Final Fantasy VII: Dirge of Cerberus

While I am usually an epic fan of all things “Final Fantasy,” “Dirge of Cerebus” left a lot to desire.

I enjoyed the clean, and tidy story line, which answered a lot of questions, as well as creating new questions, leaving a lot of room for a sequel. Although, it didn't make up for the games' shortcomings.

The experience points goals were far too out of reach for the length of the game, which played almost like a train simulator. I felt like I was stuck on a rail way line. The rare times that you do get some freedom, it's more like you are stuck in the area untill you figure out a puzzle, and get the hell out of the room. Once you have killed everything in a room, there's nothing else to do. No boxes to open, and no NPC's to talk to.

The equipment seems like it was an afterthought, not making any real difference to the game, at all.

As a shooter fan? Yeah, you should borrow it off a friend, or hire it from a DVD store. As a “Final Fantasy” fan? Give it a complete miss.

Different is good. Reviewers had a piss fest over this one mainly as they wanted more menu driven action and weren't ready for a different take on the franchise. RPG fans cried but this is still a great action game with plenty of replayability. Glitches and control problems have been overworked since the Japanese release and meager online offerings have been replaced by a huge assortment of minigames/bonus missions. The story is awesome and told very well in this FMV heavy FPS and gameplay is much much more enjoyable than expressed by popular reviewers. A must-buy before it becomes a Trademe/eBay only find.

A must have for FF collectors and a must play for anyone else. not too sure how it ranks as I shooter, but the plot is great with some really cool CG scenes (though not enough – more please!) Yeah, some of it was dead easy, but it kept me going for 19 hours and I haven't done any of the extra stuff – so you get your money's worth.

With weapon mods and the ability to trade exp for gil (rather than levelling up), there's heaps of potential for varied results and there's a whole bunch of extras to unlock while playing.

AND for those of you who've played FFVII – you get to visit some of the locations from the game and explore them in a whole new way.

This game is definetly one of the best ive ever seen. Its a good change from all those tuen based battles wich i know alot of ppl were starting to get bored of. the story is brilliant and the extra missions make the game more fun and longer lasting. The gameplay is very intense most of the time. So yeah this game is great for any final fantasy fan. i give it a 9/10.

Well I've played everything from the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII and this one may not be the best, but it certainly is worth your money as a collectors item. The gameplay is much different to Crisis Core or FF7 but it is different and the storyline does reveal a lot of answers about the Pre-FF7 era.