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zackie-star · 30 days ago
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Crises Core; Thoughts
So I have finished playing Crises Core Reunion, and I have a lot of thoughts. There are so many thoughts that I decided to make a whole Tumbler account just for my thoughts.
I will go through them chronologically, starting from technical gameplay to story and it's parts. Now, all of this is my basic overview of CC before actually taking the time to dissect everything, please bear that in mind.
Technical
I won't be spending too much time on this part because I am not the best at technical things.
☆ Tutorial; The tutorial itself was jancky, having Konsul actively telling you things constantly is not the best way to structure giving basic information to the player. Having the tutorial mixed in with the gameplay would have been better, although, this isn't the worst most games did this. I did find it hilarious that sometimes the characters just told you to open the menu or save.
☆ Maps; I did not do this much, in fact, I almost always forgot the map existed since the button for it was different from FF7 remake which I played right before it.
☆ Battle; I am going to be honest and say that I am terrible at fighting. But, I also found the fights entertaining and the general style of everything pretty good. The only issue I had is the item usage being X with R2 to switch because it was sort of annoying to do, although that could just be me.
☆ Animation; It was hilarious. Seeing the jancky animations with the pauses in between always made my day better, I don't think it's bad either just a product of it's time. Even if it wasn't, I can never hate it. It has it's charms and I eat it up.
☆ Character Design; I love the designs, the characters have so much personality encoded into their designs. Angeal's facial design (as in features) with his facial hair and short hair tells me exactly what I need to know about him same for Zack. This also goes for the monsters who are unique although I don't think it tells me much about them especially (or perhaps only) about the small monsters.
Story
☆ General Story
The story of CC is pretty interesting, the fall of Heros. It's a simple one really, but, it's a really well done one. Angeal, Genesis, and Sephiroth were the heros of Midgar beloved by all (as corroborated by the fanclub in LOVELESS area) and yet they, unlike their stories, fell.
I like to read this story with the Fall of Lucifer in mind. Lucifer depending on the story you read, is either a prideful angel who fell from grace after succumbing to his pride or a beaten angel who stood against his creator.
Either Gensis, Angeal, or Sephiroth each depicted a different version of Lucifer (metaphorically) or they each depict (metaphorically) the Angels that fell from grace alongside Lucifer.
For me Gensis would be the Lucifer who fell from grace after succumbing to his own pride which lead him to criticis God's action. His a mix between the stories where he is the one who leads people away from God's lies and the one who fell from pride.
Gensis is a person who became angered and desperate about his degradation. He wanted a way to fix it as soon as possible as well as quench the anger that bubbled, that was actually probably fear if anything. What better way to do that then to rebel and destroy that which hurt you in the first place? Shinra created him as a weapon, it's greatest weapon much like God created Lucifer to become his greatest angel.
Then fucked him over.
He felt no loyalty to anyone who associated themselves with the very thing that ate away at him, Shinra, just like it ate away at the world.
His obsession with LOVELESS is honestly perfect for this. LOVELESS is a story of three friends, but Gensis focuses more on the Goddess. I personally think he wants to feel special, chosen, and worthy of gifts in contrast to Shinra that views him as little more than a failed dying experiment that they can milk for all it's worth before it kicks the bucket.
Although he was angry, desperate, and most likely afraid for his life he still succumbed to his pride. He felt that his suffering warrants wrath towards everyone, even the innocent, so much so he was prepared to take the world with him.
Okay so Angeal is Asbeel that fell from grace along Lucifer. Shinra created him to be a perfect weapon and succeeded. Angeal wanted nothing more then to become a SOLDIER, he trained for it, and even built his own identity over what he thought SOLDIER represented.
Angeals view of Honor is based on his capability of doing what is viewed as morally correct, and, I feel that he managed to link that to his occupation because he viewed SOLDIER as protectors of the people and those who upheld the greater good. Thus, Honor become SOLDIER Honor.
Until Gensis fell, and whispered to him. He fell alongside him pulling other angels (Zack and in proxy Cloud) down with him. Now Asbeel lead the sons of God astray with evil council so that they defiled themselves with the daughters of men.
This makes sense since it was his fall that led to Zack falling and eventually meeting Aerith who he loved.
If he was a Lucifer I think he'd be the modern Lucifer that is beloved. He saw through God's (Shinra's) lies of love and lead a courageous onslaught to free people from his tyranny. Angeal at first loved Shinra like Lucifer loved God, he fell just like Lucifer when Lucifer saw that God did not treat him as much as he deserved, just like Angeal.
Angeal at first was conflicted internally not understanding what he felt or why. That was until he figured out the truth about Shinra and helped Zack along the way.
So the Lesbian- Sephiroth is the Lucifer of greed or of Ego. He fell not because he saw through Shinra but because he felt like he was chosen. I don't believe the fact of his monstrous nature is what pulled him over the edge, I think he was simply seeking answers for the question of why he felt different. The way he worded it "Special" however, can show us a bit about him.
And when he got it through reading and reading in the mansion, it got him. It swelled his pride and made him feel special as he words it, special enough that he owned the world. His mother was the Jenova the one who was supposed to control everything.
Everything came together, his feelings of being so unlike the others since his childhood, his deification by the public, his mother. It made him feel euphoric, he finally had an answer for his coagulated emotions of feeling different and that led to ego. So much ego he became a monster, not because of his birth, but because of what he chose to be.
Now the three come together to create the story, the story of the fall. This game to me is more about them (and Zack) then anything, sure it sets up everything but only because it is them who is the crux.
Shinra themselves are odd but I think they perfectly represent greed, ego, and pride, the very thing that makes Lucifer fall. They are God and they are Lucifer's vices, a bit poetic if you ask me.
Jenova is - a mess too long to out here and probably will be her own post. Same with Zack.
* Another thing is that they could each represent each part of Lucifer; Gensis is Greed , Sephiroth is Ego, and Angeal would be pride.
To be continued.
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