Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII

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7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 884 Ratings

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  1. Noin007
    Jan 4, 2015
    8
    Random leveling, summons and limit breaks. Why? **** why? I would give this game a 9.5 out of 10 if it weren't for those being randomized.
    I had to pause the game more than once during the ending because I was crying too hard and couldn't see the screen.
    I desperately want to give this game a perfect score, but it just isn't there. Random leveling... wtf.
  2. nervioso2009
    Oct 14, 2019
    10
    My juego favorito de siempre, puede que no sea perfecto, pero tuvo gran jugabilidad, de echo se nota su influencia en el remake del 7 en cuento a su sistema de combate. Grandes gráficos, música sublime, personajes memorables (algunos más que otros...), y un final que me marcó.

    10/10
  3. tsakiym
    May 11, 2015
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I do not have to say anything more. But i need to write one hundred and fifty characters. i think my score can describe it............................… Expand
  4. rosnk30
    Nov 4, 2020
    10
    One of the best handheld games ever made! Through times this game is great nowadays too! I beat him a dozen of times and ever I enjoy the deeper storyline and the great gameplay (and awesome OST).

    In fact this game fit well in all of final fantasy VII universe (better when FFVII Remake also released)....
    Nice game!
  5. JurgenRamnball
    Jan 9, 2020
    8
    7,9
    Pros - Zack Fair is the best protagonist in the whole FF series.
    Materia management is interesting. Graphics and OST are good. Progression of the game is good and story is ok. Cons - Story is only OK because of elements created by the original FF7. DMW is a system you never know when you are doing it right or wrong and the limit breaks and summons attacks are weird. Repetitive    7,9
    Pros - Zack Fair is the best protagonist in the whole FF series.
    Materia management is interesting.
    Graphics and OST are good.
    Progression of the game is good and story is ok.

    Cons - Story is only OK because of elements created by the original FF7.
    DMW is a system you never know when you are doing it right or wrong and the limit breaks and summons attacks are weird.
    Repetitive gameplay.
    Very cheesy dialogue.
    Combat system is not well paced, would have worked better if it was a traditional ARPG style.    … Expand
  6. GrandMasterD
    Sep 25, 2015
    10
    For the PSP this is for sure a 10/10, wether you like RPGs or not. A good story, good graphics, and good gameplay. It gave all that's needed for the console.
  7. gibsona1020
    Feb 26, 2020
    10
    Great game. Amazing graphics, deep plot and great story!! This game turned me into a final fantasy fan.
  8. PirrowOnSteam
    Dec 10, 2015
    9
    Crisis Core, a very dark game of Final Fantasy 7, just like any of its series game features character playable unlike before following its storyline of pre-Final Fantasy 7 focusing on Zack on raising the game story and also Cloud Strife. The RPG has multi-mode actually that you can pick turn-based mode or arcade fight mode between the characters introduced in the game. Shinra never lookedCrisis Core, a very dark game of Final Fantasy 7, just like any of its series game features character playable unlike before following its storyline of pre-Final Fantasy 7 focusing on Zack on raising the game story and also Cloud Strife. The RPG has multi-mode actually that you can pick turn-based mode or arcade fight mode between the characters introduced in the game. Shinra never looked so good before though, and so is Sephiroth.… Expand
  9. fallentree
    Mar 17, 2016
    10
    This is the best game for psp, for me, at least. The story and gameplay and music is superb. Cant really think of anything bad to say. The graphics are amazing aswell, you just somehow wish to play as some other character aswell, but well, thats just a wish.
  10. GamecubeLover
    Aug 3, 2016
    8
    This game is great but flawed. This game could have been better cause the game isn't memorable or nostalgic and the gameplay is sluggish and repetitive at some moments.
  11. Akauro
    Dec 31, 2016
    9
    Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Геймплей 9/10, экшн-боевая система очень крутая, играется прям как какой нибудь слэшер типо Devil My Cry и еще похоже на Kingdom Hearts.Ради этой игры я купил PSP, она меня не разочаровала. Сюжет 9/10 не хочу спойлерить, поэтому скажу что сюжет трогательный и особенно если вы в детстве играли в обычную FF VII на PS ONE. Класс.Всем советую.Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Геймплей 9/10, экшн-боевая система очень крутая, играется прям как какой нибудь слэшер типо Devil My Cry и еще похоже на Kingdom Hearts.Ради этой игры я купил PSP, она меня не разочаровала. Сюжет 9/10 не хочу спойлерить, поэтому скажу что сюжет трогательный и особенно если вы в детстве играли в обычную FF VII на PS ONE. Класс.Всем советую.
  12. Nox_Arcana
    Mar 5, 2017
    10
    Probablemente uno de los mejores juegos del catalogo de PSP, la precuela de FFVII, la cual nos permite atar todos los cabos sueltos que nos deja la historia principal de FFVII, en este juego controlamos a Zack Fair, un carismático y simpático chico que hará las delicias de los fans de FF
  13. Diegochocho
    Aug 22, 2019
    9
    Una hermosura de juegos, tanto la historia que explica cosas que se devio haber explicado en el FF VII y la música al estilo Rock.
  14. Lulcy
    Jun 28, 2019
    8
    And emotional story of an one-off minor character from the OG FFVII, Zack went from a footnote to one of the best FF characters. The only thing heavily holding the game back is the repetitive mission structure.
  15. Moriquendi
    Feb 21, 2022
    10
    Podrán prenderle fuego decir no es canon pero es un juegazo único y el doblaje en ingles me encanta una pena que en el remake cambiaran al artista que doblo a Zack, Va por ti hermano 10
  16. Johnny_evil2101
    Aug 30, 2018
    8
    A prequel to the most famous (and slightly overrated) final fantasy. It's an action rpg that follows the story of zack fair (best friend of cloud) and his life as a SOLDIER opperative for the shin-ra company.

