Ti spezza letteralmente in due 💔

Truly this generation’s Suteki Da Ne, and dare I say I had an even stronger emotional resonance to this ending than 10’s. A masterpiece of storytelling.

BALD?!

I can’t believe Mario is bald

Lumpy touch brought me here

Saddest song in video games with vocals

“Can you see it too Jill”
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

めっちゃ好き

Mario bald

“can you see it, too Jill?”
Oh my god, man, these words really moved me to tears.

“can you see it too, jill?”

I cried like a baby during the end of this game

海外版はスターライトがエンディング曲なのか？

95 hours. Finished all side content; haven’t felt like this since FFX’s true ending.

Wtf is up with the Mario hair comments

Here lies, Mario’s hair

bald mario

From Cidolfus’ death to Dion’s death and then the most heartbreaking and beautiful death of Joshua and seeing Clive’s hand turn to stone and metia disappear when ” a sky of scattered tears” all weighed on my heart so heavily. Only piece of media to get me to cry other than finishing full metal alchemist and im currently watching violet evergarden. This may not get goty but it will be my game of a lifetime.

Poor bald Mario.

bald mario 😔

when the barber miss up

Bye Mario hair… 🙁

When the Mario is Baldin’ 👨‍🦲👨‍🦲👨‍🦲

Goodbye Mario hair

What a perfect ending

i cried like a shit

This game is out here actively trying to hurt me

This was the first game I ever got to play without spoilers due to buying it on release. I saw what I thought was the ending to the game. Tbf I was bummed that it got spoiled but it turns out it was the ending to the side quest for Jill… when I saw THIS without any way to prepare myself I was so shocked and sad.

😢

Amanda killed it again
I hope to hear this at a Distant Worlds someday

I’m not crying your crying 😢

This is up there with ff 15 music. Truly beautiful

Go out side and listen to this when there is a full moon in the dead of night the most peaceful thing ever

This song made me cry.

I don’t care what people say this is a great final fantasy

3:35 and on really has a subtle beauty to the lyrics…game wise and in a reality sense when possibly dealing with grief

My dear Founder this was an incredible story. You can bet I cried and cried during this scene and the overall last hour of the game.

I won’t lie. I felt more for Gav than Jill. I think it ends with both of them because they feel the same.

This ending tore my heart into a thousand pieces

Who is here after they finished the game and trying to cope with the loss of this game in their life? 😢
The ending tore my soul into pieces 😢

To me what broke me wad torgal howling. I was holding down the tears so hard and his howling broke me hard

Thank you!

This needs to be game of the year it must be it can’t be second it must be the goty

i don’t have a PS 5 to play i watched a game streamer at first i watched him play because it’s a new game but the more i watch it the more i like it because the game’s plot is so good i watched spent 3 hours watching the last episode until 2am I don’t think just one game made me cry, especially when Joshua died and when Jill knew Clive wasn’t coming back. I don’t think the end of the game will bring so much sadness I always hope Clive is alive after watching it, I always think in the future I will experience this game myself, a very good game meaning

Torgal’s howl just had me in shambles

I was lowkey hoping for jill to get preggers
Note I wanted that to happen I 15s end to lol with irus lmfao

The bond between Joshua and Clive just broke me. The ending was devastating. The game that made me cry the most.

I’ll never forget their Flames.

When I saw the title of the Book and the name of the Author I just cried

looping i cant help it it’s too good

Can we admire that this is the best video game created water we’ve seen?

I just finished this game. Easily the best (non remake) main line FF game since FF 10. This ending destroyed me. It also gave major Mega man zero 4 vibes

bad song didnt like it. Anime sucks

It still hurts… its been weeks but it still hurts

It was all over for me the moment I saw Torgel sitting by the window.

What is it with the main protagonists dying in final fantasy 😢😢😢💔

To think this is more heartbreaking than aerith’s death holy fuck

Can you see it, too, Jill? 🌒 🌌

– Clive last words.

What a tragic Ending…!　Gav’s word and his tear makes me cry same he… This song may be first time for me move my heart outside of Japanese game music.

i need to see jill and clive together !!! !!! PLEASE SQUARE !!!

As a professional singer, this is one of the most stunning vocal performances I’ve ever heard.

Final Fantasy XVI in the most simplest of words. Was genuinely beautiful

I have to believe Jill and Clive got their happy ending together, it is the only way I’ll ever be able to function without crippling depression for the rest of my life.

