Ramza was just lucky

[Nevermore]

I fired Boco's ass a long time ago, along with all of his offspring.

[VeloZer0]

I fired Boco's ass a long time ago, along with all of his offspring.

Well don't be surprised that his ghosts are haunting you.

I think that the game developers did decide to cop out and have Ramza live, however it was left vague enough that I can chose to believe he died, which makes a much, much better ending.

[Nevermore]

Boco will just return in another FF game, in seven months or three years from now. No harm done to nae .

And I agree. It would be a much more tragic tale if Ramza and Alma actually croaked. I do believe that the game made it clear that they did not, however, as Olan seeing them was shortly followed by another scene in which they ride off into the sunset with near a soul to witness it save the player, (PSP port, I can't remember how that went on the original.) so this kind of confirms it, I guess.

[Del Murder]

Not really sure how they survived all that!

[Roogle]

A common argument proposes the scenario that the positive aspects of the Zodiac Stones allowed Ramza and Alma to escape the grim fate that awaited them upon defeating Altima.

The ending has been discussed in other places on a constant basis. Personally, I believe that the ending is rather cruel to all of the main characters because you hints that only Ramza and Alma survived the events of the final battle. I simply cannot believe that characters like Agrias would so willingly abandon their old life if they had lived.

I mean, if Agrias was around, would Ovelia really have met such a fate? Orlan never hears from his adoptive father again?

[erikramza]

The point of.the game was that history forgets...
Delita is a hero king, and ramaza would have little more than 'a heretic who lived in the time of...' in the history books.

The person telling the story that is the game is, I think one of the more significant plot points to the game. That which history forgets, people remember.
You also have to understand that the story isn't that of The Adventures of Ramza Beoulve. The story is Delitas story. You're the unspoken hero caught up in the mix.

Also, the game is a play. Its a tragedy, and I think an optimal ending would have everyones story end... I was always curious about the riding into the sunset scene we get that really doesn't fit the rest of the game. My opinion anyways.

This is what I got out of the game, anyways...

Spoiler free? Whatever. I tried.

Edit: only now.do I realize that I said the same thing as three other people. Good for me!