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Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII on Sony PSP

Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII? is an action role-playing game (action RPG) developed by Square Enix for the PlayStation Portable. First released in 2007, the game is a prequel to the video game Final Fantasy VII and is also the sixth installment in metaseries Compilation of Final Fantasy VII which includes products related to the game. The game mainly focuses around Zack Fair, a young member from the paramilitary organization SOLDIER developed by the megacorporation Shinra Electric Power Company, who is assigned to look for the missing SOLDIER Genesis Rhapsodos. As he continues his mission, he learns of Genesis' origin, Project G, and how it is related with two other fellow SOLDIER comrades. The game's storyline takes the player from the war with the Wutai to the events at Nibelheim, and right up to the time just before the Final Fantasy VII beginning.

Hajime Tabata was the game's director and Tetsuya Nomura the game's character designer. Before starting development, the Square Enix staff thought they should make a PlayStation Portable port of the mobile phone game Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII, but after a discussion it was decided to make a different game. The plot is based on a scenario Kazushige Nojima had in mind when working for Final Fantasy VII, while the gameplay was decided to be action RPG due to the fact only one character could be controlled. Ever since its release, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII has enjoyed good sales, selling over two million units worldwide. Critical reception to the game has also been positive, with reviewers praising all of its aspects.