well, about the credits i think the reason they don't show squall until after the very end credits is to add suspense (and to make people watch the credits that don't have pretty little videos next to it) otherwise, most people would just say "Game over" and turn off the game if they weren't expecting more to happen after ALL the credits. it's a cheap and cruel trick, but if your name was in those credits, you'd want everyone to suffer through them too. and besides, i don't think that everyone would be partying down if their number one hero died some horrible death in another dimension. and if squall was dead, i think Laguna would be hanging out at his grave too, not just Raine's. or maybe squall would have been buried next to his mother, and i never saw another head stone. but that's just me!