Your favourite or most emotional moments (FULL of SPOILERS)

[AlexkOuellet]

So before I begin I'd like to state I know this game, and it's story had it's flaws. The story was by no means person, but after spending some time filling in the blanks one thing I found the game did quite was was get me to care. Even about Luna, yes. Could she have been handled better, and not been a simple plot device to get the ring to Noctis? Absolutely, but by the time the Altissia sequence is over I truly believed Noctis loved her.

All the chapter leading up to Altissia really got me caring about the group dynamic of Noctis and his team. The boat ride to Altissia is what got me thinking about Luna and Noctis. When the group is talking about everything they have to do and Noct is just like "Luna comes first.". This is all theorizing on my part of course, but I'm kind of a romantic at heart. As kids I have no doubt they were fond of each other, and I think they had romantic feelings for each other. They hadn't seen each other in years but they kept in contact with the book and Noctis obviously cared. He never objected to the wedding, either. When she got stabbed... I thought it was awful, how Noctis had to watch. Then the pre-rendered scene and just... "I just... Wanted to save you." I lost it, I mean... God.

Fast forward to after that, and the chapter where you're wandering around with blind Ignis. The... Disharmony in the group was heartbreaking. I'd grown attached to all of them and Gladiolus's anger to Noctis... His cries of "Quit going ahead! Think of someone else for a change!". That entire chapter was just really upsetting, okay!

How broke Noctis sounded after he knocked Prompto off the train.

Shiva's introduction? Badass. The way Gentiana walks through the train during the snowstorm. She puts her fingers to Ardyn's lips without even missing a beat, she didn't even acknowledge him or turn to him she just kept walking. So cool. (Haha get it... Cool...?)

And then... The ending. Oh my god. When Noctis asked to see the pictures i was confused at first. Then they all get pulled up and these aren't just generic pictures. These are MY pictures. They're my pictures from my own, personal journey with Noctis and his group. I spent the better part of 10 years waiting to reclaim the throne with them, it's coming to an end, everyone will have different pictures of course which is so cool and I'm just... Emotional at this point. I pick one of the four of them. "Yeah. It's gotta be one of the four of us." We enter the fight and defeat Ardyn.

The three amigos stand back and hold off the Daemons so Noctis can do what he needs to do. He sits in the chair, and just... Gets rekt. "Dad... Trust in me..."

The credits rolling to 'Stand By Me' with the audio from the beginning of the game. Then the final camping scene tore me apart. "I've made peace with what I have to do... But being here one last time with all of you... It's too much." I was bawling at this point.

Those are just my favorite story moments. I just loved the game so much haha. It wasn't perfect, but the ending got me. It got me like almost no game has ever got me before.

That's not even counting the great moments of your own making through gameplay!

With all the negativity out there I wanted to make a thread to just talk about all the things that people loved about the game, instead.

Anyway, those are all of my favorite moments from the game. What about all of you?

PS. Sorry for any wrong quotes. Beat the game a while ago so exact quotes are beyond me haha.

 

[ZaXo Ken'Ichi]

My most emotional moment was that last camping scene, which you mentioned.

My favorite moments include beating Naglfar at level 71, watching my characters level from 53 to 71 all at once, flying the Type-F the first time and successfully landing it without dying (everyone was saying it's super difficult), and just in general, riding around the countryside on my chocobo.

Story-wise, despite it being an absolute mess, I also really enjoyed chapters 9+ for the most part. I think the messiness of it gave it a 'fever dream' sort of feel, where I began to question absolutely everything that was happening. It was such a stark contrast from the rest of the game, with such insane events happening, that it tore my guard down and never let it build back up. I could no longer rationalize properly, which intentional or not, isn't something I've felt but in like one or two other games.

 

[Linnaete]

Camping scene that chronologically takes place before they cross the bridge to Insomnia.

If you asked me to pick out the only moment in the story that feels like a genuinely human moment, I will immediately point you to that moment. Along with the CG sequence of Noctis's sacrifice, the camping scene makes an ending that actually feels earned, unlike the post-credits Titanic sequence. You have four friends who have been together and have known each other for so long, have experienced and overcome so many trials together, have in spite of moments of (rather forced) friction and a clash of personalities have stuck together and aided each other, pushing on even when one or two members are down, and then only to very briefly reunite before the inevitable sacrifice has to be made, of course there's going to be some tears. Of course you're going to emotionally open up to the three other people whom you have been closest to. Of course you're going to tell them what they all mean to you, not only as friends or as comrades, but as brothers and your rock.

Besides that, I'm struggling to think of any others that elicited any kind of similar effect from me. Granted, I was only watching and not playing, so I can't feel any sense of gameplay-related emotional triumph at having accomplished a difficult mission or feat. I suppose the aforementioned Noctis sacrifice does the job it sets out to do. While we have barely seen anything of Regis and I don't even think we ever see a single scene of him interacting with his son like the Dawn trailers spent an inordinate amount of time doing, I could sense how broken the phantom of Regis looks as he has to witness his ancestors take it in turns to stab Noctis, leaving him to deliver the final killing blow to his own son to facilitate the necessary sacrifice. It's a shame. It really needed to show us more about the relationship between father and son to help us fully understand how torn apart Regis must have been, knowing that his son would have this terrible fate cast upon him.