Nov 06, 2006	6 out of 10	60
games xtreme	Nov 07, 2006	5 out of 10	50
1UP	Aug 15, 2006	4 out of 10	40

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Related Web Sites

• Dirge of Cerberus (Fan site with complete background stories, artwork, music, fan fiction and more)
• Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII (Official Square-Enix site for North America)
• Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII (Official game website)
• Dirge of Cerberus.Net (Online fan site and news page for Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII)
• FF-Fan (A fansite that offers all kinds of information on the entire Final Fantasy franchise, including walkthroughs, game media, discussion boards and fan art.)
• Wikipedia: Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII (Information about Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII at Wikipedia)