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Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII Thu Mar 30, 2006 5:40:22 PM#16753Perm Link
Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII is a Japanese Third Person Shooter role-playing game which is a story arc of the CGI animated movie, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children. It is also part of the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII series, which also includes the games Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII and Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, as well as the CGI movie Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children and the single-episode anime OAV, Last Order: Final Fantasy VII. Directed by Takayoshi Nakazato, the game centers on Vincent Valentine, who is the main character of this game. Dirge of Cerberus was released in Japan on January 26, 2006 and is slated for a August 1st 2006 release in North America. The original soundtrack and in-game music for the game is composed by Masashi Hamauzu with vocals by Gackt for the theme songs.
The game features Vincent Valentine, one of the original characters from Final Fantasy VII, as the lead role. It takes place three years after the events of Final Fantasy VII. The game starts with the Deep Ground Soldiers attacking the town of Kalm in the middle of the Revival Festival, apparently looking for Vincent.
Reeve Tuesti, former Head of Urban Development at Shin-Ra (as well as the remote pilot of Cait Sith), is now the leader of the World Restoration Organization, which looks after the planet and prevents people from damaging it further. It seems that Barret and Tifa are heavily involved in the organization.
The Deep Ground Soldiers (DGS) were a secret underground project that Shin-ra was developing even during the time of Final Fantasy VII, but were trapped under Midgar after Meteor struck. Their intention is evoke the final WEAPON from its slumber, Omega. However to do that, the DGS need Vincent to lead the way to Omega. As Vincent fights the DGS, he deals with the inner demons of his past. One of which has returned to haunt him...