Final Fantasy Endings

[El Capitan]

Links to the ending videos, what's your favorite?

FF 7 uk.youtube.com/watch?v=W4_sw0trdNc

FF 8 uk.youtube.com/watch?v=1-_Did76LXQ (need a better one, this cuts out)

FF 9 uk.youtube.com/watch?v=D74m2OUm5MI

FF 10 uk.youtube.com/watch?v=sPMFXfNk1IM

FF 12 - part one - uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4PILFRjSh50
part two - uk.youtube.com/watch?v=pTjfdQBOFkM


and also think of the X ending without X-2! that game took too much from FFX plot wise (though the game mechanics were good)
for that note here are the sad end happy X-2 endings...
FFX-2 - Happy - uk.youtube.com/watch?v=g3YDHA94364
FFX-2 - Sad - uk.youtube.com/watch?v=xAGbUEgM8ms

sorry they are in Japanese

[Laharl]

probably VII for me, although i did enjoy the IX and XII endings, the VIII one is just weird and the X ending is a fucking disgrace, one of the worst RPG endings ever.

[El Capitan]

I am in fact torn between 8 & 10, they have the most human endings, a consequently the largest impact if you've enjoyed the story. I see Final Fantasy as a different from of a story rather than a game with a great story. When Yuna hits the deck in 10, its so clumsy as to be believable, and as such I really felt for the two characters. Up until that point it had never occurred to me so the ending was both a shock and one of Final Fantasy's most brilliant ever moments. I also liked 8 for the way it tied Laguna and Squall together and it was all rather sad , 8 was also the most brilliant for its CG sequences, the invasion of Dollet I've still rarely seen rivaled in actual cinema.

I also think the other endings were great though, but 8 & 10 were my favourites

[LukeG]

I'd say X, because it did so much narratively. Both doing something new and having great emotional impact. I wouldn't say VII because so little happens, and this isn't even to antagonise Laharl. Let me sum up the VII ending.

1: Thrill of seeing all the characters fully rendered.
2: Well done fucktards, everything you just went through may have been meaningful on a personal level, but means jack shit to the world. Some heroes you turned out to be.
3: End.