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Each ending for the three titles on the PSX was unique to say the least. They had their ups, their downs, and most certainly their own sense of joy, but which is the best? That\'s what this thread is about and if you don\'t care about my opinion, then stop reading and hit the reply button because that\'s what the next few paragraphs is about.
VII: I\'d have to say that FF7 as a game was the best of the three on the PSX. Sure, the ending left much to be desired, but it dealt with the overall conflict surprisingly well. The Earth was saved and life goes on. The worst part of it had to be the fact that after knowing so much about the characters, you never found out what happened to them at the end, cept say Aerith who was resurrected in the whole Life Force protection planet effort. If there was more character history, maybe then we would all be satisfied, but instead, it felt cheapened and foul and having to imagine our characters fate after so many hours of story telling just kinda leaves you, blank.
VIII: Out of the three, 8 had the WORST gameplay elements, but it\'s ending was nothing short of superb and imo, the best of the three. It wrapped up everything in a neat 13 minute package. It was a typical perfect hollywood ending, but the game was so typical to begin with that what you saw at the ending just wasn\'t surprising at all. The nly downfall at the end of beating the game was your lack of care for the characters. Who wants to care for those who dont care for themselves? If only 7 and 8 reversed endings, we just might have enjoyed it a lot more.
IX: The game was an amalgam of both 7 and 8\'s gameplay styles, but I felt this ending was the worst of the three. Square just got lazy and the ending showed this in every possible way. Come on, Zidane running on a vine as a 3D poorly rendered polygonal model while the CG BG moved frantically in the back? Why not just make Zidane CG to begi with?! God, that just cheapened the whole experience. 3D models on CG bg\'s might cut it in game, but for an ending with the past CG masterpieces of 7 and 8 to be cut down to an in-game ending is just poor. After 7 and 8\'s fallies, you\'d figure 9 to be perfect, but alas, it turned out to be even more poor then the other two, ending wise that is.
I\'d go into gameplay, but this thread is about endings so lets keep it that way mmmkay?
Topic: Out of 7, 8, and 9... which FF ending was the best? (Spoiler Intensive) (Read 926 times)