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Ten years had passed. I was definitely not the adult
that I had hoped to be by this age. Sometimes when people
they are, they try to revert back to who they were. Needless to say, I started
hunting high and low for a copy of Final Fantasy VII.
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in local video game stores, and knowing that a copy of Final Fantasy VII would
cost an arm and a leg to get online, I asked a friend of mine to pirate it for
me. Usually,
sweet drug known as nostalgia. A week later, I got a call from my friend Todd.
"I found a copy of the game you wanted. I
chance to test it, but since I burned it to a disc,
the Playstation 2."
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VII had three discs. Why were there four? I was pretty sure Todd just
downloaded the first program he could, not really checking into details like
this. Not to mention, he
"Remember, Michael,
"maybe you lucked into a beta copy."
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the game was not only running, but running without any hiccups. Now THIS was a
true gateway to my glory days. It was just as I remembered. I played for about
two weeks and finally got to Nibelheim, the hometown of the
Cloud.
VII and started
Mansion. Not only was it an important place in the main storyline, but it was
also where you could recruit an optional party member (and my favorite Final
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Normally, to recruit Vincent, you must go through
these puzzles set up by a villain named Hojo, fight a boss in a safe, then earn
an item called the Basement Key to unlock
As soon as I walked into Shinra Mansion, there was an
orb shaped like the Materia that you can pick up. But it
red, yellow, or purple like the other Materia in the game was. It
black like the Black Materia.
the game. Could this have been a beta feature that was left out of the original
game? Curious, I picked up the Materia.
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add one of the most intriguing Final Fantasy characters to my party.
As you get closer to
you will normally see his coffin, unlock the door, answer a series of
questions, then he will join your party. Only this time, there was no coffin in
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Before I unlocked the door, I could see the Galian
Beast, which was
the room. I had a bad feeling about this, but I went ahead and unlocked the
door.
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The beast charged at my party and a battle had begun.
Sure enough, on the
Vincent in his Level 1 Limit Break. Luckily, I had spent a lot of time building
up Cloud, Tifa, and
that Vincent was lower level than the rest of us, it made this fight rather
easy. After the battle ended, the party go no XP and no AP.
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ground, and he began his line of questioning that usually followed in the game.
This time, instead of waiting until after the encounter with Sephiroth (the
The rest of the game continued as normal. The gameplay
was just as I remembered, but I noticed that
raised. This was odd, considering the fact that I kept him in my party the
entire time. Then, the party got to the City of the Ancients. I turned the game
off and went to sleep. Since I had a
it checking out this copy of the game, seeing just what had been changed from
the original.
I woke up, brushed my teeth, made myself breakfast,
and decided to skip a shower, since I
was anxious to get back to reliving my youth through Final Fantasy VII.
Now, if you
going to warn you that there is a massive plot spoiler coming up here.
I resumed the game at the City of the Ancients, and
got to one of the most memorable Final Fantasy moments;
usual, the PHS menu came up. Normally, you select your party members to go find
Aeris, only to see her get stabbed at the hands of Sephiroth.
This time, though, Aeris was still in the party. In
fact, I
to try and find Vincent. I figured
(aside from Cloud) since I
But Vincent
WHAT THE FUCK!?!?! Why was Vincent not in my party
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As I got the party closer to the alcove, on one of the
platforms,
with him.
"VINCENT:
I got to the alcove, and of course I
there. Instead, I saw someone who had only remained a world map sprite in the
game. Now, Dirge of Cerberus (a third person shooter with Vincent as the
protagonist) had been out for a while, so I instantly recognized the person who
was standing where
It was Lucrecia, still encased in crystal.
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This time, the fight with Jenova LIFE started
immediately. Instead of
played during combat. Once I got Jenova LIFE down to ½ of its health, the party
disappeared the way it did during a summon scene. Vincent then slowly dragged
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were going to use one of his more powerful Limit Break moves. But this time, he
used an attack called "JENOVA OSMOSIS". He then lunged onto Jenova LIFE
The party members in this fight (other than Vincent)
got XP an AP. After the fight, I saw Vincent holding
body, the way Cloud would have held
would anybody make a version of the game that put Lucrecia in the role of
martyr instead of Aeris?
only one who could use Holy to stop Sephiroth?
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up.
"Obtained
There was never an item titles that in any Final
Fantasy that
Jenova/Sephiroth telling Vincent that he was the true father.
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The game asked me to save before I switched discs. I
did, and turned the game off. I
felt a morbid butterfly effect was going to occur in the game. The other two
discs would probably have drastic changes since Aeris was still alive. I just
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It was day two of this copy of Final Fantasy VII, if
it could still even be called that at this point. The start of Disc 2
start off with Cloud giving the party a "
but instead started with Vincent, still in one of the beds in the City of the
Ancients. Aeris came over to his bed and kneeled beside it.
