the ending of FF7RB is kind of let down

[hunteliar92]

finished my first playthrough, it took me about 100hrs, now i feel....i dont know what to say.

i had high expectation before i play ff7re and rb, cause i heard how great the story and characters is. But after i finish rb, i feel SE had done short in many ways.

but lets just talk about the ending.

spoiler alert here!

when cloud blocked sephiroth's blade, i thought aerith won't die this time. and right after this the camera says nah there is blood she still dead. bro wat is that?

from here to the end, i lost count how many times my emotions had twisted. i'll just draw a list to make it clear.

1.when cloud blocked sephiroth's blade:

shock and happy, does she survive??

2.when i saw blood:

♥♥♥♥ she still dead!!

3.when aerith joins the fight:

confused, she can't be alive right? i was so sad just now...

4.after the fight when cloud hold her and she open her eyes:

big shock and happy!! no way!! she lives!!

5.next scene everyone are sad:

okay she still dead.....kind of numb at this moment.

6.when she waves goodbye to the crew:

i felt both sad and complicated...honestly dunno what to say anymore.


i didnt play og FF7 so i don't know that much original story. i really enjoy the game but i must say i had better expectation for FF7RB.

and about the multiverse stuff, so it means aerith could still be in the third one? is this even in the original game?

[Weltall8000]

Not sure how much is multiverse and/or how much is Cloud being an unreliable narrator.

Having nit played OG, you may not be expecting the latter, but I definitely suspect that is a lot of it.

[hunteliar92]

Originally posted by Weltall8000:

Not sure how much is multiverse and/or how much is Cloud being an unreliable narrator.

Having nit played OG, you may not be expecting the latter, but I definitely suspect that is a lot of it.

i dont like the multiverse idea.

[Weltall8000]

Originally posted by hunteliar92:

Originally posted by Weltall8000:

Not sure how much is multiverse and/or how much is Cloud being an unreliable narrator.

Having nit played OG, you may not be expecting the latter, but I definitely suspect that is a lot of it.

i dont like the multiverse idea.

Whelp, after Remake, it was obviously part of the story moving forward.

Personally, I think the latter spoiler part is more of what this is with Rebirth's ending.

[Diabolical Taco]

This is a common misinterpretation of the ending, and yes, it helps to know the OG story. Suffice it to say without spoilers, there's reasons for everything playing out a certain way. Sure, it depends on what they do in part 3, but I'm pretty sure I'm right about what the story is really saying.

One thing that might help: when the OG came out, there was a fair bit of grumbling about what happened with Aerith, and a decent portion of the fanbase wanted it to be different. Look at it as a window into how things would play out if that fanbase got their wish.

[hunteliar92]

Originally posted by Diabolical Taco:

This is a common misinterpretation of the ending, and yes, it helps to know the OG story. Suffice it to say without spoilers, there's reasons for everything playing out a certain way. Sure, it depends on what they do in part 3, but I'm pretty sure I'm right about what the story is really saying.

One thing that might help: when the OG came out, there was a fair bit of grumbling about what happened with Aerith, and a decent portion of the fanbase wanted it to be different. Look at it as a window into how things would play out if that fanbase got their wish.

which means it would make sense in the end??

[Diabolical Taco]

Originally posted by hunteliar92:

Originally posted by Diabolical Taco:

This is a common misinterpretation of the ending, and yes, it helps to know the OG story. Suffice it to say without spoilers, there's reasons for everything playing out a certain way. Sure, it depends on what they do in part 3, but I'm pretty sure I'm right about what the story is really saying.

One thing that might help: when the OG came out, there was a fair bit of grumbling about what happened with Aerith, and a decent portion of the fanbase wanted it to be different. Look at it as a window into how things would play out if that fanbase got their wish.

which means it would make sense in the end??

If I'm right, it'll make sense in part 3. Personally, I wasn't confused by their storytelling methods in the ending of Rebirth, but I'm certainly friends with a couple people who were, so it's not unheard of. Thing is, they're asking the player to read between the lines which is something I'd rather see than following the systematic dumbing down of games we've seen for many years.

[Kbums]

I liked how it was done in the OG better.

When Aerith dies it happens so fast and you don't get a "dying in your arms" scene which games and movies really over play. She just keels over with her sword in her back and is dead. It's like real life. Death comes out of no where at times and when it does, there is no goodbyes. You're stuck with this feeling of ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ they're actually really gone. I don't know how to explain it but I'm sure anyone who's experienced this know's what I'm talking about.

With her hanging around and not just instantly being gone, I dunno. I felt like it cheapened the whole scene. Remake and Rebirth does some good things but it really makes me like the OG more than I already did.

[hunteliar92]

Originally posted by Kbums:

I liked how it was done in the OG better.

When Aerith dies it happens so fast and you don't get a "dying in your arms" scene which games and movies really over play. She just keels over with her sword in her back and is dead. It's like real life. Death comes out of no where at times and when it does, there is no goodbyes. You're stuck with this feeling of ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ they're actually really gone. I don't know how to explain it but I'm sure anyone who's experienced this know's what I'm talking about.

With her hanging around and not just instantly being gone, I dunno. I felt like it cheapened the whole scene. Remake and Rebirth does some good things but it really makes me like the OG more than I already did.

i felt the same way bro. death is death it comes with weight and cannot be changed.

[Weltall8000]

Love how OG introduced a mechanism in which death isn't really the end and you continue to exist forever. And people are like "death is final! If they don't die, even when they do, that cheapens everything!"

[level3]

Originally posted by Weltall8000:

or how much is Cloud being an unreliable narrator.

I hope it's this and cloud is just full of ♥♥♥♥. Besides that I hope it was jenova giving him black materia or the key to it instead of aerith giving him holy