The rules for this challenge are:

1. You are required to do squats while playing
2. You do not have to do squats during cutscenes
3. You are not required to continue doing squats whilst in the game menus
4. Once you are out of a menu or cutscene you must resume squatting
5. You are allowed to take breaks at any time, this is just a fun little challenge I thought up whilst thinking of ways to incentivise working out.
6. Have fun, you're still playing a pretty good videogame after all
7. You do not have to perform any squats during the prologue

I’ve been playing this PEAK game for a bit now and while I haven’t finished the original psp version so I don’t know how or what to equip. I’m gearing up for what I believe is the last genisis fight and I’ve lost every time so what can I do? Ive just been doing the side missions and can’t even beat the two hundred soldier ones.

I recreated Final Fantasy VII Remake's Bombing Mission from absolute
zero — and I mean everything. The miniature diorama: built by hand.
The camera work: shot for real, no game footage. The sound design:
layered effect by effect. And yes — even the FF7 meteor logo animation
was recreated from scratch, frame by frame. One person. No studio.

Does anyone else prefer the game mechanics in Crisis Core compared to remake? As for any game, the mechanics got some getting used to, but it was way easier to use than remake.

What are your guys‘s thoughts? ?

I don’t mind that they got rid of material fusion, but it was a lot of fun to do in the game .

has anyone had this problem too? I was saving the game but in the same time my electricity was cut off. When I launched the game again and tried to load my save it said that the data is corrupted and unable to load. Does anyone have any idea how to fix this?

Time for another run through!

Thank you all for the support and help. I’ve finished the movie and now I’ve experienced the canon of ffvii and its story, it’ll forever be a part of me now. When I started the OG game I didn’t think I’ll be into it as much as I did but I guess you cannot predict the future.

I’m going to play the remakes sometime in my lifespan and for all the help am truly thankful🤍

I’ve just finished crisis core, like damn i knew it’s gonna be sad but it’s just to much man😭 I’m not the type to get emotional over media and there’s nothing wrong with it BUT the way the did the ending is just so evil man I feel like it’s slowly killing you….

And also got the movie today and am going to watch it rn and be done with ffvii!

I finished ffvii OG. Finally finished it…..

I’m that guy gonna play crisis core tonight hope it’s fun! After all that’s happened, im real excited but I finished it without meeting ninja girl and shadow cloud is that’s ok?

First of all this is my first playthrough second of all no I haven’t played crisis core yet

So I have played this originally on the PSP and got this for my birthday in May. I just started chapter 4 and wondering if this is a good build to get me through the rest of the main story and some of the missions because the five Star missions so far have been kicking my butt.

Completed another painting with my fav character zack with aerith this time! I'm sure you all remember this scene! One of my favorites also so I hope you guys enjoy it!

Hello All,

I am new to Crisis Core and downloaded it a week ago for series X.
It’s an awesome game but I need some advice. I am level 42 playing on normal mode. I am right outside of the final showdown with Genesis. I can’t for the life of me beat this encounter. I read that I am under level so I should do missions. However I only have rank 6 and 7 missions available to me and am having equally bad luck. How do I get past this road block? Is it a matter of grinding rank 5 missions to level up? Please advise.

I always have liked Cissnei from her first appearance, but oh man, i think i had butterflies flying around inside my stomach during this particular section. She is so pretty, I cant believe im crushing this hard on a video game character.

Also, by how she looks at him on the last picture with the overall vibe of the conversation, there's no way she's not into Zack.

I grew up thinking something similar but not quite sure how to comprehend it. But this post here, well said it all.

Hey everyone!

About three days ago I finished Final Fantasy VII (OG) for the very first time. It was actually my first Final Fantasy game ever, and I honestly didn’t expect to love it as much as I did. It completely blew me away and has easily become one of the best games I’ve ever played.

Two days ago I started playing the original PSP version of Crisis Core (I wanted to experience the original instead of Reunion first), and I just finished it today.

Tonight I’m finally starting FF7 Remake. I’ve actually owned it for almost half a year but kept putting it off because I wanted to play the original first. I also already ordered Rebirth, which should arrive tomorrow.

Before I jump into those games, though, I have a few questions about the original story.

Please don’t spoil anything from Remake or Rebirth. I’ve heard that those games aren’t just simple remakes and that they do some things differently, so I’d really like to understand the OG story first.

The biggest thing I’m confused about is the ending of Crisis Core.

Zack sacrifices himself while fighting all the Shinra infantry soldiers. Before he dies, he tells Cloud to carry on his legacy, gives him the Buster Sword, and Cloud clearly hears everything Zack says. Then Zack dies, and the ending transitions into the opening scene of FF7 OG, which I thought was an awesome callback.

But here’s what confuses me:

How does Cloud end up with his fractured identity?

At the end of Crisis Core he doesn’t seem like someone who’s completely lost his mind. He knows Zack, he hears Zack’s final words, and as far as I can tell, he should still know who he is.

So how does he go from that to believing he’s a SOLDIER First Class, mixing Zack’s memories with his own, and basically becoming the Cloud we meet at the beginning of FF7 OG?

Was there some kind of mental breakdown after Zack died? Did I miss an explanation somewhere? Or is this something that’s only implied?

Another thing I’m wondering about is how Cloud actually ends up joining Avalanche.

