Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion details characters, gameplay systems, pre-order editions

Square Enix has revealed some more details regarding Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion, including some of the English voice dub and its gameplay systems, and of course, the various game editions.

Seven years before the events of FINAL FANTASY VII…
In the mako-powered metropolis of Midgar stands the headquarters of Shinra, a powerful company with a formidable private army. Zack Fair is a promising young operative in the Shinra military’s elite unit, SOLDIER.
Together with his mentor, SOLDIER 1st Class Angeal, and the SOLDIER hero Sephiroth, Zack begins an investigation into the recent mass
disappearance of SOLDIER operatives.

Reno (Arnie Pantoja), Rude (William C. Stephens) and Hoko (James Sie) will be making their appearance in the game. You can imagine just what recipe of potential disaster two Turks and one mad scientist can do…

Gameplay wise, you’ll be able to engage in systems such as:

• MISSIONS: Missions are special SOLDIER assignments given to Zack by the Shinra Company and the citizens of Midgar, outside of the main story.
  New missions are unlocked when you fulfill specific conditions as the story progresses. Completing missions will earn you rewards of materia and items, with more valuable rewards offered depending on the mission’s difficulty. Some missions feature boss enemies as targets. Defeat the target to complete the mission.
• ABILITY GAUGE: Some powerful foes will use special abilities. When using these, the enemy will enter a “casting” state and an ability gauge will appear.
  By attacking the enemy during the casting period, it is possible to lower the gauge and reduce the damage taken. Reducing the gauge to zero will prevent the enemy from using its ability at all.

• MATERIA: Can be either Magic (uses MP) or Abilities (AP). Magic can be either damaging or support spells, while Abilities can be unleashed at the end of combos with increased potency depending on number of hits.
• MATERIA FUSION: Get SP from defeating enemies to fuse different Materia. The Materia used will be lost, but you could gain access to powerful abilities earlier than usual.
• LIMIT BREAKS: When the DMW lines up images of the same character, Zack can use a potent Limit Break ability based on the character featured.
• SUMMONS: When the DMW enters Summon Mode, all the images change to summons and it becomes possible to unleash the summon monster’s Limit Break. Summon designs have been altered to match those in FFVIIR, while Bahamut Fury’s design by Roberto Ferrari is unique to this title.

• CHOCOBO MODE: Some mission rewards include additional images for the DMW. If you have acquired specific images, such as Chocobo or Cactuar, the DMW can switch to Chocobo Mode. If the images align while in Chocobo Mode, you can use a Limit Break but if they do not, you could get a “dud” result that inflicts damage and stuns Zack.

Gameplay details aside, you can purchase Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion in the following editions:

HERO EDITION

• CRISIS CORE –FINAL FANTASY VII– REUNION Standard Edition Game
• CRISIS CORE –FINAL FANTASY VII– REUNION PLAY ARTS KAI™ Action Figure – ZACK FAIR SOLDIER 2nd CLASS
• HEROES Past and Present The Art of CRISIS CORE –FINAL FANTASY VII–
• CRISIS CORE –FINAL FANTASY VII– REUNION – SCRIPT BOOK (Japanese)
• CRISIS CORE –FINAL FANTASY VII– REUNION MINI SOUNDTRACK ”Aerith’s Letter” enclosed
• SOLDIER Materia Set (DLC)

DIGITAL DELUXE EDITION

• CRISIS CORE –FINAL FANTASY VII– REUNION full game
• Original mini soundtrack: “CRISIS CORE –FINAL FANTASY VII– REUNION MINI SOUNDTRACK”
• Original art book: “HEROES Past and Present The Art of CRISIS CORE –FINAL FANTASY VII–”
• Pre-order bonuses: SOLDIER Materia Set (DLC)

Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion is slated to launch 13 December 2022 for PS4 / PS5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One / X | S, and PC via Steam.

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