LogFAQs > #979565526

125 hours, did everything except for the gilgamesh island super battles and that one quest that got glitched with the recent patch. looks like I might be able to do it easy in chapter selection.

wow. this game was PERFECT. really blown away by everything. this might be the last AAA console jrpg we get of this quality based on where the market is headed. couldn't have asked for a better game to go out on.

I'm also not convinced that "our" Aerith is actually dead.

1. In a game that makes it very clear that it understands the iconic moments in the source material the scene where cloud lowers Aerith's body into the water isn't included. We get everyone sitting by the edge being sad, but not this. It's omission seems really telling.
2. Cid randomly asks "what did Aerith actually do" or something in the very end.
3. No one actually says "I can't believe she's dead" or anything like that
4. Cloud can not only see Aerith and have conversations with her, but he also sees the big scar in the sky that no one else can

So it's possible that it's a "two worlds overlapping" thing going. It's for sure meant to be ambiguous at least.

Also I thought for sure Lodbrok was going to be cloud's dad or old cloud from an alternate timeline all the way until the ending, so don't listen to me