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Dirge of CerberusThe first FF7-based game to be released for the PS2, DoC is a third person shooter role-playing game centering on Vincent Valentine. DoC also functions as a sequel to FF7.
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Having completed Dirge of Cerberus at around 4.15pm, Sunday 19th of November, I can now finally post in this section without fear of spoilers. I have a few questions that I would like someone to answer:
The Title: What does the title, "Dirge of Cerberus", have to do with the story?
Vincent's Role: Other than turning into Chaos, why did Vincent have to be the main character? It could just as likely have been Barret that was the main character, but Vincent took it instead. Was it simply because Vincent was favourite #2 to the fans?
'G' and the 'G Reports': I only obtained one G report, therefore, I am still in the dark about this G character. He must feature at some point in the game, because he has been given a voice actor. Also, what information do the reports contain?
The Beginning: The beginning, according to the message "Three Years Later", obviously happened three years ago. What was happening then and why were Yuffie and Vincent the only two participating. I thought it would be a reminiscence of the events at the end of Disc Two from VII, but Vincent wasn't the only one up there and Hojo wasn't dead before he got there, nor did Yuffie save him on a flying bike-type-thing. So, what's that all about?
Deepground: Why did Deepground suddenly ascend from the depth of Shinra? Was it because their location was discovered? Also, why were Rosso, Azul, Nero and Weiss the only four Tsviets? Werre the just the strongest? What did their titles mean? 'The Crimson', 'The Cerulean', 'The Sable', 'The Immaculate'?
Lucrecia: I've possibly forgotten what happened in VII, but why is Lucrecia in that crystal thing?
Hojo: Hojo's speech was powering and exasperating (with all that laughing). Can someone run through exactly what it was he said, again? I'm a little confused.
Shelke and Shalua: How was Shelke a member of Deepground? Did Shalua actually die? You see her mouth move slightly at the end, only slightly. When she was left behind with Azul, you see his fist and blood creeps under the door. I assumed she had her head crushed, but she appeared in that stasis cell, unscathed.... .... .... As a side note, did anyone think the script with her and Shelke was horrible? "Sister, I've found you!" "Go away" <Basically. I mean, we met these characters five minutes ago: who are you? Lol.
Sephiroth: Darkblade (damn you!) spoiled something for me, but this never happened in the (at least in mine) game. Apparently, Sephiroth and Vincent are now known to be brothers, and this mysterious 'G' character is also known to be a third brother. Again: who, how, when, what?
The Ending: How did Vincent actually come back?
Ok, so maybe "a few questions" was an understatement, but hey, I wanna catch up with the knowledge!
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Having completed Dirge of Cerberus at around 4.15pm, Sunday 19th of November, I can now finally post in this section without fear of spoilers. I have a few questions that I would like someone to answer:
Ok, so maybe "a few questions" was an understatement, but hey, I wanna catch up with the knowledge!
I'll answer the ones that I can remember and know to the best of my knowledge because some of your questions are the same as mine lol Anyway, here's a shot at it.
The Title: What does the title, "Dirge of Cerberus", have to do with the story?
: This too confuses me...as dirge is like a sound or tune so maybe it has to do with the sound of Cerberus? I dunno! lol
Vincent's Role: Other than turning into Chaos, why did Vincent have to be the main character? It could just as likely have been Barret that was the main character, but Vincent took it instead. Was it simply because Vincent was favourite #2 to the fans?
: I think it was basically all fanbased and I think it was because fans were dying to know more of Vincent's past and what his life was before we found him in that coffin back in FFVII (just an opinion, nobody has to agree with me on this)
'G' and the 'G Reports': I only obtained one G report, therefore, I am still in the dark about this G character. He must feature at some point in the game, because he has been given a voice actor. Also, what information do the reports contain?
: You have to collect all three G reports which will give you a secret ending to the game after the credits have rolled. I don't want to spoil it
The Beginning: The beginning, according to the message "Three Years Later", obviously happened three years ago. What was happening then and why were Yuffie and Vincent the only two participating. I thought it would be a reminiscence of the events at the end of Disc Two from VII, but Vincent wasn't the only one up there and Hojo wasn't dead before he got there, nor did Yuffie save him on a flying bike-type-thing. So, what's that all about?
: According to what I understood, DoC takes place one year after AC. However the beginning started out during the events of FFVII. Vincent and Yuffie lead a rescue operation of Midgar during Meteorfall. Vincent, acting on a hunch, climbs up the tower to discover Hojo is still alive, returned to human form, at the computer console where they left him. Just before Vincent is able to pull the trigger on his gun, the tower explodes, and Vincent manages to escape by jumping onto Yuffie's "hover bike". Hojo manages to activate the "Fragment Program", a computer program that injects his consciousness into the "worldwide net" just before the HQ explodes. That is what I read on ffcompendium.com
Lucrecia: I've possibly forgotten what happened in VII, but why is Lucrecia in that crystal thing?: After Vincent's father died and after the experiements were performed on Lucrecia's unborn child, she just started giving up living and she died. All you see in the crystal is just a hologram, or memory of Lucrecia. That isn't the actual Lucrecia. Her body deteriorated a long time ago.
Sephiroth: Darkblade (damn you!) spoiled something for me, but this never happened in the (at least in mine) game. Apparently, Sephiroth and Vincent are now known to be brothers, and this mysterious 'G' character is also known to be a third brother. Again: who, how, when, what? :HUH O.o wha????? If they were Brothers, then that would mean Lucrecia would have had to of given birth to Vincent as well and he was in love with Lucrecia....okay I'm totally confused here
The Ending: How did Vincent actually come back? :I don't think Vincent actually ever did die to be honest. It was his job to return Chaos and Omega to the planet and whether he survived or not was just to tease the fans until the very end of the game. I dunno xD that's just what I think
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