7 Bad Final Fantasy Endings That Were Actually Quite Harsh

I think Type-0 's true ending was not really "heroic" but rather "human" . And I'm not trying to say they're not heroes, but watching them confront their inevitable death, crying and screaming its a cruel reminder of our own mortality. A beautiful ending regardless

I had no idea about the FFV bad ending, wow that's depressing!

i never knew about episode ignis' give up ending 'til i saw this video ( ;ↀ⌓ↀ)

Thank you for adding Type-0 I really liked that game.
I used to cosplay as Ace for certain events.
I should stream the XIII series sometime, I liked those games.

Wow, I didn't even know that FF5 had altered endings.

is final fantasy class 0 related to Final Fantasy 13?

What about FF16's ending? I was left with so many unanswered questions and most of all... the Flower that Tomes conserved for Dion!
That killed me inside, I wanted to see him deliver that Flower!

I've cried at the end of two video games: Kingdom Hearts as an 8 year old and Type-Zero as a 22 year old.

Granted, Persona 3 hit me so hard I couldn't even cry.

It feels sort of weird to describe the problem with LR's bad ending being that the world ends rendering all their struggles for naught when the same is true of the good ending. The best case scenario is that Lightning gets to kill the god that set the series in motion before redesigning the universe rather than just letting the god do it.

I'm curious as to why FF Tactics ending wasn't included in the list. Perhaps it doesn't quite fit the criteria for the video, as it's not an alternative "bad ending." Rather it's the actual/canonical ending that would give these "bad' endings a run for their Gil.

FFX-2 should have ended right there. FFX-2.5, that was a HARSHER ending.

Daryl sounds about 10 years younger in this video!

Should have figured spoilers. I’m almost done catching up in games, so I’ll come back in a while! Thanks for another great video though! ❤

How did we not get final fantasy VII!? I remember watching the ending as a 13 year old and thinking wow do they actually save the planet or not??

I expected FFVIII to be mentioned. If you don't mess with the missile controls, Balamb Garden gets blown up.

Final Fantasy Tactics has such a sad Bad Ending.



Everyone ends up hating on Ramza, Orran is burned at the stake for trying to spread the truth, Delita is stabbed and then stabs Ovelia because she simply couldn't trust him (and arguably him her; though there's contention on that), Ramza and Alma have to go into hi--.... what?.... What do you mean the game only has one ending?!

Imagine a FF5-2 with Bartz the Warlock trying to kindle the power of the void to rescue his friends.

I remember getting the Vegnagun fires ending and only thinking, man Lulu just had the baby and now it dies, this ending sucks

To add to Episode Ignis' bad ending. The thing that makes this ending scary.
When it zooms out to show both Ardyn and Ignis, the scene is bright and the voices are clear.

But when it shows from Ignis's perspective, the scene is darkened and Ardyn's voice gets more muffled.

We are literally watching Ignis dying through his own eyes...

I havent seen Ignis's death and I never will.

I just assume most are 13-2 and 15.

i've played & completed FF X - 2 over 11 times over & i never got the Destruction of Spira Ending from the game not telling about the invisible countdown timer before u reached & went after VegnaGun. i mean yeah u were spoofed that it had 1, but it kept it well hidden before u knew it.

FFXVI its horrible

crisis core my guys ;--; you KNOW whats going to happen. its inevitable otherwise FF7 wouldnt happen. but they still make you go through it anyway. and its such a horrendous desperate solo battle while you watch your limit break start to deteriorate and glitch out as the fight continues against an endless supply of enemies. they coulda just given us the usual offscreen cutscene they usually use for this particular piece of lore...but no. square enix wanted to be extra sadists XD

I'll die on this hill alone i don't care. FFVII ending is fucking horrible, very unsatisfactory.

it drives me crazy that im the only one who can see the nuance at the end of final fantasy 7 making it the most tragic and beautiful ending you could ever ask for. i dont care that it blew up in popularity to the point they had to retcon their heavily implied yet not spelled out to you like a baby ending so they can turn a quick buck on fanboys like me. the fact is, all humans died at the end of final fantasy 7. 4 big reasons for this. 1 - it was mentioned in the final cutscene that the planet would have to decide whether or not to keep humans around as a species. 2 - the only character you see after the credits is the only non human character 3 - midgar has seen no human presence for hundreds of years. such an important city would have some reconstruction. 4 - the most definitive piece of evidence i have there is a developer for the game in an issue of egm that stated directly that all humans died. i have been fighting this battle for almost 30 years. i dont know why its so hard to understand. yes they made later shit but none of that is cannon to the original final fantasy 7. having the ending thats heavily implied, thats some really really deep and heavy stuff. i dont think any game or movie has had such and impactful ending.

I never really did like type 0 so I never finished it....good thing I'm here watching this lol

Everything 13 is bad how did that not sit at #1 not the first your list is at fault at the start

I couldn't tell you how many times I beat FFV, and I had no idea there were variations on the ending.

FFV's "bad ending" isn't even that bad because any missing party members actually do come back thanks to the Warriors of Dawn.

Any ending where Ignis dies is a happy ending

you can say FF 6's ending is also bad too

I didn’t know 13-2 had multiple endings

I love multiple endings.. especially in RPGs. It makes the story feel more alive.

Before beginning FF13-2 better be topping

The first sad ending that comes in my mind is the XIII-2 one.

Who cares about canon? They dont call these endings true endings in game and most of these games dont have sequels or developer interviews stating which ending happemed so theres as much evidence they are the true ending as well.

Lann and Raynes father was there as well

I never knew there was a bad ending in X-2! Me & my mum NEVER saw it & between the 2 of us, we beat it 12 times.

Hope and Vanile were so bad in 13 lol

I played Lightning Returns a lot, but I don't think I ever saw that bad ending.

X2 had a secret bad ending that’s hard to find unless you’re looking for it. Or if you went AFK

The bad endings when heroes chose the bad sides, until live up forever.

Harsh does not = bad.

Me the 99% completionist:.......Bad endings? there are other endings besides the one I always get?

In 5, they ultimately get better

Okay, I’m making this comment before I watch the video. I better see KH3 remind yozora in this video as a bonus.

Edit: I’m disappoint