I dont Know How but Square-Enix Did it(Crisis Core Spoilers)

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ShadowSoldier said:

I dont know how but Square-Enix actually made me care enough about Zack to actually feel some sadness when he was killed. This has only happened to me 3 times before where a developer made me care enough about a character that their death was actually able to get a stir of emotions out of me.(Aerith's death, Raiden being crushed by Outer Haven and Snake apparent suicide before the credits roll) It brings up the question of how did you feel to seeing Zack's untimely demise after going through his life and career during the gameplay of Crisis Core?

 

Sorry to spoil this for you but replay that and wait till after the credits...

And indeed Zack is a better character the Cloud could ever hope to be.

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I also have a badass theme on my PSP of Zack in his dying moments