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[Lights and Waves]

Saw a thread like this in the FFRK reddit and figured it'd be a great thread for GAF. So, what is your most memorable Final Fantasy moment?

FFVIII - This would be a three way tie.

1. Rinoa in space

2. Rinoa resurrecting Squall

3. The final shot of the credits: I couldn't find a picture, but I love that final shot of Rinoa on the balcony talking to Squall off-camera and pointing up.

FFX-2 - As badly as all of GAF hates him:

I can't even look at this gif without getting teary eyed. Yuna accomplished what she set out to do - just imagining how happy she is in that moment makes my heart flutter. And when she comes full circle and ends the game with "It all started when I saw this sphere of you.." RIP tbqh!

Lightning Returns - The FFXIII montage

This moment during the final FMV, where the music swells and you watch a quick montage of the FFXIII trilogy, ending with Lightning crying. This is also my #1 best musical moment of the entries franchise.

 

[Mental Atrophy]

Promoting my Fighters into Knights.

 

[mrmickfran]

Seymour Finally dying.

 

[Brave]

The sending in FFX.

 

[KeyBladerXIII]

Arriving at the Gold Saucer in VII. That music is forever burned into my head.

Celes' song at the opera in VI.

Shadow's end scene during the finale of VI.

Caius losing his shit at the end of XIII-2 and shouting how each Yeul was unique.

 

[Ordinaryundone]

Whew, so many. If I had to pick an absolute favorite, it's probably Zidane pulling off the surprise reveal at the end of FFIX. So romantic ;_;

 

[Eyothrie]

Opera house in FF6

 

[TransientDreamer]

Being a member of the first NA Linkshell to take down the Dynamis Lord in FFXI.

 

[SpiceMelange]

The black mages getting rek in ff9

 

[diaspora]

Celes' suicide in FFVI. Unbelievable.

 

[Rad-]

Leaving Midgar and realizing that the game just started.

 

[pbayne]

Midgard Zolom FF7. Just a haunting image to this day.

 

[antitrop]

 

[Eblo]

In FFVII when it was time to bust out of Shinra HQ

EDIT: And as mentioned above, this moment was followed by realizing the game had only just started.

 

[studyguy]

First run to Jeuno in FFXI
Fuck all your other shit, this was a literal adventure with everything and every person's is different but seemingly everyone remembers their first run to Jeuno since it's fraught with so much danger.

 

[Roxas]

Rinoa in space was awful. It went on forever and ever. The part after he rescues her on the Ragnarok and the propagators was pretty cool I guess.

 

[Rymuth]

Tifa's running downstairs
Where's Cloud??
Cut to FMV
Music starts
Sound of motorcycle revving.

My younger self couldn't handle it. Just all around cool and badass. What an exciting sequence.

 

[And_Gignac]

Celes' suicide in FFVI. Unbelievable.

This.

Honorable mentions to VI's snowy intro and IX's Memoria-Crystal World.

 

[Mental Atrophy]

This image is both amusing and irritating at the same time. Edgar is on a raft and Locke is in South Figaro. And Blitzes aren't a list of commands.

 

[Vincent Alexander]

This one gets me every time from Final Fantasy 7:

 

[antitrop]

Midgard Zolom FF7. Just a haunting image to this day.

The way they build up Sephiroth around the 5-10 hour mark is great. First you see him murder President Shinra, then he takes on a Dragon like it's nothing in Cloud's flashback sequence in Kalm, then you Chocobo past the Zolom only to see Sephiroth handle one like this...

 

[Cikay]

The joy I felt during FFXIII credits, because I was finally done with this boring and disappointing game.

 

[Garlador]

FFIX's ending rocked my emotions.

Also...
Kefka destroys the world - What, we LOST?!
Cecil becomes a Paladin - Whoa!
FFVIII's opening - Wow, this is so epic! No way this fight is just a school yard training exercise!
FF7 - Final fight against Sephiroth... Omnislash.
The underwater kiss in FFX hits my romantic side hard... and then the ending shatters me.
FFXIII - the credits. Thank God.

 

[BumRush]

Sabin suplexing a train

 

[antitrop]

This image is both amusing and irritating at the same time. Edgar is on a raft and Locke is in South Figaro. And Blitzes aren't a list of commands.

Ya, I noticed that, too. Might as well post the actual gameplay GIF.

 

[HMD]

That Wakka Lulu fight scene. I don't know why but I always liked their relationship, it's so unusual.

Here's the scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19isi83NYtc

 

[Abstrusity]

Sitting with Prishe after the end of CoP.

Celes throwing herself off the cliff, Locke resurrecting the love of his life for only a few moments, Shadow' end. scene. Galuf's death scene.

 

[Pilgrimzero]

Cecil becoming a paladin.

Rubicante fight.

Golbez is a brother.

The Giant of Babel.


Hell everything about 4. The best FF period.

 

[The Elite]

The Opera Scene
FFVI

 

[Clegg]

Boarding the SS Liki in FFX and Movement in Green starts playing for the first time.

It isn't a memorable moment in terms of gameplay or plot. The incredible soundtrack is what makes it memorable.

 

[Lunafreya Nox Fleuret]

The ending of Final Fantasy X when Tidus finds out he is a dream and that heartbreaking moment with Yuna. So cute but sad. Definitely a very powerful moment in gaming.

 

[GamerJM]

Final Fantasy IV:

Spoiler

Fighting yourself to become a Paladin.

 

[Vincent Grayson]

Class change in FFI, for sure.

