20 years on, this is still the most memorable plot twist and

only thing i remember about that character is her name, and only because nerds are still arguing about it

did she even have a personality? the only thing about her death that was emotional for me was learning that i'd wasted all that time grinding her

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>>382976330
>grinding

>>382976053
>20 years on, this is still the most memorable plot twist and sad scene in video games.

Hmm. Let me think on this for a moment. How many copies of FF VII have been sold?
>Square Enix mentioned that Final Fantasy VII has sold over 11,000,000 units worldwide.

11 million...

Yet among my circle of friends only 7 people have completed the game. I'm 32 years old and have known quite a few video gamers over the years. Sometimes I just wonder about how popular these games really are in comparison to what is out there now.

Phantasy Star 4 did it better.

>>382976784
i know two people who have beaten it, and one of them is me

i don't remember much of it, either. it was just that amazing

>>382976885

What's that exactly?

>>382976053
I like VII but I never got why people got so emotional about this scene.
(I played it years later so that might have an effect in it)
I thought stuff like Cid's realization that he was being to hard on the reasercher girl and Cloud regaining his memories was better.

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Not even the most memorable sad scene in its own franchise

>>382976053
Aries was useless and we were better off without her

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>>382980465
If FFV came out in the US sooner, it probably would've been.

>>382976053
I don't know man I got lots of feels from the secret ending of Nier:A

Poor Emil :'(

>>382976053
sure fag

Aeris death was shocking and it was one of the few PS1 games that had cgi cutscenes in the time, so I guess that affect alot of folks. I personally liked Cid dying and Celes trying to commit suicide by jumping off a cliff in FF6 better

>>382980465

I disagree. While I cried at that one and have played nearly all the mainline Final Fantasies and their sequels/prequels. Aeris' is the best because it incorporates guilt over beating her up and not getting a chance to make amends. Also failing the promise to let her fly the airship. The second best is in II. Josef. Similarly has guilt post-fact, when facing his daughter and even more when lying to the rest of the villagers saying he committed suicide. The party is clearly ashamed.