![]() ![]() My soul, corrupted by vengeance, hath endured torment to find the end of the journey, in my own salvation and your eternal slumber. -Genesis Theories Biographical information Affiliation(s) Shinra Electric Power Company Occupation(s) SOLDIER First Class Physical description Race Human Gender Male Laterality Right-handed CC FFVII gameplay details Type Boss DoC FFVII gameplay details Type Non-player character Behind the scenes information Designer(s) Tetsuya Nomura Japanese voice actor Gackt English voice actor Oliver Quinn (Crisis Core) Robin Atkin Downes (Dirge of Cerberus) More information Enemy appearances Boss Boss (final) Genesis Rhapsodos, also known as G, is a character in the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII. He is the main antagonist of Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII- and makes a cameo in Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII. ![]() A SOLDIER First Class born from the Jenova Project, Genesis is initially loyal to Shinra Electric Power Company wishing to prove himself a hero like Sephiroth. When he begins to suffer from genetic degradation due to his imperfect infusion of Jenova's cells, Genesis leads a rebellion against Shinra with the intent of finding a cure. Genesis is an authority on researching and interpreting the verses of the epic LOVELESS, and his obsession with the poem drives his actions as he comes to think of himself, Sephiroth, and Angeal Hewley as its three protagonists. Profile Appearance. May 25, 2009 DMW Limit Verge Activation Chances.% chance to activate. 4-25% 5-28% Chocobo mode Activation Chances With Materias equiped. Chocobo Mode Materias. Characters of the Final Fantasy VII series. She is the one who succeeds in extracting the Protomateria needed to activate. Characters of the Final Fantasy. Padawan you mofo. Are you effng kidding me? For one hrmtrchchchch, I said that Moogle Power corresponds to Aerith's limit break and by pressing and HOLDING the X button when Aerith's comes up on the DMW, you activate Chocobo Mode and only Get MOOGLE. Each Chocobo Break CORRESPONDS. Gackt wrote and performed the theme song of Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII, 'Redemption', and wears the Genesis costume in the music video, though with a different hairstyle. Beyond this, Genesis's design bears similarities to Sephiroth, including the long coat with black clothing underneath, crossed leather straps, the SOLDIER symbol, black boots, shoulder guards, and a large sword. In Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII- the left side of his outfit is separated into straps. Genesis is right-handed and bears a black wing on his left side in contrast to Sephiroth, who is left-handed and has a wing on his right side. Gackt had some input on the costume design, mostly to ensure it would allow for easy movement, but also to help settle on the color scheme, which had previously been intended to be either white or black. As Genesis experiences genetic degradation during Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII-, his hair turns white and his clothing lightens to white and gray, his wing turning a lighter shade of black. Personality Infinite in mystery is the gift of the Goddess. We seek it thus, and take to the sky. Ripples form on the water's surface. The wandering soul knows no rest. Genesis quoting LOVELESS Act I Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII- portrays Genesis as a deserter, arrogant and prideful. Being adopted, Genesis feels betrayed by both his true and adoptive parents, and his main source of turmoil comes from discovering the secrets of his birth that leads him to resent Shinra and all those associated with it. He takes pride in the handsome figure he cuts, his fighting style, and the popularity they garner him, but does not enjoy mingling directly with people, and only opens himself up to his companions, Sephiroth and Angeal. Although he considers Sephiroth a friend, Genesis envies him. Genesis is obsessed with LOVELESS, a famous poem that has been adapted into numerous plays. According to the Genesis fan club 'Study Group' Genesis first read LOVELESS at a young age and it became his favorite, and he has spent his life trying to decipher it. Genesis takes the words of LOVELESS literally believing to have discovered its meaning; he considers himself, Zack, Sephiroth, and his friend Angeal to be characters in the poem, and believes that by fulfilling its words he can obtain the 'Gift of the Goddess' to cure