domingo, 22 de mayo de 2011

Final Fantasy VII


Final Fantasy VII is an RPG video game developed by SquareCompany and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. This is the seventh
installment of the Final Fantasy series.
Japan was released on January 31, 1997 for PlayStation, becoming the first Final Fantasy for this platform and the first installment of the series to present animation sequences and 3D graphics.
Final Fantasy VII focuses on a mercenary, ex-SOLDIER Cloud Strife,who joins an eco-terrorist group known as AVALANCHE to stop theShinra Corporation, which is draining the life of the planet to use as an energy source. As the story progresses, the situation worsens and Cloud and his allies must face the game's main antagonist, Sephiroth

Battle System

The game uses during battle sequences the ATB (active time battle) system developed by Hiroyuki Ito for Final Fantasy IV.6. The characters can be strengthened by equipping magical items bearing the name of substances, weapons and armor slots. The use of
materials is a double-edged sword, because the more equipped you are physically weaker character.
The game uses a modified version of the Desperation Attacks used in the previous installment of the series, Final Fantasy VI, called limit break or límite 6.2

Material system





There are different types of material, shown in the game by the color of each:

· Purple matter or material support ": used to add some effect to other types of matter or positively alter the status of your character, adding independent action.

· Yellow field or field command: gives the possibility to add a menu command to battle for each character (steal, pull, copy, etc).

· Green matter or "magic field" allows the character that has white magic spells, black magic or both-

· Red matter or "stuff invocation" allows you to call the traditional invocations of the Final Fantasy series.

· Blue field or "merge field": This matter is useless if a green field in the same slot, this field helps the magic of green material giving a positive or a knack for that matter.

World of Final Fantasy VII

There are three continents and two islands: Wutai and Mideel.

Western Hemisphere:

It consists of several cities, the most important are:

Midgar: The city is dominated entirely by ShinRa. This is where the game begins. There are several sectors, some suburbs, a church, a market and several railway lines. President ShinRa headquarters is located in the upper levels. The group then formed by Cloud, Barret, Tifa, Aeris and Red XIII escape from the city on Disc 1, and returns to it in Disc 2 to deal with Hojo on Mako Cannon.

Kalm: It is a quiet town located on the outskirts of Midgar. The group takes refuge here after escaping from Midgar

Eastern Hemisphere:

The largest continent in area and has a desert, and large forested areas.

Corel: City that was devastated by ShinRa. It is after crossing Mount Corel. It is in ruins. It Barret's hometown.

Gold Saucer: Great park in the middle of a desert which is reached by a cable car in Corel. Is divided into several sections, devoted to leisure, battle, chocobos, relax and even relax with a trip by cable car.

Corel Prison: Lower Gold Saucer. Originaly was the old Corel, its ruins were converted into a prison. Here ends the people who have caused problems at the top. Only you can get out of here if you'll win a chocobo race, but first you need permission from the chief, who is the friend of Barret, Dyne.

Northern Hemisphere:

It is the smallest. The south is forested, but the rest, known as the Icicle area is covered with snow. In the far north is a crater that descends into a cave, where they are sleeping with Sephiroth Weapons.
City of Bones: A small encampment of archaeologists. They are valuable treasures in the sand. After the camp, it is the Sleeping Forest, which leads to the Forbidden City / from the Elders.
Forbidden City or City of the Ancients: ancient abandoned city that was once populated by the elderly. The group arrived here looking for Aeris, who has come alone to invoke the Sacred White Materia to destroy the Meteor invoked by Sephiroth. Disc 1 ends here, with Aeris's death at the hands of Sephiroth.

Town of Icicle: Small neighborhood in the snow. It is reached through the Forbidden City. The vast fields of snow leading to the Gaea Cliffs, the highest part that connects to a cave which you reach the Northern Crater.
Northern Crater, Scar wo
rld made by Genoa. Here lie Sefirot and Weapons, creatures created to defend the planet. Wake up when Cloud gives the Black Materia to Sephiroth. Inside the crater there is a cave with dangerous monsters in the depths where there is a fragment of Genoa and the great Sephiroth.