    Most characters are well fleshed out and likeable for who they are. The combat is quite deep, even though you are limited to attack, defend and up to 6 materia. The combat is    A prequel to the most famous (and slightly overrated) final fantasy. It's an action rpg that follows the story of zack fair (best friend of cloud) and his life as a SOLDIER opperative for the shin-ra company.

    Most characters are well fleshed out and likeable for who they are.
    The combat is quite deep, even though you are limited to attack, defend and up to 6 materia.
    The combat is partially luck based however, there's a slot machine that dictates when you or your materia level up. It also gives special moves and passive buffs to Zack if it rolls in certain ways. This was never actually a problem for me as the ods of getting something is pretty high.

    The game is however, very lineair. It has a main story and over 300 side missions that you can acces from your in-game menu. Those missions all boil down to the same thing: start in 1 of 12 random areas, run around opening chests and kill the boss. This can get very repetitive but they are optional in the end. Some do reward you with very usefull things like being able to use items in your crafting system
    Speaking of the crafting system: it's great, it allows you to craft your own materia. For example: adding fire to assault twister= fire blade.

    All in all it's an enjoyable experience for fans of Final fantasy or PSP owners in general and I would definitly recommend it to them    … Expand
  17. Moony545
    Nov 14, 2018
    10
    Игра очень понравилась, особенно сюжет, эдакая трагедия, концовка шикарна и очень понравился глав. герой, привыкаешь к нему. Сюжет отдает пафосом, но для меня это не есть плохо. Многие плохо отзываются о боевой системе, ничего плохого не увидел, наоборот, даже очень интересная, продуманная и необычная боевка. Музыка из игры попала в мой плейлист, так как этот аспект в игре шикарен. МузыкаИгра очень понравилась, особенно сюжет, эдакая трагедия, концовка шикарна и очень понравился глав. герой, привыкаешь к нему. Сюжет отдает пафосом, но для меня это не есть плохо. Многие плохо отзываются о боевой системе, ничего плохого не увидел, наоборот, даже очень интересная, продуманная и необычная боевка. Музыка из игры попала в мой плейлист, так как этот аспект в игре шикарен. Музыка зацепила, что бывает со мной очень редко.… Expand
  18. BarelyLewd
    Mar 15, 2019
    8
    This game came out of left field, one of the hundreds of FF7 spinoffs, but on the PSP, allot of people missed out on this title, but with emulation now days it lets people play these games they missed out on, so I'm all for it, give this game a chance, it's real real good, and explains so much in the back story of Cloud and Zack.
  19. SolidSovereign
    Nov 24, 2019
    10
    Tied for my favorite Final Fantasy with Zodiac age. This game completely blew me away when I first played it and still holds up well today years later. I love Zack as a protagonist and the game felt so authentic.

    Story 10/10 Setting 9.5/10 Game-play 10/10 Graphics 9.5/10 (pushed the boundaries of the PSP, both in-engine game-play as well as cut scenes) Music/Sound 10/10    Tied for my favorite Final Fantasy with Zodiac age. This game completely blew me away when I first played it and still holds up well today years later. I love Zack as a protagonist and the game felt so authentic.

