Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII

The game is played as an action RPG with a turn-based battle system called DMV or Digital Mind Wave. The events are mainly set around the city of Nibelheim. In this system, character portraits spin in the top left corner of the screen. Lining up the same character in all reels earns a power-up, known as Power Surge. Attacks can be both physical and spell-based, with materia also returning from the previous game. Different varieties of materia exist, including defensive and offensive types that can be fused together.