My brother own the game and likes it pretty well. So do I like the game, but only when watching someone else enjoying playing it. Every time I've tried playing I really couldn't get a feel for the real-time pace and having to use block, dodge, and a side scrolling list of battle actions (Jade Empire did a much better job of this as you could pause to set commands, and it just felt more fluid with the controls).

My other peeve is that Squeenix totally ruined the materia system. In FF7 I could arrange materia in any way I wanted to perform various combos and then start all over with a clean slate to see what works best. In CC the only ways of performing combos is by permanently fusioning materia (which only have one spell each) to get a better spell or various effects and by the enhancements given by the completely random and unexplained DMW system. The DMW system in itself is $*** because it utterly without mercy leaves you without the comfort of a "blow-up the planet" summoning firmly in your control or the at times much needed limit break. Put this materia and DMW system in FF7 (where you cannot run around button-mashing the attack, dodge, and block commands that are ussually all that is needed in CC) and you would get your @$$ handed to you in no time by a Shinra guard. Even if you do beat him, gaining any levels is completely random as well.

Overall, I give it a 6/10 only because it can be fun, the graphics are actually pretty nice in and out of cut scenes, and the story is a good addition to the FF7 lore, even if the game is probably not the best to the series.

I didn't like the fact that your materia and you own leveling was although not completely random ( I know there is hidden xp in it) But only once you reached the xp did you even have a chance of leveling and a slim chance at that. I liked the fact that you can see the story before vii and that the combat is although on the easy side very active and fun.

after playing CC Zach became my number 2 fav ff7 character ofc Sephiroth will always be number 1

CC managed to explain who genesis was, as I got the secret ending for Dirge of Cerebus and I was wondering who he was and CC did that for me