End of Disk 1

[Polaris]

I tought it was in the stomach! But I saw no blood so it was cool! Of course the hero couldn't die.... Actually he can but then who'd be the hero?? (SPOILER)Zell.. -.-"
Anyway I was a bit suprised for the suspence (I can't right english today :rolleyes2)

[cloud21zidane16]

i thought it had passed through his heart

No-one keeps their heart in their left shoulder

give it a few years the worlds getting stranger by the day

[MJN SEIFER]

You know something, I like Squall and all, but I just thought maybe having a FF where the Main dies might be an interesting plot device.

Not just before disk 2. That's too early but like, I dunno maybe somewhere before the final disk?

We have this guy (Or girl if you prefer) and you start with him/her and like normal s/he's the first one you are and s/he finds the other characters who join him/her. Basically doing what all "Mains" do.

Then much later in the game s/he dies in dramatic moment, leaving the other characters to save the world with out s/he who took them this far, and probably sorted out a few of their problems.

It would be pretty neat.

Note: If this is too OT please say and I will copy this to another thread. (Don't delete until I copy though!!)

[Jessweeee♪]

I thought he was dead. It was exciting. So I put in the second to see how this is dealt with, and next thing I know, the bastard is still alive. What an anticlimax. Kind of like Cid nearly every character in FFIV. Or whatever.

[Big D]

You know something, I like Squall and all, but I just thought maybe having a FF where the Main dies might be an interesting plot device.

Not just before disk 2. That's too early but like, I dunno maybe somewhere before the final disk?

We have this guy (Or girl if you prefer) and you start with him/her and like normal s/he's the first one you are and s/he finds the other characters who join him/her. Basically doing what all "Mains" do.

Then much later in the game s/he dies in dramatic moment, leaving the other characters to save the world with out s/he who took them this far, and probably sorted out a few of their problems.

It would be pretty neat.

Note: If this is too OT please say and I will copy this to another thread. (Don't delete until I copy though!!)

I think you're onto something there - the sudden death of a major character can be real shock and a great twist, whether it happens in the middle of a story or at the end. It really helps to highlight the arbitrary, sudden nature of violence, and to remind the player that such a fate can befall anyone. This has been done well in movies: in Pulp Fiction, when (SPOILER)Vinnie is shot by Butch, and the audience only really has a moment to register the fact that a leading character has been killed, and The Departed, in which (SPOILER)most of the main characters are executed with unceremonies, wanton callousness at the end.

I'd guess that (SPOILER)Galuf's death in FFV comes fairly close to this, but he was never the main character.

[Xaven]

I think you're onto something there - the sudden death of a major character can be real shock and a great twist, whether it happens in the middle of a story or at the end. It really helps to highlight the arbitrary, sudden nature of violence, and to remind the player that such a fate can befall anyone. This has been done well in movies: in Pulp Fiction, when (SPOILER)Vinnie is shot by Butch, and the audience only really has a moment to register the fact that a leading character has been killed, and The Departed, in which (SPOILER)most of the main characters are executed with unceremonies, wanton callousness at the end.

I'd guess that (SPOILER)Galuf's death in FFV comes fairly close to this, but he was never the main character.

Aeris is a corpse. :]