Near-theoretical levels of wrongness.

Well, keep in mind, i was a Story Whore rather than a Grindmonkey. I thought the World of Ruin was the dullest, most boring thing... no more magical adventures with Terra, Locke, and Edgar, just grinding and taking on Kefka at your leisure. Honestly, the first time I got to the end of his...

...junky tower, I thought okay, beat Kefka and then the next chapter opens up! But as the fight went on, i realized... wait, is this the end already? I'd leveled up my party so much it was too easy. Over too soon. Bleh. But FFIV... I guess i was just younger, because i LIVED with that game...

...for years. Getting to the center of the moon to face Zemus was EPIC. That shit was my Star Wars, bro. Golbez was my Darth Vader. Memories of FFIV are just unbeatable. I'd give anything for a version of FFVI where the story wandered off into magical Esperland rather than the World of Ruin. : (

Fair enough. I agree the finale tends to be a bit anticlimactic. I went through almost exactly what you described with FFT as well. Was too ready for the final battle and just walked right through it.