Panthera posted...
Well now we're seeing a bit of an issue here in that I wouldn't consider that part of the ending! In general, "the ending" to me is everything after the player stops controlling things (minus oddities like I Wanna Be The Guy and it's final apple at the end of the credits), so stuff like the FFXIII events between each of the final three boss fights don't count in my mind, and it also means the pre-battle Jecht/Tidus stuff in FFX doesn't count, which certainly lowers that game a fair bit since that part is very good.
I consider "the ending" to be the point of no return vis-a-vis going back to do other things. So, pretty much starting with the cutscene immediately preceding the final boss in most cases, or the final boss's first form if you're unable to go back in between phases.
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