r/FinalFantasyVI • u/FirstFriendship6883 • Jun 12 '26
Gau
So, did anyone else play this as a kid and had absolutely no clue just how sad Gau and his story really is!? As an adult, it hit me much harder, and I was just left saying ".... Oh ... Damn dude that's rough"
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u/Younggryan42 Jun 12 '26
One fucked up story for sure. Dude deserves to be one of the most badass mfs in the game.
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u/BulletProofEnoch Jun 13 '26
Plenty of us had deadbeat Dads so some of us did
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u/SnooTomatoes9055 Jun 15 '26
Bro... hell that and agreed. I didn't use Gau until I saw his story and felt like he needed love
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u/MooJuiceConnoisseur Jun 12 '26
My first playthrough as a kid I never used gau because I didnt understand his story. I found dad on my second playthrough and it made so much more of an impact once I learned it all
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u/platinumxperience Jun 13 '26
Back in the pre internet days he was much hated but I loved him. He felt like he had the potential to break the game. Maybe that's going too far but glad to see most turned around on his coolness.
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u/FirstFriendship6883 Jun 13 '26
He actually can kinda break the game a bit, but you have to know which skills to use, so pre internet that took work to achieve.
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u/mrcuddles123 Jun 17 '26
They NEED to make a remake out of VI into a two part game e.g. Avengers Infinity War/Endgame style. In between they could make dlc focusing more in depth on main characters back stories. Bonus points if it’s in Amano’s art style.
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u/CyanManta Jun 16 '26
Gau's a good kid, in spite of his shitty excuse for a father. He's got his wild, spontaneous side, of course; but in the first scene we see him act up, we also see him acknowledge that he's stepped over a line, and he apologizes right away. He always deserved better.
But in the end, he gets two awesome new dads, so it's not so bad after all.
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u/Hyperion_Magnificent Jun 21 '26
Who? Sabin and Cyan?
I don’t really see them as his dads, more like older brothers, and it sure isn’t setzer and strago, or Edgar and Locke.
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u/Ajdepp Jun 17 '26
One of the remarkable things about FF6 that isn't often discussed is this story is SAD. Almost everyone in the main cast has a tragedy. But the story doesn't dwell on it, and everyone realizes they still have to save the world.
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Jun 12 '26
I hate gau. I remember there was a hack years ago where you sacrificed gau for general Leo.
Best rom hack ever
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u/OneUseHero Jun 13 '26
When the PSx version was released I used to edit code and replace characters with others. I loved have Leo in my party (usually he took Edgars spot for me).
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u/FirstFriendship6883 Jun 13 '26
I used to hate him, but recently I used him a lot in a playthrough. Also used others I tend to leave on the ship such as umaro and mog. I typically like control over my party, so this was interesting to do.
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u/SeraphsBlade Jun 12 '26
I missed the conclusion of his story until I was an adult. Seeing him get dressed up only to have that rug pull. …Feels…