Ramza

[oddler]

That is one of the brilliant things about sprite/primitive 3d games, the amount that is left to be interpreted by the player. If the game was in HD they would probably not have left any no room for interpretation on the characters action. And since we both chose to see something different, one of us wouldn't have liked the game as much as we did.

I think it would be an interesting thought to have a game that left an ending purposely open to contemplate what really just happened. I don't think that was the case for this game, though. If I remember correctly, she runs up to him and it makes the "stabbing into flesh" sound, then he hunkers over wounded and drops the flowers. She turns, he draws his sword, kills her, then crawls off and dies. Romeo and Juliet on vengeful steroids.

Or another way to look at it. Ramza was special because he was the main character. He was the only on who could take on a Lucavi and win. Likewise Delita was also special, a flip side to Ramza so to speak. Just like Ramza was the only one able to rise above and defeat the evil of the Lucavi, Delita was the only one able to rise above and restore order to Ivalice.

When put that way, I think Delita was again the better of the two. Delita was just as "strong" as Ramza; he just chose to exact revenge and cleanse the system. A proper cleanse wouldn't be very thorough if he allowed Lucavi to return and he used Ramza to prevent that. He covered all the angles... except for telling Ovelia the truth quickly enough.

Also consider (presumably) that one of the main reasons Ovelia decided to kill Delita was that he was ruthless enough to kill Olan and Bulf.... dancer girl...

Olan Durai, a witness who had many encounters with Ramza (and is unsure as to whether his glimpse of a living and well Ramza and Alma after the game's final battle is a hallucination or not), attempts to reveal the Church's evil plot with the "Durai Report." However, his papers are confiscated and he is burned at the stake for heresy.

I don't remember the order of the events at the end of the game; Olan dying is the last of the "story" and then the Delita/Ovelia scene is after the credits, right? If that's the case, I guess Delita would have something to do with his death but I never put that together until you brought it up.

Is her name Balmafula? I searched but couldn't find sure details. I don't remember Delita killing her. Can you refresh my memory?