Battles

The minute you start the game you have to start to fight in battles. As FFVII is a RPG you do not fight as in normal beat-um-ups.
The battle takes place in turns, you can have up to three people in your party, and you have to control them one at a time.

Use the direction buttons to move the cursor around the menu, press circle to start a command and X to cancel it. Most battle actions will require you to choose a command, and then choose a character or opponent to use it on. e.g. Choosing Attack and choosing an opponent will cause your opponent to attack it.
You can also move the cursor to the left and right of the menu. If you go left you can choose Change, this will move the character either forwards or backwards. If you go right you can choose to Defend.

As well as normal attacks, your characters can use magic powers, both on opponents and on themselves. Each magic power uses up MP - magic points. At the start of the game Cloud, your character, has Lightning and Ice magic (I think).

When a battle is over you receive the following :-

  • EXP - These increase your characters abilities.
  • AP - Causes Materia to increse in power.
  • GIL - The currency in the game.
  • ITEMS - Potions etc.

    Limit Breaks

    This is a gauge that fills up every time you are hit, when it fills up your character can use a special attack. Click here to find out more about Limit Breaks.

    Bosses

    At certain points in the game you will come across a boss, you can tell when this happens as the music is different (thank god). You can find a complete list of the bosses here.
      
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