
Originally Posted by
Pete
The answer is simple. She died in a cut scene. It doesn't matter how beat up you get during the actual game. You see Emerald weapon literally stomp on your characters, and they're fine. But Aeris gets run through during a cut scene and it's game over for her.
It's a pretty standard videogame cliche by now. Even look at Metal Gear Solid. You shoot and get shot by hundreds of bullets in the span of a game, but the only ones that really count are the ones in the cut scenes. Those are movie bullets; they kill people.
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