FFVII: Ever Crisis Announced

[X-SOLDIER]

Zack, being the master of deadpan hyperbole where you can't know if he's exaggerating or if he somehow thinks he actually could do that.



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[Dark and Divine]

The time is now....

 

[X-SOLDIER]

Welp, I still need to go play this latest chapter.


The reason why I haven't done yet is something that I need to vent about in regards to the game itself on Steam:

I hate the way that the Steam version of this game still gets its updates only while you're directly connected to the game itself. Like, if Steam says that it's up-to-date, it'll still have to connect and will encounter a screen that will prompt you download the latest update – where you have to choose between the necessary minimum or complete download. This means that things like checking the integrity of the game files from Steam just... doesn't work in any meaningful way. Just from a playability perspective, it's also a colossal fucking waste of time to how any other type of game manages its updates via the service that installs the game, such that it's easier to keep the game up-to-date, and also fix anything that goes wrong with the installation itself.

Connected to that, a not insignificant number of times when I haven't played for a bit and there's a ridiculously large update that needs to download, it'll just freeze at a random point whilst downloading/installing the update. That on its own is bad enough, but basically whenever that happens, it causes some sort of sync failure to the drive that it's writing to that's SO EGREGIOUS that it completely removes my computer's ability to detect that ENTIRE SSD Hard Drive AT ALL. This persists through restarts, and will last until I literally power down, and then physically detach and re-attach the cables to the SSD before powering my computer back on. Afterwards if I want to attempt to play Ever Crisis still – because Steam can't be used to verify the integrity of those downloaded files and there's no repair or integrity verification in the game itself – I'll have to completely purge the entire folder and its contents manually, and then re-install it from scratch in Steam... which then means when I start up the game, because it doesn't actually give Steam the true updates – there's an even BIGGER required update file that I have to download while connected to the game, which just increases the probability of this failure becoming a cyclical problem.

(Attempting to just restart from where it gets cut off is why, at times I've had the game installed to where I can play it, but it's been totally impossible for me to even get into certain areas of the game – like the main Battle Tower as well as the Dungeon that uses Hojo's Lab as a map asset, because there's no way to for the game to detect that something about those parts of the installation didn't download correctly, and the only fix that is possible is to nuke it and totally reinstall it).

Literally all of my Steam games are stored on that SSD along with a boatload of other things, and none of them have EVER had issues. It's ONLY Ever Crisis that has ever at any point managed to run into game file integrity problems of ANY kind, let alone to totally screw up everything to the point that the entire hard drive it was located on stopped being detected at all. The fact that it has done so on multiple occasions is just so damn frustrating. If they would just make it so that they'd update their game like anything else on Steam does, it would make it so that those huge fucking download files could just be done asynchronously without me having to have the game actively pulled up and just waiting for it to potentially freeze and screw up the entire rest of my games library, and then even if it DID have issues with anything that got downloaded – I could just use the client to replace any broken files... Instead I've ended up just using my phone to play the parts of it that don't work, so that I don't have to run through a mess that doesn't work and physically rip my computer apart to get the installation to be minimally operational.

It's just hard to justify that level of troubleshooting & headache just to get the damn thing running long enough to check out the new story content and then forget about it again only to have a coin toss that it'll happen again next time.



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[SS2Link]

Gackt is back in a recording booth he hasn’t been in for over a decade. Likely referring to his last role in Crisis Core.

https://x.com/J19_Gaming89/status/1960478622319300618

This could either mean Genesis is back for FF7 Remake Part 3, or he’s finally being added to Ever Crisis! Either way, this could be great news.

 

[Tetsujin]

Here's me hoping he's recording a new album or something.
He did start up YFC again recently iirc...

 

[SS2Link]

Here's me hoping he's recording a new album or something.
He did start up YFC again recently iirc...

I’m not sure why he would go to a recording studio he hasn’t been in for a decade, specifically “to record my voice” if he’s just making music lol

He’d just go to his standard studio and post that he’s recording music

 

[Tetsujin]

Well seeing how he hasn't recorded a new album in a decade and how he is a singer primarily...like, this could be anything. I just don't see the evidence pointing towards VA or anything FF specifically.

 

[Theozilla]

Well seeing how he hasn't recorded a new album in a decade and how he is a singer primarily...like, this could be anything. I just don't see the evidence pointing towards VA or anything FF specifically.

But he said he's currently recording his voice, I don't think a musician would specify that in particular if they were simply doing music. Also voice recording studio doesn't look the same as music recording studio.

 

[Kuraudo.]

