The best ending in any game ever? (Ahoy matey thar be SPOILERS abroad)

I have the ending to Final Fantasy VIII saved on my computer and I after watching it for like the 60th time I think I finally realized that I think this game has the best, most satisfying, most emotionally fulfilling ending in any game I've ever played.

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If you really read this be prepared to think: "This guy is crazy" Because I don't think alot of people understand how strongly I feel about this game, among the others under Square's belt.

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I think I really need to explain just how brilliant this piece is. The first part is just genius, no way around it, in all definitions of the word. It's the perfect setup for what is to come, the scene where he keeps trying to visualize Rinoa and everything is messed up is SUCH a perfect representation of just sheer panic, sheer desparation. This scene is just so effective I can't even explain it, perfectly ending with the facemask shatter sequence, the sound here... Then the piercing look on Squall's face... Fade to white.... It makes me excited just explaining it.

Anyway after this comes probably the most pure and effective experience I have _ever_ gotten from a game. This is the second time in this game that I actually physically cried because it affected me so much. Laguna's flashback... When he turns around and puts the ring on Raine's finger, right here.. Okay you have to watch this over again and just listen to the music, it's absolutely perfect in every way, it works in PERFECT harmony with the visuals, it feels like the scene is making that noise, like that is the music for that emotion by physics. It's a REALLY odd experience and I don't think I've seen it done anywhere as well as it is in these few seconds... The CG here is beyond belief, there is SO much emotion that can be felt just by watching Raine's eyes glaze over, it's so touching... When people bag on this ending I think of this scene and it makes me sick, I don't care how much anyone hates this game, this is really something to be appreciated. I wish I could explain how strongly I felt about this scene. I don't think anything I've ever viewed had such an immediate and perfect emotional impact on me as this little segment. Laguna raises his hand to show her the matching ring, and Raine follows with that look you can almost feel yourself doing when everything is perfect, when everything you ever wanted to happen just came true. Then she hugs him like she's been holding back for so long... Such a powerful scene, just thinking about back at the beginning of Disc 2 when Raine badmouths Laguna to Ellone as a way of getting her mind off the fact that his love is the only thing she needs.

The camcorder segment is purely awesome. I laugh every time during this scene, it's the perfect great sequence with the little comic relief you need after the emotional heartattackfest that just happened and it leads you right along to the short bit of uninteresting credits... And then finally picks up where the battery died... Rinoa's characteristic little index finger move... Then finally Squall's SMILING FACE, it's really effective finally seeing Squall purely and truly be able to show happiness. And then they kiss... Zoom out... Rotate around.. Pan up... The garden against the moon... Perfection...

Okay now no one's going to want to talk to me anymore, but that's okay, as long as I properly get this out. For the 80% of people who hate this game, that's fine... But I really think you should bear with it all the way through, your whole opinion might change, and if you have beaten the whole game... I guess it's just not your thing. For the person I am, this is personally my favorite installment in the series because it effected me the most emotionally. The ending is a perfect example of that. If you actually are interested, the first time I cried in this game was the part where Squall jumps out of the escape pod and rescues Rinoa from space and the whole "Eyes on Me" sequence while on the Ragnarok. I was so touched by this whole sequence I didn't even feel like playing the game when I finally regained control and had to kill the propagadors. I just wanted to live in that moment forever. Such beauty.

Couldn’t agree with you more! I can remember how I couldn’t put the game down and ended up beating it in the wee hours of the morning. Yet another near sleepless night with work in just hours, and I wanted nothing more then to watch it again.

So I did. Loaded the save point and it damn worth it. Next day I reloaded again and beat it again just so I could watch it again. Later discovered a way to copy all of the FMVs to my laptop and I watched it some more :)

Once I had them all on my hard drive I found myself watching all the FF8 FMVs for awhile. Strange, it wasn't until I copied the videos to my hard drive that I realized how awesome the opening video is too. Didn't realize it until after I beat it, but once I did I ended up watching it more then I did the ending! (Seeing how short it is comparatively)

That doesn't take away from how much I loved the ending though. That Laguna flashback was just too much. Quirky, little lovable Laguna out there proposing to Raine. That look on her face—Her eyes as you mentioned, oh man. Then when I saw him walking towards the grave, I couldn’t help but saying “Oh god no..”

Just then when it was too much I see Ellone and get switched right around. I shouted “Ellone!” smiled, saw o’le Kiros and Ward and sort of laughed in the midst of my tears that I tried so hard to keep back.

Every single scene served it purpose. From Fujin pushing Rajin off the deck to Irvine getting pounced on by Selfie for recording those three girls every little second was well worth it.

Eh, Maybe it’s just that I really, really didn’t want it to end!

I guess in a way you could say a small part of me absolutely hated the ending because-- well it's the ending! Couldn’t stand the thought of it being over! :(

I enjoyed VIII's ending, though I don't think it's the best. If anything, VIII has the best opening. The ending was nice though, I like seeing what all the characters are doing in the end, which is why VII's ending irked me so much. The ending was like VI's and IV's, where you get to see how everyone is and such. I really liked the scene with Seifer, Fujin, and Raijn, and the flashback scene with Laguna and Raine.

All that having been said, I prefer X's ending cause it moved me so much, and I sobbed like a four year old. xD

It was one of the better endings, but I liked IX the best.

chaos: XSII's ending was great, although it still left us with mysteries, just like the first one :mad2: Luckily, there was an epilouge to cheer us up. Like Triple T, I have been enjoying the game.

Is anyone willing to either send me or point me in the direction of the opening & ending FMV's of FF8? I would LOVE to be able to watch the ending without spending an hour beating Ultimecia again...

yeah me too

hey guys, how do you get the FMV's on your laptops, i really wanna know! i loved the endin to FF8, and all the rest of the FMV's were gr8.
plz plz plz tell me. thx

Necronopticous I understand you. I too love this game..the ending is beyond words that's how good it is. I especially love the bit with Laguna and Raine. :D

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Originally Posted by Darkangel863

hey guys, how do you get the FMV's on your laptops, i really wanna know! i loved the endin to FF8, and all the rest of the FMV's were gr8.
plz plz plz tell me. thx

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download them off kazaa. that's where i got all of mine.

I have them if you guys can think of a way for me to send them to you... If you have somewhere I can upload them to I would, unfortunately I don't have webspace myself. Let me know, I have the intro and ending FMVs, I watch them all the time. High Quality as well.

I ripped them off of the CDs myself.

How large are the files? You can probably send them to me at queenanthai@yahoo.com - I've got a ton of free space there.

All else fails, we'll fall back on AIM File Transfer.

Uhhh, they're very large files... Good quality versions of the intro and ending. All 4 of them together are a total of about 500 MB. 1 for the intro and 3 for the ending. It would be best if someone can give me some sort of way to upload them directly onto a web server somehow. Well... Let me know.