I was fine the whole time during the ending but when gav started crying felt like I got hit with a truck

Reminds me of MGS soundtrack , I Love it

The song is just NOT like FF series at all. Squaresoft / SquarEnix has definitey lost its magic.

After the 1st “Starliiiiight”, I knew this scene was about to treat my emotions like a Goblin in training mode.

This ending 😢

I really wasn’t expecting this ending…I cried..I was hoping he come back in a spirit form and say good bye

People can complain about the game all they’d like, I haven’t been this invested in a FF story since I played through 10 my first time and I loved this game.

My mom was watching break down at this bit

Im still crying over clive

GOTY

He broke his promise to Jill so it hurts more when you do her side quest first

I’m not crying 😢

Not ashamed to admit that i cried during this scene. Game of the Year alongside Tears of the Kingdom for me

This is insanely similar to “Never Meant to Belong” from Bleach’s OST by Shirō Sagisu

i dont think i can remember the last time a game made me cry as hard as xvi did.

Definitely, the worst mistake was to finish this game and thinking there will be a happy ending

🥺😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

Me han roto el corazon😢

This song hits differently thinking of my dear grandmother who passed away two weeks ago. I finished FFXVI only recently and I love the song, but it’ll always have a special meaning for me whenever I hear it.

This was my first FF game, and I kinda just went in because I thought the combat looked cool. I did not expect it to affect me the way it did. Finishing the game at midnight hits different.

I’ll be honest I had a feeling they were going to send off Clive knowing his whole purpose was to be Ultima’s vessel and killing him off and destroying all the crystals would have him requiring to sacrifice everything and doing all the final side quests and just seeing him say goodbye to everyone after departing to origin teared me up so much but man the split second I saw him in that beach turning to stone those floodgates in my eyeballs just released all at once man I haven’t played a FF game that made me feel like this since FF15 but man what a bittersweet ending to a fantastic title.

TLDR: despite predicting that Clive was gonna pass and knowing his fate was sealed I still ugly cried like a baby

Completely broke at “ Can you see it too, Jill? “

I swear if the next FF protagonist(s) don’t get the happy ending they deserve, me and Square are going to have to squabble

Dudes I’m completely and utterly MESSED UP

Thank you, FFXVI. Thank you for reminding me that alot of us have hearts. This ending clearly touched many of us…

Official Lyrics have been released:

Star light (say goodnight)
Star bright, where have you fallen?
Star light (say goodnight)
Star bright, I hear you calling
Fire, a fire that filled the night
Fire that warmed and brightened my life
My guiding light
On high
My hearth, my beacon, my hope
A sky of scattered tears
A thousand years apart
Should they fade, I will not be afraid of the dark
For your flame still burns inside me, deep within my heart
Showing me a new tomorrow
Never too far
And when I cannot bear the pain
I’ll look up to the sky and pray
That though our night is over, you shall always remain
Forever my treasure, my star

Good god this ending fucking destroyed me

I F…… love this song

literallky ugly crying again

listening to this is literally making my eyes water right now, just thinking of Clive and Joshua and Jill (and Gav). this seriously is making my chest ache right now…

😢

The final fantasy I want that way.
All the stars around the sky, 🌟
and you are the only one I have.
Because you’re the bright moon. 🌙

If this isn’t played at my funeral I ain’t dying

I want an loop of the first 2 minutes so bad

The ending definitely got me emotional. This song is so good

The last scene with torgal and jill at dawn. I cAnT hold it in anymore….😢😢😢😢

Bro…

is not dead

As soon as I saw Torgal looking up at the sky I lost it 😭

This shit broke me in half, i was just sitting there sobbing and i just couldn’t stop

El Final me destrozó, Este es es el segundo juego en el que se me sale una lagrima, la primera vez fue cuando snake llega a shadow moses en metal gear solid 4 y comienzan los flash back y la canción de “the Best it yet to come”

They couldn’t make a FF game with a happy ending 😭.

I’ve never cried at the end of a videogame, but here it’s impossible not to. Thanks for everything, Clive.

dayum, zero fucks given, good track though.

I’m still broken after almost a week of finishing it! what a wonderful game, what a wonderful story!! I really hope Clive survived, maybe they’ll tell us in the ultimania or in a dlc

The biggest lump in the throat

I like that the night sky shows what could be interpreted as the galaxy andromeda, that at some point in time it is expected to collide with our galaxy …

Never ever have i had to wipe my eyes slightly over a video game in my entire life untill today. Now gotta go through all that emotional damage again in FF mode.

epic game and my game of the year 2023❤

I was already broken but seeing Torgal howling at the moon broke me even more

Yo props to Murdoch, though! Man gets iced (lol) in the first few hours and still gets his name in the primary cast credits.