his degradation. Genesis charges up his Rapier. As a First Class SOLDIER, Genesis possesses superhuman strength, speed, agility, reflexes and stamina. He is skillful with both melee weapons and magic utilizing both akin to a Mystic Knight or a Red Mage. He wields the Rapier, a large sword with a red blade, and variably uses it one or two-handed. Genesis can channel magic into his sword, endowing it with a red aura and emblazoning runic symbols along its length. Genesis makes liberal use of magic and uses spells with fire-type appearances—such as Homing, Flash, and Dark Energy—but it is unknown which of these spells are cast using Materia and which are an extension of his Project G abilities. He also uses Summon Materia to conjure monsters to battle Zack. Artwork of Genesis's sword. With his identity as a Project G SOLDIER known to him, Genesis manifests a black wing over his left shoulder. The wing enables him to fly, and when battling Zack he can command the feathers to fly about and use them in projectile attacks. Following his restoration at the end of Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII-, when he is fought with his empowered Rapier, Genesis can manifest blades of red energy, but no longer bears his wing. However, based on the secret ending of Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII-, Genesis still maintains the ability to summon his wing. Genesis's ultimate attack when fought as a restored human is Apocalypse, where he creates a crest of red energy above his opponent that emits a wave of energy to damage them. Zack learns Apocalypse as a Digital Mind Wave attack after defeating Genesis in their first battle. As a product of Project G, Genesis can copy his genetic material onto others and create copies of himself. The Genesis Copies take on his appearance, the degree of which depending on how strong the copy is—the strongest copies appear identical to Genesis save for his weapon. As he is not a perfect specimen his degradation passes on to his copies, hampering their abilities as they lose power. Unlike Angeal, Genesis cannot imbue monsters with his abilities, nor can he take on the abilities of those imbued with his cells as Angeal does when he becomes Angeal Penance. Story Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII- FFVIICC. The world needs a new hero! Genesis to Sephiroth before the VR room fight Genesis was born from the Jenova Project G led by Dr. Gillian Hewley was injected with Jenova's cells and her cells were transplanted into Genesis to grant him Jenova's abilities, an extraterrestrial organism Shinra scientists mistook for a member of the Cetra, a race of ancient humans said to have been able to commune with the planet itself. After Genesis's birth Professor Hojo's 'Project S,' which created Sephiroth, was deemed superior, and Project G was shut down. Unknown to Hojo and Hollander, however, the Project G research would continue in Deepground. Genesis was labeled a failed experiment and was adopted by a wealthy landlord in Banora. Genesis and Sephiroth in combat. Genesis and Angeal were childhood friends despite Angeal's family being poor. During the Wutai War Genesis envied Sephiroth's fame, and he and Angeal left for Midgar to join SOLDIER. The two became 1st Class and were close with Sephiroth, the only two he socialized with in the company on a personal level. During a training exercise between the three Genesis challenged Sephiroth to a one-on-one duel that escalated to the point Angeal had to intervene. Genesis broke Angeal's SOLDIER sword with his Rapier and the top sliced into his shoulder as it shattered. Genesis assured the two it was a minor wound, but it worsened rather than healed, having triggered Genesis's flawed genetic structure to begin to degrade. Hollander, knowing the secrets of Genesis's birth, claimed he could heal him. Secretly, Hollander desires vengeance on Hojo and Shinra and wants to prove Genesis the superior product of the Jenova Project. Under Hollander's orders, Genesis took a large force of 3rd and 2nd Class SOLDIER members and went rogue during the closing stages of the Wutai War. Hollander vanished, taking with him the technology to produce Genesis Copies. By transplanting Genesis's cells into the SOLDIER members who had followed him, Hollander would grant them Genesis's appearance and abilities, and the two began to build their army. A month later SOLDIER director Lazard sends Zack and Angeal to Wutai to assist in the siege of Fort Tamblin and to investigate Genesis's