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What is your most memorable Final Fantasy moment? [Spoilers, kupo.]
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It's no Dancing Mad. Or The Extreme.
FFX-2 doesn't exist. That lovers reunion is all in your head.
As it happens, my favourite FF moment is the sending of Tidus and the bittersweet moment when he runs to Yuna and they embrace but can't feel each other at the end of FFX. And that's alright. Endings don't always have to be happy. Life surely isn't. Love and heartbreak have hardly before been so beautifully rendered in a videogame. Hence why I can't let a shitty, flashy sequel ruin that. Ever.
As it happens, my favourite FF moment is the sending of Tidus and the bittersweet moment when he runs to Yuna and they embrace but can't feel each other at the end of FFX. And that's alright. Endings don't always have to be happy. Life surely isn't. Love and heartbreak have hardly before been so beautifully rendered in a videogame. Hence why I can't let a shitty, flashy sequel ruin that. Ever.
AgentLampshade
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Back in the day I had Seymour (on Mt Gagazet) and Yunalesca's speeches memorised word for word because of how many times I died to them.
KeyBladerXIII
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https://youtube.com/watch?v=VbEan62z8RA
"~~Godbert the Goldsmith's a Manderville man, Smithing as only a Manderville can,
Oil him up and give him a tan,
Fit for a Mander-Manderville man!~~"
Also, Hildibrand's fantastic facial expressions.
"~~Godbert the Goldsmith's a Manderville man, Smithing as only a Manderville can,
Oil him up and give him a tan,
Fit for a Mander-Manderville man!~~"
Also, Hildibrand's fantastic facial expressions.
SurfaceofChristianity
Banned
The Ending in Lightning Returns, I love that Trilogy.
Lights and Waves
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Who hurt you?
D20CritMiss
Banned
Death of Aeris
Beating a "weapon" in 7.
first time I saw Leviatan summon in a demo.
Opera in 3.
3's final battle.
when XIII finally opened up.
Beating a "weapon" in 7.
first time I saw Leviatan summon in a demo.
Opera in 3.
3's final battle.
when XIII finally opened up.
This from FF9: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xqtQwC-hwM
"You're all a bunch of babysitting bastards!"
"But trust me, I know that I'm the worst bastard here."
Only the ultimate Sakaguchi-Uematsu combo could pull that off, and they created similarly amazing moments in Lost Odyssey and the Last Story.
Anyway, here are the other moments I found very memorable:
- FF5: Riding a dragon, first encounter with Gilgamesh
- FF6: Opera scene, Celes's suicide, coin toss
- FF7: Cloud's first telling of the Nibelheim incident, Aeris's death
- FF8: Sorceress assassination mission, the Tomb of the Unknown King (the music!)
- FF9: The whole ending scene including the credits (I'm a big Melodies of Life fan) and "You're not alone" (the video I linked)
- FF10: The sending, and Tidus disappearing during the ending.
Overall FF9's moments top all of these for me, though FF6's moments make it a difficult choice.
"You're all a bunch of babysitting bastards!"
"But trust me, I know that I'm the worst bastard here."
Only the ultimate Sakaguchi-Uematsu combo could pull that off, and they created similarly amazing moments in Lost Odyssey and the Last Story.
Anyway, here are the other moments I found very memorable:
- FF5: Riding a dragon, first encounter with Gilgamesh
- FF6: Opera scene, Celes's suicide, coin toss
- FF7: Cloud's first telling of the Nibelheim incident, Aeris's death
- FF8: Sorceress assassination mission, the Tomb of the Unknown King (the music!)
- FF9: The whole ending scene including the credits (I'm a big Melodies of Life fan) and "You're not alone" (the video I linked)
- FF10: The sending, and Tidus disappearing during the ending.
Overall FF9's moments top all of these for me, though FF6's moments make it a difficult choice.
It's a shame most people won't know about the majesty of Hildibrand.https://youtube.com/watch?v=VbEan62z8RA
"~~Godbert the Goldsmith's a Manderville man, Smithing as only a Manderville can,
Oil him up and give him a tan,
Fit for a Mander-Manderville man!~~"
Also, Hildibrand's fantastic facial expressions.
