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PS2: Dirge of Cerberus – Final Fantasy VII
May 31st, 2009 by Luke C.
Sometimes a successful series has a spin-off that, while strange, turns out to be fun and successful in its own right, like Phantasy Star Online or Secret of Mana. On the other hand, sometimes you end up with Dirge of Cerberus.
First, since Cerberus is a spin-off of possibly the most controversial game in the Final Fantasy series and the pleasure you can get from it probably depends at least partly on what you think of the parent game, I should come clean: I don’t like FF7. I think that at its core it’s a mediocre RPG with a few interesting ideas, but also that it sparked off negative trends in the genre. I also watched but didn’t really like or dislike the movie sequel, Advent Children. (I did like Tifa’s redesign, though.)
Now we’re up to Dirge of Cerberus. It’s an action game (specifically a third-person shooter) starring Vincent Valentine, who as I understand it is the good optional character in FF7. While aiding the cleanup efforts after the disasters that strike during FF7 and AC, Vincent is apparently targeted by Deep Ground, special forces from Shinra that have not been able to surface (literally) since the Meteor event of FF7. Read the rest of this entry…
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