Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII is an action role-playing third-person shooter video game developed and published by Square Enix in 2006 for the PlayStation 2. It is part of the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII metaseries, a multimedia collection set within the universe of the popular 1997 video game Final Fantasy VII. The game is set three years after the original game's end and it focuses on one of the game's playable characters, Vincent Valentine. In the story, Vincent is targeted by Deepground, a mysterious organization that plans to awaken the creature Omega which is able to destroy the planet. As the first Final Fantasy shooter game, the game's staff had various problems developing it although producer Yoshinori Kitase found it challenging and added role-playing video game elements in order to make it entertaining for new gamers of the genre.
When Dirge of Cerberus started globalization, various of its aspects were modified in order to make it more appealing. The music of the game was composed by Masashi Hamauzu, while its two main theme songs where composed by Japanese singer and actor Gackt. A mobile phone tie-in was also released during 2006, while in 2008, Square republished it in Japan with the updates made for the Western versions. Although the game has sold nearly one million copies overseas as of 2008, it received mixed critical response by video game publications due to its design and issues with the gameplay.
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- Platform
- Playstation 2
- Developer(s)
- Square Enix PDD 1
- Publisher(s)
- Square Enix
- Genre(s)
- Action-Adventure
- NA Release Date
- August 15, 2006
- MVGL User Score
- 6.6 by 549 User(s)
- MVGL Difficulty Rating
- Medium by 28 User(s)
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- 825 User(s)