disappearance. During the attack Angeal goes missing and Zack is assaulted by Genesis Copies. Zack is dispatched with Tseng, the leader of Shinra's intelligence agency, he Turks, to Banora to question Genesis's parents. The town is overrun with Genesis Copies as well as stolen Shinra robots, and during the investigation Tseng finds a fresh grave with Genesis's adoptive parents, killed by their foster son. Genesis at Banora Village, with his wing visible. In the apple juice factory outside of town the two find Genesis who incapacitates Tseng. Angeal appears and stops Zack from striking him as Genesis leaves, then follows him. Zack returns to the village and finds Angeal's mother, Gillian Hewley, dead, and assumes Angeal killed her. In reality, she took her own life in shame for taking part in the Jenova Project. Genesis tells Zack and Angeal that Angeal can no longer live in their world and trips Zack as he tries to chase after his old mentor. Genesis summons Bahamut to fight Zack, and after Zack defeats it, Genesis unfurls a large wing from his left shoulder. He tells Zack that he and Angeal are monsters, and flies away leaving Zack and Tseng to evacuate as the town is destroyed by Shinra to cover up Genesis's actions. Shortly after, Genesis and Angeal are declared killed in action. In Midgar, Lazard tells Zack (now promoted to SOLDIER 1st Class) and Sephiroth that Shinra plans to continue to fight Genesis and his forces out of the public's eye when alarms sound an intruder. The building's security drones have malfunctioned and Genesis Copies are attacking the Shinra Building. As Zack helps fight off the army Sephiroth contacts him and tells him Angeal has been spotted in the Sector 5 Reactor. The two find Hollander's lab with evidence of his hand in creating the Genesis copies and information on Project G. Hollander and Genesis arrive, and Zack chases Hollander as Genesis speaks to Sephiroth, claiming Sephiroth's glory and fame ought to be his. He cites a passage from LOVELESS and asks Sephiroth which of them would be the Hero spoken of in the story, and claims his desire is to obtain the 'gift of the goddess' LOVELESS speaks of. Angeal interrupts Zack's pursuit of Hollander and reveals two white wings of his own. Wishing to be returned to normal, Angeal has allied with Genesis and Hollander to be cured. As Zack refuses to fight his old mentor, Angeal knocks Zack off the platform sending him plummeting into the Sector 5 Church in the Midgar Slums. Angeal tries to persuade Genesis not to kill Hojo. The attack on Shinra continues and Zack returns to the plate to help defend the city. Angeal reappears with a change of heart, and flies him to the Shinra Building. Sephiroth and Angeal repel the Genesis Copies and send Zack to protect Hojo. Genesis, Angeal and Zack congregate in Hojo's lab where Genesis quotes from LOVELESS and the group discusses the poem's missing fifth act that leaves the result of a climactic battle between friends uncertain. Genesis flees and Zack and Angeal follow. Angeal abandons Zack to fight Bahamut Fury summoned by Genesis, who has also taken his leave once Zack defeats it. News of a base used by Genesis in Modeoheim come in. Zack and Tseng, accompanied by another Shinra infantryman and Cloud, investigate, and find Genesis in a Mako excavation facility. Zack finds Genesis confronting Hollander, now degraded to the point his clothing and hair have begun to turn white. Genesis has decided Hollander is useless, failing to help his condition, and declares to seek Jenova cells for a cure. Hollander protests that no one knows where Jenova is, and Genesis says he will destroy the world along with himself then. Genesis duels Zack and is defeated, and throws himself into the depths of the Mako Reactor to his apparent demise. Several months later the Genesis army resurfaces and attacks Shinra across the Planet. Zack and Sephiroth assist in defending Junon where Hollander is being held captive. During the attack Hollander escapes with the assistance of two Genesis Copies. Though unseen by Shinra, Genesis observes the events from atop the Mako Cannon, alive but still degrading. When Sephiroth and Zack are dispatched to Nibelheim to investigate the local reactor Genesis confronts Sephiroth at the reactor's core. He tells Sephiroth about the two Jenova Project branches, G and S, and that as Angeal was the perfect 'monster' of Project G, Sephiroth is the product of Project S. Genesis tells Sephiroth the origins of his 'mother,' Jenova, and her hand