The Chase - Walkthrough

Cloud and the rest of the gang borrow some brand-new Shinra vehicles and hit the highway, but Shinra is in close pursuit. Cloud must defend his friends and their truck by swatting Shinra soldiers off their motorcycles.

However, before you begin, take a moment to equip your party. Make sure you have the "Lightning" Materia and several "Restore" Materia. You should also equip one character's armor with the "Elemental-Fire" Materia combination. Set your party up in reverse order: Place front row characters in back and back row characters in front.

During the chase, the Shinra soldiers will attack your truck and cause damage to your friends. You must defend your team and their vehicles by knocking down the Shinra soldiers with your sword. Sounds easy, doesn't it?

There are two types of Shinra Bikers: Red and Orange. The Orange Bikers are decent riders, but they tend to dive right in without thinking, which makes them rather easy to defeat. The Red Bikers pose a much larger threat. The Red Bikers pose a much larger threat. Instead of coming towards you, they run from you. Plus, they're always looking for an open spot. The real danger here is that the Red Bikers tends to draw you away from the truck, which enables the other Bikers to cause some damage while your attention is diverted.

Button	What It Does
D-Pad	Move bikes Forward, Backward, and to the sides
[ ]	Attack to the Left
O	Attack to the Right

Basically, you want to stay close to or behind the truck and hit the enemy bikers as they approach. If one gets past, don't go after him unless he attacks the truck. If he backs off (normally only the Red Bikers do), don't chase him - make him come to you.

It's possible to push over enemy Bikers with your hog, but it causes a lot of damage to your bike and it's a much slower process. However, you can also topple enemy Bikers using the "domino effect". If you knock over a Biker in front of another enemy, it causes them to collide. This makes both bikes wreck and makes for an easy kill.

After toppling an enemy biker, you can push it around some as it slides off-screen. Take this opportunity to line up the wrecked bike into the path of oncoming enemy Bikers.

Eventually, the enemy catches up with the party, forcing a fight. Any damage the Shinra motorcycles cause to the party transfers over to the beginning of the next battle.

The boss gets the drop on the party, so it gets to attack first. Don't worry though, the attack is weak and causes little harm. Immediately start pelting the Boss with everything you have. Bolt is extremely effective in this fights of damage with each cast. If a character doesn't have Bolt, he or she should use normal attacks and act as the team's medic whenever the need arises.

Speaking of medics, look out for Motor Ball's Rolling Fire attack. Motor Ball only performs this attack while in an upright position. This attack can inflict as much as 250 points of damage to each of your characters, so keep up your hit points! When Motor Ball transforms, you really only need to worry about its Twin Burner attack. It only causes about 80~90 points of damage to each character, but it's still a threat. Win the battle and you'll receive a Star Pendant.

It's time to leave Midgar and start the search for Sephiroth. You won't be back here for quite a while, so take one last look and then travel to the nearest town, Kalm. Kalm is a small village northeast of Midgar and a good place to begin your search.

The game take a huge turn here. Up to this point, the quest has been fairly linear. From now on, you'll have large areas to explore with lots of things to discover. Have fun and take your time when traveling from place to place. After all, half the fun of an RPG is discovery!