Quote Originally Posted by KizuyaKatogami View Post
Many ff games have main character deaths though, i’m not sure why this is often stated not to be the case. Ff2,4,5,6,7,10,12,13 to name a few
Depends on your definition of main character. Many of the games you mentioned have guest or side characters die. Minwu, Josef and Ricard were not the main party. None of the main party in 6 die unless you leave Shadow behind but I believe I read somewhere the creator's canon version is waiting for him and he survives. Reddas was a guest character. X and XIII if taken alone though even Fang and Vanille didn't die but turned to crystal and we know characters can be restored from that.

Now that's not to say that side character deaths can't be impactful. I often see a lot of complaints that only side characters die in XIV and we weren't connected to them so it's meaningless. I personally have always remembered the deaths of Josef and General Leo, even if they are side characters and I find plenty of the XIV deaths impactful because I truly liked those people.