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"AERIS: Hey, how are you feeling?"
"VINCENT:
"AERIS: I know that you loved her, but the pain will
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Only Hojo could create someone so cold that he would kill his own mother."
"AERIS: Rest up, Vincent.
Aeris left the room, and now I had control
talk to him.
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Now, I was in control of Cloud again. This time, Aeris
and Vincent were in my party again. I decided to see what this item called
YOUR FAULT DID. When I selected it, the cursor moved over to my three party
members. I tried selecting Cloud.
"CLOUD: So much
I tried selecting Aeris.
"AERIS: The poor
This was what I was afraid of. The messages popped up
in the same way that they do when you try to give someone a Level 4 Limit Break
that they
meant for. I selected Vincent, and was immediately taken to a boss fight.
It was like the Galian Beast fight, but this time he
was in his Death Gigas Limit Break mode. Instead of boss fight music like the
last fight with Vincent, this one had
This time, I
the fight. Only Cloud and Aeris were there to fight the Death Gigas. As the
theme kept playing, I could feel
this the trigger for his Limit Break transformations? Not the experimentation
that Hojo did, but his own suffering and misery? I
run down my face. What a horrible
back....what a horrible feeling to see that person die in front of your own
eyes.
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When the battle was won, there was no XP or AP. Instead of going back to the
main screen, the game went to the Limit Break screen. Now I finally had
continue with the rest of the game. Would this entire world be changed by the
fact that Aeris lived and Lucrecia died?
There was no change at all. The next three days were
fairly routine. I was surprised about the lack of change, considering the fact
that Vincent has a lot more of the plot revolving around him. He
accessible party member after the events leading up to Cloud giving the Black
Materia to Sephiroth so that he can summon Meteor. He
the party. Nobody said a word about him. The only other change that occurred
was when I went to the City of the Ancients with Bugenhagen. The whole point of
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Materia was waiting for Aeris. She pulled it out, and prayed for the spell. The
game went to the PHS, prompting me to pick a new party. Aeris, obviously,
finally finished praying for Holy. But this time, the weirdest thing happened
(as if enough weird shit
sky as Sephiroth, Masamune in hand. It was a cutscene just like the one where
Aeris was supposed to die.
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item.
"Obtained
The game resumed, with Cloud, Aeris, Tifa, and Cid
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Cloud.
"VINCENT: I came back here to see
"
"CLOUD: VINCENT, I
"VINCENT: NO, YOU
her!!!!"
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turned to Cloud.
"VINCENT: Holy
as Sephiroth is alive."
I was given control over Cloud again. I decided to
save and take a break. No telling what crazy shit was going to happen when I
used
'''Part'''
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The next day, I resumed the game on the Airship. I
immediately used
the Hellmasker Limit Break. But this time, only Cloud was able to fight.
Instead of the attack names that pop up when Vincent is in Limit Break mode, it
alternated between "YOU CUOLD HAVE DONE SOMETHING" and "
YOU". I won the fight. Afterwards, just like with the Death Gigas fight, I was
greeted by the Limit Break screen, showing where the Hellmasker Limit Break now
was. When I backed out of the menu, I was greeted by a black screen.
"VINCENT:
home."
Seeing as how Disc 3 was about to come up, I decided
to go ahead and go to
party, but he would be rather far behind everyone else without his Ultimate
Weapon or his Level 4 Limit Break.
I went to
Aeris placed Lucrecia in her usual spot in the game. At that point, Vincent
went to the ground. Normally, he would flashback to how he became a monster,
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Instead. It showed Vincent practicing his combat
skills. On the other side of the training room, behind a glass screen was Hojo
What the FUCK was
mention of him was made until Dirge of Cerberus. And why was he there with
Hojo?
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experimentation? He is a strong vessel. Perhaps he could handle Jenova cells."
Wait, in Dirge of Cerberus,
before the Jenova project started?
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"GRIMOIRE: Perhaps you could do the procedure? You
know
"LUCRECIA: It
by using his feelings for me."
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The next scene showed Vincent, on the operating table
in the
who-knows-what.
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mansion. Hojo and Grimoire walked in.
"GRIMOIRE:
endurance are even better than they were before. The injecting of Jenova cells
has really paid off."
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"VINCENT: I feel better than ever."
"GRIMOIRE:
Grimoire left.
"HOJO: There is one last test I want to
I now saw Vincent in what looked like an interrogation
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"VINCENT: What is this? What the hell??!?!"
"HOJO: These are augmented pheromones.
to increase your
Hojo then started laughing as the mist cleared.
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enough to knock her to the ground.
"Vincent......please.....stop........Vincent....WHY?!?!!?"
