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00:08welcome to mojo plays and today we're jumping the gun getting straight to the good stuff
00:13these are the 10 best final fantasy endings journeys aside let's look at some destinations
00:19before we continue we publish content all week long so be sure to subscribe and ring the bell
00:24to get notified of our latest videos crisis core final fantasy 7
00:41the ending of crisis core final fantasy 7 hits so hard because players already know exactly how
00:47zach fair's story is supposed to end yet the game still somehow tricks you into hoping things might
00:51turn out differently throughout the story zach is endlessly optimistic determined to protect his
00:56friends and genuinely believes he can still make it back to midgar and reunite with ereth by the
01:01finale he's painfully close to getting the life he wanted with cloud finally beside him and freedom
01:06seemingly within reach then shinra arrives with an entire army standing between zach and the city
01:12we all knew this would happen and it still hits so hard the players forced into controlling zach
01:17during his final stand even though victory is impossible the fight keeps going long after
01:22it's obvious he can't survive with zach pushing himself forward through exhaustion and mortal injuries
01:27purely because giving up is just not in his nature his death is as sad as it gets god i
01:33don't want to
01:33edit this footage you'll be my living legacy
01:44final fantasy 10 part 2
01:53the endings of final fantasy 10 part 2 have sparked arguments among fans for
01:57years because they completely change how players interpret yuna's journey after final fantasy 10
02:02the most famous outcome is the perfect ending where titus is resurrected and reunited with yuna if
02:07the player carefully triggers enough hidden completion requirements and dialogue choices throughout the
02:11game for fans who desperately wanted the couple back together it's basically fan service and you
02:16know what what's wrong with that if you enjoyed spider-man no way home and not this get the f**k
02:22off
02:22your high horse the sad ending hits hard in the opposite way because she briefly embraces a vision of
02:27titus before letting him go it's heartbreaking but it also feels more in line with the themes of growth
02:32healing and learning to live with loss that define the original game it's you
02:38you were with me the whole time final fantasy 13
02:52the final fantasy 13 trilogy has always divided the fan base pretty heavily
02:57but even people who dislike the games often admit the original ending is pretty strong after spending
03:03the entire story being hunted manipulated by fate and constantly told they're doomed no matter what
03:09they do the party somehow manages to fight back against the system controlling their lives by the
03:14finale the group defeats orphan prevents cocoon's destruction and finally breaks free from the focus
03:20forced upon them but the victory comes with a huge sacrifice to stop cocoon from crashing into pulse
03:26fang and vanille fully transform into ragnarok and crystallize themselves to hold the world
03:31together it's one of those endings that feels hopeful and devastating at the exact same time the
03:36heroes technically succeed but the cost is heartbreaking from a storytelling perspective kudos final fantasy 13
03:54final fantasy 4
04:02the ending of final fantasy 4 works so well because it feels genuinely earned i don't know what that means
04:07really but it sounded right when i wrote it compared to earlier entries in the franchise final fantasy 4
04:11puts a much bigger focus on character development and personal drama and cecil's journey from guilt
04:17ridden dark knight into true hero still holds up incredibly well by the time the party reaches the
04:22end it really feels like the final payoff to cecil's redemption arc and all the sacrifices the group
04:27made along the way but honestly the part that sticks with most players is the epilogue afterward
04:33watching everyone return home and gather for cecil's coronation gives the game this warm peaceful
04:38ending and makes the entire journey feel complete getting a smile after a whole bunch of frowns and
04:43sad faces feels really good
04:50final fantasy 8
05:00this is one of those entries where we really have to put the journey aside looking at you orphanage reveal
05:05ignoring some of the weirdest story moments the finale of final fantasy 8 feels like somebody blended
05:10romance existential sci-fi and a dream sequence together and somehow made it work emotionally
05:15by the time the party reaches ultimecia the game has fully embraced its weirdest ideas throwing players
05:21into a surreal final battle fought across collapsing time itself but the real emotional payoff comes
05:27afterwards during the resolution to the time compression as fragmented memories and scenes begin
05:31reconnecting the ending slowly reinforces how deeply tied the cast members are even without the orphanage
05:39reveal the final reunion between squall and renoa especially lands hard because squall spends so much of
05:44the game emotionally closed off and terrified of connection watching him finally reach out breaks our
