Final Fantasy 16: Ending Explained

Interested in the Final Fantasy 16 ending? As you’d expect of a game in the Final Fantasy series, the final hours of FF16 go to some wild places. This is a game that features massive monsters beating the heck out of each other, after all, and so naturally the finale had to go super size. If you’ve completed the game and want a detailed FF16 ending explained to breakdown what it all means, or don’t plan on playing it and want to skip straight to the end, then you’re in the right place. We’re about to reveal everything that happens in the last few hours of Final Fantasy XVI, so prepare yourself for the biggest FF16 spoilers!
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[@corntoe7030]

what a game...53 year old gamer here...loved every second of this masterpiece. Cried at the end :(

[@Guckkasten85]

Yeah it was a real treat! Awesome game with one of the greatest stories.

[@bw8098]

same 😂

[@iiooiiooiiooiiooiioo]

Same :(

[@ndennant]

Same.😂

[@BlackAdam10]

Same

[@afternoontiger9319]

That Bhamut fight was utterly spectacular

[@noctisluciscaelum211]

Bahamut, Odin and Titan fights were my favourite bosses.

[@WS-Deadshot]

@@noctisluciscaelum211 you got my picture and name but your @ shows that you’re a fake.

[@HoneyBunchesOfHotes]

Just finished this game and was absolutely enthralled by the ending. The battles were fierce and heartbreaking and Jill and Torgals reaction at the end totally sent me over the edge 😭

[@HN-fb6md]

This game was a magical, heartfelt experience. Pure Final Fantasy vibes all around. The characters, the story were done so well. SQUARE nailed it on this one and this is one of my favorite Final Fanatsy games of all time.

[@SkinCareLuver]

Why? Because it's easy as hell and you are one of them losers who love these new watered down games?

[@mmamatt88]

Agreed. Just beat it today with all side quest and man what a game

[@zoe4965]

What a letdown of a game, mid story with so many parts that doesn’t even make sense lol.

[@eddiealva9751]

@@zoe4965I agree. Tedious side quests. No sprinting, lack of rewarding quests, no incentive for exploring, blacksmith was almost pointless…I really liked a lot of things, but these things nearly ruined my experience.

[@darthnephilim]

Great story but mid side stories and mid gameplay

[@Sieghart.]

Clive is definitely alive, the game devs gave all the clues throughout the story dialogues and especially in the side quests. Everyone's picking up some of the points here and there but to lay out the 7 points that basically prove Clive survived: 1. The final crying scene directly references the side quest dialogue. When is Jill crying the sun rises and she stops crying. This is after Jill and Clive have told each other how much they mean to one another in one of the side quests. During the side quest she mentioned how she would cry looking up at the stars at night during dark times. She tells him that no matter how sad and dark the night is, the sun will always return at dawn. And that she knows that Clive will always return to her. 2. Biology: Wolves howl in nature to communicate with their pack mates to tell them where they are and to guide them back. When Cid is dying in front of the group, Torguil whimpers to show remorse and sadness as but actually doesn’t howl even after Cid dies. So the fact that Torgal is howling instead of whimpering is indicative of Clive being alive. 3. The last thing Clive tells Jill is no more broken promises. He had promised her he would return to her no matter what. And we all know Clive is a man who honors his word. 4. Clive tells Harpocrates that after his quest/journey is done he will put down the sword and take up the pen 5. In the final fight with ultima at the end. Ultima tells Clive that 'this resistance is a fantasy he clings to'. Clive tells him that the only one living in a fantasy is ultima and that “this would be his final fantasy” (before Clive finally kills him). In the ending post credits scene, the book is titled “Final Fantasy”. The only one to mention that term was Clive in final battle and he was alone there. So no way Joshua would just happen by coincidence to title it the same thing considering it was based off a isolated conversation between ultima and Clive 6. When Cid died, Clive takes up his mantle and go by his name to honor the life he gave and what he stood for. So in the secret ending cutscene with the book author saying Joshua Rosfield, this would make perfect sense for Clive to do in order to honor his brothers memory. 7. If you 100% the game, the secret ending also has one dialogue line during the final fantasy book scene of audio of Clive giving the final narration saying “and that was the end of the journey”. Which is confirmation by itself that Clive lived to chronicle the story.