Rose………..Bud * Dies *

Why Sad Ending, I want see Clive and Jill happy with their kids

People saying he died are just speculating, the ending is up for interpretation. The game gave so much for those wanting clive to die to think he die and those who want to think that clive survive to survive. If someone is saying ending explain or a video ignore it they just speculating and go create the ending that better suit because remember this game is about being free from fate so go create a final ending that matches your fantasy.

2:41 i cry everytime ;__;

let be clear this game deserved 100 % best song by the Game awards . Every song is a 10/10

The last time I felt this empty inside after completing a game was when I finished The Last of Us Part 2. I still haven’t gotten over the ending of FF16 😢

Soken plus Amanda Achen is just the “chef’s kiss” combo, they’re so amazing together

I have extremely mixed feelings about this ending and the game in general, I feel like they didn’t pull it off well, it’s emotional yes and has amazing acting and music but I feel like we needed to see more of these characters. It feels like so much happened off screen and abruptly comes to a halt? I think Clive should’ve been reunited with Jill

This game’s ending emotional broke me. It took me a whole day ro recover from this, the storytelling and voice acting was that phenomenal. Despite minor flaws, it’s the best game I’ve ever played

I just finished the game… why did it have to be this sad? 😞

Fuckin’ bawling right now. And I haven’t done that since Final Fantasy X YEARS ago. Thank you so much square for not only restoring my faith in good story telling, but just everything about this. I would work 12-14 hour shifts, and still make time to play this masterpiece because I was that hooked.

I fully believe Clive later woke up on the beach and returned to Torgal and Jill. There’s no one on this planet that can convince me otherwise outside a direct statement from the developers.

CIDDY BOYS for life 😢

Seeing Gav and Jill crying totally broke me, and still does.

Damn never cried this much. He fulfilled his wishes him and his brother and father 💔💔

I hate this game. Not because it’s bad but because it made me cry so much 😭😭😭😭

This ending was heartbreaking really….despite how ambiguous it is theres really only one ending it can be for me…they lay enough crumbs out to persuade you otherwise but theres no doubt in my mind Clive dies…it’s extremely cruel but it fits too well with his character, he always has to save everyone and the last person he thinks about is himself….theres no point in showing him healing joshua unless it worked.

If a person has the chance to save there brother’s life at the cost of there own…most people would do it….I want to believe Clive survived and gave up the sword for a pen …took Joshua’s name to honor his fallen brother and lived happily ever after with Jill…but I sadly think he died alone on that beach… saving the world, and being what he first and foremost was…Joshua’s shield and big brother…bittersweet and beautiful.

Can you see it to….Jill? 😭

this gets more emotionally devastating if you interpret the first few lines, the exchange of words, for starlight to be jill and starbright to be clive. one telling the other to say goodnight and the other begging to know where they’ve fallen from the sky and that they hear them calling. just a funny little headcanon for you.

If you read the letter after Jill’s last side quest you’ll know this song is literally dedicated to Clive, is it like Jill is singing to her star (Clive).

I just realised that this song is Jill’s theme.

What the fuck do I do now

I knew this game will make me cry

Excellent song. Choked me up.

Man poor Jill and Torgal. its even more heartbreaking after doing their sidequests. Jill has to accept so much loss in her life. Torgal seems to be cursed to forever wait for his masters return, like the story of Hachikõ.

But at least they have each other and a new family and new world to take care of. Clive, Joshua and Cids legacy

Depression

It’ll always be my headcanon that it was Torgal making one last wish to Meteia before blinking out. This song though. Another Amanda Achen classic!

The most important side quests are “Priceless” along with “A Tail to Tell”
Both played will explain the meaning of the dawn seen end game and the book, written by cid rosfield.

“A Tail to Tell”
“when the day comes, I’l certainly have a lot to write about” is what clive replied to Haprocrates after his encouragement to pick up a pen.
Harpocrates is all-knowing as the game claims, but opting choosing to delve into the intimacy side of pheonix and ifrit(older brother), chances it’s more likely Clive.

There’s a point in the game where Joshua clearly stated that his eikon’s power could never bring someone back to life.
Clive who loves his brother more than cid, should probably have higher chances that he would honor his brother’s legacy.