in their creation. Claiming that Sephiroth is the perfect product of Jenova's cells, Genesis says this means his cells will never degrade and asks Sephiroth to give him his cells to cure his degradation. Sephiroth, confused and angry, refuses, and Genesis departs. His words, combined with what Sephiroth learns about his origins in the Shinra Manor, spark his descent into madness, and he burns Nibelheim to the ground and is seemingly killed by Cloud within the reactor. Genesis stops Zack's journey across the bridge. After four years of captivity in the aftermath of Nibelheim's destruction, Zack and Cloud break free from Shinra Manor and escape, being pursued by two Genesis Copies. As Zack prepares to face off with them the real Genesis soars down from the sky, explaining he heard Zack was being used for one of Hojo's experiments, Project S, and so Zack holds Sephiroth's cells that can cure him. One of the Genesis copies consumes a lock of Zack's hair, but it mutates into a monster and Genesis leaves. When Zack makes his way to Gongaga more Genesis Copies attempt to kill him, but are stopped by Genesis and Hollander, now also a degrading Genesis Copy. Believing Zack's body rejected Sephiroth's cells due to being a SOLDIER member, they now seek Cloud and the cells he carries. Genesis declares to have discovered the true final act of LOVELESS and flies away as Hollander and the copies search for Cloud. Zack dispatches Hollander and meets Lazard, an Angeal Copy, who directs him to Genesis's lair, the caverns beneath Banora. Zack discovers the journal of a younger Genesis before his days as a SOLDIER that describes his invention of Banora White apple juice, along with his desire to share his accomplishments with Sephiroth by having him eat a Banora White. Deeper in the caves Zack finds the story of LOVELESS carved to stone tablets and Genesis before a goddess statue holding a gigantic natural Materia. Certain that the Goddess Materia is the 'gift of the goddess,' Genesis quotes LOVELESS again. With Zack's arrival, having inherited Angeal's Buster Sword and Sephiroth's cells, the three friends are reunited and LOVELESS is fulfilled. Believing himself the Hero who has received the goddess's protection Genesis absorbs the Materia's power to become Genesis Avatar and engages Zack. When defeated Genesis is returned to human form, cured from degradation. Zack figures that all Genesis wanted was to regain his pride as SOLDIER, and be healed of his degradation. Gathering the last of his strength Genesis challenges Zack to a final duel as a SOLDIER, and is struck down. Genesis speaks to Zack before transforming. Genesis is sent flying back with Zack's final attack and lands on his feet in a place flooded with Lifestream. The goddess statue in the distance morphs into Minerva who sees his desire to complete his duty as SOLDIER, and as the will of the Lifestream, spares his life. Zack carries the weakened Genesis out of the cave. Zack lays him down and retrieves three Banora Whites, taking a bite out of them to fulfill Genesis's childhood dream, though he apologizes for not being 'the real thing.' Zack asks if the apple is the 'gift' but Genesis shakes his head; thanks to his battle with Zack Genesis discovered the gift is the pride of a SOLDIER. Content with his pride restored and his dream fulfilled, Genesis passes out, and Zack and Cloud move on. A Shinra helicopter takes Genesis away. Shortly after Zack and Cloud leave a Shinra helicopter lands nearby and two 1st Class SOLDIER members with Deepground symbols on their belts jump out. They wonder if Genesis would join them and carry him into the helicopter leaving his book of LOVELESS behind. Genesis's voice recites the final act of LOVELESS that appears onto the book. Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII- FFVIIDoC Sir. I've been spending time analyzing the data retrieved from the files of former weapons development administrator Scarlet. It used to be a medical facility for injured SOLDIER troops. Military personnel would be sent there for care and rehabilitation. However, over time, it evolved into a laboratory for madmen content on ignoring all laws of man and nature. And supposedly this evolution took place because of the existence of one rogue SOLDIER—a man known only as 'G.' However, that's all we were able to retrieve. WRO Personnel onboard the Shera. Genesis, as he appears in the secret ending. Genesis was brought to Deepground and the two SOLDIER members, Weiss and Nero, attempted to persuade