I tried to put off playing it, but got intrested when I had a test play at the local EB. To me it plays like a Mediocre version of Devil May Cry, with more RPG elements and lots of FFVII fanservice. Yuffie kicked ass.

Biggest Beef's
- Movement and close range combat felt way too clunky
- Forced sniping/sneaking missions
- Of all the characters that could have be playable..WHY CAIT SITH?! Why not Yuffie.
- Vincent can jump a 30 foot gap, flip off a roof and fill a chopper with lead as he flies overhead. However he can't jump over knee high rubble.
- Shaula and Shelke...possibly the most rediculously named characters since Xenosagas AWGS.

Best Parts
- Targeting system. Right on the money, better than DMC
- Weapons customisation system.
- Plot twist at the ending didn't totaly suck
- Yuffie, Reeve and Cid. Yuffie rocked...SO HARD.
- FMV's, but then you would expect that.

It's not a bad game, but it's not going to do for Third Person Shooters what FF7 did for RPG's. Hopefully SE are done running 7 dry and might acctualy give us the remake we wanted from the start.

Shit like this is why I hate FFVII, all the spinoff bullshit.

IT WASNT EVEN THAT GOOD AND THE JUNCTIONING SYSTEM WAS RETARDED.

yet everyone loves it so much, hell I would nearly rather play FFX.

Mimarin
IT WASNT EVEN THAT GOOD AND THE JUNCTIONING SYSTEM WAS RETARDED.

The Junctioning System was in FF8, not 7.


Anyway, yeah... I bought this game on the same day that I bought my first RE game (Code Veronica X). I played the first mission of DoC, then tried out CVX. Now, I'm hooked on CVX and I keep putting off DoC.

From what I've played, the game isn't as bad as alot of people are saying. It's fun to play, and the gun customization is GREAT! The jump thing doesn't make much sense, though. I mean, why do I have to find a keycard to get over a barrier that I can jump higher than?

And I do hope the enemies get more varied later in the game. Fighting waves of people in blue lined costumes over and over again gets kind of boring after awhile. Where is the COLOR?

Over all though, the targeting system makes things easier, which, depending on how much TPS games you play, is either a good thing or a bad thing. I also like the magic stuff they added in, though I find it irratating that I have to switch weapons in order to use different spells.

given the dark theme of the game, Cait Sith just seems out of place. When he appears for the first time, little cartoon stars appear out of nowhere. What's up with that?

Overall, I'd say this game is about a 7.9/10. I don't want to give it an 8, but i don't think it deserves a 7.5 either.

LIZARD_B1TE
The Junctioning System was in FF8, not 7.

No, I mean the shit with materia, Weapon slots and all that blah, screw that.

equinox
And yeah, all that FF7 spin-off stuff is just cashing in on the craze. Why don't they just make the fucking remake people want?

It's more profitable to save the remake for last.

So I compleated the game, and now I'm trying it in Ex-Hard mode; which offers some real challenge. You really have to get good at using cover and sniping or you get cut down so fast. I'm starting to pick up the learning curve on it though.

given the dark theme of the game, Cait Sith just seems out of place. When he appears for the first time, little cartoon stars appear out of nowhere. What's up with that?

I think it needs some lightness to relive all vincents emo moodyness. Besides which, the seriousness is far too rediculous to be taken seriousnly... Asside from when you finaly meet Wiess...

equinox

LIZARD_B1TE
It's more profitable to save the remake for last.

Look at what they have so far, an anime that is crap, a movie that is very pretty crap, and a shooter that is total crap. If they'd just make the damn remake, they'd make a lot more money than these spin-offs are making.

I don't think DoC is total crap. It's average.

And they've realised that they can make money on the spin off's and people will STILL buy the remake. Yay for the modern gamer mentality.

you know in the end of FF7, doesn't Red have babies? HOW WAS THAT POSSIBLE? I thought he was the last of his species and stuff.

also, I agree with mimarin. FF7 was hella overrated. Aeris was lame.

SqaureEnix is a pimp with the Final Fantasy 7 title, more so than Capcom and their Megaman series.

.: Myxomatosis :.

I would assume he cross-bred with a human. Supposedly it was possible.

.: isukun :.

isukun
I would assume he cross-bred with a human. Supposedly it was possible.

Yeah, but Asexual Red XIII is cooler.

isn't that sort of....beastiality?

Actually, in FF9, when there were hella Vivis at the ending, how the hell did that happen? Vivi was cute and all but...did they mass produce him after his death?

I gotta question i never could figure out...maybe someone could help me?

How did Aeris (which was her name in the original FF7 game)'s name get changed to Aerith?

Was their like some misprinted magazine and everybody jump on the wagon. Didn't they call her Aerith in FF7: Advent Children.

I'm just curious

Yeah. I think it was a mistranslation type thing. Aerith was what her name was supposed to be. But it was mistranslated to Aeris in FF7. Then they got it right in KH and everything else.

Who wants to bet that they will make a sequel that is the same thing but with different level layouts and try passing it off as something all new?

They'd have to be crazy to do that with all the people who are complaining about DoC.


WHY IS RED XIII THE ONLY FF7 CHARACTER WHO DOESN'T APPEAR IN THIS GAME?!

But the title has FF7 in it! I thought everyone jerked off all over the place at the mere thought of FF7 cause it is the best rpg in the world because it has overrated characters and villains! So they could crank out a million DOC sequels and people would blow their load to each one regardless of how bad they are.

Well, yeah.

But Kuja and Kefka are better villains than Sephiroth. So why not FF9 and FF6 sequels?

Those might be cool. I'd rather see a FFVIII sequel though. FFVIII is probably the best in the series.

yeah me too. The storyline for ffVIII was actually compelling up until about disc 3 or 4...I can't remember anymore. All the other FF whatevers didn't really do anything for me, I just played them because people always swear they're so OMG AWESOME.

I know. Most of the FFs have unsatisfying stories and aren't any damn fun to play. At least FFXII looks like it'll be good. I know the demo that came with DQVIII (DQ kicks FF's ass) was an absolute blast to play. Seriously, if Square wanted to revive the franchise, they may very well pull it off with FFXII.

Yeah. Eight is my favorite. I just can't get people who say it sucked.

It didn't have good villains, that's about all I didn't like about it. Seifer, the lackey villain was given more characterization than Edea, Adel, and Ultimecia combined. What's with that?

Still, the best one. Probably the most realistic characters too. There are alot of things in my life that run parallel to that game, it's actually kind of scary.

Also, about DQ. I never really got into that. I just have a problem with attacking monsters who look so damn cute.

Tater Salad
Anyone played Dragon Quest: Rocket Slime for the DS?

Not yet, but I plan on it.

it looked too cute to be good but maybe I will now...

I can finally get rid of that stupid EBgames giftcard I got because I tried and failed miserably at returning a game

I'm still waiting for Before Crisis to come out here. Now, a game all about The Turks? Gotta get somma that chocolate!

While we're on Red, since he was the last of his kind, where do his two kids come from at the end of FFVII(or the beginning of Advent Children)?

He fucked himself and reproduced asexually?

jalford
I'm still waiting for Before Crisis to come out here. Now, a game all about The Turks? Gotta get somma that chocolate!

I don't think that's possible. Isn't that game made specifically for a certain mobile phone that isn't released in America? It's like that chocobo game for FF8 that you could only play if you had that memory card thing that was never released in America (by which I mean it can't be played).

Azul had one of the more shamefully unoriginal character designs. It was Sabertooth fused with Riku.