Extended Gallery - Updated
Video 1 - New Playable Character Sephiroth (Original)
Video 2 - Event FINAL FANTASY VII ADVENT CHILDREN EC Edition

Spoiler: FF7EC 2nd Anniversary - Livestream Highlights

FF7EC 2nd Anniversary Highlights
Starting from 9/7 (Sun), the event "FINAL FANTASY VII ADVENT CHILDREN EC Edition" has been confirmed to take place! Sephiroth (Original) can be unlocked as a playable character by clearing the Remembrance of Joy and Pain story quest in the event FINAL FANTASY VII ADVENT CHILDREN EC Edition.

• AC Event Story (Sep)
• Playable Adult Sephiroth (Sep) (unlockable only thru temporary AC event)
• Bahamut SIN as boss
• Cloud AC skin and AC Fusion sword
• Cloud and Adult Sephiroth Ultimate Weapons
• Tifa AC skin, Yuffie AC skin, Kadaj AC skin for Young Seph
• New feature "Memoria" (add stat to your party)
• New feature "Enemy moves" (added as new tab close to limit break)
• LVL 100 uncap
• Glenn & co joining anti-Shinra mov. story (Oct)
• FSII last story chapter (Oct)
• FF13 collab. Lightning boss fight (Nov)
• Nier collab (Dec)
• Roadmap, gift, etc.
• Log in after maintenance (right after maintenance, or an hour after maintenace) to get at least 1k crystals
• AC story will be added once the AC event is over
• DC story confirmed to release early 2026 (attempt)
• BC acknowledged. However, nothing has been confirmed

Spoiler: FF7EC Ver. 3.0.0 - Update notice

Ver. 3.0.0 Update notice
We would like to introduce the content of the Ver. 3.0.0 update releasing on Sep. 6 PDT.

Update Details​

Regarding the Previously Announced Ver. 3.0.0 Update Details
We would like to take this opportunity to once again go over the update details announced in “2nd Anniversary Update Details”

• New Playable Character Sephiroth (Original)
• New Feature: Memoria
• New Content: Trial of the Summons (Fury)
• Character Maximum Level Increased
• New Battle Tower Colosseum of the Chosen Floors
• Double Summon Noble Memory added
• Limit Break unlock conditions eased
• Batch Ticket Draw feature added
• Improvement of Highwind
• Improvement of Training Quests
• Improvement of Season Pass
• Improvement of Crisis Medal Exchange Lineup
• Improvement of Co-op Exchange Lineup

Below are update details that were not included in the notice “2nd Anniversary Update Details”

• New Feature: Gear List,

A feature that allows you to view all Gear you own will be added.

• New Feature: Type,

Enemies will be categorized by Type based on their characteristics. Additionally, abilities that grant extra effects against specific enemy types will also be introduced.

• R. Ability Icons Adjusted,

R. Ability icon designs will be adjusted.

• Character Stream Training Packs Removed,

The Character Stream Training Packs that become available by progressing through a character's Stream are being removed from the game. *Packs from before this update can still be purchased until the end of the purchase period.

• Stream Improvements,

A button will be added to the Stream screen that allows you to jump between pages.

• Issues Resolved,

Resolution of minor issues Other

• New app icon,
• New title screen

 

[Suzaku]

So, some additional details from the Livestream.

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Sephiroth (Original)

• Sephiroth (Original) is deliberately designed to be overpowered, and to occupy a unique role within the game. Because he can't be paired with young Sephiroth in parties outside of multiplayer, the two will specialize in different areas, and thus synergize with different party loadouts that don't overlap.
  
  
• Sephiroth will be the only character to have Reprieve as a default R. Ability, meaning he doesn't need to source it from Gear.
  
  
• Sephiroth has an exclusive role, different from the standard Attacker, Tank, Healer, and Support roles: Unknown. As such, he will have his own exclusive Tuning materials.
  
  
• Sephiroth's also got a unique Overspeed to go with it, which grants him total immunity from damage and reduces the ATB cost for all his abilities to 1 for the duration, lasting 40 seconds when fully charged. It has a 200 second charge time, but can be activated starting at 50% charge, lasting for a proportional duration (20 seconds at 50% charge). While active, damage received reduces its duration, but only if that damage is equal to or greater than 30% of his HP. The amount reduced is proportional to the damage received.
  
  This will allow him to survive otherwise fatal attacks, to rapidly break sigils, or to deal large amounts of damage in a short duration. They note it's also good for filling his Limit / Summon gauge, as the amount the gauge is filled remains proportional to the original ATB cost of the abilities used.
  
