Crisis Core Reunion Ending [All Parts Explained]

The Crisis Core Reunion Ending ends in a tragic way that leaves every person who goes through those intense cut scenes, and those last moves of the game will be heavily saddened. Every player will feel this ending from the very bottom of their heart. However, Crisis Core Reunion is a game with various pros and cons in its game mechanics and how it plays out, but one thing is for certain it has great lore and story to cope with everything.

Note: From This Point On, The Guide Will Feature Major Spoilers! Read At Your Own Risk.

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Key Highlights

• The ending of the Crisis Core Reunion is very saddening as it is totally something that has been built from the start of the game and is very hard to take in.
• The game ends on a sad note with a hint towards Final Fantasy 7, which we take up the events of this game.
• The best possible way to get to the ending is to complete each and every story-related mission so that you have achieved everything possible in the game.
• The ending will reveal a lot about the build-up of the characters in the game, and it also has a lot of its own segments, which will utterly disrupt you. Definitely would not want to miss out on it.

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Chapter 10: Thanks To You Zack

In this chapter, Zack learns of Genesis Rhapsodos’ whereabouts by noticing his White Banora Apple. Believing Genesis is hiding in Banora, Zack leaves Cloud with Lazard Deusericus and heads to the lifestream-rich tunnels beneath the devastated Banora Village.

While exploring the tunnels, Zack encounters Genesis near a Goddess statue and engages in a dialogue. Genesis claims that the “LOVELESS” poem has been fulfilled because Zack inherits Angeal’s will with Sephiroth’s cells, reuniting the poem’s hero, prisoner, and traveler.

During the conversation, Genesis seizes the Goddess Materia from the statue, transforming into Genesis’s Avatar. This transformation triggers a boss fight against the Genesis Avatar.

Genesis Avatar Boss Fight

Now the boss fight itself is quite easy, depending on which difficulty you are playing on. All you have to do is keep up your MP and just spam all your high-damage moves to do maximum damage to the Avatar. Also, keep in mind that you have to attack the Materia as well, which is in the sword of the Avatar.

Furthermore, we will not dive more into the boss fight, but it should not be a problem for you to deal with it, given that you focus on the sword and the avatar with maximum damage.

Genesis Last Stand

After defeating the Genesis Avatar, Genesis reverts to his human form. He exchanges dialogues with Zack and attempts to attack, but Zack easily evades. Another boss fight ensues, this time against human-form Genesis.

Once Genesis is defeated again (especially if Zack is powered up), a cutscene unfolds. Genesis slowly succumbs, collapsing to the ground. He witnesses the goddess statue transforming into the real goddess “Minerva,” surrounded by the lifestream.

Approaching the goddess, Genesis triggers a burst of lifestream energy. The statue shatters, and Genesis falls. Zack then carries Genesis out of the tunnels to the campsite where Lazard and Cloud are located.

Upon exiting the tunnels, Zack finds Lazard injured and Cloud unconscious due to battling Shinra Troops. They managed to fend off the troops with the help of a canine Angeal Copy, the same one that saved Aerith at the church four years ago.

“LOVELESS” Reenacted

Following the events, Zack arranges everyone around a chair. Cloud sits in the chair, Lazard lies beside it, and Zack places Genesis next to the chair. Zack then provides each of them with White Banora Apples, reserving one for himself, and reenacts the LOVELESS poem.

Zack takes a bite of the apple, fulfilling Genesis’s long-held vision. Genesis now understands the true honor of being a SOLDIER. Subsequently, Lazard and the Angeal Copy canine fade away and pass on, leaving behind a letter. This letter is the 89th and final letter from Aerith to Zack, who never received the previous 88 letters. Aerith gives up hope of a response from Zack, mentioning the flower wagon he helped set up.

In the aftermath, Zack, in turmoil, departs for Midgar to reunite with Aerith. Zack and Cloud leave, and Nero and Weiss, 1st Class SOLDIERs, arrive to take Genesis away. Genesis’s voice narrates the last act of LOVELESS, which now rests on the ground where he was lying moments ago.

Zack’s Last Assault

In the final moments, Zack and Cloud travel in the back of a truck and are dropped off in a remote location. The TURKS are dispatched to find and save Zack but are unsuccessful.

Zack sets Cloud down and ventures off alone. He encounters a large force of SHINRA Troops with helicopters sent to eliminate him. Zack battles these troops, gradually wearing down, with clips from the game highlighting various characters and moments from Zack’s life.

Despite his valiant effort, Zack is eventually overwhelmed by the sheer number of SHINRA troops. As he lies dying on the ground, Cloud crawls towards him. Zack speaks to Cloud, encouraging him to live “for the both of us” and revealing that Cloud is his living legacy.

Zack passes his sword to Cloud and dies. Cloud has visions of his moments with Zack and promises to fulfill Zack’s expectations. Afterward, Cloud departs, and a winged figure takes Zack’s hand and flies away.

The final dialogue is spoken by Zack, asking, “Would you say I became a hero?” Then the credits roll, signifying the game’s conclusion.

Post Credit Scene

However, there is a post-credit scene where we see that something has shifted in the lifestream. And then, it transitions to Aerith, who feels this shift and looks towards the sky. After which, it transitions to Cloud, who is wielding Zack’s Buster sword at the top of a train. And with this, the ending of the game is complete.

Also, if you want to learn more about the ending, then go ahead and look through this Reddit page.

And with this, we bring our Crisis Core Reunion Ending Walkthrough to an end. Where we described to you the events that happened toward the end of the Crisis Core Reunion; however, if you believe that we missed something, then please do let us know through the comment section down below.

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