168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 Reunion is one of those games. You know the sort. The ones that invite certain things. Things that every player is going to do, whether we realize it going in or not, because it's a natural byproduct of how the game is structured, as well as some of its narrative and mechanical implementations.
That's an overly lofty way of saying something very simple: Crisis Core has memes. Whether they're story-related, combat-related, or something else entirely, they've withstood the test of time from the game's PSP days, and they're back full force in Reunion. Let us know if any of these sound... familiar to you.
7 ꧅♏ Push Ourselves To The Brink
One of Crisis Core: FF7's key gameplay loops involves the gradual unlocking of a whopping 300 optional missions. Batches spring up at specific points, and tackling them will lead to harder versions with minor variations. Generally, the initial unlocks are a cinch; the middle stages are harder, but doable. By the time you're rolling into six-star territory, however, it's going to be well beyond your means for a while.
That won't stop us from trying. And trying. Sometimes, we try thrice or more. Surely, the enemy's Thundaga spell can't strike for five times Zack's current HP every time. But honestly, what's the harm in trying, right? We might get lucky, and then we might get excellent new Materia and accessories earlier than we're supposed to, and then we might just be awesome.
One thing's for sure: Professor Hojo loves Zack's enthusiasm. By proxy, he loves our own.
6 Randomly Tell People 'Me Gongaga'
There's a moment in Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 Reunion when everything crystallizes. It feels like a culmination of all that came before. It also brilliantly sets up what is to come. A certain important character asks our protagonist where he's from. The answer is honest, it's earnest, it's everything it should be. It's also one thing it shouldn't be — absolutely hilarious.
"Me? Gongaga." Where is Zack from? Indeed, a village called Gongaga. So, why is his ordinary two-word response pure gold? Say it aloud. Say it swiftly. Tell us you don't hear something inherently funny. Then listen to the voice acting. Either one is fine; it can be Zack's original VA or his new one. Listen to it on repeat. Engrave it in your brain.
And now for the revelation: you'll be saying this to people who lack any semblance of context for the rest of your life.
5 Hug T🐻he Walls For Dear Life
There's a neat trick in the original Crisis Core that fans were worried wouldn't be in Reunion. Blissfully enough, it absolutely is. Random encounters aren't so random; they're set to trigger every time you enter a (rather blatantly) more open area on any given map. This applies to most side missions, but it also pertains to plenty of main story quests as well.
Given how glacially Zack levels up at times, it often feels distinctly not worth the effort to deal with every single encounter. More so during missions, really, since you might be limited on resources. Or patience. What to do? Hug the walls, of course. The game's encounters will seldom occur if players don't have Zack stand inside an invisible range. You bypass the ordeal altogether. Get used to giving out hugs wherever you go.
4 🐬 Laugh At An (Allegedly) Inappropriate Point In The Story
Do you see that? That's Zack dancing alongside a Cactuar. That's an example of Crisis Core's writing being intentionally funny. It works. But all too frequently, the game's script is awkwardly chuckle-inducing when it's supposed to be deadly serious. Sure, one could argue this point simply echoes what we said about Gongaga, or rather, what Zack said about Gongaga, but seriously, we're expanding the canvas to include every other line in the game.
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 is a melodramatic video game. That's not a quality assessment. It's merely an examination. Men stare at each other longingly, quoting poetry or harping on about heroism and honor. Major characters literally sprout angel wings — it's symbolic! — and grumble over philosophical inequities. The writing is, in six words, 'a bit up its own nose.'
Laugh. Laugh lots. Revel in the camp. Don't let the camp revel in you. It's OK to recognize that Angeal is a walking trope. Walk alongside him, giggling as you do.
3 Turn Materia Fusion Into The Mainඣ Event
Oh man. 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Materia Fusion. The instant it's introduced, so many of us go gaga-for-Gongaga over it, don't we? It's a cool concept. You take one shiny magical orb, mash it together with another shiny magical orb, and eventually you even get to shove an item into the blender. The result, if you've done a good job, is a shiny magical orb that trumps the first two in power.
Simple stuff. But Crisis Core shares the flagship Final Fantasy 7 game's love for Materia diversity. There are dozens of different sorts to combine. Maybe not quite as many as FF7, but more than enough to draw us in for hours by the time we've finished the adventure. It's time well spent, though!
2 Melt At The Sight Of Babby Clওoud ও
This one's self-explanatory. Fans of FF7 accurately predicted that the game that puts Zack Fair in a starring role would surely inch toward its narrative climax during the pivotal operation in Nibelheim, which is where he and rookie soldier Cloud Strife famously work together. What we didn't expect was the chance to see the duo together a year earlier as well, when Cloud isn't even 16 yet — he's 15.
Maybe we're showing our age, but we're going to classify '15' as 'babby', because it totally is. If you're reading this and you're 15, take it as a compliment! You've got plenty of years ahead of you to become un-babby. Regardless, look at young Cloud. Look at the hope and innocence in his gaze. Look at his already-absurd hair. It's perfect.
1 🐻Complain That༒ Cissnei Was Robbed
Cissnei is rad, right? From the moment we meet her, she springs into action. Yet her kindness and sincerity doesn't come across as stilted, even in a game with, as we've effectively noted twice now, some rather hamfisted chatter. Maybe Cissnei's dialogue isn't free of it, but she still comes across as eminently likable. In a world full of angels-or-monsters, Cissnei is simply Cissnei.
Alas, 'Simply Cissnei' is gone after Crisis Core, her potential character arc left dangling mid-thread. This is, in large part, a byproduct of the fact that Square Enix didn't create her until a decade after Final Fantasy 7, and we get that, but we sure do hope she pops up in the Remake continuity at some point. She deserves it.
If you're one of the fortunate few who have played Before Crisis, or the more significant number of folks who have read a plot summary on the internet, then you'll know Cissnei's shtick to Zack about never telling him her real name is a bit of a cheeky reference to how she's called Shuriken in that game. That's cute and all, but seriously. Robbed.