“Priceless”
In Priceless, Japanese language; On that special day when they were young, Jill recalled witnessing the flowers reaching out for the sun after the storm; similarly, Clive reached out to her and calmed her down from the “storm” the storm being that she was being ignored as a person when she overheard her marriage potential. She gains the conviction that Clive will always be there for her, no matter what (a belief that is confirmed several times in the game, with Clive first coming back to her after many years apart and then saving her in the ship). She said that’s a quality she appreciates and likes about him before she confessed to him and declared him as her treasure.
Therefore, end-game seeing the sun rising calmed her down and stopped her from crying any further.

But, endings are arbitrary nowadays, it’s a gamer’s pick. cheers!

When they first announced the pop ending theme I was disappointed as an ffxiv player

So glad the real ending theme is still the classic leitmotif vocal track payoff I’ve been emotionally stockholmed into

I’m 37 grown ass adulte. Whene i finished the game and saw this scene i broke into tears. No little tears i mean genuin flood gates where open.

My daughter saw that and tried to confort me 😂

Words can not express how much i loved this game, this story, These characters. Seeing jill and torgal cry broke me for real.

The looks on clive face when he passes out is so real i cant shake it out of my mind.

And now, few days laters i m listening to this sobing. This is art. Who give a F about some minor details and fetch quest whene the main story can shake you to your core !?

This is Final fantasy.

Soken is a gift of God. A Gift of Greagor, I gift of Ultima

OH HELLL YEAHHHHHHHHHH

“Forever, my treasure, my star” hits different if you’ve completed Jill’s final side quest 😭😭😭

Both English and Japanese Endings are heartbroken. They deserve a happy ending. Where is my DLC?YoshiP

Listening to this makes me wanna eat at a five star restaurant. Sounds something out of a fine dining date

Seeing Gav cry made me break, not Jill for some reason lol.

This was so freaking sad when I first saw it but on reflection, Clive is as dead or as alive as we want him to be until a sequel or expansion proves otherwise so I guess I can live with it. (To me he is alive because that’s what makes most sense for his arc. I don’t mind MC’s I like dying at all, but I don’t think him dying fits what the story was trying to say about him).

Nunca olvidaré de este magnífico final. Me transmitió paz y nostalgia al punto de emocionarme tanto 💙🌚

Truly heartbreaking

Why did they have to show me Jill breaking into tears? I’m depressed now.

I hear the game has sold awful, some say it will be the death nail for the final fantasy series.

Get Based, Go Bust?

Or

Is it Go Woke, Get Bucks?

WHY IS THIS VERSION NOT ON SPOTIFY
Update: I see that it releases in 9 days….

I’m seeing all these comments calling the ending bitter sweet but idkkk I think they ending means Clive survived

God this was my first final fantasy game I was not expecting this

When she hits with “a sky of scattered tears” it is SO strong of a feeling.

The real final fantasy xvi theme song

THANK you, so beautiful

My star is the perfect song to represent jill’s emotions while Moon gazing is the same for Clive. They go so well together.

i cried so bad when I got to see this for the first time at night. woke up with swollen eyes, sooo bad.

I love how even though FF16 already had a song by a high-profile artist to go at the end of the game, Soken clearly said, “Too bad. I’ve had a woman with an angelic voice singing beautiful piano reprises at the end of everything I’ve worked on for the past 10 years, and that ain’t changing now. You can play yours after mine is done.”

I think the fact the he died alone, makes the ending so much more heart breaking

Eu sou o comentário BR que você estava procurando, vamos de tradução:

Luz estelar, diga boa noite…
Brilho estelar, onde você caiu?
Luz estelar, diga boa noite
Brilho estelar, eu escuto o seu chamado…

Fogo, oh fogo que enche a noite
Fogo, que aqueceu e iluminou a minha vida…
Minha luz guia… Na terra…

Minha metade, meu pilar e minha esperança!
Um céu estrelado de lágrimas…
A Mil anos de distância…
Se elas sumirem, eu não terei medo da escuridão…

Ja que sua chama ainda queima dentro do meu coração
Mostrando pra mim um novo amanhecer, que continua a se aproximar…

E quando eu não aguentar essa dor
Eu olharei pro céu e um pedido farei
Mesmo que nossas noites tenham acabado você sempre estará aqui
Pra sempre, meu precioso, minha estrela…

Deixem meu like covardes 💙❄️

Guys there was a interview with yoshi-p about dlc there’s fuckin hope 😭

This game has ruined me istg

It was Gav ugly cry that broke me…

It’s giving can’t see the light from pso with a dash of snake eater

Quel maledetto ululato di Torgal, mi ha dato la mazzata finale…
Pover Jill, meritava che Clive tornasse da lei…
Sto finendo tutte le missioni secondarie, per cecare indizi sulla sua possibile salvezza, quella donna merita il suo uomo a fianco fino alla morte.
Finale stupendo, storia epica che fa riflettere, questo gioco merita davvero il GOTY ( fanculo i difetti, i pregi li surclassano ), era da tanto che non piangevo per un Videogame.

