Hmm... I'll concede that some good points were made here.
While it's true that they didn't forget the exact same things, it's pretty convenient that they all remembered nothing of the orphanage, until Irvine brings it up. Not to mention, that the whole "memory loss" thing is still pretty poorly done.Also, they didn't all forget the same thing; if you watch the orphanage scene, you will see that each of them forgot and remembered different things. Zell remembered the fireworks before anyone else, Squall didn't remember Irvine at all. Selphie has a vague memory of a GF back then. Only Zell forgot he was in an orphanage... they all had different memories lost.
Why do they all instantly remember once one person brings an event up? If the GFs truly erased memories, then they should be permanently gone.
And I can possibly buy him "liking" her.i always thought that squall liked rinoa from the beginning, but was more annoyed at himself for liking her and his inner thoughts reflected that in a reverse way, lol
I cannot buy him being willing to jump into space for her with virtually no chance of survival(the Ragnarok being there was more poor writing).
Again, even if all the pieces were in place. It was still insanely rushed, and jarring to many players because of this.
Which isn't saying much, lol. Still, I'd say that IX easily trumps it in this regard. Better writing and all.certainly up there in the top FFs romances.