Crisis Core walkthrough by The Game Reviews

- ***BATTLE: Revolver Genesis and Spear Genesis*** (Easy, no guide needed)

- CUTSCENE: Even more Genesis clones come after you, but Hollander stops 
them...along with Genesis himself.  Hollander appears to have undergone
degeneration, like Genesis.  He must have injected himself!  Zack and
Genesis have a surprisingly civil conversation, and Genesis flies away.

- Go back down the mountain all the way toward Cloud.  SAVE along the way.

- CUTSCENE: Zack gets to Cloud just in time!  Hollander attempts to take 
Cloud, but Zack defends him...and so does Angeal!  Angeal, degenerated, 
appears to offer backup to Zack.  He fights Genesis clones while Zack
works on Hollander...


+  [[ BOSS: HOLLANDER ]]*Level: 26*   (( DIFFICULTY: HARD ))  +

  Remember the mid-game Genesis fight that I said was the hardest in the 
  game?  Yeah, well this is the 2nd hardest.  Hollander does a lot of
  shuffling around the field, so it’s easier to hit him in the back.  The
  main reason he will be difficult is a breath attack he uses.  When he 
  draws back, he will spew out a yellow breath with a large range.  This 
  attack will silence, poison and curse you.  Use a remedy or else this will
  be nearly impossible.

  When nearby, he will swing his ’purse’ at you for mild damage, but this
  is an easy dodge.  Also keep an eye out for an attack where he will 
  summon numerous grubs on the field.  Kill these off, they will be a major
  setback when trying to focus on him.  His ultimate attack is a high
  damager, so heal quickly if you are hit with it.  As a result, also be
  sure to keep your health high throughout the fight so that he does
  not kill you with this attack.

  Eventually, he will throw a potion at the ground and make himself 
  invincible.  If he does this, you know you are getting close.  Just avoid 
  him and use this chance to heal because you won’t do any damage against
  him.  When he returns to normal, return to damaging.  finally, when he is
  nearing death, he will heal himself.  This is where you really need to lay
  on the hurt however you can, because he heals for quite plenty.

  With perseverence, he will fall.

^^^^IN SHORT^^^^ 
 >> If you can avoid the breath attack, he will fall fairly easily.  
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- CUTSCENE: Hollander falls, vanishing into the lifestream.  Zack goes
back to check on Cloud and Angeal, and finds that, while wounded, Angeal
was victorious.  They talk, and it appears that Angeal is actually Lazard!
Angeal cells have transformed him!  Then, while talking, the location of
Genesis becomes apparent, and Zack makes his way to Banola village...

- Chapter End.

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    |_____|  O - O            CHAPTER ELEVEN                                 
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- CHAPTER IMAGE: Zack and Cloud in a motorcycle.

- This is it, you’ve made it to the final chapter.  This one is short, it
is simply the final dungeon, which is tiny, really making it just the
final battle. 

- Go down the pathway toward the lifestream beam in the sky, cross the zone.

- Run to the hole in the ground, and select the top option in the box that
opens.  

- Run in the direction of the screaming sound you just heard, down the cave.

- You have to collect 7 orbs in this zone, the "Gifts of the Goddess."
None of them will be in the jail zone, all of them scattered elsewhere. 
Here is the list of their locations, and the best order to get them...

1) Run down the pathway and grab the first one that appears on the right.
--Continue down and do a U-turn to the left and save at the save point.
2) Go back, walk beyond the lake, and turn left up the incline.  Go to the
top and grab the chest.
3) Go back down, turn left and enter the small opening in the rock, cross to
the other side and grab the chest.
-- Run up the incline on your left, then turn right at the top and left at
the first opening.  You enter a room full of water with lifestream beams.
4) On the right, as soon as you zone in.
5) On the left side of the room, in between two beams of lifestream.
6) On the right end, near the save point.
--Leave the room.
7) Turn left and follow the small pathway down to a chest.

- From the last chest, continue through the opening to it’s right and then
walk deeper into the cave.