Torgal – the goodest boii

i instantly reconised Amandas voice from the very 1st words it was a plesent suprise as i didnt know she was working on 16

I ain’t cry an all that but uhh this was a pretty damn sad ending sheesh

Clive dying alone, and then Jill and Gavs reaction…. And the music…. Bro this crushed me unexpectedly

Ben Starr knocked it out of the park here so I really hope he gets the attention and praise he deserves

I hate that empty void feeling, just finished the game an hour ago 😔

I’m sure Clive Rosfield will be join in Dissidia Final Fantasy for PS5.

i broke down watching this ending 😭

Clive didn’t deserve that ending after everything; his final moments being alone and in agonizing pain. Perhaps, that’s exactly why it hits as hard as it does.

It’s a fucking game of thrones from video games world.
I haven’t cried in any game yet. sometimes upset it’s true, but crying only here

what makes the scene with gav even sadder, in a sidequest before the finale he even makes a joke that he wants clive’s sword but doesn’t want to become the new cid if clive should die attacking origin and clive pretty obviously said the gav to be his successor

I finished FFXVI yesterday and the ending has left me broken…..so empty and broken.. Just WTF?

Amanda Achen.. girl you good.. since ff14 you’ve been so amazing

I knew after a certain point that a happy ending just wasn’t in the cards but I still couldn’t stop hoping that Jill and Clive would have a happy ending. Breaks my heart seeing Torgal and Jill standing there, knowing Clive is truly gone and will probably never be seen again.

I had a bit of hope when I saw him wash up on shore, but it was short-lived, seeing Jill know he died by looking towards the moon was tragic af ☹️ Clive was a gangster fr

I really hope they don’t end up officially killing Clive . I was already extremely upset at Noctis dying on his lol

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuck,Why I keep watching this ending over and over again,hurts more everytime.

I’ve never cried playing a video game harder than I did seeing Clives hand turn into stone. I saw the signs in his fingers and I wanted it to be sand so bad, but it wasn’t.

If you see this Amanda Achen, thank you on behalf the FFXVI and FFXIV communities. I hope we continue to hear your signature amazing voice a great deal in the future, and I hope you and Soken continue your super amazing collaborations!

“I’ll be back, I promise, I love you Jill.”

Can we all just give CBU3 their fucking props here!? They kept Gav alive to give us the best line of the game.
“The world is yours now. To do with as you please. Thats what Cid wanted, what they *both* wanted.”

We love you Gav.

First time I heard this, I didnt jive with it. Mainly because I was so caught up in wtf is happening. But having watched again, knowing full well what happens, it just hits different and it hits hard.

Of course Amanda, the singer for Footfalls and Shadowbringers, did this.
Extra feels.

This wasnt playin when i was on japanese audio

I loved this game. And I loved the fact it wasn’t the happy ending, because the dark nature of FF 16 just screamed that victory comes at a price for some characters

This is the only final fantasy game that brought me to tears. One of the last sidequests i did was with Gav and Jill. Man, when Gav couldn’t hold it together, after seeing Jill and Torgal run off, i just lost it. I wish we could get more of that ending. I think Clive deserved most of all to have a happy ending with Jill

Amazingly sad yet hopeful.
We know the world Clive and the others are now in will be beset with myriad pain and suffering.
But the final scene really adds a hopeful spin to it. A world without magic finally recovering.

Thank you SE

You lied to us Clive T_T

who is the vocalist? is she japanese she sounds familiar.

plz anyone know if this is on spotify

What a great ending for such an amazing game. This one really left a mark and is one of my favorite game moments, ever. Thank you Yoshida, Soken, CBU3, the super talented voice actors and everyone else who helped create this masterpiece!

this song ties everything together so well. I love it

Crazy how this makes you feel sad yet hopeful at the same time.

God theres a part pf thos theme at around 2:30 that sounds so similiar to a theme from an earlier final fantasy that i cant for the lofe of me remember the name of the full piece. I remember instantly recognizing it when i played the game but ot escapes me now. Any help?

I just beat the game 2 hours ago and I feel heartbroken

Reforço do vascão, Clive Rosfield.

I feel so bad for Jill and Torgal 🥺

I cannot begin to express how this ending made me feel.

