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There's one thing I remember but not for the reason SE would want. Towards the 3rd act of the game Barthandelus gives up the whole game. He wants the party to find and kill Orphan so that Cocoon falls, forcing their missing god to step on. Also that he himself is a Fal'Cie.
I was stunned with questions and, besides Other M, was the earliest sign that I was old enough to look at games more critically to the point it made me upset. Firstly, Barthandelus is a Fal'Cie? I thought Fal'Cie communicated via a Focus hallucination because they can't speak with humans. If Fal'Cie can just talk then why the fuck do they rely on their thralls to interpret their vague dream .GIF that they can only see once? And secondly this entire plan goes belly up if the party just... stops. As far as they know, there's no Deus Ex Machina waiting for them after they kill Orphan. Completing their Focus means everyone dies. Barthandelus threatens them by claiming he'd sent Cocoon's armies at Orphan but so what? By Barthandelus's own admission, you need a L'Cie to kill it or to turn one into Ragnarok. If they just don't show up then Barthandelus's plan just dies on the spot.
Also 13 wasted Jihl Nabaat. And I really liked her design
