Well... I figured not that many people are all that clued up on FFVII: Dirge of Cerburus... So being uber helpful as i am... (and pretty damn bored!!) I'd make a FFVII:DoC Info topic!!! feel free to post any of your thoughts and/or comments on the game or any additional info that I may have missed out!!

edit - also i will edit this with any new info that comes to light!!!




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Story
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The story begins when a group known as the Deep ground Soilders attack Kalm looking for Vincent. Unfortunatly other than this very little is known about the story of DoC.

AVALANCHE has now become a much larger organisation called the World Restoration Organization (WRO). They carry out missions to try and help restore the world after the catastrophy of the meateor. It is theorised That Tifa and Barret work for WRO and will make apperances in the game, however this is not confirmed.

It has also been hinted that alot more will be revealed about what happened to Vincent during the time he was being experimented on by Hojo, and also his love for Lucrecia.

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Confirmed Characters
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FFVII related:
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Vincent
Name Vincent Valentine
Age At least 30
Height 184cm
Birthday October 13th
Role in DoC Main Playable Character
Role in FF7 Playable Character (hidden)
Vincent Valentine appears as a tall and brooding character with long untidy black hair wearing a shabby red cloak over black clothes. His left arm below his elbow has been replaced with a golden metal claw like hand. It is not know weather this hand is prosthetic mechanical arm or a gauntlet which covers up some deformity or injury. His cloak is held together with a number of buckles and it half covers his face.
His name comes from a mixture of Vincent Price (an American actor who appeared in a number of horror films) and Saint Valentine.


Cait Sith
Name Cait Sith (pronounced cait shee)
Age N/A
Height 100cm
Birthday Unknown
Role in DoC Unknown
Role in FF7 Playable Character
Cait Sith (pronounced cait shee) is a remote control mechanical cat developed by Reeve in Shin-Ra, we meet him in the Gold Saucer as a fortune teller. He then joins the team and is later discover to be a spy for Shin-Ra in an incident at a later visit to the Gold Saucer. He is a large black cat with a white patch on his chest that goes up to his forehead. He wears a small red cloak that is tied around his nick and has a small crown on his head. In Final Fantasy VII he rode the back of a large stuffed Mog.
His name comes from Celtic mythology fairly like creature that resembles a large black cat with a white spot on its breast. It was said to haunt the Scottish Highlands.

Yuffie
Name Yuffie Kisaragi
Age 19
Height 154cm
Birthday Unknown
Role in DoC Unknown
Role in FF7 Playable Character
Nothing is know about this character as yet, she is featured in magazine scan because of the weapon she carries and because she is close to Vincent I suspect that she is Yuffie.

Reeve
Name Reeve Tuesti
Age Unknown
Height Unknown
Birthday Unknown
Role in DoC World Restoration Organization Leader
Role in FF7 Shinra's Head of Urban Development, and maker of Cait Sith.
Reeve is one of the Shin-Ra Executives and is the Head of Urban Development Department. The man who controls Cait Sith and discovers that Hojo is sending power to the Sister Ray that would have destroyed Midgar. He is now the leader of the World Restoration Organization (WRO).

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New Characters
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Azul
Name Azul
Age Unknown
Height Unknown
Birthday Unknown
Role in DoC Unknown
Role in FF7 Not in FF7
Almost nothing is know about Azul at the moment, other than the fact he likes using what can only be described as a tank turret as his weapon. His name is Spanish for blue and he makes an appearance in Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII.

Shelke
Name Shelke
Age Unknown
Height Unknown
Birthday Unknown
Role in DoC Unknown
Role in FF7 Not in FF7
This Deep Ground Solider is commonly seen next to her male counterpart Azul, and is the one helping him hunt down Vincent. Her weapon consist of two amber colored energy lances, which she dual wields. She is also seen with glowing amber eyes, this suggests that she has been altered/enhanced somehow.

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Unknown characters
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Rosso and Sharua
Nothing is yet known about these characters other than their names.

Also, note the picture of Vincents galien beast form, suggesting that limit breaks may still make an apperance in DoC.

Deep Ground Soilders
One of the main known bad guys in DoC, the Deep Ground Soilders (or DG Soilders) are an army of soilders who were being beveloped by presidant Shinra deep beneath Midgar during FFVII. at the end of FFVII when the meteor crashed, the becaume trapped underground. Now in DoC it is 3 years later and they have escaped from underground and are searching for Vincent, the reason is yet unknown.
The DG soilders are very powerful and have many high tech weapons at their disposal, they also appear to have control over some beasts and monsters.

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Other Important Info
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First and foremost it is important to state that DoC is NOT a traditional RPG like other FF games!! It has been described by square-enix as a First person Shooter with a FF Storyline. A FPS with a good storyline?! could be interesting!!

It also has a online mode where you play as a DG soldier. Three modes have been annouced so far, all pretty bog-standard, each for their own where you try to get as many kills as possible on assorted levels, and a team game where you and a team of 20 - 30 others will attempt to get as many kills as possible for your team, and finally a co-op mode, where you team up with others and attempt to kill a boss.

Also as of yet if has not been confirmed whether Cloud will appear in this game. Im sure more info on this will come to light soon!!!!

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Release dates
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Japan - 26th January 2006
NA - early 2006
EU - mid 2006

(all release dates are subject (and more than likely) to change!!

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There we go!! hope that sheds some more light on DoC for everybody!!!! like I said, feel free to add anymore info you may have to the toic, or voice your opinions on what ya think of the game!!!!

HUGE thanks to:

www.gamespot.com
www.ff7-doc.com
www.eyesonff.com
www.rpg-gamer.com

for all the info and pics!!!

I think this will be a pretty fun sequel because Vincent is a pretty neat character with a good background story. As long as the combat runs smoothly and it tells you a bit more about Vincent, I'd like it.

But I'm surprised they made it an online game. That is just another money-grabbing tactic that is a little pathetic in my opinion.

For all you J-Rock fans:

Thanks for Advent Children/Dirge of Cerberus.net (The Compilation Network).

So does all the info chage anyone opinions on the game.

I personally think it's starting to look quite cool.

I saw some ingame footage of it I think and it's changed my opinion. I thought it was just being milked cause of Advenbt Children and I hope they can pull it off. It'll be nice to see a worthy action game from squareenix. Last time I remember them outside the rpg walls was The Bouncer.....nuff said