The scene where Jill is looking at the horizon along with Torgal, and dawn suddenly breaks; I remembered her words in her final side quest:

“That no matter how terrible the night… dawn would always come.”

It broke me.

definitely wouldve been better if it was like FFXV’s theme “Somnus” where it was in a diff language like Latin.

My man Clive literally just does 999999999 damage to god with one single punch and dies like 5 minutes later, kinda left me confused lmao

4:10 is the moment the tears broke out for me…………. MAN.

Starbright

This is kinda like the ending of FF8 if Squall never made it back to Rinoa 😢

while i mourn joshua and clive, i find myself feeling just as upset for dion. we didn’t see much of him but knowing how he was basically left all alone after wreaking so much chaos on his own people against his will makes me feel worse for the poor guy.

I kinda feel bad about Kenshi Yonezu’s theme…
Cuz, ngl… I liked this a lot more (for the game and sequence) than moongazing (but it isnt like im not listening to his song more outside of the game, lol)

Theory stuff below

There is a very real chance that Clive lives. Looking closely, the curse doesn’t seem to spread, he loses the ability to channel aether, so it shouldn’t spread any further. There’s also the fact that the book at the end is titled “Final Fantasy” a line that is only said by Clive, after Joshua dies, and the name being used could be a pen name to honour his brother’s legacy. This also feels like the right way to do it, as it gives more impact to the character side quests you do before the final mission! He lives and that makes me happy

Who’s the artist that made this song?

When a game dev team chooses to have a moment like this to end off their game, it is quite literally a make or break moment. I adamantly believe this is a perfect ending. I cried so much that my family began to worry for me. The moment Jill realized Clive died as she began crying so did I and oh boy did it not stop. I have NEVER been moved by any kind of story in any form of media prior to this game. But I can officially say that this is my new Number #1 Game. And yes, for me it beats elden ring (but there both perfect in their own styles, i just prefer this one if I had to choose)

i regret finishing this at 3am.. man a flood of emotions just hit me once the credits were finished. Clive, Joshua, and Dion derserved better… Jill too. Depressing game man.

Yes, warmed flame that clive finding rest of his life guiding mankind you can take a rest now 😢

Points where I believe Clive survived if the game is consistent with what was shown:
– He starts narrating the story and ends. That is, he is the main narrator and has access to the entire story. (While Joshua survived, he wasn’t present when Clive finished Ultima. So he doesn’t have access to the entire story)
-Hapocrates tells Clive that after all this is over, he must lay down his sword and write the story of his journey with him. He even gives you his pen to do this.
– Now the most important detail is that his left hand was petrified (And it was only completely petrified because he tried to use magic) Now his right hand is covered, but since he didn’t use his right hand, if what was shown is coherent, the hand would indeed be intact. Exactly the hand he needs to be able to write the book, as he is right-handed. And following this line, you can see that Clive always uses his left hand to use dominant magic. The right hand does not suffer impact because he is always wielding the sword. Then he would have his hand in the writing of history. Until because, what sense does it make just to show the petrified left hand? Coincidence? I do not think like that!
– Vivian tells Clive that something can become true after years of spreading a story. They wanted to change the accounts of the times of magic. And that’s exactly what happens after the credits. The book is presented as a fantasy. Giving the idea that all that stuff about crystals and eikons and magic was all fantasy. Thus making Humanity progress normally and evolve instead of depending on crystals. And it was only Clive who knew about all this.

– In the fight against ULTIMA Clive says the following sentence: “The only fantasy here is yours. And we will be your final witness.” In other words, This is your Final Fantasy”. Exactly the name of the book in the post credits. Only Clive would know that.

In short:
– The game from the beginning puts Clive as the narrator, and the characters he meets along the way like Harpocrates and Vivian ask him to write the story of his journey after the end of all that. The game’s narrative indicates at all times that Clive can write his story about him one day, based on various clues that the game shows throughout history. First, he narrates the game’s story, then Harpocrates gives him a pen and asks him to go back, lay down his sword, and write about his journey, and it all culminates in the book’s post-credits.

Why would the game waste so much time on these details so Joshua just writes the story at the end? If there is a character that was prepared to tell a story within what was shown in the game, it was Clive and not Joshua.

– There is also the conversation with Jill in the flowers, in which she says that the nights can be terrible, but that the dawn always comes and Clive returns to her.

So I think the following. Throughout the sidequests we always receive something that ends up connecting to the end of the game. Whoever did all the quests, will have a completely different overview of the ending for that reason.

