10 Ambiguous Video Game Endings You're Getting Totally Wrong

The Ending: We see a lot of confusing imagery here as Squall is seemingly lost in some kind of time prison and starts to fade out of existence. We see a faceless version of the hero appear, until eventually he somehow makes his way back to the real world and is seeing kissing Rinoa and celebrating with his friends at the very end.

What You Missed: The faceless Squall symbolises Squall gradually losing his memories. In going back in time with Ultimecia and telling Edea about SeeD and Garden, Squall has essentially set all of the events of the game into motion, throwing him into a kind of limbo paradox.He's slowly fading out of existence, but tries to think about Rinoa and other important memories and events from his life in order to save himself.

In a brief but important scene that some players will have missed or misunderstood, we see Rinoa using a feather to contact Squall and help to bring him back to the real world. Throughout the game, Rinoa is associated with feathers and wings, all leading up to that final point. Without her help, Squall would probably have been lost forever.