Final Fantasy III -- The "End" of the World

This is the end of the first half of Final Fantasy III/VI, where our heroes can't prevent the world from going haywire.

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• FFIII
• FFVI
• Final
• Fantasy
• III
• world
• end
• half
• midway
• point
• floating
• continent

[ss7nintendero]

name of ost ?

[Nangbaby]

@ss7nintendero The track name is Metamorphosis, I believe.

[SmartLamboSan]

Poor Magitek soldier that got crushed in the quake

[Nangbaby]

@SmartLamboSan I admit, that is one death that made me wince when I first saw it.

[FirestormChameleon]

This has got to be one of the most epic events in any RPG. In what seems to be an instant, the entire plot, no the entire WORLD of the game changes so completely that it almost seems like you're starting a different game. A completely "new" world, reduced to a single character and weak enemies all about, the main teams' allies (returners) and enemies (empire) are all gone except for one, Kefka. It's no longer about liberating the world from an empire.

[Nangbaby]

Yes, you have summed up why I love not only this moment, but Final Fantasy III as well.

[peanut3423]

Forget Aerith's death. THIS was a shocker. For one, I didn't expect Kefka's rise to power, let alone killing his own master (who seemed to be the main villain because of his shadowy status) and then for him to become a god and RIP APART THE WORLD? And then that quote at the end just cements the whole shocking atmosphere...

[NessBrawl64]

@peanut3423 The only problem is, he doesn't really destroy something, just rip apart the world (as you said). Just one city was really destroyed in the entire game (Vector, I believe). But as the name of the "new world" implies (World of Ruin), he brought ruin to the world and destroyed its former balance.

[NessBrawl64]

@FirestormChameleon It's the first time in the Final Fantasy series where the antagonist actually suceeds in his personal plans.

That's one of the reasons - the best one - that explains why Kefka has many fans and is considered one of the best villains of the series, alongisde Sephiroth.

[lxlScorchlxl]

this scene will be so epic in the remake!

[dragonstormx]

How many people thought "damn it, this is the ending!" when they saw this the first time?

[dragonstormx]

@gregorypierce

There was actually a game not released in America due religious references called Shin Megumi Tensei that, amongst lost of other stuff, had a nuclear holocaust in first 20 minutes, that came before this game. Not the same sort of apocalypse, and arguably not even the biggest shock that occurred in the game's opening.

[dragonstormx]

@peanut3423

That and there's the fact that Aerith wasn't the first or last character ever killed in the series.

[uchiha15]

geez, they went all 2012 on this... God, i miss this game...

[Trickster242]

@evil6575 FFVI came to the US by the name FFIII, since the first three never truly appeared here.