The big question is, were all these details useless? Because it wouldn’t make sense to spend time showing us all this if it didn’t mean something.

The timing of the pause when the star fades out at 2:35 before the music continuing was despicable and I did not like what Soken did to me emotional.

Damnnn

A beautiful game about legacy and the human spirit. The good and the bad

But what’s more beautiful is Clive’s final act to Joshua wasn’t about legacy.

In that moment Clive;

Wasn’t Logos
Wasn’t Mythos
Wasn’t Ifrit
Wasn’t Cid the Outlaw
Wasn’t Wyvern
Wasn’t Rosaria’s Shield
Wasn’t a Rosaria

He was Joshuas big brother.

A bond and a flame Ultima could never snuff because it was a bond that never needed to be forged.

Because it’s brotherhood.

From beginning to the end he was a big brother.

2:16

The best ending in video game history, I never cried in a video game before but this time I couldn’t hold my tears.
Masterpiece

😔🚬

Will Jill get the Yuna treatment?

Worst decision I’ve made is to finish the game at night and break myself completely while sobbing and listening to this song over and over again

This song is Soken going “you not crying yet? Alright, let me hit you with LYRICS” as he often does in 14

The ending left me traumatized 🥲

It’s just very tragic that before the final battle, Clive said to Jill: “I’ll be back. I promise.” The game has a beautiful ending, it’s just very bittersweet to me.

Just wondering does anyone else think Clive lived in the end, especially with what happened in the last Jill and Harpocrates sidequests.

Damn I crying 😭 😭😭 Clvie is dead 🥺🥺 So Beautiful Story 🥰🥰🥰

Que hermosa canción cómo se llama la que la canta

This is the most beautiful and tragic song I have ever heard…

For some reason seeing Torgal looking in the sky was what made me finally break. Ghosts of Tsushima was the last game that made me cry.

the game is underrated, a lot of people doesn’t want to accept the new generation, what i try to say is, it is not perfect, but it definitely has the charm. I love it as much as i love FF7 and others.

Very similar vibe too cowboy bebop ending.

A great ending tbh, unlike most movies and games, this takes the cake

A fitting song for the ending. Love that it incorporates the leitmotif from Jills theme

Ah the song that ripped everyone’s heart out now we pray to metia that these two lovers get reunited

“Final Fantasy” ditulis oleh Joshua Rosefield a.k.a Clive Rosefield yang menceritakan tentang kisahnya oleh sebab itu hanya karakter Clive yang bisa kita mainkan

There aren’t many songs that instantly bring me to tear up. Happy to say two of those songs feature Amanda Achen on vocals…

Such a great piece. I’ll never forget the moment I played through this game. I am still broken by the experience.

dios mío q hermoso es

Ngl, this made me and my wife cry when we watched the ending scene it was brutal lol. One the best fucking stories weve seen tho. Awesome game

Damn here i am again… i think the sadness and the pain start to hits me. The story the characters everything was beautiful it gets me attached to them💔 i feel so sorry for everyone

There really is too much evidence to support that Clive is in fact alive at the end of the game. Play the Side quests specifically before the final battle.
He definitely a one handed Andy from here on out though.

Ive been looking this song for so longgg, finally.

Due to the open-ending, it has me ping-ponging between Tsuki wo Miteita, My Star and the Promise scene, Jill’s wish on Metia and the symbolism she gives Clive during the snow daisy quest.
I got a weird hunch it’s pointing towards are more hopeful ending rather than tragic. But geez, I am still suffering.

From the start, Clive was ‘a child of fate’, therefore never truly in need of Jill’s initial wish for his safe return until he broke that fate. Wish exhausted, Metia dims (Fallen Star achievement), then the dawn arrives. Jill compares Clive to a dawn always returning to her after a stormy night. So it’s weird they specifically picked the dawn symbolism for the ending after stating it means Clive returning to Jill.
Beside also meaning new beginnings, which they said they wanted after it was all over.
And this song plus Tsuki wo Miteita talk about their separation (death) with a ‘what if’ or ‘should this happen’.
And nor do we see the Curse spread further than his hand after his attempt at summoning some fire. We dont see any stone creep on his chest or face, just him passing out, then pan up to the star Jill wished to. It’d be ridiculously fast for the curse to end him after the camera cuts away. The massive spell only petrified his fingers and wasnt progressing until the fire spell so…
And ending narration is Clive talking about new journeys.
And the messiah analogy Clive has, and he’s about the same age said biblical messiah supposedly was resurrected (~33). Could be coincidence, but still.
aaaagh
Feels like they dropped a bunch of hints then asked to ‘have faith all will be well’.
Gives them some small opening for sequel or sequel dlc, but man, does it hurt.