him to join in their rebellion against the Restrictors, current leaders of Deepground. Genesis declined and sealed himself in a flooded cavern beneath Midgar awaiting the day he would be needed to protect the world in Sephiroth and Angeal's stead. Vincent discovers that, according to Shinra executive Scarlet's private files, the Tsviets were spliced with Genesis's cells and subjected to various experiments to see how they reacted. Collecting the three 'G Reports' unlocks an extra ending. Following Omega's destruction, Weiss's body lays in the flooded cavern, which sends out a shock wave that awakens Genesis. Genesis approaches Weiss and tells him it 'is not yet time for slumber' and that they have much work to do. He picks up his 'brother,' spreads his wing, and flies off into the night. In the Crisis Core Complete Guide it is explained that Genesis has reappeared to protect the planet, and his final lines in Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII- explain his return, but in more of a riddle. Because Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII- is the last chronological entry in the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII, save for the final scenes of Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete, Genesis's current status is unknown. Gameplay Boss Genesis is fought three times, first at the Mako Excavation Facility, in the process of undergoing degradation and with his wing present. The next time he is fought he is titled 'Genesis Avatar' in the Banora Underground after being transformed by the Lifestream from the Goddess Materia. Immediately after this the player fights Genesis in human form, restored to full strength. A simulation of Genesis based on his abilities in the battle in the Mako Excavation Facility can be fought in Mission 5-1-5. Digital Mind Wave Genesis is added to Zack's Digital Mind Wave allowing him to unleash Genesis's Limit Break, Apocalypse. Genesis Mode is a special mode where Genesis's portrait is added to the reel. This is the final check the game makes; if the game fails to enter both Summon Mode and Chocobo Mode, there is a chance Genesis Mode will activate. The base chance is 12.5%, but it can be boosted further with DMW Materia. Genesis Mode still doesn't mean Apocalypse will activate, just as Summon and Chocobo Modes do not guarantee a move will trigger. After Genesis Mode has been activated once, Genesis's portrait stays in the reel until it is reset, such as during a storyline event or by drinking the Potion from the Shinra employee in the Shinra Building lobby. Creation and development. Gackt, the Japanese musician/singer, on whose appearance was Genesis's modeled. Gackt's original involvement with Square Enix was singing the theme music for Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII-, and appearing in a minor role in that game, playing Genesis. Hideki Imaizumi, the producer of Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII, thought such a passing role was a waste, and asked for more involvement. Imaizumi and Gackt came up with Genesis's design, describing everything from his attitude to his clothes. 'I went to eat with him one time and described the Final Fantasy VII universe in rich detail. And it turned into this process of collaboration, creating the character together. Then we went to the studio and recorded the Japanese voice with all that in mind. So he really was a creative partner in all of this. And we really wanted the connection between Dirge of Cerberus and Crisis Core.' [1] Voice In the Japanese versions of Dirge of Cerberus -Final Fantasy VII- and Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII-, Genesis is voiced by Gackt. In the English version of Dirge of Cerberus, he is voiced by Robin Atkin Downes, and in the English version of Crisis Core, Genesis's voice is provided by Oliver Quinn. Etymology and symbolism Genesis originally being known only as 'G' likely refers to Gackt who played him. Genesis is a Greek term meaning 'birth' or 'origin'. Book of Genesis is the first book of the Old Testament. The Fruit of Knowledge that caused Adam and Eve to fall from Eden is often depicted as apple, and Genesis often carries one with him, and it is used as a symbol of temptation as he offers it to people he wishes would join him. Similarly, Genesis was the first to learn about the 'sin' of the Jenova Project, but unlike Sephiroth, achieves salvation, as well as spiritual and physical healing, from the Gift of the Goddess. Rhapsodos is 'one