It was better than I expected in most ways. I didn't expect any fights so I'm not really letdown in that regard.Yang's talk with Raven was nice and I'm glad that talk getting to talk with her mother didn't magically make her issues go away. Shocked Cinder didn't show up.
The WF and Adam stuff is okay on paper but it also seemed really cheesy... though I suppose that's the point.
Em/Merc and Hazel getting away wasn't shocking but that Salem illusion was creepy as hell.Em crying was a nice touch.
RWBY reunion was about what I expected. Brief enough to get the point across but no detailed talks.
That cliffhanger kinda bugged me because it feels a lot shorter than the others. Definitely not as interesting in my opinion as well.
I don't think the finale was really all that bad as a standalone episode but as a cumulation of the volume, it's disappointing. I don't feel like the protags really earned this win... more like things just happened to go their way.
Eh. 7.5/10 could have been worse.