MikeE21286
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KeyBladerXIII
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Let the love of Hildibrand shine like a Gentleman of Light for all.
lensoftruth
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Seeing pre n64 stuff, game was full of shit fmv in the end
MagnaderAlpha
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FFVI tackled some deep shit back then. I think
Celes' suicide attempt
she drops Locke's bandana and goes back to retrieve it, nearly dying in the process.
Locke's bandana, which gave hope to carry on in the World of Ruin.
That, Gau's father, Katarin and Duane's teen pregnancy(they were supposed to be young lovers, even though they were the oldest of the children of Mobliz), how guilt has wrought Locke because of
Rachel
Madonna and Maduin, interracial and "forbidden", but producing our heroine, Terra, as well as it not being the first, since Odin had a human lover and their relationship also ended in tragedy.
Yeah, FFVI is my favorite of the series! Love it to death!
tearsofash
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Came here to say this. The suspense is real, and the game still hasn't really recovered.
Final Fantasy VIII's ending and The Ballroom Dance.
The endings music with the beautiful silent imagery really got me when I first watched it. So much happens without anything said and it ties up everything nicely.
The dance was such a great moment for Squall and seeing him start to open up.
X-2 is great because we get to watch Yuna grow, not Tidus. We watch as she breaks out of the shell she was raised in and begin to actually enjoy life.
The endings music with the beautiful silent imagery really got me when I first watched it. So much happens without anything said and it ties up everything nicely.
The dance was such a great moment for Squall and seeing him start to open up.
Or you could just use the other ending where he doesn't come back?
X-2 is great because we get to watch Yuna grow, not Tidus. We watch as she breaks out of the shell she was raised in and begin to actually enjoy life.
Probably the high five at the end of FFX between Titus and Jecht. It brings the whole "hating-your-dad" theme to a close.
I certainly didn't always get along with my dad (who does?), so I found that aspect of the story toto be meaningful overall, even when the dialogue was clunky.
I certainly didn't always get along with my dad (who does?), so I found that aspect of the story toto be meaningful overall, even when the dialogue was clunky.
KyanMehwulfe
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Probably either the end of the World of Balance/start of the World of Ruin in FF VI, or the Shin-Ra HQ Raid in FF VII... that climb up out of the slums and standing before it as the camera pans down... the bloody hallway in the jail cell... the escape on the bike...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL8MwnD2MDs
Either that or something with Cid in space. Probably the failed rocket launch or the rocket launch that fails to destroy Meteor.
Midgar Zolom scene is probably the single most memorable quick moment that summarizes Sephiroth, and actually IMO the strength of the game -- that sort of haunting and ominous mystery. The bloody Shin-Ra HQ hallway scene, the scenes in the Nibelheim basement or the Mako reactor bridge, the ship from Junon to Costa del Sol, all of the best sort of 'horror' scenes are summed up pretty well by the Midgar Zolom.
FF XII and FFT are my other two faves but more for their culmination of so many moments, and the broader story and setting. Most of my favorite moments from those games were for their implications or just the dialogue writing and voice acting in the case of FF XII. VIII had some cool early SeeD missions, too, and I loved anything related to mountain passes or black mages in IX. But for singular moments that really stick with me, I lean toward VII.
FF VII had a lot of great scenes in terms of atmosphere... Nibelheim basement, escape Junon or parachuting into Midgar, Red XIII finding Seto always gets me, too. But in terms of scope, I think the most powerful event in a FF is probably the end of the World of Balance though, but that's through a series of scenes and moments. Same with a lot of those FF VII scenes like the Shin-Ra HQ or Nibelheim... if I had to pick one moment, maybe when Sephiroth withdrawals to the Nibelheim basement library and learns about Jenova, and then becomes obsessed.
Either that or when (if) Cid dies and Celes tries to commit suicide, and then that sort of ominous and bleak hopelessness of traversing the World of Ruin for the very first time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL8MwnD2MDs
Either that or something with Cid in space. Probably the failed rocket launch or the rocket launch that fails to destroy Meteor.