who performs an epic poem', a rhapsody, such as the poet Homer. Thus, Genesis's name may be interpreted as meaning 'the original performer of the epic poem', which could refer to his desire to reenact LOVELESS, or his rebellion against Shinra that Sephiroth would repeat years later. Trivia According to the Crisis Core Complete Guide,[2] Genesis's fanclub, titled Red Leather, is sponsored by his foster parents in Banora. Despite initially seeing their task of raising Genesis as a mere job from Shinra, their affections for him grew over time. The Crisis Core Ultimania Scenario Q&A[3] details that the remains of the abandoned Banora mine were used as a 'secret base' or child's playground by Genesis when he was young. The Crisis Core Complete Guide explains that the desk installed there, the one the player views when first entering the Banora underground, was Genesis's desk from his childhood. Items found here include a trophy cabinet, containing the prize for winning the 'National Agriculture Awards, Processed Foods Category', scattered photos from Genesis's youth, and a book that appears to be his journal. I still need to defeat the shadowseer and the hell wyrm before I face Yiazmat. I shut it down for now though and i'll do it later. Upgraded Vaan to the Ragnarok and got the spells I never went in bought (scathe, ardor, and renew). I plan to finish my marks before I go after my last two espers: Ultima and Zodiark. After that I guess all that's left is to top off my sky pirate den, finish the ingame bestiary, and defeat Vayne in the pathetically easy fight it will be. After that I will either hook up my gamecube and play crystal chronicles or hook up my SNES and play Zelda: Link to the past, that I recently found. And I may fire off a round on my SNES copy of Chrono Trigger. Okay, it beings in Midgar with an attack on a Mako reactor. It gets blown up. While escaping, Cloud see Aerith for the first time, anyway, you continue to run, and end up back at 7th Heaven (AVALANCHE HQ). On the next raid, due to a mistake by Jessie, they get caught on the train and have to escape, they do, and go to attack the reactor. All is going well, when they get stopped just outside after setting up the bomb. Cloud falls, and crashes into Aerith's flowerbed in the Church. She hires him as a bodyguard. They escape the Turks and Aerith gets home. Cloud is told by Aerith's adoptive mother to leave without her. However, on the way to Sector 7, Aerith catches up to him, he is left with no choice by to let her accompany him. At the park, we see Tifa taken away in a carriage, where Cloud goes to save her, with Aerith's help. Basically, they infiltrate the mansion, with a little crossdressing from Cloud, and catch p with Tifa. Upon some interrogation, they find out something about Shinra, and are dropped through a trapdoor into a sewer. Blah Blah nothing important here. Back at Sector 7, they warn of Shinra's plan to drop the upper city part onto the Slums, since they know AVALANCHE's HQ is there. In an attempt to save it, Biggs, Jessie and Wedge are dead, with Cloud and Tifa meeting Barret up at the top. They, inadvertedly, set off the bomb, and Aerith, alongside Marlene is captured. During an attempt to save Aerith, they meet Red XII (Nanaki), and find Jenova has escaped. When they reach the president, following the blood. They find him dead, with Sephiroth's Masamune in him. Aerith, Barret, Tifa and Red XII go ahead, while Cloud goes after Rufus. Rufus escapes on a helicopter, and Cloud and Co have to escape. Motorcycle highway battle. In the end, they end up outside Midgar, and are unable to go back in. This is a detailed summary of the Midgar portion. So the last portion dealt with Midgar, they then move onto Kalm. In the Inn, Cloud tells his story of Sephiroth. It beings in Kalm, Cloud tell his story in the Inn there. The story starts on the way to Nibelheim, 5 years ago. A rather energetic Cloud, on his first mission as a First Class SOLDIER is riding in the back of a truck, with Sephiroth and two Shinra Grunts. Of course, this is wrong, Zack is the First Class, and Cloud is one of the Grunts. Tifa knows Cloud was not there (well, he was but she didn't see him) Anyway, for the fun of it, in the flashback, you can visit Cloud's house, where he has a conversation, rather broken, with his mother, go to Tifa's house and read her letter, play the piano, and look through her drawers. So the main part, they spend the night in an Inn, Sephiroth at some point goes to Shinra Mansion where he