Quote Originally Posted by Del Murder View Post
I was mad when Aeris died because she was one of my best characters. Also when Lupin and one of the twins died, that wasn't really necessary.
I don't know why but I always found it really easy to get Aeris to level compared to other characters which kinda makes sense you'd have her up in the party alongside Cloud and most likely Barrett for most of the early part of the game then BAM she's gone it was designed so she'd have an emotional impact I think and make players think "wtf I just worked so hard to get her so good and now...OK NOW I WANNA KILL SEPHIROTH!"

I don't know about people dying in FF games, I will say the Garden to Garden battle in FFVIII when Squall gives his speech to the weary, defeated SeeD and SeeD Cadets in Balamb Garden before they launch one of the most kick ass counter assaults in the history of FF games was pretty damn good at choking me up because by that point I had found my muse in the game's storyline.

Also in FFIX when you're in Burmecia and get your asses handed to you and Freya fails to protect her people that is quite great along with the death of Brahnne. Brahnne is the most hatefully ugly FF character I have ever seen, heck Quina looks better! but her death affects Garnet so deeply and that is quite moving the other great key moments are when the silver dragons are about to swamp you and Beatrix saves the day with the worlds Airship fleets rising out of the super thick mist to take up the fight to buy you time. We cannot mention this title without mentioning the whole blackmage, genome, kuja, vivi, zidane, garland storyline either though.

FFX was a pretty emotional game I remember when I saw Tidus and the others skating the chains in the Bevelle I felt like cheering, when they "failed" and Yuna throws herself off the temple then I felt like "Aww man!" not to mention the large number of pointless, needless deaths in the game and the entire "your own father wants it to be you to kill him." thing.

I think if I could have killed off any FF character so far in the games I played I would have killed off Barett in FFVII not because he sucked or anything he was one of the best but because I feel that Aeris dying wasn't enough though the party loses someone special sometimes players don't get Yuffie or Vincent until way after this fact and so why would those 2 be sad about her death?