    Story 10/10
    Setting 9.5/10
    Game-play 10/10
    Graphics 9.5/10 (pushed the boundaries of the PSP, both in-engine game-play as well as cut scenes)
    Music/Sound 10/10
    Replay-ability 10/10

    Overall 9.8/10    … Expand
  20. Krille90
    Apr 19, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Unbeatable Voice compared to the Remake of FF7. The Gameplay from this game and the Remake feels similar in some ways but not completely similar, also this is the true story of what happens to Zack even if he is my favorite character on FF7 and I don't want him to die, I wouldn't change the Story of the PS1 FF7...… Expand
  21. 33Daniel33
    Mar 30, 2020
    10
    El mejor juego de la saga final fantasy y el mejor heroe de los mejores juegos de psp
  22. Thejodjeremie
    Nov 4, 2021
    9
    I played and beat the game and I enjoyed it alot. The cutscenes are incredible and the gameplay is very fun especially with lottery type system. The story was awesome.
  23. Tgh6767
    Apr 28, 2020
    10
    I don't know how I will talk about this game Because I'm afraid that's i maybe forgot a 1% of the game The story began with a boy want to protect his dreams and his honor like a Soldier and this boy will see the world from 2 side the normal side and the dark side The continue his way to the 2 side and he get help from other characters to make sure he can walk the way And the boy became aI don't know how I will talk about this game Because I'm afraid that's i maybe forgot a 1% of the game The story began with a boy want to protect his dreams and his honor like a Soldier and this boy will see the world from 2 side the normal side and the dark side The continue his way to the 2 side and he get help from other characters to make sure he can walk the way And the boy became a man after cabul years And in the end this man became a LEGEND… Expand
  24. nafiz
    Aug 13, 2020
    9
    ff7 crisis core is for those who wants to learn about Zack fair's story. This game is old but a final fantasy 7 fan or final fantasy 7 remake fan will love it. The combat system isn't that modern type cause the game is old.
    Overall I will say if you are a final fantasy 7 or 7 remake fan then you should try it.
    this game contains a little bit spoiler for ff7 and ff7 remake's upcoming    ff7 crisis core is for those who wants to learn about Zack fair's story. This game is old but a final fantasy 7 fan or final fantasy 7 remake fan will love it. The combat system isn't that modern type cause the game is old.
    Overall I will say if you are a final fantasy 7 or 7 remake fan then you should try it.
    this game contains a little bit spoiler for ff7 and ff7 remake's upcoming parts but you will learn a lot about ff7 and ff7 remake.
    You can play it on your pc, all you have to do is download ppsspp (psp emulator), download a zip file of ff7 crisis core. Then open up ppsspp and then go to load , find the zip file and click it .    … Expand
  25. illuvatar_1st
    Jun 25, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Simply put best prequel to an already succesful game.
    those were some big shoes that this game has to make a good representation and it nailed it to the coffin. Although the Game does not explain much of how thins work its extremely easy to catch up to it. The character of Zack Fair is one of the best in Gaming. You see him start as an Arrogant Soldier who only wish to become a hero and always act based on instinct. However by the end of the game you see how much he matures as a character . The world around him change for the worst when Genesis Rapsodos a former soldier goes into a rampage. You even get to live the event thats occured 7 years ago in middle heim.

