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"Why do FF's always contain cliches?"

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Fri 12/03/04 at 19:19
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Why???

For example, you often have a section where the game stops for a whle and resumes a year or more later (FF6) or a character who suddenly ages several years (FF4) or somethign else out of time?

And also, why is it that most of them contain a guy called Cid, usually an Airship Captain?

Lastly, they usually contain a "two arms and a body" Boss. For example:

Baigan (FF4)
Inferno (FF6)
Penance (FF10)

Why are these cliches present?
Sun 14/03/04 at 15:58
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Wedge and Biggs are in most FF's to.
Sun 14/03/04 at 15:56
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FinalFantasyFanatic wrote:
> And Cid was only an airship captain in 7.


Wasn't he an airship captain in FFX as well.
Sun 14/03/04 at 10:25
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I think its quite amusing how they re-use old names for new characters. Just one of those things you can look out for while playing the game.

(Or is it that Square just ran out of names...?)
Sat 13/03/04 at 13:26
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And Cid was only an airship captain in 7.
Sat 13/03/04 at 12:34
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Asher D wrote:
> So nerds like you have something to look for.

You call me a nerd?

I know a proper nerd or two.
Fri 12/03/04 at 22:09
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And even if you count those as cliches, you missed about a buhzillion of them.
Fri 12/03/04 at 22:08
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I'd look up what a cliche is in the dictionary if I were you.
Fri 12/03/04 at 21:05
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Galacticdramon wrote:

> And also, why is it that most of them contain a guy called Cid,
> usually an Airship Captain?



All of them contain a character called Cid, it's a little thing Square do, i wouldn't call it a cliche
Fri 12/03/04 at 20:52
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So nerds like you have something to look for.
Fri 12/03/04 at 19:19
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Why???

For example, you often have a section where the game stops for a whle and resumes a year or more later (FF6) or a character who suddenly ages several years (FF4) or somethign else out of time?

And also, why is it that most of them contain a guy called Cid, usually an Airship Captain?

Lastly, they usually contain a "two arms and a body" Boss. For example:

Baigan (FF4)
Inferno (FF6)
Penance (FF10)

Why are these cliches present?

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