FFVII Dirge of Cerberus – Part 35: Out with Guns Blazing

Summary: Some brief parting thoughts on Final Fantasy VII – Dirge of Cerberus.

FFVII Dirge of Cerberus – Part 34: Vincent’s Valiant Time

Summary: Vincent’s final battle against Omega/Weiss. The epilogue.

FFVII Dirge of Cerberus – Part 33: Chaos and Omega

Summary: Vincent fights inside Omega, eventually reaching some kind of combination between Omega and Weiss.

FFVII Dirge of Cerberus – Part 32: The Gang’s All Here

Summary: Lucrecia’s story wraps up. Vincent goes into a controlled Chaos form and moves in for Omega, with an assist on the ground from friends old and new. I include a huge amount of images here because this session was visually delightful.

FFVII Dirge of Cerberus – Part 31: Birth of a Monster

Summary: Omega awakens. It’s pretty badass. Shelke data-explores inside Omega, and we see some Lucrecia backstory later in her experiments.

FFVII Dirge of Cerberus – Part 30: Three’s a Crowd

Summary: Vincent takes on Hojo, with an assist from Nero and the actual Weiss – albeit an assist with apocalyptic consequences.

FFVII Dirge of Cerberus – Part 29: Death Professor

Summary: We learn how Hojo became Weiss.

FFVII Dirge of Cerberus – Part 28: Unmasked

Summary: AAAAAAH!!! Nero goes down. Vincent “meets” “Weiss.”

FFVII Dirge of Cerberus – Part 27: Return to Reactor Zero!

Summary: Vincent pushes deep into Mako Reactor 0, finding Yuffie and Nero along the way.

FFVII Dirge of Cerberus – Part 26: Data Extraction

Summary: Short session. A series of cutscenes which I think (though am not 100% sure) are Shelke rifling through some of Vincent’s and Lucrecia’s memories. Bit of set-up before starting in on Mako Reactor 0.

FFVII Dirge of Cerberus – Part 25: Super Ninja Radiance

Summary: Vincent continues his trek through Deepground. Great fight with Nero that goes surprisingly well. After Nero’s second wind, an enthusiastic ninja saves the day.

FFVII Dirge of Cerberus – Part 24: Shelke in the Void

Summary: A great little section focusing on flashbacks seen through Shelke’s eyes. Her experience within Nero’s void. (Not sure of the actual name for it or what it is, so I’m going with that term for now.)

FFVII Dirge of Cerberus – Part 23: A Heap of Broken Images

Summary: Vincent pushes through the ruined Deepground city, on foot and on motorized mine cart thing. Nero’s void stuff attacks. Shelke lurks inside.

FFVII Dirge of Cerberus – Part 22: Azul’s Final Form

Summary: An awesomely fun segment to play! A challenging fight against the various forms of Azul and we bid a glorious, Chaos-infused farewell to the second Tsviet. Only Nero remains. Vincent arrives at Deepground.

FFVII Dirge of Cerberus – Part 21: Empire in Ruins

Summary: Nero the Sable assaults the Shera and fights Shelke in one of my aesthetically favorite scenes in this game. Vincent fights through the rubble of the Shinra Building, pushing towards Deepground.

FFVII Dirge of Cerberus – Part 20: You’ve Got Red On You

Summary: Vincent pushes through the end of the Train Graveyard. Sadly, no Phantom Train sightings. Brutal, frustrating, and awesome fight with Rosso.

FFVII Dirge of Cerberus – Part 19: Urban Warfare

Summary: Vincent moves through the Train Graveyard towards Deepground’s central complex. It’s a winding maze of busted trains that I remember from FFVII. Shelke’s voice as guide.

FFVII Dirge of Cerberus – Part 18: Attack on Deepground

Summary: A cinematic of WRO’s frontal assault on Midgar, held by Deepground.

FFVII Dirge of Cerberus – Part 17: Dust in the Wind

Summary: Shelke taps into the Shera’s computer, and we learn more about Omega’s purpose and the goals of Deepground.

FFVII Dirge of Cerberus – Part 16: Exploring the Shera

Summary: Cid’s ship, the Shera, touches down. Vincent wanders around, talking to the WRO members aboard and learning more about the world.