05:50hearts at least more than the goddamn orphanage reveal
06:00final fantasy 6
06:09the story of final fantasy 6 is remembered so fondly because the game does something few rpgs had the
06:15courage to do at the time lose kefka destroys the world reshapes society into a miserable wasteland
06:21and spends the second half of the game acting like a magical clown version of the apocalypse itself
06:25because of that the ending had an incredibly difficult job after all the suffering in the world of ruin
06:30there was no way to fully restore things to how they used to be once the party finally reunites and
06:35defeats kefka the ending focuses less on triumph and more on acceptance terra's resolution especially hits
06:42hard because she survives the disappearance of the espers by embracing the human side of herself
06:46instead of rejecting it some fans feel the finale softens the consequences of the world of ruin
06:51a little too much i want to round up all those people and clip them across the ears
07:07final fantasy 15
07:14final fantasy 15 has always split the fan base because its story can feel strangely uneven at times
07:20huge events happen off screen entire plot points are scattered across movies and dlc
07:24and the tone occasionally swings from emotional road trip to real apocalypse in the blink of an eye
07:29but whatever issues people have with the overall narrative a lot of fans agree the ending absolutely
07:35sticks the landing that's because final fantasy 15 works best when it focuses on the bond between
07:40noctus and the boys the game spends so much time building their chemistry through conversations
07:45camping trips and dumb little moments that by the finale the group genuinely feel like brothers
07:50not just sacrificing himself to stop arden is already heartbreaking enough on its own but the final
07:55campfire scene that came before this i'm already getting emotional and i haven't even looked at the
08:00footage yet jesus christ could someone else edit this video please knowing this is it
08:06and seeing you here now
08:10it's
08:15more than i can take final fantasy 7.
08:23final fantasy 7 didn't just become one of the biggest rpgs ever made it completely changed how
08:27people viewed video game storytelling in general before 1997 nobody ever put a character's death
08:32in a snowboarding sequence within an hour of each other jokes aside the game left a huge mark on gaming
08:38culture that still hasn't faded decades later its ending is one of the most unusual finales in the
08:43entire franchise because it refuses to give players a neat comfortable answer after sephiroth's defeat and
08:48holy's activation the game jumps hundreds of years into the future where red 13 and his cubs
08:53overlook the ruins of midgar now completely reclaimed by nature it's a beautiful scene but also an
08:59incredibly unsettling one because the game never directly tells players what happened to humanity
09:03some fans found that ambiguity frustrating while others loved how perfectly it tied into the game's
09:09environmental themes it's perfect decide for yourself what happened to the game or watch the movie
09:23final fantasy 9
09:32a lot of final fantasy endings leave players with unanswered questions usually wrapping things up
09:37right as the heroes step into an uncertain future final fantasy 9 takes a very different approach
09:42by slowing down and giving nearly every major character a heartfelt send-off and it doesn't feel
09:48like fan service it feels really earned instead of rushing straight to the credits after the final battle
09:53the game shows where everyone ends up a full year later letting players see how the cast has grown
09:58after everything they survived together the emotional centerpiece though is zidane's reunion with garnet
10:04after the game spends so long hinting that zidane may have sacrificed himself seeing him finally reveal
10:09himself in disguise during garnet's play performance is a gasp of relief garnet dropping her royal composure
10:15and running towards him is one of the sweetest moments in the franchise that might be fan service but
10:21the game didn't have fans when it was being developed so it doesn't count
10:34final fantasy 10
10:38yuna i have to go
10:40a huge reason so many fans consider final fantasy 10 the best game in the franchise comes down to how
10:46powerfully it handles its ending it's my third favorite game and my first favorite ending the
10:52entire story builds towards this bittersweet realization that defeating sin will finally free
10:57spira from its endless cycle of suffering but that victory comes with an unbearable cost after yuna and
11:03the party defeat you yevon the faith can finally rest which also means our protagonist tedis can no
11:09longer exist in the world they fought so hard to save the scene where tedis slowly fades is still
11:14one of the most devastating moments in the series because everyone reacts exactly how real people
11:18would react tedis accepts his fate with surprising calm but watching yuna struggle to let him go
11:24completely destroys players emotionally and by players i mean me and by me i mean all of us
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