[@JiangXina]

Enough of copium for today bro

[@malykwilson8119]

⁠​⁠@@JiangXinaim confused how is this copium though all these points are legitimate 🤔

[@2mcgee12]

Na he's dead

[@justsefa1843]

1. Jill cries, because this is the promise he breaks. 2. Torgul never saw Cid as part of his pack. Cid even noted that Clive can have the dog back, without any second thoughts. 3. See point 1. 4. It is red flag, indicating his death. 5. Final Fantasy might also just be a reference to the end of the age of magic, which is fantastical. 6. Or the secret organization aiding the phonix lost their purpose and wrote history down as their last act of duty. 7. Or it is just his last words, before dying. He even confirms before nuking the nexus that his body cant hold on the power.

[@kingwill1623]

⁠​⁠@@justsefa1843 ​​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠ 1.) Jill is smiling at the end when the suns rises 2.) now that doesn’t make sense there was a mission towards the end with torgal still missing cid and didn’t want the bracelet on his leg removed that cid gave him. CID was apart of pack but his true owner is Clive that’s clear cut. 3.)see my point 1. 4.)only his hand turned to stone that’s all. Not a death flag they made it way to open that he lived. 5.)it’s a coined term used only once by Clive when fighting ultima. Only those two hear it Joshua is dead at that point and it was already confirmed earlier that the Phoenix can’t bring back the dead. The book makes the strongest case there is. Clive narrates the beginning and end of the game -> Clive gets the quill to chronicle his journey -> Titles the book the words he used to deliver the death blow to Ultima -> Uses Cid the Outlaw Symbol on the book -> Platinum Trophy is The Chronicler and uses the narrator's (Clive's) closing words as it's subtext -> Circle back to point 1 where Clive takes on the name of others. CID, wyvern etc. 6.)the secret organization wouldn’t know about what happens during the fight with ultima there’s no way they could as they would have no way of getting to origin nor were the present when Clive used the final fantasy quote. 7.) we only see his hand turn to stone and he says the magic is to great and get rid of all magic in the world. My line of reasoning and op make more sense as you can’t counter point 5 Clive was the only one to ever use that term/he narrates the beginning and the end that means he has to be alive to do so. Unless he narrating from the dead which doesn’t make sense. Jill smiling when the sun rises and torgal howling instead of whimpering like he did when cid died. Everything points to my line of interpretation being more solid than yours.

[@oncorpse2987]

Just finished it on PS5.... Oh boy 10/10... One of the best games ever.

[@PoliMaster64]

One of the most mid games I’ve played

[@x24b3]

On PS5? Really? That’s rare. Not many people are playing it on PS5. What a redundant thing to say. Moron

[@tropifreeze3935]

​@@PoliMaster64sorry for you. For me its the game of the year 🎉😊

[@ezrabruh6760]

​@@tropifreeze3935nah you trippin

[@tropifreeze3935]

@@ezrabruh6760 nope

[@myplatinumlife]

Did anyone think for a second that the woman at the end was an older Jill who was unknowingly pregnant with Clive’s kid?

[@khalilbrackett6531]

😂 I was thinking the same thing.

[@ajanghahe]

This is just a summarize of the story not the explaination

[@fastica]

Hard to believe this game wasn’t even nominated for GOTY.

[@gagank478]

Honestly getting pretty annoyed of dying at the end of games. FF15 ending is just like this. Im really hoping we get a better CLEAR answer to wtf juat happened.

[@coffeewithstas]

Noctis played along with the gods , Clive killed the gods

[@SpikeTheWolf]

​@@coffeewithstasI see...

[@AerithG8]

Same feeling here

[@noctisluciscaelum211]

Yeah except noctis reunited with his wife. As for Clive he's definitely alive with Jill and has taken over Joshua name.

[@SpikeTheWolf]

One of the greatest games I've played. Loved the music, characters, gameplay and emotional scenes. clive and torgal are my favorite for being badass and kind. The ending had me teared up especially with torgal howling and Jill looking at the sun raising. Also that ending song was beautiful.

[@smharyanto4660]

My take is the ending is open ended. Its up to player interpretation. If they believe clive died or not, there are many hints that support both opinion.

