6. Crisis Core - Zack's Death
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTdP5faj81A Now I know some of you were expecting some Final Fantasy moments to be up here, primarily Aerith's death and Yuna's scene with Tidus, but to be honest I didn't find these that sad compared to Zak's death. You see Aerith's death was something I saw coming from miles away, a happy girl who loves everything and can't see anything wrong in the world? She's happy selling flowers and being a bundle of joy? Please, this is Final Fantasy of course she's going to die. The fact that her and Cloud bonded so well only strengthened my guess that she was going to die. When the deed was finally done it was sort of anti-climactic for me, sure it was sad but nowhere near the as much as it's hyped up to be. As for Yuna? To be honest I just didn't find it sad because I didn't like the characters. FF10 was a huge disappointment for me and making a sequel made me lose some respect for Square. Granted it was perhaps sad for people who enjoyed both games and bonded with the characters, but I couldn't find it in me to place it on this list and leave out Zak's death. Crisis Core may have come out a long time after FF7 but the way it explained Zak's story as well as introduced Cloud was perfect. We learn a lot more about Sephiroth as well as how Cloud came to own the buster sword. What made Zak's death particularly sad for me is that apart from Cloud, he was alone. Angeal was gone, he hadn't fulfilled his promise to Aerith and he's faced by hundreds of Shinra soldiers. Even though he fights valiantly, in the end they prove too much and he's shot down. Cloud's scream to the clouds the final nail that puts this scene as number six.