    Gameplay is an action rpg were u build stats to be more power. Numbers play a huge role. theres over 100+ side quest you can do once u finsih the game.
    The music is fantastic and the graphics for a 2008 game are amazing.
    the only bad thing about the game is the RDDP system which is like gambling and is used to help you BUT the good outlast the bad    … Expand
  26. Bulwai
    Aug 26, 2022
    10
    The most likeable character in all of Final Fantasy, a story so emotionally triggering and a soundtrack that gives me goosebumps even after years of listening to.
    Great gameplay for a PSP game and so much side content.
    One of my absolute favourites!
  27. hector_bcn98
    Oct 31, 2022
    10
    Juego que cambió vidas a los que lo jugaron en su momento. Mi punto de entrada a Final Fantasy y el primer videojuego que me hizo llorar. Arte.
  28. Dom007
    Mar 19, 2021
    9
    Excellent story, amazing characters, very good cutscenes, great amounts of side content. However it is slightly lacking in gameplay and its randomised battles are a bit too frequent.
  29. CloudStrife05
    Aug 24, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Crisis Core: FFVII was such a great game. We got to play as Zack Fair who is awesome. Got to see his mentor Angeal who handed down the Buster Sword to him, a good guy Sephiroth who was still a pure badass, and Genesis, the confused one who struggled when he found it what he was. (Ok, so basically Sephiroth before he became the Sephiroth we know now). I really hope they release this as a port to consoles or remake it for CONSOLES/PC and not a freaking phone game like they are actually doing. Out off the games, why this one on phone Square? WHY????!!!!!!!!… Expand
  30. RedGeneralX2
    Mar 4, 2022
    9
    I have bias as this is my favorite game of all time. I'm not oblivious to its problems though. I do recommend for fans of the FF7 Universe.
  31. THOUSANDEYEKAii
    May 5, 2023
    9
    My fourth favorite Final Fantasy game and one of the few games I owned on PSP. Bought in 2009 and beat it. Not the best combat but amazing story.
  32. 39BAKA
    Jun 22, 2022
    9
    A prequal to the original Final Fantasy 7, the story follows Zack Fair as he climbs up the ranks of SOLDIER to achieve his dream of becoming a hero. The game deviates from the original turn-based combat game to a more action one, the combat allows you to move around and change position to attack the enemy backside doing more damage. You can equip materia to use magic as well as specialA prequal to the original Final Fantasy 7, the story follows Zack Fair as he climbs up the ranks of SOLDIER to achieve his dream of becoming a hero. The game deviates from the original turn-based combat game to a more action one, the combat allows you to move around and change position to attack the enemy backside doing more damage. You can equip materia to use magic as well as special physical moves. A new added feature of the game is the Digital Mind Wave (DMW), a slot mechanic were getting 3 slots of the same character allows you to preform a special move relating to said character. The gameplay lets you explore the area of Shinra and Midgar. The game feature characters that never appeared in the original game which some people may or may not like. The OST really represent Zack personality well as a happy-go-lucky guy but when in somber moments the music truly comes alive, the soundtrack that are slow and methodical highlights the game the most as the story unveils. Overall Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII is a amazing game and the story will interest many people, the combat while different from the original Final Fantasy VII will still be just as enjoyable and the OST are bound to be in your playlist after playing the game.… Expand
  33. peeker
    Sep 11, 2023
    10
    me? gongaga me? gongaga me? gongaga me? gongaga me? gongaga me? gongaga me? gongaga
  34. LastResource
    Jan 14, 2023
    10
    worth it and glad to play this game again. so much memories and nostalgia within this seventh game in the series.
  35. TheBigTicket
    Jun 28, 2023
    8
    The story or rather the characters heavily carry this game imo. The gameplay is obviously very dated and you can always feel it was originally a game for the PSP. The combat is functional and sometimes fun, the highlights are the Limit Break mini movies.

    Genesis is not a good villain imo but Zack and Sephiroth more than make up for it. This game would be a 7.5 for more but due to the    The story or rather the characters heavily carry this game imo. The gameplay is obviously very dated and you can always feel it was originally a game for the PSP. The combat is functional and sometimes fun, the highlights are the Limit Break mini movies.

    Genesis is not a good villain imo but Zack and Sephiroth more than make up for it. This game would be a 7.5 for more but due to the excellent and emotional ending I decidide to go with 8.    … Expand
  36. finalfan
    Aug 11, 2023
    10
    - The story is well-written and engaging, and it does a great job of fleshing out Zack Fair as a character.
    -The characters are all likable and relatable, and they have great chemistry with each other.
    -The combat is fast-paced and exciting, and it's a lot of fun to chain together combos and special attacks.
    - The visuals are still impressive today, and the game has a great soundtrack.
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Awards & Rankings

5
#5 Best PSP Game of 2008
2
#2 Most Discussed PSP Game of 2008
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#2 Most Shared PSP Game of 2008

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Metascore
83

Generally favorable reviews - based on 67 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 54 out of 67
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 67
  3. Negative: 2 out of 67
  1. Boomtown
    80
    Again, it’s nice to see the duality of the FFVII games, (it is Zack that falls into Aerith’s church this time), and a genuine attempt to develop the universe so many of us love, but simplifying the battle system, story and general style of discovery and transport leaves Crisis Core being a welcome spin off, but no replacement for a real sequel.
  2. IGN UK
    85
    Whether you’re a Sephiroth obsessive, or whether you couldn’t tell your Aerith from your Angeal, Crisis Core is an excellent action RPG, and it’s certainly among the best the PSP has to offer.
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  3. NZGamer
    60
    Crisis Core has an addictive quality about it because you really need to know what happens next, and you’ll most certainly want to see the next glorious cutscene.
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