[@anthonychou2298]

it's an open ending, Clive may have survived, the discussion is just what the producer want

[@viralshark]

If he didn't, then why does the game begin and end with Clives voice as if he is narrating the whole thing? And Joshua died so the book must be written by somebody else, somebody who saw ALL the events written, someone who likes to take on anothers name to honor them....

[@PetarBladeStrok]

Ultima didn't create magic. His race discovered magic... Also Joshua didn't seal Ultima's spirit. He just sealed a portion of it or even its kin. Since main Ultima was in Origin. Also, it isn't Ifrit Risen that's seen in the murals. It's Ultima's real form. Wings are the proof. Ifrit Risen has different wings! Also Clive didn't die, he took Joshua's name as the pen side quest proves it.

[@MAJINNOBU]

Which sidequest?

[@Bloodhurl67]

@@MAJINNOBU Before the final mission to the floating crystal. You got to the side quest where you help out Harpocrates with Dion.

[@SpikeTheWolf]

​@@Bloodhurl67is dion safe? Is he alright?

[@notbambang]

@@SpikeTheWolf he's dead lol

[@LuizXatruch]

@@notbambang how do you know? he didn't turn to stone or dust away like the other... when he reverts back to human he only had some blood in his head... he very well could've survived.... also Joshua... we don't know if Clive resurrection spell worked o not, he could've survived too after all, he is the phoenix... ending is open to interpretation

[@JoseFM61]

just finished it and man oh man we need to talk about the music more! It had its own music for any encounter and they nailed it!

[@wiseguy240Winston]

The ending is like a combination of 10, 13 & 15. Bittersweet ending 😢

[@swordmaster009]

Yes, yes, and yes!! The ending was great! Such a noble sacrifice, Clive, and crew are goated!

[@reggierenzbucal8204]

And crisis core

[@1shogunate696]

Also the ambitions and reasoning of ultima are very similar to the ascians as villians in FF14. The whole destroying humanity so that they themselves can be whole again.

[@daenerystargaryen6302]

They certainly love a bromance.

[@sittiprasittikulwat4023]

I’d like to think that Clive didn’t die and wrote the final fantasy book. (after taking his brother’s name) It’s in his character to take someone name as a way to honor them like he do Cid.

[@andrieputra]

even your sibling will help you to save the world …. my expectation about the story of standard FInal fantasy ending was fullfill

[@chrisgrech4939]

The bit that broke me was when Torgel starts howling 😢

[@justinbean971]

For the people arguing that Joshua is still alive because "who else wrote the book" gotta remember that he mentioned that The Undying are chronicling everything about his journey. The Undying wrote the book and slapped Joshuas name on it

[@taybetatik]

Guetz used three phoenix down that Charon was hiding So all are alive 🎉

[@oukeith]

To me the ending means Clive's adventure never happened it was just a work of fiction ie the final fantasy book written by Joshua rosfield

[@ShadowKiller71]

The fact that the world doesn’t have magic anymore would prove that the events did happen. Unless your saying the whole game in its entirety was fictional

[@ch3atc0des]

@@ShadowKiller71that’s what OP meant

[@CarurossTheSecond218]

My first instinct was this. That it can be taken as fictional to the family at the end or literal

[@oukeith]

@ShadowKiller71 yes the entire events of the game was fiction it was all Joshua's imagination

[@Verd254]

This is the most surface level explanation possible.

[@CosmicCorey]

Well yeah, what did you want an two-hour long video?

[@I3aMb00]

It’s IGN

[@Verd254]

@@CosmicCorey You don't need a 2hr long video to make a more analytical video.

[@laugh_n_share_life]

@@Verd254 he died, anything else is copium lol, ign did it correctly for oncce

[@ShadowKiller71]

It doesn’t have to be complicated, and it shouldn’t be.

[@mickwritesmaui5899]

Okay, but the existence of the book suggests that Joshua lived even after the destruction of Origin! Right!? Which only makes sense for his character-after-all, he is the phoenix.

[@MJeffSantos]

I'm not convinced that Clive died at all.

[@wiseguy240Winston]

He did bro u gotta accept it.😢

[@s.m.4995]

​@wiseguy240Winston Why do people on the he died side keep saying "you just got to accept" over and over. I'm of the opinion he died, but people don't have to accept jack. The ending is way too open to interpretation for the way people are trying to shut others down.

