The game looks fascinating to me, but I’ve never played any of the other FF games. I’m aware of the characters in VII, but outside of that, would I need to play any others to play XVI?
The game looks fascinating to me, but I’ve never played any of the other FF games. I’m aware of the characters in VII, but outside of that, would I need to play any others to play XVI?
You don’t need to play any of the other games. Each numbered entry in the series is a self contained story in its own world with its own lore, so you aren’t expected to have played any other entry to be caught up on anything.
There are some recurring elements throughout the series. Recurring animals and monsters such as chocobos, moogles, espers/eidolons, etc. Recurring weapons and magic. Each game usually has a character name Cid. But these are just common elements throughout FF games, so you won’t be lost if you haven’t played other games before.
I didn’t know about the Cid thing, which FF is he in?
FF1
FF2
FF3
FF4
FF5
FF6
FF7 (also known as “captain badass”)
FF8
FF9
FF10
FF11
FF12
FF13
FF14
FF15
FF16
So yeah, he’s been in one or two.
Damn, thanks for listing it out.
What’s the context behind the cid thing though, why cid in particular?
AFAIK, nobody knows why exactly they started doing this, but they just do this now, as a tradition, that in each game there’s a character named Cid who is (most of the time) related to tech in some way. Same for Biggs and Wedge - they aren’t in each game, but they always come in pair. When there’s Biggs - there’s always Wedge. They could do completely random roles, usually not major ones, but it’s just a recurring element
I’m immeasurably disappointed in XVI for naming a pair of characters Tyler and Wade rather than Biggs and Wedge.
Off note, but I didn’t realize until now that Cid from FF7 has a pack of cigarettes strapped on to his head with his goggles. Truly a captain badass.
Smoking isn’t cool… But it is when cid does it. :P
Pretty much all of them except the first. They are generally different characters with the same name.
ETA: https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Cid