History VideoGame / CrisisCore

* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: [[spoiler:The final battle against the army. At this point, especially if you've been completing side missions as they become available, Zack is likely to be able to essentially keep the fight going indefinitely. You could most likely mow down the entire army several times over and the battle would never end, so you'll have to just stand there and let them shoot you in order to actually trigger the ending. The very very last battle where Zack is exhausted is a little better about this since he can barely move, but it can still be frustrating to be forced into such a conclusion.]]

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Several plot points directly parallel events in ''Final Fantasy VII''.

* CameraScrew: The camera hugs the walls, to the point where if you're against a wall you can barely see anything. Averted with the ''Reunion'' remaster, where the camera can be freely moved at all times.

** It is not more modest compared to original ''FF 7'' and ''CC'' outfits, but ''Reunion'' [[{{Retcon}} ads]] [[DigitalBikini a black sports bra]] to Tifa's cowgirl outfit model, otherwise reused from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake''. This change is retained for ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRebirth''.

** It is not more modest compared to original ''FF 7'' and ''CC'', but ''Reunion'' [[{{Retcon}} ads]] [[DigitalBikini a black sports bra]] to Tifa's cowgirl outfit model, otherwise reused from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake''. This change is retained for ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRebirth''.

** It is not more modest compared to original ''FF 7'' and ''CC'', but ''Reunion'' [[{{Retcon}} ads]] a [[DigitalBikini black sports bra]] to Tifa's cowgirl outfit model, otherwise reused from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake''. This change is retained for ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRebirth''.

** It is not more modest compared to original ''FF 7'' and ''CC'', but ''Reunion'' [[{{Retcon}} ads a black sports bra]] to Tifa's cowgirl outfit model, otherwise reused from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake''. This change is retained for ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRebirth''.

** It is not more modest compared to original ''FF 7'' and ''CC'', but ''Reunion'' ads a black sports bra to Tifa's cowgirl outfit model, otherwise reused from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake''. This change is retained for ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRebirth''.

** Not compared to original ''FF 7'' and ''CC'', but ''Reunion'' ads a black sports bra to Tifa's cowgirl outfit model, otherwise reused from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake''. This change is retained for ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRebirth''.

** Not compared to original ''FF7'' and ''CC'', but ''Reunion'' ads a black sports bra to Tifa's cowgirl outfit model, otherwise reused from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake''. This change is retained for ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRebirth''.

* BadassBaritone: Angeal and Sephiroth both speak in very deep voices, ''especially'' Angeal.

''[[MemeticMutation ACTIVATING]] [[JustForFun/DescribeTopicHere DESCRIPTION]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-7tgSmAMDQ MODE]]''

-->''[[MemeticMutation DESCRIPTION RESOLVED]]''

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** Right before the first instance of combat in the opening cutscene, Zack bellows out "Come and get it!" as a PreAsskickingOneLiner. [[spoiler:Right before his LastStand, Zack bellows out "Come and get it!" as a PreAsskickingOneLiner.]]

* BraggingRightsReward: Heike's Soul, which you certainly no longer need if you managed to beat the BonusBoss, the hardest fight in the game.

* PinballProtagonist: Zack himself, despite being the sole playable character and ostensibly the star of this prequel, is far from the most proactive member of the cast. Throughout most of the story, he just bounces around doing whatever work Shinra points him to and is kept in the dark as to what's really going on, much to his frustration. The game's primary plot movers are in fact Angeal, Sephiroth, and especially Genesis, whose growing disillusionment of Shinra and subsequent rebellion provides the core conflict and character exploration, and most of Zack's own development is how he reacts to what they are doing. He finally grows out of this [spoiler:after the Nibelheim incident, as his actions prove instrumental in saving Cloud from being doomed as Hojo's lab rat, neutralizes the lingering threat of Genesis and Hollander with Lazard's help, and his HeroicSacrifice sets the stage for Cloud's own path to becoming the true hero of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' proper]].