[@madambutterfly1997]

Dion didn't have to die

[@Hanzothagod]

Bro massacred a nation..😂 if anyone had to die it was him

[@wiseguy240Winston]

​@@Hanzothagodwasn't he being controlled by Ultima? 😂

[@BrianLe-yg3ug]

@@wiseguy240Winston No, when Dion’s dad took the spear, Dion was distressed and basically went berserk and lost control of Bahamut. Kind of like when Ifrit went berserk and killed Phoenix in the beginning.

[@the11382]

@@HanzothagodAtonement isn't an option for Dion, but it is for Jill?

[@CarurossTheSecond218]

@@BrianLe-yg3ugdidn’t bahamut have akashic energy on him during that fight? Could’ve sworn

[@AMubher]

Didn't Clive revived Joshua before he destroyed the crystal? Or at least tried he tried too, that was significant imo

[@DustinFox.]

Either way all the characters died in the end giving way to the “New Free world” scene with the two brothers playing and one wanting to be a bearer from the book. Clive’s and Cid’s future for the world happened

[@Mindwalker030]

In my opinion, Clive died and he was successful in reviving Joshua. Clive surviving while he's being consumed by the curse would make no sense.

[@MisanthropyTEC]

But Phoenix can’t bring anybody back from the dead, and Joshua has been long dead before that fight. Cid had a whole stone arm and he lived until getting hit with a laser

[@SlayerSeraph]

​@@MisanthropyTECit's also Clive's left hand, and he's a right handed fighter. Also Joshua AND Clive both might/could both be alive and well - Joshua by Clive using the Power of Phoenix & Ultima Combined to create this Miracle - and Clive from Jill's prayer and wish to Metia - the star that flickers - perhaps granting her wish and saving him/them both

[@luster5497]

100% the best character in this game is the Queen, she was a great antagonist with so much ambitions. They did her dirty, she was a better last boss than Ultima…

[@the11382]

Her death is too kind.

[@giiotm8272]

She was definitely more interesting.

[@luster5497]

@@giiotm8272 Plotted the annihilation of her family, enslaved her older son, control of multiple kingdoms, just to die a pointless anticlimactic death. Now that’s Tragic

[@MrChaotictheory21]

Benedikta was the best❤

[@islandboy9381]

Her only ambition was putting a son on top of the empire but she didn't plan for anything going not her way, that's how Joshua potentially could have died and all her family died out. She's a pathetic wretch having only surface aristocracy to hide behind and it's fitting she died pathetically.

[@eduardmasterlima1]

The game doesnt say if the eikons are ultimas creation or something?

[@hareeshkota8431]

Man there needs to be a doc with ultimas powers and leviathan eikon

[@Saul50489]

Jill tears at the end let me very sad but what a wonderful game! music, story, combat, character design, graphics... it's been awesome journey!

[@Teffy2105]

Just finished it 9.5/10 great game! The ending omg! A tear jerker 😢

[@holy9781]

In credits now.this was amazing

[@noctisluciscaelum211]

10/10 for me great game and story.

[@xeno5722]

​@@noctisluciscaelum211i agree but it could have used a little more gameplay variety in terms of not being walk-cutscene-walk. But still 10/10

[@jonedj82]

Thank you Square Enix for a truly enjoyable Final Fantasy. As a long time fan, can say that 16 was a very worthy entry into the catalog. Up there with one of the best stories and battle mechanics in the series. Every main character had an enjoyable arch. Can’t compliment the main narrative enough!

[@cyradus]

There is nothing in the ending that indicates Clive died.

[@user-gi1rv1sb5g]

Is Clive alive after the beach scene or this dlc takes place in past before his death!?

[@MasterChief806]

False Clive faked his death. If youve played the side quests Jill wanted to leave the area and spread her wings...now that everything is settled and Clive no long can fight because of his hand he then escapes into the night with Jill

[@RedStar441]

Joshua deserved a happy life.

[@BPatrickTan]

Okay but what happened to the potions girl?

[@SlayerSeraph]

She's Leviathan in The Rising Tide DLC

[@GodOfAI_]

The best ending I’ve ever seen in a video game. 10\10

[@gijane2cantwaittoseeyou203]

lol you should play more games.

