Hoenstly, the first time I played FFVI, I wasn;t able to save Cid, obviously. It took me the better part of half an hour until he finally died. And I really think that the work I had put into it, trying tos ave Cid, and then seeing him die anyway made for a more powerful impact. I mean, I got upset and angry a tthe game for making me do that, but I wanted Cid to live. And when he didn;t, I understood Celes’ frustration and sadness.
Of course, I’m weird, and the majority of people won;t see the game the same way as I do, so… yeah.
The first time I played I saved Cid through some measure of luck (listen, when the yummy fish just won’t swim your way you’ve got to catch SOMETHING), but the second time I didn’t through some measure of unluckiness. I’d need to play the game again to get a feel for which scenario I prefer, but this topic got me thinking… when Cid ends up living, why in the world does it take him so long to tell you about the damn raft? Is he holding out so that you’ll help him a little more? Does he think Celes is so fickle that she would actually leave a sick man to die like that? Anyway.
Maybe I should change my name to Captian Buzz Killmore (I just devised a new full character name.)