Wutai: elongated island west of the Western Hemisphere. It has a city of the same name, which succumbed to ShinRa by Sephiroth. It Yuffie's hometown. Optional is a city, but if you have Yuffie and visits, extra live an adventure with her and with the Turks.

Mideel: Archipelago islands formed by two horizontally extended south of the Eastern Hemisphere. At the clinic of the city is Cloud in Disc 2 after falling into the Lifestream.
The city was destroyed by damning.

CHARACTERS

MAIN CHARACTERS


Cloud Strife, a mercenary, ex-SOLDIER of Shinra, the game's main character. Wields a sword of immense size, which formerly belonged to Zack Fair. He joins a terrorist group AVALANCHE. Although at first seems very serious and disciplined, he is a man with a great sense of justice.

Tifa Lockhart: Cloud's childhood friend, a member of AVALANCHE, very strong and brave. Starts developing feelings for Cloud after he tells him to join SOLDIER, and that she makes him promise to defend Cloud when in danger. She has no arms, fight with fists.


Barret Wallace: Leader of AVALANCHE.
He is convinced that the Mako reactors are damaging the planet. Feel a great hatred for all that is attacked Shinra as his hometown, Corel. His weapon is a cannon embedded in one arm. She put it on when a soldier shot him and shattered his hand.

Nanaki / Red XIII: red-haired
animal like a cat, is a very strong warrior with intelligence than human. Belonging to a dying breed longevity sworn to protect Cosmo Canyon, and everything in it. It is believed that the existence of this breed probably originated before the Cetra.


Cid Highwind: great driver of the Shinra corporation, frustrated by the fact of not having fulfilled his dream of going into space, piloting the ship Viento Fuerte (Highwind in English, as his surname). Is a person of great determination. It has a spear with which draconarius attacks like the rest of the saga.



Yuffie Kisaragi:
One of the Wutai ninja. She is a young teenager who wants the good of her people and she recovered all her former glory, and for that matter tries to steal the group. Does not get along with her father, Godo.

Vincent Valentine: mysterious character. Vincent has been subjected to the cruelest experiments (Hojo work) and he is able to transform into monstrous creatures and modify your body at will. He was a member of the Turks in antiquity, and he was in love with Lucrecia, the scientist who gave birth to Sephiroth. He is an expert using firearms.

Antagonists


Sephiroth The One Winged Angel:
Main antagonist of the game. After discovering that grew out of a horrible experiment went mad, Hojo hated and ended up extending his hatred of humans. Believing to be a "Chosen One" who has to carry out the will of "Mother" (Jenova). He find the Black Materia to summon a meteor causing a fatal wound in the planet and seize its power, becoming a god who would rule on the life currents.
After what happened seven years ago in Nibelheim, Sephiroth's body falls into the stream of life and is carried by it, becoming what he calls a traveler from the lifestream. Your body is frozen in a glass material with Jenova's head. Still, it is difficult to know if it's a real villain or just being manipulated, since it began to commit crimes until their first contact with Jenova.

The Turks, are the special organization of Shinra, in charge of the most troubled, including abductions, killings, assaults etc.

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Reno: It is possibly the most charismatic of "the Turks, Reno is the first Turk to see and is a fierce fighter. But do not take their job seriously.He is armed with a kind of power bat.

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Rude: the co-Reno, Rude is one of the most famous Turkish, always trying to protect Reno, which is like a brother to him. He was not good at speeches and in fact, they did Reno and Elena for him.

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Elena: the rookie, entered the service thanks to Reno when she was seriously injured and she has a crush on Tseng. It's a bit awkward though it has a strong will when doing their jobs, unlike their peers.

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Tseng, the leader of the Turks, a man who inspires awe and respect. He is a calm and conciliatory person.

Rufus Shinra, is vice president of the corporation Shinra, son of former president, who assumed command of the company after the death of his father. Often accompanied by the military leader of Shinra, Heideeger, who always complains that it is very annoying laughter.



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