[@Hanzothagod]

Definitely need to play more games😂

[@NoName-zh1jz]

I’m really getting tired of fans being delusional when it comes to this game

[@DaRkLoRd-rc5yu]

​@@NoName-zh1jzI'm tired of people trying to tear it down too

[@theabyss9016]

@@DaRkLoRd-rc5yufacts why do people love to hate? It’s a great game that yeah has some flaws, but what game doesn’t?

[@BurningFinger92]

Just finished it loved it and hated it at the same time.

[@travisspazz1624]

Some great performances here, but Harry Lloyd's Ultima is so unnerving! Fantastic work!

[@1TooManyLucas]

Rule n°1 : if you don't see them die, they're not dead. Dion is probably alive, Clive might be, Joshua is the least likely one

[@the11382]

@@TheDeath1028Its a trope for characters to survive things they shouldn't without explanation. The game even uses it with Ifrit + Phoenix vs bahamut.

[@giiotm8272]

nah Dion is definitely toast, his body crashed down into flaming rubble, then once Origin got destroyed whatever remains landed in the ocean.. 100% done.

[@holy9781]

Deon proves death means nothing lol.he should have been dead like 3 times already lol😅

[@barryslieker1789]

Clive Rosfield from Final Fantasy 16 is going to Dissidia Final Fantasy for PS5. Warrior of Light, Firion, Onion Knight, Cecil Harvey, Bartz Klauser, Terra Branford, Cloud Strife, Squall Leonhart, Zidane Tribal, Tidus, Shantotto, Vaan, Lightning, Y'shtola Rhul & Noctis Lucis Caelum will meet Clive Rosfield in Dissidia Final Fantasy.

[@Hanzothagod]

People are so sure hes dead and people are so sure hes alive😂😂😂its hilarious watching these 2 parties go at it.

[@Nonov685]

Odin likes to clap Kupka cheeks

[@whothewu]

Loved the game and its story for the most part, but I’m a little disappointed in this game, alongside FFXV, embracing the kind of martyrdom that FFX so famously and categorically rejected. Especially with all of the side missions before the final stage so emphasizing living through this and returning home to their loved ones. It’s understandable that this didn’t happen, but still disappointing nevertheless.

[@McNaireXstream]

At 2:07 they said Ultima awokened when we destroyed Drakes Head. I'm not so sure about that... That was just a part of Ultima. The one that went into Joshua and emerged at the end when Ultima called for it. We know not when Ultima awokened but Ultima said they aklwoke from the slumber to see what had happened and began searching for the vessel which led to the manipulation of the core characters. Presumingly that's when Barnabas came to be and rose to be King

[@smharyanto4660]

Agree. The hooded man clive saw at phoenix gate imo was ultima all along

[@MisanthropyTEC]

@@smharyanto4660yup it was ultima manipulating the ifrit in him

[@mma771]

Just finished the game... Thanks for the explanation

[@techieg33k]

Wow this game sounds like it has a great story

[@markfurtado3375]

He saved joshua in the very end. Joshua was the narrator

[@jchen9534]

Ending is just too bittersweet 😢

[@justinbavuso7706]

Bro my heart was destroyed…

[@matheustomi2609]

Clive didn't die, the side quest from harpocretes and jill made very clear that he did return.

[@ghijunz]

Which side quest? Is this before going to the origin? Thanks

[@wiseguy240Winston]

Maybe clarify?

[@matheustomi2609]

@@wiseguy240Winston before going to the orgin do all harpocretes side quests, and also tô do the jill side quest, you need to do a series of side quest first, tô begin with, talk to jote at the nursery, after doing her side quest, joshua's side quest will be avaliable, after doing his sidequest, go to your Office and read his Letter and Accept his quest.

[@ezrat4248]

Yeah the quill from harpacrotes and the sun symbolism with Jill it's pretty obvious

[@mhiggs8001]

Whether he is dead or alive is left ambiguous. That way if they want to make more content with him they won’t have to jump through weird narrative hoops. They also want people discussing it, but Clive is dead in my canon because this game killed a lot of my enthusiasm for the brand. I’m glad a lot of people liked it, but some are really defending it tooth and nail as if any criticism of it is a direct attack on themselves. It’s pretty extreme and over the top.

