Official FF7:Dirge of Cerberus Thread!

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FINAL FANTASY VII DIRGE OF CERBERUS!

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JAPAN COVER


NORTH AMERICAN COVER

THIS IS A PS2 GAME!!

OFFICIAL RELEASE: Aug 22, 2006
Source: gamespot article!

Here is most of the information about the new game by Square Enix:

STORY LINE

Although Dirge of Cerberus was announce about a year ago Square Enix has still said very little about the storyline behind Dirge of Cerberus. However, here is what we know so far.
A sudden appearance of a mysterious group called the Deep Ground Soldiers as they attacks Kalm plunges the town in chaos. The Deep Ground Soldiers are a section of SOLDIER, created by the ShinRa Company on the President ShinRa's orders underneath Midgar. When Meteor struck Midgar at the end of Final Fantasy VII they became trapped but they have now escaped their underground lair. Vincent Valentine is somehow connected to the Deep Ground Soldiers as they seem to have been searching for him for some time.
Reeve Tuesti former Head of Urban Development at ShinRa is now the leader of the World Restoration Organization who are a large organization who basically carry out more than AVALANCE could ever have hoped. Their job is to restore the world and prevent anyone from damaging it further. Barret and Tifa are thought to be part World Restoration Organization and are probably leading some of the missions.
Along side the main story line is is clear that Vincent's painful past will be uncovered including his tragic love with Lucrecia. We may also find out what happened to Vincent during Hojo's experimentation on him.

HISTORY OF VINCENT

May contain spoilers, read it at your own risk.
Vincent Valentine was a Turk and was selected to supervise the science project led by his farther, Grimoire Valentine. He fell in love a scientist who was assisting Grimoire in the project, called Lucrecia Crescent. When Grimoire died Lucrecia left Vincent, because she felt guilty about his fathers death. Vincent later catches up with Lucrecia when observing the Jenova Project based in Nibelheim led by Professor Gast. Here Vincent proposed to Lucrecia but she turned him down and started a relationship with Hojo who was also working on the Jenova Project.
Lucrecia fell pregnant for the baby to become the next experiment, the effects of Jenova Cells on an unborn child. Vincent objected to using living subjects being experimented on, especially Lucrecia but she continued regardless. The experiment made her become increasingly ill and Vincent confronted Hojo about it. Hojo ended the conflict by shooting Vincent in the stomach. Hojo then shut him in a Lifestream Pod in the Mount Nibel Mako Reactor where Lucrecia infected Vincent with contaminated Mako, G Substance, and became Chaos.
Vincent, being influenced by Chaos, filled with rage and broke free of his pod, Lucrecia used some meteria that could control Chaos and put Vincent into a deep sleep. When he woke up on the operating table in the basement of Shin-Ra Mansion but Hojo and Lucrecia had already gone. Vincent was distraught with rage about the modifications to his body and shut himself in the coffin. Hojo locks the coffin and the room, places the key in the safe and hides the combination and sets out the clues to find it again.
Last Updated on 2006-03-01
CHARACTERS

Click on the name for the pic!


Name Vincent Valentine
Age At least 30
Height 184cm
Birthday October 13th
Role in DoC Main Playable Character
Role in FF7 Playable Character (hidden)
Vincent Valentine appears as a tall and brooding character with long untidy black hair wearing a shabby red cloak over black clothes. His left arm below his elbow has been replaced with a golden metal claw like hand. It is not know weather this hand is prosthetic mechanical arm or a gauntlet which covers up some deformity or injury. His cloak is held together with a number of buckles and it half covers his face.
His name comes from a mixture of Vincent Price (an American actor who appeared in a number of horror films) and Saint Valentine.



Name Cait Sith (pronounced cait shee)
Age N/A
Height 100cm
Birthday Unknown
Role in DoC Unknown
Role in FF7 Playable Character
Cait Sith (pronounced cait shee) is a remote control mechanical cat developed by Reeve in Shin-Ra, we meet him in the Gold Saucer as a fortune teller. He then joins the team and is later discover to be a spy for Shin-Ra in an incident at a later visit to the Gold Saucer. He is a large black cat with a white patch on his chest that goes up to his forehead. He wears a small red cloak that is tied around his nick and has a small crown on his head. In Final Fantasy VII he rode the back of a large stuffed Mog.
His name comes from Celtic mythology fairly like creature that resembles a large black cat with a white spot on its breast. It was said to haunt the Scottish Highlands.


Name Azul, the Cerulean
Age Unknown
Height Unknown
Birthday Unknown
Role in DoC High Ranking in DGS
Role in FF7 Not in FF7
Almost nothing is know about Azul at the moment, other than the fact he likes using what can only be described as a tank turret as his weapon. His name is Spanish for blue and he makes an appearance in Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII. Can turn into Bahamut


Name Shelke
Age Unknown
Height Unknown
Birthday Unknown
Role in DoC Unknown
Role in FF7 Not in FF7
This Deep Ground Solider is commonly seen next to her male counterpart Azul, and is the one helping him hunt down Vincent. Her weapon consist of two amber colored energy lances, which she dual wields. She is also seen with glowing amber eyes, this suggests that she has been altered/enhanced some how.


Name Yuffie Kisaragi
Age 19
Height 154cm
Birthday Unknown
Role in DoC Unknown
Role in FF7 Playable Character
Nothing is know about this character as yet, she is featured in magazine scan because of the weapon she carries and because she is close to Vincent I suspect that she is Yuffie.


Name Reeve Tuesti
Age Unknown
Height Unknown
Birthday Unknown
Role in DoC World Restoration Organization Leader
Role in FF7 Shinra's Head of Urban Development, and maker of Cait Sith.
Reeve is one of the Shin-Ra Executives and is the Head of Urban Development Department. The man who controls Cait Sith and discovers that Hojo is sending power to the Sister Ray that would have destroyed Midgar. He is now the leader of the World Restoration Organization (WRO).