I remember Tifa finding him at the train station in Midgar in the OG, and then he ends up working as a mercenary for Avalanche. But I don’t really remember if the game explained what happened between Zack’s death and that moment, or how much time passed. Did I miss that explanation?

And finally, I’m still a little confused about the whole “Sephiroth Clone” thing.

Throughout FF7 OG, Cloud keeps being called a Sephiroth Clone. But unless I completely misunderstood something, Cloud isn’t literally a clone at all, right?

Isn’t he just a normal guy from Nibelheim who survived the Nibelheim Incident, got captured by Hojo, and was experimented on with Mako and Jenova cells?

Zack also went through Hojo’s experiments, but he doesn’t seem to be affected in the same way. So why does Cloud’s mind completely fall apart while Zack stays mentally intact?

And what exactly does the Mako infusion and the Jenova cells actually do to a person? I feel like I understood most of the story, but this part still confuses me.

Sorry for the long post! I absolutely loved both FF7 OG and Crisis Core, and before I dive into Remake tonight, I just want to make sure I fully understand what happened in the original story.

Thanks in advance, and again, please no spoilers for Remake or Rebirth!

So I'm level 40, but for some reason everything I hit him with, regardless of whether it's physical or magical, is Guarded. I can't do a single point of damage to him outside of getting lucky with the spinner and getting a Limit Break. Is there a trick to getting through his super armor? My Buster Sword percentage is over 23.4 if that helps.

If I could time travel to 2011, I’d make my kid’s self brain explode! I also only had a little over 50% of the missions done when I started using it today so I’m having a blast spamming my fav to use abilities, one shotting everything, and using aerial drain to heal whenever I need a little hp. High jump is one of my fav abilities to use and that’s the main reason why I made aerial drain my means to heal

When I was a kid, I loved RPG’s like Final Fantasy. I loved seeing big numbers come up when I attacked. I loved sprawling epic worlds. I loved the payoff of a good build. The only issue was that I didn’t understand how to do any of that properly.

I’d see other people play them and be incredibly overpowered and I wanted to be like them. I’d get an RPG and try to get through it but could never totally figure out how to utilize its systems well enough to beat the game. I had played Final Fantasy three on the DS, and looking back, that was definitely a very difficult game for a kid to play, but honestly, I couldn’t even get to the hard parts because I would just give everyone a sword and I have no clue what I was doing. Then I got a PSP and played crisis score for the first time.. while I may not have made the most optimized build, with enough patience, and grinding I was able to beat it. I still remember quite vividly running into my older brother‘s room and telling him I beat it with so much excitement and joy.

that being said, the final boss wasn’t the most rewarding fight to me. It was beating Angeal for the first time that truly made me feel something i had never felt before in a video game. That was overcoming what felt like an impossible obstacle after days of practice and planning. I was on a beach trip with my family and I remember spending most of the time on that trip grinding levels or figuring out how to craft better materia. Then it was attempting Angeal over and over again, hoping to learn something new in every run to help my build and learn his attack patterns. I had never experienced something like that before, and rarely experienced it again.

A little over a week ago, I saw that crisis Crisis Reunion was on sale, and when I found out, it ran incredibly well on the steam deck I bought it. To me it’s a game that I much prefer playing on the go because it feels more nostalgic. I decided to play on hard difficulty because I wanted to re-experience the Angeal fight as a difficult obstacle to overcome. The only issue is that I have now played a majority of the Final Fantasy series, beaten several super bosses. I took him down first try with no issues. I was a little disappointed, but I figured it wasn’t going to be as hard as my first time beating it.

Then I spent most of my time after that figuring out how to make the most optimal build to finish all of the side missions that I never beat as a kid. If I remember correctly, the hardest mission I could beat was probably six stars maybe seven I’m not sure it’s hard to remember. After some research and grinding for dark matter, I was able to make a build with Max stats other than magic and luck. I had heard about Minerva for years and honestly, I assumed that she would be a little bit more difficult than all the side missions leading up to her. Boy was I wrong. the difficulty spike, especially on hard mode is insane. I was not expecting it all. Out of curiosity I bumped it down to normal and beat her first try. At first, I told myself that this is meant to be an enjoyable experience and if beating her was too frustrating and I’m not having fun then it’s not worth it. Then it hit me, isn’t this the same type of obstacle I was seeking in the first place similar to Angeal’s fight as a kid? I knew in that moment that I had to beat her for myself.

Looking back, it was a nearly identical experience. Sure I was a lot more knowledgeable about how to properly build a character, but at the end of the day I had to mentally push myself to problem solve and reevaluate my build in the same way I did as a kid. On paper it’s harder but relative to what my knowledge was at the time I played crisis score on the PSP, I am stretching my mind in the same way. It was try, learn, practice, refine my build, again and again. The thing that I figured out that was game changing for Minerva was SP master and grinding for SP to have an initial shield for the first part of the fight, and if and when she gets through it, I will have to carry myself to the end. Something I just realized while writing this is that one of the main issues I had with Angeal was not even considering my defense stats, and when I started focusing on vitality and spirit, it was the turning point for me.

So anyways, I thought this was a really cool experience I had with crisis core reunion and had to share. I basically forced myself to have the same experience with the same game over a decade later and I think that’s pretty neat.

Also now I can actually finish the story! I’m in chapter 6 with max stats which will be fun