REACTION ACTION To begin Final Fantasy 7 we start off by opening the CD case and inserting CD 1 into the Playstation...don't worry, I'm just joking, Im not going THAT much into detail! Ok, watch the beginning video and when the train pulls up you, Barret, Wedge, Biggs, and Jessie jump off. The two guards that were thrown into the train both have potions so just "talk" to them (I use "talk" alot, like: talk to the treasure chest or talk to the innkeeper or talk to the safe, so that pretty much means press circle (or whatever may be your "selecting" button) and you will get them. Now, run to the end and take a left (while walking around, press select so a red arrow indicates where a door or entryway is, you will now have a pointer above your head as well). After going through the doorway, meet up with the rest of the gang and you will get to name yourself (I named Cloud Apollo). Then, after Barret scolds all of you, \par head right (you could just follow everybody), then go around to the top of the "screen" (I also use "screen" alot, by screen, I mean literally, the screen you are playng on (tv screen if you are still baffled), well, nonetheless, you will eventually get what I mean if you STILL don't understand) and go left. At this intersection, you can only go up, so go up. Then talk to Barret (I named Barret Jugger -short for Juggernaut)and he joins your party. Then, talk to Jessie and she'll open the gate, then have her open the other gate at the top of the room for you. When she does that, go to the right into another room and pick up the Phoenix Down in the chest. Go back out and have Jessie open the elevator door at the top. Take the elevator up and go out. Follow everybody down the stairs to the more complicated part. Run across the catwalk and Jessie will stay in her spot. Grab the potion in front of her. Go down and take all the ladders and stuff to the bottom. Then, save at the save point and pick up the Restore Materia before you and Barret set off the bomb. Set it off and run. You will fight Guard Scorpion (boss). Use Bolt on him and DO NOT ATTACK HIM WHEN HE RAISES HIS TAIL. You will receive about 75 damage to both you and Barret. When you beat him (kkkeeeeeeeeeoooooooooooooeeeeeeeeeee, recognize that sound?), equip the prize, Assault Gun, on Barret. You now have 10 minutes to retrace your steps back out. When you get to the part where you left Jessie, get her loose because she got stuck. If you don't you can't open the gates in which you came from. Just talk to her to get her loose. Be sure to save where you first saved. Go back up have Jessie open the gates. I would suggest getting a few levels by fighting around if you have the time for it. When you are ready, exit and watch Reactor No. 1 burn to the ground! Now, when Jessie blows out a hole in the place you were hiding, leave \par and follow Barret up the stairs. When you come out, you are in Midgar and you meet Aeris for the first time. It really doesn't matter what you say when you see her, but if you want to be better to her than to Tifa, don't hint that anything happened to her and buy a flower from her. Go down and get the Potion near the middle of the screen. Go down again and keep running from the guards (unless you really want to fight them). You will jump onto the train, escaping the guards. Go to the front of the train and await arrival at the Train Graveyard. On the way, you will get a descriptive overwview of what Midgar is like, so PAY ATTENTION! Not that it really matters, it's just that the first time I played FF7, I had no clue what Midgar was supposed to be like. It all comes together, though. Head to Tifa's Bar (Seventh Heaven) from the Train Graveyard. When yo first go in, you can give the flower you might have bought from Aeris to Marlene or Tifa (It doesn't really matter who you give it to, it just depends on who you want to be good to, Aeris or Tifa; I named Tifa Angel). (At Tifa's bar, look on the top floor in the bottom-right corner of the screen, it says Texas, are we in America!?, something to think about. Something else, after everybody goes down, talk to Tifa at the bar and she'll give you a hard drink if you want one.). Now, talk to Barret and everybody and when you go back up, Barret will give you 1500 gil. You can explain what materia is materia to Barret and you will get that Restore materia you picked up at the reactor (you don't have to explain it, but I'm not quite sure if you have to explain it to him to get Restore). After all the dialogue is completed, run outside and go to the beginners hall (big building South of Seventh Heaven). You can buy Iron Bangle/Assault Gun/and Grenade from the shop on the first floor. On the second floor, you can talk to people about Final Fantasy 7 (they'll give you help on certain topics) Be sure to pick up the All materiawhen you first come in, and get the Ether that is in the box that drops down from the roof. You can sleep in the bed on the third floor for 10 gil. There's really not much you can do in this place, except talk to people (you can get some REALLY weird conversations like the guards outside the town on the bottom right corner of the screen, or the people left after Biggs, Wedge, and Jessie scurry off (what did Tifa and Cloud do last night?), so just go out at the top exit of town (remember, you can buy some useful materia from the shop next to the bottom exit). When you come out, go to the right at the intersection and keep going to the train station. Get in the train and head off. You will encounter an ID Checkpoint in which you fail to pass and you get to run to the front of the train. When the timer begins, talk to the guy at the back of the train and he will give you a Phoenix Down. Then, get to the next car and run (talk to the guy at the front and he will give you a Hi-Potion (talk quickly). Keep running down the train (there's nothing else to get from people, so don't bother talking to people). At the end of the train, jump off and you will end up in the tunnel (Bolt is excellent down here). You have the option of going down or up. If you go down 4 screens, you will see Shinra soldiers. You can either stay and fight them (excellent place to gain levels) or run off. You have the option of running off between battles. Ice and Fire are both good against the soldiers. From what I've played, there are probably an infinite supply of Shinra soldiers to fight. You can win Antidotes, and Grenades from them. I spent about an hour trying to find something about this (and using an All-Ice combo; I got to level 11 -almost 12 for Cloud; 16 Antidotes and 1 Grenade), but it seems as though it's just an infitely long battle (my FF7 disc keeps messing up here...whine...whine...whine). If you go up you will end up at vent where you must go through to get out. When you go in the vent, grab the Ether and go down the ladder. You will be in a big clearing area where it looks confusing. Go up the first ladder to the left (or the second one by Wedge, it doesn' t matter) of the one you came down, through the vent and out where Jessie is standing. Grab the Potion by the corner and go down the ladder on the left side of the screen. Go around to the Save Point, grabbing the Tent, use the Tent (if you need to) then save. Talk to Biggs and go up the ladder, through the vent. You will end up at the reactor. Go to the bottom door and blow Reactor 5 after another one of Cloud's memories. Then run out and go up the stairs to the top door of the reactor. (God! I hate my FF7 disc!!!). Push the button to open the gate and leave. I would suggest saving if you plan on dying against Airbuster (a boss). You get the advantage with a double sided battle, but make sure both sides have a Lightning materia. Watch out for it's Counter Attacks, they're vicious. He has abut 1200 HP.