the ending (spoilers)

[MAS82587]

i believe the ending of this game would have been absolutly perfect, had there not been any extra fmv after the final credits, showing squall.
the ending would have left it up to the player to decide what happened to squall. the final picture of rinoa pointing up to the sky, the same way she did to squall when they first met, would have been the perfect last picture to end the game.
although it was nice to see squall smile in the end, i really would have liked it left up to the gamer.
any thoughts about this idea?

[ThroneofDravaris]

God no! We’re given very little closure on the ending as it is. Any less and most of the people who played the game would have gone insane!

[nik0tine]

Future Esthar probably could have made sense of it though.

[Squall of SeeD]

That would have been smurfing awful. No, really smurfing awful. I hate endings like that, which is why I've never liked VII's ending. I take the time to play the thing and to invest my emotions and I want closure to the matter.

[MAS82587]

but its just too 'happy ending' like. youre right when u say that vii's ending was bad, but i just hated how it ended like any other game would.

[Abraxas]

Personally I like the way it was... specially because I believe everything points that the Ultimecia = Rinoa is true.
This way, at least, they had some happy time being together.

[Future Esthar]

There are many things left open in FF8 even though.
So taking that out would be bad.
I love endings opened to thinking.

[boys from the dwarf]

FF8 has one of the most complex and amazing storys in all FF's and also has quite arguably one of the best love storys(due to sqalls personality changes.)people who dislike FF8 have no good reason to do so because its just as good as all of the rest and the ending is one of my favourites.one thing i like about final fantasy is that you never ealy understand it until near to the the end and you gradually pick up info instead of a "bang! thats my mission. do it. game over."i have a least favourite FF but i like all of them.

[Slade]

Personally I like the way it was... specially because I believe everything points that the Ultimecia = Rinoa is true.
This way, at least, they had some happy time being together.

[kikimm]

FF8 has one of the most complex and amazing storys in all FF's and also has quite arguably one of the best love storys(due to sqalls personality changes.)people who dislike FF8 have no good reason to do so because its just as good as all of the rest and the ending is one of my favourites.one thing i like about final fantasy is that you never ealy understand it until near to the the end and you gradually pick up info instead of a "bang! thats my mission. do it. game over."i have a least favourite FF but i like all of them.

Oh please don't make this into a fans of FF8 vs. Fans of all the other FFs. Please.

I thought the ending was absolutely perfect. No really, nothing could have made it better. If it would have ended with Rinoa pointing, I would have been like "WTF" is that, I want to see Squall again. Because he's the main character, and it's necessary to have that closure. It worked, in my opinion, for FF7, because of it's particular plot and atmosphere, but for FF8 that would have been a load of crap.

This is all in my opinion, though. As usual.

[rubah]

Why shouldn't it have had a happy ending?

They succeeded in their quest, and they should've gotten rewarded for it.

It was needed for Squall's personality, as may or may not have been influenced heavily by Rinoa, to come full-circle to show that he *could* truly care for others. It was the final test, so to speak.

Not showing the last bits would'ev been just as awful as Throne of Dravaris said.


Plus, the Garden party was cool ^_^

[Xaven]

I do not believe the ending needed changes.

[boys from the dwarf]

I do not believe the ending needed changes.

[Necronopticous]

ANGER


Seriously, the ending was perfect.

[disapointedchild]

Ha, this is funny, because I didnt know that there was another fmv after the credits untill about 6 months later frim initially beating the game.
So I (SPOILER)though squall was dead for a while, six months while, then to see him there with Rinoa, it was perfect.

No, the story was perfect frim beggining to end.