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Also (SPOILER)was Ramsus supposed to join the game as a late addition to the party? It kinda seemed like they were going to pull a Magus with him when Citan gives him the old-friend pep talk, which in itself makes me wonder if given more time they were going to have branching plot lines and alternate endings.[/spoiler]

You know, I honestly don't know, as far as I've read, I don't think there was any dummied out data of him, but I agree I felt they were setting it up for him to join. Would have been awesome come to think of it cause I really did like him.

What plotholes does Tidus' nature create? Also I do think there was foreshadowing because he was from a place he couldn't possibly have been from.
If they can make thought/dream into physical reality, why not just create a Sin like being to destroy Sin, instead of his half-ass backwards generation ploy? It's not like Yevon can possess Tidus or Jecht, so it doesn't seem like they are susceptible to possession by Yevon without becoming an Aeon, so wouldn't it make more logical sense to just create a Dream Sin to destroy Sin and the other Aeons? It's not like Yevon has much of a mind left to thwart the Fayeth in doing this.

It just seems like it would make more sense. There are also some philosophical quandaries I don't care for either concerning this, but that is irrelevant to the story.

I guess Fei did deserve a break. It's not like they didn't lose comrades and loved ones along the way (SPOILER)(HAMMER!!!! ). But with everything going on with Elly late in the game, the truth that gets revealed about everyone, including the fact that (SPOILER)all humans on that planet (except Abel) were artificially created. It was a little bit of a let down for everything to end so predictably. So yeah, I still feel FFX had a much more adult ending than Xenogears.
I may agree FFX had a more mature ending (it is actually the ending I wanted for IX) I don't think it makes up for the rest of the game, as I said, I kind of feel some bad writing was used to get it to that point, so I don't find the ending as deeply moving as some of the other FFs. I felt Xenogears held onto the more mature storyline for most of its game and having a happy ending never really felt like a cop-out when you consider the state of the world at the end. It was a happy victory for the cast, but I felt they really earned it. Course we could also just talk about FFTactics or Vagrant story that would appease us both by having a matuure main story and a thought provoking ending.

As for Krelian's wrap-up, I can see why people like it, but I think it asks too much from the player, and gets away with it only because of how crazy the rest of the ride was up to that point
(SPOILER)I don't really feel it asks too much from the player, of anything it basically serves as an example of the paradox of divine forgiveness and divine retribution, which is really more of an issue in western religions like Christianity and Islam. The player wants to see Krelian punished but instead he asks for forgiveness and receives it, though by a being who probably doesn't give a rat's ass. This is one of those things that never sits well with views of Jude-Christian thought. Seriously, ask a pastor or an openly religious person about their view of the scenario of whether Hitler can go to heaven as long as he repents.You will get some interesting answers. I feel Krelian kind of falls into this category, but he's also helped by his rather sympathetic backstory.