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[Monol]

Prepare for dissapointment in a good way...dont know what i mean? Well buy the game and found out

[Old Manus]

I bought the game and I've only played it once for an hour or so. It wasn't my cup of tea, but it might be yours. I don't know. If you like games like Devil May Cry and God of War you might like this one, but otherwise I suggest you rent it first.

[Big D]

It's a decent game, but lacking in gameplay quality. Good replay value, thanks to the Extra Hard difficulty which lets you keep your equipment when starting a new file.

The game reveals one hell of a lot about Vincent's past, and adds a lot of detail about the nature and extent of Shinra's human experiments. Remember that deformed human in the pod inside the Nibelheim Reactor? You'll find out just how deep that kind of experiment went.

Dirge of Cerberus could, and should, have been a whole lot better than it was. However, it'd be worth picking up if you can find an ex-rental or second-hand copy at a very low price. Renting mightn't be the best idea, since a lot of the game's secrets are only revealed on subsequent play-throughs.

[Demon Dude]

Originally Posted by Kenshin IV ^

No. Treat the game as if it were a giant pile of burning hot coal, or Final Fantasy X-2, and keep your hands off it. If you're worried about missing out on story, it doesn't even really tie into any events in Seven to begin with. It centers on a totally original, and not all that interesting, story about Vincent. If anything it'll tie into a future installment of their milking compilation, along with Crisis Core.

It does have CG Irish Dancing girls during it's intro though, and that's about all I'll give the piece of turd credit for.

I think I love you.

[Ciretho]

If you're a fan of Vincent, buy it. It gives the fans plenty of tasty Valentine action, but essentially thats all. i'm personally a HUGE Vincent fan so i loved this. It was great to discover more about his background and stuff.

[Omecle]

As a fan of Vincent, I was utterly disappointed with this game. I am so glad I decided to just download it instead of buying it, it would have been such a waste of money.

For one, it adds a pointless story to the compilation of FF7. Well, it had some promising aspects that they could have tied very well into the main theme of the FF7 compilation, but it falls short... VERY short. Though, I absolutely loved the pre-rendered cut-scenes except for the really cheesy one towards the end where they yell out Vincent's name. -_-;

The battle system is complete crap. It is just so bad, an far too easy (I even had it set to Hard). All I did each boss fight, was run around in circles jumping and spamming R1 (shoot) and had no damage taken and the only type of gun I had to use was Cerberus III with Long Shot III and some accuracy items. There was no variation in the style of game play and the camera movement is just so bad.

Overall, I'd give this game a 5/10. I mean, it'd be worth playing through at least once if you are a big fan of FF7. That's the reason I played all the way through. But don't buy it; rent it or download it, because you will be only spending around 9 hours tops to beat this game. They had so much potential with the idea of the story line and characters, but it just felt like they slapped the game together quickly just to make a few bucks (the level design looks and feels far too incomplete, but character models and textures look nice).

[ff is da best]

i bought this game when it was realeased and now i know i made a big mistake this isnt all that good. finished it once cant be bothered to try ex hard mode or ever play it again.

[Setzer Gabianni]

Pros -
1. If you like terribly depressing settings, then this is the game for you!
2. Voice acting is alright I guess.
3. The whole Vincent, Lucretia and Hojo cutscenes I think are vital to the history of the trio.

Cons -
1. Gameplay isn't fun - there's no incentive to use Materia, and you can win boss battles with just a Limit Break.
2. Rest of the story - seems tacky, cheesy, and some of the villains are like WTF - whose arse did you come out of?
3. It's depressing. Way more depressing then FFVII and AC. If you hate depressing stuff 24/7, then you won't like this games setting.
4. Think thats it :/