learns of how he was created from the Jenova cells being injected into his mother's womb, while he was a fetus (Mother is Lucrecia). Of course, he continues on with the mission, and takes a picture with Cloud (Zack), Tifa and himself, for one of the residents there. When they get to the reactor, Cloud (the grunt) keeps Tifa out of it, and Cloud (Zack) goes in with Sephiroth. Sephiroth then sees the humans being given extreme amounts of Mako energy, and turning them into monsters. Knowing he was exposed to Mako Energy too, he begins to question himself (am I a monster). Anyway, they pretty much leave etc. Sephiroth ahead, and he ends up burning down Nibelhiem. Cloud (Zack) and Cloud (Grunt) end up back at the reactor, following Sephiroth. Tifa is already there, mourning her father, killed by Sephiroth. She takes his Masamune, and goes after him, this does not go well, and she ends up being attacked with it. Cloud (Zack) moves her slightly against a Reactor, and goes after Sephiroth, since it is from how Cloud knows it, he sees Sephiroth take the casing off of Jenova, and well, is injured. Now, I am going to skip ahead of the story a bit and tell the next part. Cloud (Grunt) takes off his helm and takes the Buster Sword. He then impales Sephiroth with it, and is in turn, stabbed with the Masamune. Sephiroth walks away, Cloud, not fully dead, then goes after Sephiroth and finally 'kills' him, when Sephiroth is thrown into the pool of Mako Energy, with a damaging wound. Life Mage, as your suggestion, I have added hide tags, and I've put the next part up. Okay, I'll gloss over slightly what happens after Kalm. You take a Chocobo over the Marshes to avoid the Midgar Zolom, when you reach the cave, you see it impaled upon a tree, only Sephiroth could have done this. At the end of the cave you run into the Turks, and, before anything happens, they have to leave. Nothing major said here really. So at Junon, the goal is to infiltrate the Shinra city up top. First, Cloud and Co save a girl, who has been attacked by a monster (which they witness, and kick its arse.) Cloud performs CPR and she provides a way up top, by jumping with a Dolphin. Anyway, Cloud gets in and is mistaken for a Shinra Grunt out of uniform. He's made to perform in a parade, and at the end, entertain Rufus Shinra infront of the boat. Anyway, Rufus gets on, and they all bugger off, letting Cloud and Co board the boat. On the boat, you talk to the party and such, and the player wonders how stupid they can be not to notice Nanaki's tail. Anyway, when Cloud finds Barret, they see Rufus and Heidiegger (spelling?) talking, I can't remember the conversation, but Barret is getting annoyed. The alarm goes off. Barret thinks they have been found, but there is an announcement of a Black Cloaked Man (Sephiroth), you form a party, and find nothing in the engine room, there you are ambush by Sephiroth, well sort of, it's more his will and Jenova. You have to fight, and beat Jenova here. Once that's done, the boat continues on to its destination, Costa del Sol, where you can see Hojo, witness an interesting scene with Barret, or stare at chicks in bikinis, if your are like that, and see a scene with Tifa and some guy. Basically, you spend the night at the Inn, and then set out for Mt Corel (I do not remember exact spelling.) This is my last addition for tonight, tomorrow I will continue as far as I can from where I have left off. Started playing Crisis Core again. Currently at Modeoheim and got horribly raped by Angeal twice. So I'm stuck attempting to level on missions so he doesn't 1 hit me. Though as a bonus, twice yesterday I got 2 levels in two rolls. Though the game has a way of annoying me. I keep getting stuff on the DMW when I don't need. Multiple times I've got 3 of someone just to deal the last hit when it stops. Once I even got the Summons DMW when I was about to get Aerith (meaning I would have doubled my HP to over 3k cause I had already broken the limit). Anyway, it's a fun game, though it's a fan of overkill too much. I never get the DMW to activate on harder monsters, yet on weaker ones, I'll get Lvl 5 Apocolypses, Cloud (forgot the name for his), Omnislashes, Angeal (again, forgot name) and Air Strikes. Though my main problem is with some monsters, as long as you get the hit in, they'll mostly flinch and never get a hit in. Another problem is how easy spells are to dodge. I've had Thunder spells go over my head, Blizzard spells, well, if you get hit by one, you're hopeless and Fire spells, well, they're