Midgar Zolom scene is probably the single most memorable quick moment that summarizes Sephiroth, and actually IMO the strength of the game -- that sort of haunting and ominous mystery. The bloody Shin-Ra HQ hallway scene, the scenes in the Nibelheim basement or the Mako reactor bridge, the ship from Junon to Costa del Sol, all of the best sort of 'horror' scenes are summed up pretty well by the Midgar Zolom.
FF XII and FFT are my other two faves but more for their culmination of so many moments, and the broader story and setting. Most of my favorite moments from those games were for their implications or just the dialogue writing and voice acting in the case of FF XII. VIII had some cool early SeeD missions, too, and I loved anything related to mountain passes or black mages in IX. But for singular moments that really stick with me, I lean toward VII.
FF VII had a lot of great scenes in terms of atmosphere... Nibelheim basement, escape Junon or parachuting into Midgar, Red XIII finding Seto always gets me, too. But in terms of scope, I think the most powerful event in a FF is probably the end of the World of Balance though, but that's through a series of scenes and moments. Same with a lot of those FF VII scenes like the Shin-Ra HQ or Nibelheim... if I had to pick one moment, maybe when Sephiroth withdrawals to the Nibelheim basement library and learns about Jenova, and then becomes obsessed.
Either that or when (if) Cid dies and Celes tries to commit suicide, and then that sort of ominous and bleak hopelessness of traversing the World of Ruin for the very first time.
demosthenes
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I love this thread. If I had to pick a single one it would be the overall experience of FFXI.
spazchicken
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I bet 80% of the people in this thread have no idea of what FF was before VII. And I'm probably being too generous.
You're not alone from FFIX is, to date, the piece of art i carry the most with me. It's a part of family history at this point.
"Your friends will be here for you, if you've been here for them" has hit very, very close to home.
Recently, i've been eminently surprised by how much i felt the Heavensward story. The ragtag misfits huddling at a campfire, Shiva's sacrifice, et all. They've very played out themes, and i don't think they could resonate one more time - especially in a goddamn MMO, of all things. Yet they did.
FFIV has impressive storytelling-by-gameplay. The recent Undertale owes a lot to IV and IX (And a other bunch of stuff), but it's very impressive when you think about when it was made, and how recognizing ludonarrative dissonance wasn't even a thing at the point.
I'll leave VI, VII, VIII and XI to the people to truly love them.
IX has obviously the Gidan's Depression \ You're Not Alone, but basically every FMV hits hard.
Blank's Demise
Arrival at Lindblum
Cleyra Destroyed
Atomos at Lindblum
Bahamut v Alexander
Beyond obviously, ending. Saint god.
Gidan's, Garnet's and Vivi's character arcs are all masterful. Other characters are obviously minor, but eh. Even 60h games can't do eight proper character arcs.
X has...
Sin at Luka
Sin at the beach
Auron v Yunalesca
Ending
XII has a beyond great opening arc, but i didn't really feel the game after leaving Ondore.
XIII has a pretty good ending. Same for XIII-2.
XIV has a lot, especially in patches and Heavensward.
The Assassination, and Shiva's Sacrifice, are great.
Music is basically 50% of it. At this point, after Heavensward and Undertale, i'm fully in the camp that proper music > voice acting for emotionally impactful scenes.
"Your friends will be here for you, if you've been here for them" has hit very, very close to home.
Recently, i've been eminently surprised by how much i felt the Heavensward story. The ragtag misfits huddling at a campfire, Shiva's sacrifice, et all. They've very played out themes, and i don't think they could resonate one more time - especially in a goddamn MMO, of all things. Yet they did.
FFIV has impressive storytelling-by-gameplay. The recent Undertale owes a lot to IV and IX (And a other bunch of stuff), but it's very impressive when you think about when it was made, and how recognizing ludonarrative dissonance wasn't even a thing at the point.
I'll leave VI, VII, VIII and XI to the people to truly love them.
IX has obviously the Gidan's Depression \ You're Not Alone, but basically every FMV hits hard.