Zvet
The highest ranking elite squad within Deep Ground Soldier. All but one of the members of the group are named after colors, hence the group's name, Zvet, which is Russian for colors. Five members appear in the single player mode, and at least one more member appears in the online mode. It is currently unknown how many total members there will be, or how many are still alive at the end of the game.

MEMBERS:
(click on name for picture)!
Azul: A member of Zvet, known as "Azul, the Cerulean". His name means blue in Spanish and Portuguese. He first appeared in Before Crisis. Uses a large cannon as his weapon and can transform into a Behemoth-like creature.

Shelke: A young girl who wields two energy spears. Her name means orange in Hindi, a reference to her amber-colored eyes. She appears to be Shalua's younger sister. Commonly seen along with Azul, as she is helping him hunt down Vincent. She is the only member of Zvet that remains "colorless", a plot point which is detailed in the storyline of the game's multiplayer mode's.
Rosso: A member of Zvet, known as "Rosso, the Crimson". Her name means red in Italian. Wields a two-sided blade weapon, almost playfully brutal.

Rosso: A member of Zvet, known as "Rosso, the Crimson". Her name means red in Italian. Wields a two-sided blade weapon, almost playfully brutal.

NeroOne of the members of Zvet, called "Nero, the Deep Darkness." His body is always covered in darkness, and the player can not see his figure clearly. The darkness Nero controls draws in everything, and it is possible for him to take them out of it. It is said that the restraint like outfit he wears is to keep his power under control. His name means black in Italian.

Weiß: aka Weiss or Vice: A mysterious SOLDIER who commands the DGS. Called "Seiger Weiß, The Immaculate Emperor", he declares a hunt on the world three years after the Meteor crisis. All Deep Ground SOLDIERS fear his power, and follow him, but it's said that they rarely see him directly. He has spiky gray hair and wields two katana-rifle hybrids (sometimes referred to as "gunblades" by fans, though they're notably different from the Final Fantasy VIII weapons that are officially referred to by that name). He is actually housing the computer-simulated personality of Hojo, and becomes possessed by this. This emulated version of Hojo, through Weiß's body, had the DGS adbuct those not under the effects of Geostigma to serve as incubators of enough pure Mako to enable Weiß to asborb Omega. However, Weiß managed to fight back control over his body and committed sucide, taking Hojo with him. His name means, white in German.


DG SOLIDERS

President ShinRa order the creation of a new army in an underground facility beneath Midgar, "Deep Ground", but when Meteor crashed into Midgar at the end of Final Fantasy VII they were trapped with no way to escape to the surface. As a link to ShinRa each Deep Ground Soldier has the SOLDIER badge on their uniform. Three years after the end of Final Fantasy VII they have found a way out of their underground tomb and are free to do what they feel.
The startup sequence from the demo of Dirge of Cerberus at Square Enix Party 2005 shows the Deep Ground Soldiers attacking what is Kalm in the middle of the Kalm Revival Festival causing panic and mayhem in the city. Why they are attacking is still not clear but it seems that they are looking for Vincent. Why the Deep Ground Soldiers are after Vincent is not clear but there are a number of theories floating around. The Deep Ground Soldiers have a lot of technology available to them, much of which they use to find what they need or to get it. They have very powerful weapons, vehicles including helicopter like machines and many other things. There have also been a number of beasts and strange creates they have control over. What they are is still unknown, they could very easily be people that have been mutated in some of Professor Hojo's experiments.

ONLINE GAME (EVEN THOUGH ITS NOT SUPPORTED IN NORTH AMERICA)

President ShinRa has order that a new army will be created in a deep underground facility, you have been selected to become a Deep Ground Soldier. It is your job to complete missions and battle against the other soldiers to be rewarded with promotions, money and medals to prove you are the strongest soldier there is.
Gameplay:
There are two Deathmatch modes, the first being everyone for them self where you have to get as many frags (kills) as you can in a timelimit, the person with the most at the end of the match wins. The other is a Team Deathmatch where you and between 20 and 30 team mates frag as many of the opponent team as possible, the team with the most frags wins. There is also a mission mode where you team up with other people at try to defeat a boss.
Lobby:

When you start the game you will be taken to the lobby where you can meet up with other plays around the world, possibly receive a mission or two. While in the lobby you can check you your rankings and buy items from the shops or even battle with other players.
Battlefield:

There are various battlefields such as the wilderness etc. where the jungle will provide obstacles and narrow views. It is possible to battle successfully if you discover and gain knowledge of your surroundings. If you meet the requirement of the mission, such as getting to the finish line or obtaining a key item that before the opponent player, you win.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 98/98SE/ME/2000/XP
Processors: At least Intel Pentium II 233MHz or equivalent
Memory: More than 128MB
An Internet Connection



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ALL this info was from http://www.ff7-doc.com/ and wikipedia

DIRGE of CERBERUS Lost Episode -FINAL FANTASY VII Mobile Game





DIRGE of CERBERUS Lost Episode -FINAL FANTASY VII- reveals a missing chapter from the PlayStation®2 title DIRGE of CERBERUS -FINAL FANTASY VII- via advanced mobile phone technology.

Three years after Meteorfall, the world is threatened by the Deepground soldiers, a mysterious army of bloodthirsty warriors. Vincent Valentine learns that the soldiers are searching for him to get their hands on the Protomateria. He decides to investigate Shinra Manor in an effort to uncover his own personal truth-and the mystery behind the Protomateria. Vincent leaves for Nibelheim in a WRO chopper and heads for the horizon...with Deepground in swift pursuit.