"True ending" implied it was the original vision.
No the original intention was for you to be openly playing as a mob bosses son who was picked to be the anti Christ. Then that all gets derailed by his love for a dead woman.
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The original VERSUS version was far more based and interesting design wise.
To be honest I find all of Nomura's works to be more based then most FF games. Even if his resume is mostly directing and designing Kingdom hearts he really pushed the envelope on what he could do.
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