I kinda hold the opinion that I really like FFXIII's premise they created with the l'Cie, of basically creating a no-win situation, no matter what they do.
But I think Square did such a good job of making it a real no-win situation that they were never able to come up with a satisfactory way for the heroes to actually, uh, win.
So then that ending happened the way it did.
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