Blank's Demise
Arrival at Lindblum
Cleyra Destroyed
Atomos at Lindblum
Bahamut v Alexander
Beyond obviously, ending. Saint god.
Gidan's, Garnet's and Vivi's character arcs are all masterful. Other characters are obviously minor, but eh. Even 60h games can't do eight proper character arcs.
X has...
Sin at Luka
Sin at the beach
Auron v Yunalesca
Ending
XII has a beyond great opening arc, but i didn't really feel the game after leaving Ondore.
XIII has a pretty good ending. Same for XIII-2.
XIV has a lot, especially in patches and Heavensward.
The Assassination, and Shiva's Sacrifice, are great.
Music is basically 50% of it. At this point, after Heavensward and Undertale, i'm fully in the camp that proper music > voice acting for emotionally impactful scenes.
Jon Arbuckle
Neo Member
IMO, no 3D FF has topped IX's ending
I would say that ending is tied for me with the ending to Crisis Core for emotional impact. Different ends of the emotional scale though. Final Fantasy IX's ending is just such a happy conclusion to a beautiful story, whereas Crisis Core was a gut punch that reminded me of the bleak nature of things in FF VII.
SoraanTribal
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Even just reading his speech hits me right in the feels. FFIX has the best ending in the series, for sure.
demosthenes
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What's wrong with that?
D20CritMiss
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Theanine3D
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FFX ending. Especially this moment where Yuna tells Tidus that she loves him.
There are some FF fans who dislike those who started with VII. Usually in a "You're part of the problem" way.
That's 7's legacy. It was the game that brought the series to the mainstream with an unprecedented marketing campaign focused entirely on the CG cutscenes.
Thankfully, they put that muscle behind a pretty great game.
My first Final Fantasy memory is trying unsuccessfully to fit the names of my childhood best friends into 4 characters for the original NES game, but it was 7 that really had a profound impact on me as a young teenager. I played 6 a few months after finishing 7 and that was one hell of a back to back combo, they both remain two of my absolute favorite games ever made.
It's also a pretty old game at this point, I'm sure there are people posting in this thread that were born around 1997 and there's nothing wrong with that.
If you're using draw to get your magic, you're doing it wrong. :3
For me personally, the final battle in FFIX:
Near the end, the boss killed my party except for Steiner who was in the state where he just attacked without letting me command him. He kept attacking the boss and got really low on health and I was thinking "that's it", but then Steiner hits the boss again and kills him. It was a very happy and surprising moment for me lol.
Near the end, the boss killed my party except for Steiner who was in the state where he just attacked without letting me command him. He kept attacking the boss and got really low on health and I was thinking "that's it", but then Steiner hits the boss again and kills him. It was a very happy and surprising moment for me lol.
Sub_Level
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That happened to me too but with Garnet.
Its a very poorly designed final boss. The fights that come before it are a lot better.
family_guy
Member
FFVI. Sequence where Locke, Terra, and Edgar are escaping by Chocobo in the desert and Figaro Castle transforms and goes underground. That music was a treat.
potatohead
Member
Hard to top this.
Set off my 10 year old imagination like it was fireworks.
How could it not?
Undead Fantasy
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SUPERHYPERMEGA
Neo Member
As an extra, not exactly FF but finally beating Sephiroth in Kingdom Hearts. Gave me palpies.
Hesemonni
Banned
That was some scary shit as a child :/
You did, with your last two moments listed. And to think everything was going so well when you were talking about FFVIII...
That was heart wrenching to watch my SO play trough X recently ;(
Aye, crushed my heart! I might be a sucker for emotional abuse. Allegedly!
I actually got that ending and still would rather forget I even bought the game. You watch Yuna play dress up with her BFF's in about 40 hours of nonsense. Classic case of not leaving a good thing alone and ruining it by extending it and having to come up with "creative" stuff to fill it up with.
My favorite Final Fantasy moment was siting in a parking lot reading through a thread, and seeing someone mention Tidus
in a follow up novella, so naturally I went to a wiki to verify and had one of the most sincere and longest fits of laughing i'd had in ages. It honestly brightened up a pretty shit day.
getting killed by an exploding Blitzball
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