[@bojox3m2]

Joshua wrote the damn book and anyone said otherwise is living in a fantasy that couldn't move on from the final battle.

[@acronem41975]

The narrator in the beginning of the game is Clive Rosfield, who is telling the Final Fantasy story.

[@fatalkilla8770]

Waffles

[@jakewithak4744]

Pancakes

[@IllMatic97]

French Toast

[@madambutterfly1997]

Some gods they are they can create humanity and turn themselves into mother Crystal but they can't prevent or undo the Aether deficiency that causes the blight.

[@kevinhurh4105]

Would be nice to see a prequel involving the fallen Then a sequel loosely tied to the prequel and the following events of the main game

[@MichaelManalastas]

That was a description not an explanation...

[@sedlyholmes3722]

Titan Mountain Battle and Bahamut Space Battle was insane

[@Irritategaming]

Okay but you completely missed the part where he touches Joshua before destroying the origin?

[@thedarkknight2221]

It still doesn’t explain the beginning of the game as to why Clive saw Joshua from the future and influenced Clive to transform into Ifrit and try and kill Phoenix!!! Not only that but why would Joshua even bother “contain” Ultima if Ultima was already actively influencing all of the events around them. All that really accomplished was making Joshua sick.

[@coruviel]

The hooded man at phoenix gate wasn't joshua from the future, it was ultima, ultima even says at that point "we have found you" The writers wanted to specifically confuse you with hooded man (ultima) and hooded dominant of fire (grownup joshua) in the beginning. It is later revealed in the end of the Titan arc that the hooded man was ultima, and was manipulating events in the shadows, it was he who triggered the events on phoenix gate, it was he who instigated drake's breath, and it was he that manipulated hugo kupka to consume vast amounts of aether all with the goal of grooming clive to absorb all of the others' essences to become a perfect vessel for ultima.

[@coruviel]

Ultima needed all of his forms to be complete, at the very last mission it is revealed that joshua trapped one of ultima's many forms, this delayed ultima to an extent that he wasn't able to claim clive as early as he wanted giving clive enough time to build his strength and will and was eventually able to repell ultima's influence even after joshua had perished and ultima made complete.

[@Arany-Csillag]

​@@coruvielyou should have made the ending explained video lol

[@TJPet2]

if too many people is not satisfy with the ending, would they do something simular with FFX and FFX-2?

[@McNaireXstream]

You don't address the fact that Clive saved his brother and that Joshua lived to write the book. Probably with Herpocrates's quill.

[@theunknown7441]

10/10 this is how got should have ended in the tv series. No confirmed dead body = means the character is not yet dead.

[@TheMrGiannisgr]

You don’t answer everything here. What did Clive do to Joshua before he died? Who wrote the book?

[@thelegendoftheo]

you're lying if you say you didn't cry at the end.

[@madambutterfly1997]

Technically speaking he only have the power of 7 Eikons or seven of the eight elements. Since Ifrit and Phoenix are two halves of one whole something they don't really explain why. And Leviathan is most likely going to be DLC content

[@StregaSaturn]

Joshua mentions Leviathan in the game as the “lost eikon” or something like that. Idk where you heard about dlc but they’ve clearly stated they’ve zero plans to do more.

[@wiseguy240Winston]

​@@StregaSaturnLeviathan was the crystal that was destroyed at that giant waterfall

[@kingwill1623]

@@StregaSaturnthey recently said that they looking At possible dlc content no guarantees though.

[@IAmBushid0]

And yes, Leviathan is part of the DLC

[@madambutterfly1997]

@@IAmBushid0 only one more month to go I'm so excited

[@nickbusker725]

Mannnnn. Even IGN misinterprets the ending…Clive didn’t die lol. Do any of y’all finish side quests? Lol

[@tarnishedofnorenown387]

Just finished it. What a game!

[@kaptnbluebar6905]

And what happened to the ancient civilization who were inhabiting Valesthea before?

[@johnnylyell5718]

you left out the part where after joshua "dies" it looks as if clive revives him and all his wounds disappear. we saw jill react to clive's death due to the eikonic senses but not joshua's.

[@viralshark]

Clive did not die

[@demonintellect9834]

Not sure why him looking at his hand and it falling down equals he died. Easily could have just passed out.

