Quote Originally Posted by Sephiroth View Post
Well, Auron was gone forever. Jecht was good and died. Shuyin and Lenne could finally go. Cid Raines died. Someone who becomes a hero in Final Fantasy XIII-3 Lightning Returns dies forever, Reks died, Rasler died, Noah (Gabranth) died, they are all good people (some earlier, some later). And all important characters who died die in a world where the existence of afterlife is proven.
While true, none of these are of the level of Aeris' death. Actual playable lead characters in actual main games in the series. This simply doesn't happen anymore and my only guess is that SE are... scared? Maybe? I dunno.