Robinspain
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Crisis Core (Action RPG) is playable during this weekend at Jump Festa.
""Gameplay:
First, the bad news. Reports indicate that it was nearly impossible to take photographs due to security.
The Crisis Core Demo features two missions, Wutai Invasion and Ifrit Battle. Each includes cutscenes, field navigation, enemy encounters, and a boss battle. Details in the plot remain shaky, however the Wutai Invasion mission mentions a new character known as Colonel (Captain?) Razard or Razard, and the Ifrit Battle mission has a man with glasses and short, fair hair.
While navigating the field, enemies will appear and you will enter combat with a seamless transition. In battle, the L and R buttons are used to cycle through commands, the Circle button is used to execute the selected action, and the Square and Triangle buttons are used for dodging and defending. The camera can be controlled freely.
In battle, actions consume Action Points, or AP, as well as conventional MP for magic, and using the same action repeatedly, such as in a 3-hit combo, consumes more AP. The Slots appear to deal with Zack's memories, and are a key factor in combat. Their primary use is to restore consumed points, and as such, can be utilized to time out attacks more effectively. However, by lining up three of the same character, you draw out Zack's memories, and can gain various special effects, such as "Actions Cost no AP" or "Reduced MP Cost", adding an even deeper layer of strategy to combat.
Trailer:
A new trailer was showcased in the "Closed Megatheater", similar to the one at TGS. These are just a few details which have surfaced. Please keep in mind that things are still sketchy.
- The trailer begins where the TGS trailer left off, with Genesis yelling about the "Shinra dogs".
- Scene where Zack jumps down to the train.
- The mission Zack and Tseng are on is to track down Genesis, who went missing during combat in Wutai a month earlier, though Sephiroth was originally supposed to go, not Zack.
- A new character named Razard, who appears to be a superior to Zack and Angeal, though he may have a position more like Tseng's.
- Razard: "With Angeal's nomination, you have a clear shot to 1st."
- Zack becomes very excited and jumps at Angeal, who instantly brushes him off.
- Sephiroth and Zack find a corpse in a forest.
- Zack: "Genesis!?"
- Sephiroth: "It's different, a Genesis Copy."
- Zack: "A human clone!?"
- Sephiroth: "Angeal is a traitor."
- Zack: "That- Angeal isn't like that!"
- In some remote region, Zack and a Shinra troop are talking.
- Zack: "Where are you from?"
- Troop: "Nibelheim."
- Zack: "Hehehe, I'm from Gongaga! When it comes to remote regions, the two of us shouldn't be afraid of anything. What's your name?"
- The troop, laughing, removes his helmet, revealing himself to be Cloud.
- Cloud: "I'm Cloud."
- An airborne battle between Genesis, Angeal, and Sephiroth.
Last, but not least, the special gift given to those who went to the Crisis Core booth is a special PSP carrying pouch that features the game's logo.""
""Gameplay:
First, the bad news. Reports indicate that it was nearly impossible to take photographs due to security.
The Crisis Core Demo features two missions, Wutai Invasion and Ifrit Battle. Each includes cutscenes, field navigation, enemy encounters, and a boss battle. Details in the plot remain shaky, however the Wutai Invasion mission mentions a new character known as Colonel (Captain?) Razard or Razard, and the Ifrit Battle mission has a man with glasses and short, fair hair.
While navigating the field, enemies will appear and you will enter combat with a seamless transition. In battle, the L and R buttons are used to cycle through commands, the Circle button is used to execute the selected action, and the Square and Triangle buttons are used for dodging and defending. The camera can be controlled freely.
In battle, actions consume Action Points, or AP, as well as conventional MP for magic, and using the same action repeatedly, such as in a 3-hit combo, consumes more AP. The Slots appear to deal with Zack's memories, and are a key factor in combat. Their primary use is to restore consumed points, and as such, can be utilized to time out attacks more effectively. However, by lining up three of the same character, you draw out Zack's memories, and can gain various special effects, such as "Actions Cost no AP" or "Reduced MP Cost", adding an even deeper layer of strategy to combat.
Trailer:
A new trailer was showcased in the "Closed Megatheater", similar to the one at TGS. These are just a few details which have surfaced. Please keep in mind that things are still sketchy.
- The trailer begins where the TGS trailer left off, with Genesis yelling about the "Shinra dogs".
- Scene where Zack jumps down to the train.
- The mission Zack and Tseng are on is to track down Genesis, who went missing during combat in Wutai a month earlier, though Sephiroth was originally supposed to go, not Zack.
- A new character named Razard, who appears to be a superior to Zack and Angeal, though he may have a position more like Tseng's.
- Razard: "With Angeal's nomination, you have a clear shot to 1st."
- Zack becomes very excited and jumps at Angeal, who instantly brushes him off.
- Sephiroth and Zack find a corpse in a forest.
- Zack: "Genesis!?"
- Sephiroth: "It's different, a Genesis Copy."
- Zack: "A human clone!?"
- Sephiroth: "Angeal is a traitor."
- Zack: "That- Angeal isn't like that!"
- In some remote region, Zack and a Shinra troop are talking.
- Zack: "Where are you from?"
- Troop: "Nibelheim."
- Zack: "Hehehe, I'm from Gongaga! When it comes to remote regions, the two of us shouldn't be afraid of anything. What's your name?"
- The troop, laughing, removes his helmet, revealing himself to be Cloud.
- Cloud: "I'm Cloud."
- An airborne battle between Genesis, Angeal, and Sephiroth.
Last, but not least, the special gift given to those who went to the Crisis Core booth is a special PSP carrying pouch that features the game's logo.""