[@TylerTheDefiler]

Because it was turning to stone, it’s a curse seen earlier in the game.

[@demonintellect9834]

@@TylerTheDefiler Ok but if the curse is magic based and magic is now gone, then so should the curse.

[@TylerTheDefiler]

@@demonintellect9834 Maybe that’s why he lived. He started to be affected by the curse but it didn’t take him completely

[@demonintellect9834]

@@TylerTheDefiler That's my theory on it. It started to take him then stopped because magic was fading away

[@kalacaska]

If the book is written by Joshua, it means that Clive saves him with the flames of the phoenix before destroying the mother crystal and lives to write the story

[@wartext]

The ending is pretty much like Dragon Quest 11 with the book.

[@frey9710]

Watch Final Fantasy Union channel's FF16 ending explained. IGN FF16 reviewers are posers and don't know what they're talking about.

[@Drexxyl]

He got it wrong too though... So he also has no idea what he's talking about.

[@PsyDragon]

For an explanation, it lacks some insights into the philosophical concepts of the characters. Especially as it is in some way a very heartfelt social commentary of todays zeitgeist.

[@coldogno7]

why phoenix didnt morph with ifrit to become ifrit risen like when they beat bahamut when they were fighting ultima wtf also shiva should have join the fight...she didnt to save herself while bahamut sacrifice himself and why clive didnt try to revive dion too but just joshua?it sux if only dion dead while they both survive

[@sedlyholmes3722]

Clive was actually both Myhos and Logos

[@lucifersstepkid1143]

Wouldnt the phoenix power heal him as he turned to stone

[@lucifersstepkid1143]

@@michio_ob maybe to everyone else it doesn’t, but he used magic as he was dying right before his hand turned to stone

[@caljohn1475]

Honestly, this game and marvel spider man 2 are the only games ever bought at the launch price that were worth every penny

[@djtomoy]

Everything works out, the end.

[@devinforman8213]

This ending reminds me of Cowboy Bebop. Laid out on the ground and star fades away. Like is Spike (Clive) dead or alive, its left to the players or watchers. Im in the camp Clive survived though because of the side quest like people mentioned who else could have wrote that book. Also you didn't actually see his whole body turn white, it was just his arm.

[@kegosan7622]

Everyone in the hideout could write the book as all of them knew that Bahamut, Ifrit and Phönix fought against Ultima and in the end, won. It is written very open if none survived, both or only one of them. About the curse, yes we only see his hand but lets be real, what took several years with Cid, happens within seconds to Clive.

[@Zerros-92]

The comment section arguing about if clive is dead or not is so funny 😂

[@ivanlopez1060]

Clive’s ending reminds me of Zack’s death from crisis core

[@lukelh1]

Amazing game

[@shanebluesky7452]

😢😢😢 the rising tide better bring more story content

[@Cool_Adam]

Love how you can tell so much about a person from hearing them say they believe Clive is alive or not at the end. Lmao yall need Jesus. Clive survived.

[@jakeyboy4537]

Part I’m not sure about that if Clive killed all magic including himself in the process,how did Jill survive as she is still an Eikon (Shiva)..??

[@TarnishingKnight]

He most likely takes away the access of aether from everyone. Just like how he took the essence of the Eikons and chunks of the Dominant's aether

[@hyperscion5749]

Just realized that final fantasy books was but a myth just as the executors as planned through time they changed the truth yet the goal of cid is still achieved.

[@edscr87]

Second game in a row they kill the main character… ohhh well it is a great game. Now where is Leviathan the lost?

[@ITyphoonI]

Remember the Quast where they said that a collective belief becomes the truth? So... what truth are we gonna create here now? Is Clive alive or dead? Hrhrhr

[@SpinMonster316]

How do you completely ignore Metia and it’s connection to the ending?

[@nightfears3005]

Who?

[@Drexxyl]

They updated the article about this but not the video lol

[@cadenhannon3273]

What’s different??

[@Daniikar]

Well how did joshua write the book if he is dead? He clearly survived

[@wiseguy240Winston]

Yea Clive revived him b4 destroying Origin

[@daenerystargaryen6302]

This is just like the Rise of Skywalker ending.

[@wandywan2444]

clive did not die

[@quixote_7]

Idk how people think hes still alive. They dont understand storytelling at all