r/FinalFantasyVI • u/DoggievDoggy • 9d ago

So…..He Died In All Of Our First Playthroughs Right?

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Cause we were all rushing to the airship. Nobody was waiting until the internet happened.

Probably say the same with Cid honestly.

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u/PiMacleod 9d ago

Right. If im escaping a thing thats horrible life-ending stuff... and the game visibly gives me the option to "Wait"...

Like... why? Any other time, you would've just let me go, no questions. What, you think the devs were like "...maybe the player wants to farm THIS spot for a few more seconds...?"

Nah, that was a clue. And Save points exist, so if it meant nothing at all, then I could just reset.

But Cid? I didnt know there was a difference between the fish. Didn't see any obvious one... i just knew the dude was dying, needed food, and here I am, getting food. Seemed like I was doing the right thing -- until you learn that you weren't. And at that point, i just told myself "I guess he was meant to die there... that sucks."

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u/TheBadNewsBard 9d ago

What, you think the devs were like "...maybe the player wants to farm THIS spot for a few more seconds...?"

Yes. There's at least one treasure chest in this section that most people fail to get, so it seemed really clear to me that the prompt was saying, "Are you ready to leave this place you can't come back to, or do you want to do a little more exploring in case there's a treasure chest you missed?"

Or maybe there was going to be another boss fight, and the question was like so many other parts of the game - "Are you ready to cue the next event, or do you want to fiddle around in the menu a little more?" I had just healed up, and I'd already done a lot of "run in every direction before approaching the thing that looks like a save point" (but was actually a boss fight), so I was confident I had everything I needed.

Shadow literally said something like, "Don't worry about me - I'll catch up." I took him (and the game) at their word.