It doesn't help matters that most of them aside from Barthandelus and Titan don't even talk. Most of them hover and look ominous, but wind up more a part of the scenerey than anything else. Huge omission given that they sustain Cocoon and Pulse.

I would say there are several wall-bangers about the ending but the most glaring is (SPOILER)they were called to become Ragnarok, destroy Orphan and with it, Cocoon. Fang only briefly become Ragnarok, but otherwise they wind up doing exactly what Barthandelus wanted! The game makes it out like they were using free will, but had it not been for Fang and Vanille's last minute sacrifice, all of Cocoon would have been destroyed. Calling the way they save Cocoon contrived is putting it mildly.

Or are you kidding?