* PinballProtagonist: Zack himself, despite being the sole playable character and ostensibly the star of this prequel, is far from the most proactive member of the cast. Throughout most of the story, he just bounces around doing whatever work Shinra points him to and is kept in the dark as to what's really going on, much to his frustration. The game's primary plot movers are in fact Angeal, Sephiroth, and especially Genesis, whose growing disillusionment of Shinra and subsequent rebellion provides the core conflict and character exploration, and most of Zack's own development is how he reacts to what they are doing. [[spoiler:This gets averted after the Nibelheim incident, as Zack's actions prove instrumental in saving Cloud from being doomed as Hojo's lab rat, he neutralizes the lingering threat of Genesis and Hollander with Lazard's help, and his HeroicSacrifice sets the stage for Cloud's own personality issues throughout ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' proper.]]

* PinballProtagonist: Zack himself, despite being the sole playable character and ostensibly the star of this prequel, is far from the most proactive member of the cast. Throughout most of the story, he just bounces around doing whatever work Shinra points him to and is kept in the dark as to what's really going on, much to his frustration. The game's primary plot movers are in fact Angeal, Sephiroth, and especially Genesis, whose growing disillusionment of Shinra and subsequent rebellion provides the core conflict and character exploration, and most of Zack's own development is how he reacts to what they are doing. [[spoiler:This gets averted after the Nibelheim incident, as Zack's actions prove instrumental in saving Cloud from being doomed as Hojo's lab rat, he neutralizes the lingering threat of Genesis and Hollander, and his HeroicSacrifice sets the stage for Cloud's own personality issues throughout ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' proper.]]

* PinballProtagonist: Zack himself, despite being the sole playable character and ostensibly the star of this prequel, is far from the most proactive member of the cast. Throughout most of the story, he just bounces around doing whatever work Shinra points him to and is kept in the dark as to what's really going on, much to his frustration. The game's primary plot movers are in fact Angeal, Sephiroth, and especially Genesis, whose growing disillusionment of Shinra and subsequent rebellion provides the core conflict and character exploration, and most of Zack's own development is how he reacts to what they are doing.

* ActionizedSequel: ''Reunion'' heavily revamps the game's combat to function more in line with ''Final Fantasy VII Remake''. The command bar in the original was removed, with Zack now gaining the ability to use normal attacks whenever he wants and Materia being assigned to shortcuts. Various quality-of-life features were also implemented, such as Limit Verge no longer interrupting gameplay and Limit Breaks being stocked and usable on command rather than being automatically forced by the DMW. [[spoiler:Zack even gets a taste of Cloud's StanceSystem from ''Remake'' once he acquires the Buster Sword, granting him access to Strong Style moves that hit harder and slower while boasting resilience to interruption.]]

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Zack gets shot down by the Shinra Army before he's able to return to Midgar. Cloud awakens from his coma in time to inherit the Buster Sword and see Zack die, shattering his mind and turning him into the character we initially see in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII''. Aerith sent 89 letters to Zack, to which she received no reply; and senses Zack's passing. Also, if you know the events to ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'', you know things are about to get [[FromBadToWorse a whole lot worse]].]]

** TheStinger that leads to ''Final Fantasy VII'' has been altered; while the footage of Cloud on the train is reused directly from the original version, Aerith's scenes are instead cut and repurposed from the intro of ''Remake''.

* StylisticSuck: The voice acting in the ''Reunion'' version seems to fall under this. It's the new voice actors from ''Remake'' ...being directed to sound exactly as the original voiceovers for the PSP version did. Some of the resultant performances end up being hit-or-miss, but it appears to be intentional.

* ArtEvolution: ''Reunion'' takes various influences from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake'' in its presentation. The in-game UI more closely resembles ''Remake'' while maintaining the original game's layout, and characters who appeared in it like Zack, Sephiroth, Aerith and Cloud even got their English voice actors changed to match in addition to having their models more closely reference their ''Remake'' designs too

* ArtEvolution: ''Reunion'' takes various influences from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake'' in its presentation. The in-game UI more closely resembles ''Remake'' while maintaining the original game's layout, and characters who appeared in it like Zack, Sephiroth, Aerith and Cloud even got their English voice actors changed to match.

** TheStinger that leads to ''Final Fantasy VII'' has been altered, with the scenes featuring Aerith swapped out with equivalent footage from ''Remake''.