This dialogue in white text was all that was said
while I watched in horror as Vincent then ripped
followed by his own. And as he forced himself upon her, fulfilling every carnal
desire he had, his body sporadically morphed. His face would occasionally grow
a snout then revert back to normal. His ear would turn to that of a
revert back to normal. A red patch of hair along his spine would sprout up,
then go away. When Vincent was finished with her, Grimoire sent the two guards
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pheromones and the sight of his beloved would do it."
"But alas, he
experiment is a failure. Kill the subject and the woman."
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They lowered their guns.
"GRIMOIRE: When I tell the President about what
done, your career is finished."
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with Grimoire.
"HOJO:
Hojo lowered the gun.
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read the white text that showed up.
"
I lost my shit at this point. I stood up, breathing
heavily into my cupped hands. While it was thought that Hojo was the father of
the father of Sephiroth.
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was on the world map. I saved my game and turned the game off. Trying to wrap
my head around all of this. No wonder Sephiroth became evil. No wonder Vincent
felt he deserved to be locked in the basement. Although he
himself, Vincent felt the shame of having hurt and raped the woman he loved.
All I could hear throughout the rest of the day is
through my head. How could someone suffer through so much? The unintentional
rape of the woman you love, watching her die at the hands of someone who you
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What about going back into Midgar? The final stand of
Shinra? The fight with fucking Hojo? Those were all on Disc 2, and I still
picture of
"Please insert the other Disc 3"
I was in control of Vincent, and I was in
cave. Hojo was on his knees, facing the crystallized Lucrecia.
"VINCENT: After everything
deserve to die."
Vincent pointed a gun at the back of
"But you have Jenova cells also."
Chaos Limit Break. He performed what I assume was his "Jenova Osmosis" move.
Hojo disappeared.
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"But while you let your cells manipulate you into
endangering the
"I use other Jenova cells to make me stronger."
Cloud walked in Vincent, joining (and I
SACRIFICE.....
I opened up the item menu and used it on Vincent.
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I tried again.
"VINCENT:
All of these weird items have only worked on Vincent,
why
I tried one last time.
"VINCENT:
If Vincent could absorb Jenova cells and the life of
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I was greeted by another higher-quality cinema scene,
this one showed Vincent cold-cock Cloud with Death Penalty. As Cloud fell back,
Vincent drew quickly and put a bullet right through
lifeless on the
Chaos and absorb Cloud. When his gruesome task was finished, there was a
close-up of
I was given back control over Vincent after the cinema
scene. Only this
controlling. I exited the cave and flew straight for the Northern Crater. It
was time to end it between Vincent and Sephiroth.
The challenge of going through the crater was
eliminated, since Chaos could fly. Instead, Chaos slowed his
and landed at
"VINCENT:
Lucrecia and I could have been happy together
"I
as my son."
Vincent reached his hand into
absorbed his Jenova cells.
But Sephiroth
"SEPHIROTH:
not Mother,"
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Sephiroth was in his human form, as he is when Cloud
fights him when he is in
had dragon-like facial features now. I also noticed that
party member list was replaced with "CHAOS X".
Sephiroth hit Vincent with Omnislash, one of
Limit Breaks. It dropped me down to half of my health. Vincent then countered
with a move called EVISCERATION OF CONSCIENCE.
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were being cycled through in blindingly rapid order, the screen showing the
scenes began to meld down into a set of gold claws that formed the exact shape
of Chaos
ripping out organs, entrails, anything he could get his hands on. When the
attack was done,
The victory menu showed up. I got no XP or AP. I did
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"Obtained PERMANENT SOLUTION"
The game went back to
"VINCENT: Why is Holy not stopping Meteor?
"
"
"
What did Vincent have left to do? Sephiroth was dead,
why was this emotional roller coaster filled with heartbreak and turmoil not
over? More than anything, I just wanted
ready for this tragedy to be over.
As the game prompted, I went back to
"VINCENT: This will be the proper place to do it."
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Then, Tifa and Aeris ran through to cave entrance.
"TIFA: We found
bastard!"
"AERIS: We know what you did!!"
"TIFA:
"VINCENT:
it on my terms."
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last time"? "This has to be done"?
Please,
what I think he is.
The item menu popped up. I
PERMANENT SOLUTION. I had grown too attached to Vincent. At this point, I could
feel every ounce of misery he had been through in his life. I wanted him to
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With a tear in my eye, I selected PERMANENT
Another cinema scene
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the chamber of his pistol, put it to his chin, and pulled the trigger. The
camera zoomed out to see him falling to the ground, blood flowing out of the
back of his head, and even some spurting onto
solution that I was afraid of: Vincent, having absorbed so many of
cells, and now
way to redeem himself, and his way of escape from the world that had
relentlessly tortured him. The ending credits rolled. There was no post-credit
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