Summary: Zack heads back to explore the Shinra building briefly, and completes a series of missions for Mako stat boost stones.
Shinra Building
-Done with Sector 8 for now, so back to the Shinra Building.
-The info desk apparently helped some guy find his kid who got lost in the building.
-Hey, we got a name! The protag’s full name is Zack Fair.
-The Exhibit Room has all sorts of models of Shinra’s creation. Some a bit familiar – like the car we used to escape in FFVII and the rocket.
Weird – like seeing the Tower of Pisa pre-tilt.
-The Training Room on the SOLDIER floor just has some scientists and some dudes doing squats.
-There’s also a Materia Room, but not much going on. Some scientists.
-Hey, talking to people opened up more missions!
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Mission: Zack, the Materia Hunter > Mako Stones > SPR Mako Stone
-Set in the slums of Sector 6.
-Short mission. Just some belly guys and flying eyeballs.
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Mission: Zack, the Materia Hunter > Mako Stones > VIT Mako Stone
-Island. Spriggans to fight.
-Boss is a pack of three “Grashtikes.” Still quick-n-easy.
-The rewards are just some stones used for Materia fusion to boost other materia. Can’t use yet.
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Mission: Zack, the Materia Hunter > Mako Stones > MAG Mako Stone
-To Mt. Corel for this.
-Another short map. Grashtikes and one of the thunder pelican things.
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Mission: Zack, the Materia Hunter > Mako Stones > HP Mako Stone
-New setting here: plains. Much more wide open than anything prior in this game.
-Holy CRAP. Therer are SO MANY ENCOUNTERS.
Seriously. WTF, game. I take like two steps and fight more bugs or birds.
-Boss is a pair of “Bat Eyes,” green, spiky, flying eyeballs. They try to cast silence on me, but my sword silences them.
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Mission: Zack, the Materia Hunter > Mako Stones > ATK Mako Stone
-Desert. The monsters here are Bombs and Mandragora. The Mandragora are little carrot things with a sprig of spiky leaves for hair, and they turn those leaves into a shredder for an attack.
-Succeeded on my monster DMW screen for the first time! Well, sort of. It rolled a silhouette I haven’t yet unlocked rather than Tonberry or Ifrit, so just did a normal Chain Slash rather than summoning anything particularly new.
Maybe a robot of some kind?
-Ew. The boss is a swarm of… something. “Slaps.” Not especially tough, but it’s unique so far in that my physical attacks did only minimal damage. Had to use Blizzard.
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Mission: Zack, the Materia Hunter > Mako Stones > LCK Mako Stone
-Final mission in the campaign. This one in a cave, and listed as “Very Hard.”
-Immediately a new monster, a crabby-type guy.
“Death Claw.”
-Gotta make sure to dodge his attacks.
-Now THAT’S what I’m talking about! Got an “Esuna” materia from a chest.
-Boss was the swarm monster and two death claws. Died. Tried using potion but it didn’t seem to go off? Ok.
-Got back there with adjusted materia. Kept my distance and used Fira to blow them away from afar.
-Campaign complete!
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Next time: I actually, finally, for realsies, at last end Tseng’s waiting and go with him to Genesis’ village.