- Now in a greener area, run down and go to the save point.

- Go to the alter and investigate it, select the top option. 

- ***BOSS 1: GENESIS MUTANT***
There is no strategy needed, use the same strategy from the last
time you fought the Genesis mutant, as he is the same enemy.  
- NOTE:  He IS much harder this time, so play careful.

- SAVE YOUR GAME.  THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO SAVE, EVER.  DO IT NOW!

- Enter the door.

- CUTSCENE: Sorry guys, you no longer need these.  Enjoy this one on your
own.  


+  [[ BOSS: GENESIS: ROUND 1 ]] *Level: 29* (( DIFFICULTY: EASY/MEDIUM ))  +

  What a hideous beast.  When it stabs it’s sword in the ground, you can
  attack it, this is what you will focus on for the fight.  When the sword
  is in the ground, enemies will be spawned in waves to attack you.  If you
  are using any kind of AoE materia at this point, spam it, because you can
  kill off the enemies and damage Genesis at the same time.  Otherwise,
  focus on the enemies first, then get the sword with whatever you have 
  left.  Allow the DMW to do plenty of damage in this fight, as it will be
  the best method when the sword is pulled back and it will often damage
  Genesis while you focus on his minions.

  Other than his minions, he will use an occassional spell here and there,
  just block these to minimize the already low damage.  This guy is actually
  very easy, he just takes a LONG time.  Don’t get overzealous with your 
  attacks, be patient, and he will fall.  
^^^^IN SHORT^^^^ 
 >> Long, long fight, but he will die if you focus on the minions and block
  his attacks.  Very easy for a final boss. 
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 [CUTSCENE]


+  [[ BOSS: GENESIS: FINAL ]]        *Level: 29*   (( DIFFICULTY: EASY ))  +
  One last enemy to beat.  After all your work, you can now take it easy.
  Genesis is a pushover.  If you beat the last battle, you can beat him 
  now.  He acts similar to his appearence midway through the game, except
  that he now does not Curse you, do the DMW can continue.  His HP is fairly
  low, and since he can be stunned by hits from the back, you can stack 
  quite a few criticals on him.  All his attacks can be dodged, and rather
  quickly, he will die.  

^^^^IN SHORT^^^^ 
 >> Dodge for the win~!
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- FINALE

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NEW GAME +
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After the credits have rolled, you have the option of saving your game.
You might want to consider saving onto another file.  Your file becomes
the data for a NEW GAME +, which allows you to play through the game again,
but this time you get to keep a few things for the playthrough:

KEEP:
1) Level
2) Items
3) Accessories
4) Play time
5) Gil
6) Materia

LOST:
1) Mission Progress
2) DMW
3) Shops
4) Extra Materia and Accessory Slots

Saving onto another file allows you to keep all your mission progress if
you don’t want to let it go, otherwise, you’ll have to do them all over
again!



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1) A complete rewrite of the guide.  The current one is mostly all
business, and will get you all the way through the game.  However, I’d like
to use this version as a roadmap of sorts for refining and making it an
entertaining read as well.

2) Transcripts of important lines and sequences using the translations from
Silenttweak.net (with his permission).

3) A complete walkthrough of all sidequests, including missions, as well
as the rewards you get from them.

4) Enemy lists, accurate enemy names, enemy stats, and item/materia lists.

5) Alternate strategies for bosses, and refining the current ones.

6) Cover the English version, when it comes out!


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Putting together a guide like this can be fairly difficult, and of course
there are always people to thank:

-GameFAQs
Thanks for hosting the guide and the site for so long guys.

-Silentweak
Silent has a complete translation of the games storyline on his website,
http://www.silenttweak.net.  This translation can certainly help one
enjoy a game, and made it worth importing the game!

-Crisis Core Message Board (on GameFAQs)
Always friendly and always working on the game, it was nice to pick up
tips and tricks from you guys in putting this guide together.

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                           9) Disclaimer                       .:[DISC55]:.
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