Underrated Final Fantasy heroes

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When people think of "Final Fantasy hero" the names that pop into their head are Cloud,Squall,Titus, and negative stereotypes like "brooding" and "emo" start popping up. But as any hard core Final Fantasy fan knows the heroes of final fantasy have been more complicated than that, and have deeper emotions than just being gloomy and depressing.

Personally, my favorite FF hero is a toss up between Zidane and Bartz. Zidane has a awesome and unique personality while Bartz is humble and relatable, compared to the usual outlandish heroes that fill Final Fantasy games. Who do you think is an underrated hero?

* Final Fantasy XII doesn't have a main character, it's more of an ensemble, moreso than FFVI, so you can choose any of the playable characters you feel is the main character.

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I'd have to say Cecil Harvey. Sure, Tidus, Squall, and such are great, but Cecil has another dimension to his character. He starts off FFIV as basically a villain, slaughting the Kingdom of Baron's enemies to bring the Four Crystals to his ruthless, power-hungry king. He confides his moral dilemmas in his childhood friend, Rosa, and remarks with dismay, "Soon I will have no emotions left." His ability to feel is blunted by the blood that stains his hands. Later, when he and his best friend Kain destroy a village, Cecil finally begins to fight against his own inner darkness and the dark ways of his kingdom. Eventually, he forsakes the path of the Dark Knight to tread the harder path of Light as a Paladin (which sucks at first). This later inspires his evil brother, the hated Golbez, to join him in the Light. Even though it was the shortest Final Fantasy I've played (approximately 25 hours including all side-quests). I thought it was well-written. Not as epic as X, but very good for the time it was released and good in its own right.

Vivi is my favorite character out of all of the Final Fantasy games. He has his own mysterious story.

I won't mention anyone from Final Fantasy XIII because people will destroy me for being the only person who likes it.

I've never tried FFXIII. I don't have a PS3.

I think my favorite one is Final Fantasy Tactics for the PS1. There's so much you can do in it.

I really enjoyed playing through Final Fantasy XIII on my PS3. It probably has the best graphics I've ever seen...

None of them really, out of every character would have to say Red XIII from final Fantasy 7 he was just great, F13 SUCKED and just like FF10-2 is a disgrace to the final fantasy name

Eh i would say either Zach Fair, Final Fantasy Crisis Core, Edgar/Saban from Final Fantasy 6 or The main character from Final Fantasy Tactics. Anyone here like 8 bit theatre?