How FF7’s Cid Is Different From Other Final Fantasy Characters Named Cid – Screen Rant

Final Fantasy 7 featured the quintessential Cid, as Cid Highwind brought Dragoon skills to battles and had a story arc among the series' best.

With Final Fantasy VII RemakePart 2somewhere on the horizon, many RPG fans are excited to see how Cid Highwind could make his debut in a current-gen title. The presence of a character named Cid is a staple of theFinal Fantasyseries, but the Cid ofFinal Fantasy 7is unique, due to his presence as a main party member and his standout characterization - even among the other iconicFinal Fantasy 7 characters.

WhenFinal Fantasy 7was released for the PlayStation, Cid Highwind became the quintessential iteration of Cid. He remained a party memberuntil the end, making him a "main" character rather than a guest party member. Cid Highwind was a pilot and an engineer, reluctantly accepting the funding of the Shinra Corporation to pursue his dream of space travel. He was a chain-smoking, foul-mouthed cynic, not afraid to get his hands dirty by leaping into battle - literally - with a spear,much like prior Final Fantasy games' Dragoon character class.

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Cids Tiny Bronco airplane served as one of the first modes of overworld travel in FF7; his Highwind airship allowed for full world travel in the latter parts of the story; and his rocket tookplayers into space during one key sequence. More important than his role as ferryman for the party, Cid Highwind fought alongside Cloud and the others up through the battle with Sephiroth and Jenova. He proved to be one of the game's strongest characters,andVenus Gospel, Cids ultimate spear, made him a wise choice for the final battles.

As powerful as Cid Highwind was as a damage dealer,his FF7 story was stronger. Cids childhood dream was to be the first human in space. He aborted the initial planned launch of his rocket due to Shera, his assistant, remaining in the blast zone to perform a last-minute safety check. Cid blamed Sheras overcautiousness for sabotaging his dream, and he wasunappreciative of and rudetowards her when the party first encountered them. In a later sequence, when the rocket was launched with the party onboard, an oxygen tank exploded, trapping Cid under debris. He recognized this as the same tank that Shera was inspecting at the time of the prior aborted launch, and that her prudence likely saved his life.

Though not given as much screen timeas FF7 protagonist Cloud, Cid's story was just as heartfelt, albeit more straightforward. Cid aspired towards one of humankinds loftiest goals - space travel - and saw Shera as the person who had sabotaged his dream. He then realizedhis ambition had blinded him, and his haste to travel among the stars caused him to lose sight of the details and blame Shera for his shortcomings. With the help of the party, Cid escaped the oxygen tank, humbled and forever changed by the experience.

AmongFinalFantasy's Cid characters,Cid Highwind is an all-time great. Prior iterations of Cid were airship pilots, engineers, and scientists fusing magic and technology. Subsequent games would take further liberties with Cid, casting him as a military academy instructor, a king cursed to be an Oglop, and even a villain, among other roles. Though the Thunder God Cid of theFinal Fantasy Tacticsspinoff could be considered a central character, Cid Highwind is the lone Cid to serve as a main party member in a numberedFinal Fantasygame. FF7's Cid is deeply human - flawed, ambitious, irritable, and dour, but also repentant and inspiring. As a memorable character with a great arc, there is good reason forfansto be excited to see the stubborn, rugged aeronauttake up his spear inFinal Fantasy VII Remake Part 2.

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