  
• It seems that part of the way they're balancing Sephiroth's innate overpowered nature is by making him a sort of "special occasion" character who will get banners less frequently than the rest of the cast. However, because his weapons and gear will be stronger than usual, they'll also remain relevant in the meta for a longer period of time.
  
  
• They're currently planning for him to specialize in Fire and Water damage, while young Sephiroth will specialize more in Ice and Wind.
  
  
• His Masamune is essentially a single target version of Bahamut Greatsword that also greatly reduces the target's PDEF/MDEF. His Kotetsu is a neutral physical AOE attack that greatly reduces PATK/MATK. These two weapons are basic, but are meant to make him an effective and easy to use sub-attacker for any party composition. These two weapons will be gifted to all players, and there will be easy ways to Overboost them up to OB6.
  
  
• His first banner Gear is just a recolor of his default look because they wanted to preserve his iconic appearance for the time being, but they noted they will get more creative with his Gear in the future. It provides ATK Up (All), +15% HP, and +30% Ability Damage up for all six elements.
  
  
• His Kikuichimonji is a neutral magical AOE attack that grants him Haste on its first use and grants the party a new Damage Bonus buff that makes all physical and magical attacks deal additional bonus damage proportional to the initial damage dealt, +30% damage at OB10. His Shiranui is a single target fire magic attack that grants the party a Fire Damage Bonus buff that works the same way, +30% fire damage at OB10. The two are additive, so if you have both buffs up and use a fire attack, it would add +60% damage. This applies to Limit Breaks and Summons too.
  
  
• His banner Ultimate Weapon, Ame no Murakumo (Heaven's Cloud), has 3 uses, grants Haste, and grants an Exploit Weakness buff that causes him to deal up to 40% additional damage to enemies when exploiting their elemental weakness. It also passively grants the party 30% ability damage up when Stream Phases are Interrupted.

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AC Cloud

• Cloud gets his AC Form gear, which has the same passives as Sephiroth's while also granting him Reprieve.
  
  
• Cloud's Fusion Sword does a big single target neutral attack, gives him a Physical and Magical Weapon Attack Boost, a new type of buff that multiplicatively increases damage from equipped weapon C. Abilities only. It also grants 40% Exploit Weakness.
  
  
• His banner Ultimate Weapon, Ragnarok, has 2 uses, deals a big single target neutral attack, grants himself a Physical and Magical Ability Amp, and grants the entire party +3 ATB. It also automatically grants the part tier 3 PATK/MATK buffs at the start of the battle.

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Other Stuff

• Yuffie and Tifa get their AC Style Gear, Raging 4-Point Shuriken and Combat Leather Gloves, details to be revealed later. Young Sephiroth gets the Remnant Suit and Souba katana, which will be Ice oriented.
  
  
• Memoria is a new type of "materia" that is equipped to the party rather than a character. Their main goal with this seems to be making it easier for players to increase their party's HP, PDEF, and MDEF, as they had lots of complaints and confusion from players who would gear up and go into fights only to get one shot because their defensive stats were too low.
  
  
• Enemy Skills appear to be a new kind of Limit/Summon attack that you can learn from defeating certain bosses, including limited bosses. More details will be revealed later. You'll be able to learn an ability from Lightning by beating her during the FFXIII crossover event.
  
  
• They recognize that a lot of people are calling for Before Crisis to be added, but have noted that due to the large number of characters it's really difficult, almost like creating a whole new game, so they're not sure how they want to implement it yet. In the meantime, they are doing Advent Children now, and are already working on Dirge of Cerberus.

 

[Tetsujin]

Covering all the Compilation. Meaning you'll get playable Advent Children

lol

lmao even

 

[Eerie]

Re: the second anni, way to make me hate ACC even more lol. I expected it would be bad and it's worse than what I thought it would be. They butchered it just for Sephiroth. CT magically disappeared. Oh they're going to hear me. Cloud's month? Lol his weapon and UW are a joke compared to Sephiroth's. And his UW is extra difficult to get. I'm fuming.

I hate this damn event. It should have been a story instead of butchered clips of AC.

 

[SS2Link]

That was disappointing. I get the game’s already moving at a snail’s pace, but they couldn’t give us aaaanything in-game for Advent Children? Just clips from the movie and then Bahamut Sin? That’s so lame.

I love Dirge so here’s hoping they don’t throw in the towel there too. But it’ll still release over the course of a billion months, so, whatever.

Has Crisis Core even finished? The release schedule is so frustrating.

 

[Eerie]

No, CC will end this winter, after NY. We won't get any CC or OG update until 2026.......