Going to the moon in FFIV.

Basically the entire floating continent sequence and immediate aftermath in VI.

Aerith's death in VII.

VIII had a bunch for me. The end of disc 1, Rinoa in space, and the ending for sure.

IX...can I count every FMV involving the summons? If I had to pick a single one, it'd be Atomos.

X and X-2 don't have any big ones for me.

XII...this scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deG-e95Ot7w is probably my favorite in the whole series.

XIII: the insane FMV sequence with the summons breaking back into Cocoon.

 

[Pilgrimzero]

The ending of Final Fantasy X when Tidus finds out he is a dream and that heartbreaking moment with Yuna. So cute but sad. Definitely a very powerful moment in gaming.

The tears I shed. Oh god....

 

[shiftplusone]

RIDE ZE SHOOPUF?

shit is stuck in my head forever

 

[antitrop]

Cid is my favorite character in Final Fantasy VII and one of my favorite moments in the game has always been when he's finally able to achieve his dream of reaching into space.

 

[mrjohill]

I like when zidane is going to save kuja. Pretty cool scene

 

[Flarin]

In Final Fantasy Tactics when Ramza and Alma ride into the sunset on Chocobos. The music, the shock,

Spoiler

the hope of a sequel?

just...everything. So good.

In Final Fantasy IX when Vivi gets pissed and attacks Black Waltz. Such a powerful moment.

 

[Mcdohl]

First run to Jeuno in FFXI
Fuck all your other shit, this was a literal adventure with everything and every person's is different but seemingly everyone remembers their first run to Jeuno since it's fraught with so much danger.

Truth. I had a similar experience, but journeyed from Bastok.

That game really nailed the adventure feeling.

XIV, while a great game on its own merits, doesn't do as good job as XI in this regard.

Heavensward did a better job than ARR though.

I guess HD costs are too high to make so many areas

 

[Sinatar]

Kefka killing Emperor Geshtal, becoming God and shattering the world.

That shit blew my mind.

EDIT: In FF6.

 

[potatohead]

The ending of FF VIII is awesome.

The psychedelic and extreme conditions of the areas they show is really cool.

Then showing all the important characters and where they are, Seifer looking up at Garden and smiling.

Closed the game so well.

 

[DJIzana]

Spoiler

Seeing Argus kill Tietra (being remade via cutscenes especially in FFT / War of the Lions).

And probably seeing Besaid Island for the first time in FFX (I'm a sucker for tropical areas in JRPG's especially ones with good music) or seeing the Gold Saucer in FFVII for the first time.

Edit: I'd add seeing Rabanastre for the first time too. That definitely was something amazing. Ugh... I miss Ivalice... really want a remaster of XII!

 

[Sonic Rift]

I really liked in FFV

Spoiler

when Galuf dies and gets replaced by his daughter.

I thought that was really clever.

 

[Omegasquash]

Cecil becoming a paladin.

Rubicante fight.

Golbez is a brother.

The Giant of Babel.


Hell everything about 4. The best FF period.

Let's be friends.

My list:

1) Cecil becoming a Paladin - They were expressing that you need to stand against darkness, not fight it.

2) Tellah solo-ing Golbez so hard that he dies.

2) Celes attempting suicide.

3) Gau's father.

4) Rachel dying.

5) Cyan accepting the loss of his family.

6) If Final Fantasy Adventure counts, there are too many to list. God, that ending.

Edit: Seeing that FFT is part of it, I'll add the FFT killing of the brothers. Ramza had to deal with some SHIT in that game, and, through the course of it, ended up as one of the noblest characters in all of FF.

 

[Kuraudo]

FFVI - On that day, the world was ripped assunder...
FFIX - Atomos vs Lindblum.

 

[Pejo]

Cecil transformation into Paladin from IV. Blew my little kid mind. Not to mention he was the worst character on the way up the mountain, and tearing the enemies apart at level 1 on the way down.

 

[cyress8]

FF9 - Zidane and Vivi having a BRO moment pissing into the breeze.

 

[Mechanized]

FFVI, Kefka

Spoiler

destroying the world

... and when Celes

Spoiler

attempts suicide

. Fucking nuts that a SNES game tackled this kind of issue.

That's a helluva one-two punch in the span of an hour.

 

[yunbuns]

I have mixed feelings on VII as whole but I love the motorcycle scene so much. It's the coolest shit to me and I'm so looking forward to it in the remake.

FFVIII's opening/ending. FFVIII has the best FF opening imo. Also Liberi Fatali.

I also watched my brother play this game so many times that the entire ending sequence is pretty much engraved in my brain.

Garnet cutting her hair. I remember my mom was on the phone iirc while I was playing and stopped talking and was like 'Why did she cut her hair???'.

Kuja destroying Terra. I loved that scene.

"Bring my beloved Dagger to me!"

Yuna sending the dead in X.

Shuyin and Yuna in the Farplane in X-2. I know a lot of people hate X-2 but it's my favorite game in the series (next to IX) and it does have a lot of flaws but this scene is probably one of my favorite scenes in the entire franchise. I just...love everything that happens here. The voice acting, the small details in both character's body language, and the music. As much as love this game, I wish it had more scenes that had the tone and tension this scene had.

 

[diaspora]

FFVI, Kefka

Spoiler

destroying the world

... and when Celes

Spoiler

attempts suicide

. Fucking nuts that a SNES game tackled this kind of issue.

That's a helluva one-two punch in the span of an hour.

There aren't many games (or any in FF) that hit as hard as 6.