Final Fantasy VII Dirge of Cerberus

[JenovaSephiroth]

8.5 Presentation
8.0 Graphics
7.5 Sound
6.5 Gameplay
7.5 Lasting Appeal
7.0 Rating

The game starts of ten years since Sephiroth tried to use Meteor to destroy the planet. :biggrin:
This game proves that's there's still plenty of story left to tell. This story follows the life Vincent Valentine and the mysteries that shadow his past.Questions like "Where did Vincent come from and how did he become the beast known as chaos?"
Dirge of Cerberus is a shooter and not a role-playing game. There's no doubt that Dirge of Cerberus' strongest gameplay attribute, however, is its weapon customization system. Though players will only be able to create a handful of gun types, their uses and interchangeability are handled well. If you want to create a handgun that runs on Ice Material and benefits from an item that allows you to lighten gravity's effect on it and if you prefer to create an explosive long-range machinegun that shoots fire-charged bullets instead, you can do that too. It was also nice of Square to include a handy hot-swap option to switch between three different preset customizations keeping the amount of time spent fiddling with menu screens at a minimum.:wink:
While it's accurate to say that the game does suffer from other issues (the AI, while more aggressive, still doesn't offer much beyond shooting directly at you and the level design is straightforward with few deviations), the tempo is what hurts the action more than anything else. :emoticon-sign: As cool as the plot may be, several portions of the real-time cutscenes feel completely unnecessary, with some sequences lasting in excess of ten minutes a piece. This disjointed method of moving from gameplay to story back to gameplay again makes Dirge a passable, but troubled experience for most of the first half of the game. Once you overcome the Highwind 2 story stage, however, the pace really picks up and it becomes more about the action without the overly-intrusive cutscenes. The story doesn't suffer at all either, which just goes to show that Dirge could have been an even better experience if it was toned down a bit.

It should also be noted that, while the game is entirely playable from the first and third person perspectives Vincent's jump and double-jump moves are hardly ever used at all and quick-targeting an enemy through is much easier to do. It's actually a bit disappointing that Square Enix didn't take advantage of the possible stage designs that using a traditional third-person view and double jump could provide. It's made all the more bothersome. The game can still be fun to play.

[Eamon Pratt]

nice story nearly fell asleep only messing bud .

[JenovaSephiroth]

Whatever man

[Yoherz]

Nice review. I was at wal-mart just an hour ago, and I saw they still had like 4 of these left. XD

[chocobo_worshiper90]

this game is goin to be so sick man i have been waiting for it to come out and i cant wait to try it i heard it got great revs from alllot of companys so peace out yall

[JenovaSephiroth]

Yeah Peace out

[Yoherz]

Don't gravedig.....i'm only leaving it open for others to post on.....actually, im not. :tongue:

~ Closed ~