the most troublesome to dodge. I'd have liked a balance somewhere between Fire and Blizzard spells, where you can dodge, but it takes some effort. Though, I feel that the CPU could do a better job of dodging, and not turning around letting me get 3+ hits into their back, killing normal monsters, and dealing some good damage against the harder ones. EDIT: Anyone mind telling me how Pheniox Downs work on this, and some tips for Angeal in the Bathhouse? Cloud does Meteor shots, it's also his last limit break before omnislash I believe. Phoenix downs give you the auto life ability (I got real familiar with them during the Minerva fight). As for Angeal, regular attacks to his side and just dodge well and heal. And that's side, not back. He has a special attack for you if you go around to his back. The first time I fought him I had to train too. Right now i'm letting my secondary party train up (too lazy to do it myself). I think 30-50 should be good enough. Today I fight Yiazmat, then I go after the last two espers I need, finish the sky pirates den and Finish the ingame bestiary, oh and obliterate Vanye because he is going to be really easy. Beat the hell wyrm yesterday. Annoying but manageable, like always. Thanks for the advice. I had the idea of using something which cancels out Lightning based attacks, hoping I could attack him from the back without getting raped. Anyway, I spent most of it in critical, and I finished him off with a Lv. 4 Rush Assault while in Critical. Didn't need to use the Pheniox Down, but I did to be safe, since he used to rape me with his Judgement attack, though it was only doing 1.7k damage. My main problem was if I was near him, he'd follow up with an attack to finish me, or I got killed when attacking from behind. I got the highest Clan Rank in FF12 today - Order of Ambrosia. Those rares took me forever to hunt down but I finally did it. Now everyone in my main party is level 99 and everyone else is 90+. Things that are still on my to-do list: Get everyone to level 99, get every piece of equipment, finish the bestiary by getting all the extra pages, and do the 100 tier race then I'll have a perfect game. Unless you count getting the maximum amount of everything but that's just overkill. I don't have 10 years at my expense to get 99 Danjuros. I don't even have one yet. I'm on Yiazmat right now and i'm taking my time. (that's a lie, his defense is killing me and it's taking me awhile to burn through it) I'll have it done soon since I have him a little under halfway. I should try doing him in one run though. Too bad he's not like the hell wyrm who was very generous with his invert attack and gave me mp when I needed it. So basically nothing new with Yiazmat. Still hard to beat, still uses cyclone, still kills a fully bubbled character within five attacks Oh and I have a spare dragon whisker if you need one. Yeah his defense was ridiculous for the amount of HP he had. And it gets to a point where buffing your characters (even bubble) is just a waste because almost everyone dies within one attack anyways. The Reverse spell was pretty useful, although it goes away way too quickly. I thought Omega was much easier than Yiaz. I'm trying to get Danjuro. Been trying for two days straight and no luck. I saw a video of someone with 99. Why the hell do I have the worst luck with video games? I thought my bad luck was only present in RS but apparently it is for this game too. I turned off my buff gambits and my healing except for arise or else my characters are so busy healing they can't get in any damage. Traded in my Hermes sandals for bubble belts on all my characters and put the Hermes sandals on my secondary party because if I use them it's my main party dieing and running out while reviving my main party, so haste helps. Six full bars left and about 95% of the 7th. I had only store bought ninja swords so I took a break to get some others. Fran has the koga blade (equipped the weakest one i'm using on my strongest character), Ashe has the Orochi because i'm too lazy to going for the best ninja sword, Vaan has the Antres with the dark shot. They all have Renewing Morions which takes care of sap and then my melee fighters use the Maximillian or the windbreaker. I'm sure I don't need to tell you the use of the windbreaker. I was using Mirage Vests until he used growing threat. My characters usually survive about three hits before they are dead assuming his attacks don't inflict death.
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