Damn, the song fits in beautifully, such a sad ending😭

Thank you ❤❤❤❤

I really need to get over the post ending blues with this game. The ambiguity is the worst part. I just want to know definitively if Clive survived or not

This is my first time play a final fantasy game and now im hungry for more. Do have any recommendations? Like what is the bast final fantasy you have played?

I will never emotionally recover from this

I knew that Kenshi Yonezu would do the main theme for FF16, but deep down I was expecting Amanda Achen to sing a beautiful finale song since this game was from the FF14 team. Hearing this makes me so emotionally drained and brings me back to old FF that played bangers during the finale

why we cant have good ending

I just can’t take this heartbroken ending. Especially when Jill burst in tears, i just can’t take it no more. Lot of folks may enjoy and wish for the ending where Clive came back alive, but I think I prefer where he’s gone. Because he left so many gifts for the ones those remains in this world, even saved his brother’s life for him to tell their journey to the future generations.

P.S: I think Jill also got Clive’s kids, you know, from that night.

No wonder why I love this song. She sang flow from ffxiv (https://youtu.be/vWgpJ0k820w). Amanda has such a lovely voice. It easily invokes all sorts of emotions. (Same song linked but band version: https://youtu.be/fsmywxKRcmo)

“Can you see it too, Jill?”
😭😭😭😭

Seems like someone’s chopping onions nearby again 😢

2:39 im done

One of my favorite songs from the game using Jill’s theme at the beginning is amazing

Amanda achen has such a signature voice i can recognize anywhere

This song suits the ending so well – bittersweet, tragic, tugs at your feels, and gets absolutely stuck in your head. Such a gorgeous song, the team behind the music really outdid themselves this time, and this is coming from someone who has heard their work in FFXIV and can safely say this is up there with ‘Flow’ in ‘most likely to make me feel and cry eternally’

THANK U VERY MUCH!!! U made my day, i’ve been searching for this song

“Final Fantasy”
-Joshua Rosfield

I just finished the game and I can’t stand this scene and music I’m crying here XD
The ending really breaks you

Are they going to stick with the game of thrones inspiration and do a jon snow-like return?

This ending left me absolutely broken, last time i cried this hard was in Interstellar

Ah, Amanda making us cry again. :’)

I dont really know how I felt about act 3 of this game as a whole (post bahamut fight) but this ending scene I loved despite raising some questions on clive’s true intentions if you did jill’s sidequest. The music in the english version has some perfect beats and really leaves you wanting more of the world after what we see, while also wrapping up the story enough to feel complete. Now if only square enix would release the soundtrack and stop DMCAing people who try to post songs early so I can actually keep listening to it…

I dont want DLC because I think the main story of this game is concluded pretty well but if there was a XVI-2 with a new plot in the same world/continuity i’d play that for sure

​@aerith_ff7758 Thank you for uploading
Oh by the way it’s “my star”, not the “the star”
please check the credits

+ Oh you fixed! Thank you

This song has been earwormed into my brain for days, and I don’t think it’s going away anytime soon. It’s my absolute favorite from a soundtrack replete with amazing music.

Ye these lyrics dont prove clive is alive, its about jill accepting his fate and that he will always be apart of her. The achievement you get “Falling Star” also supports his death

“The World’s yours now. Yours to do with as you please”
“That’s what Cid Wanted. That’s what they both wanted.”

This is just audio added from Jill’s Offering OST.. I love Amanda Achen

mesmerising

Thank you so much for uploading this song been looking for it for over a week

Lyrics –

Starlight, say goodnight

Starbright, where have you fallen?

Starlight, say goodnight

Starbright, I hear you calling

Fire, oh fire that filled the night

Fire, that warmed and brightened my life

My guiding light on high

My hearth, my beacon and my hope

A sky of scattered tears

A thousand years apart

Should they fade, I will not be afraid of the dark

For your flame still burns inside me deep within my heart

Showing me, a new tomorrow, never too far

And when I cannot bear the pain, I look up to the sky and pray

And though our night is over you shall always remain, forever, my treasure, my star

I am very half happy, half disappointed with this ending honestly. Regardless, great game and soundtrack!

thank you, btw where did you even find this clean version? XD

Been looking for this for a while! Thank you! Beautiful soundtrack. I cried listening to it after an amazing run/journey completing it. Like a chapter closed.