Been so long since i played this game...got some questions

[HardSide]

Well first off, any good/reliable walkthrough that tells everything?

Secondly my real question is, the sick guy who has the #2 tatoo on his arm in midgar...what was his purpose, i remember when i first played you got something from him or in his little tent when you did something...but i cant remember.

[Ultimate99997]

i would recommend this page from GameFaqs its got a variety of walkthroughs of different lengths and detail.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/psx/game/197341.html

as for the guy in migar with the tattoo - I just can't remember - i haven't played it in ages either..

[Masamune·1600]

The sick man with the "2" tattoo was found in a pipe; he never leaves it during the course of the game. He doesn't have a tent, nor does he give you any items. Many people have speculated that he is actually Zack, based on the tattoo and Aeris' line "This is the one....Won't you help him?" However, there is little evidence to support this theory, as well as the fact that there are contextual clues suggesting that it is not him.

[Squall of SeeD]

Many people have speculated that he is actually Zack, based on the tattoo and Aeris' line "This is the one....Won't you help him?" However, there is little evidence to support this theory, as well as the fact that there are contextual clues suggesting that it is not him.

The most obvious of these clues being that Zack was shot in the head about forty times before this point, he was never given a number tattoo just as Cloud was not (refer to the Escapee Reports in the back of the Shinra Mansion's library; where there should be numbers in the parentheses there aren't), and Aerith shows no recognition toward him.

The purpose of the character was to serve as foreshadowing toward the other people who survived Sephiroth's massacre in Nibelheim and were experimented on by Hojo that would appear throughout the game later.

[AkiraMakie]

The most obvious of these clues being that Zack was shot in the head about forty times before this point, he was never given a number tattoo just as Cloud was not (refer to the Escapee Reports in the back of the Shinra Mansion's library; where there should be numbers in the parentheses there aren't), and Aerith shows no recognition toward him.

The purpose of the character was to serve as foreshadowing toward the other people who survived Sephiroth's massacre in Nibelheim and were experimented on by Hojo that would appear throughout the game later.

S of S, you are like a god of knowledge. There is nothing you do not know ( this is not sarcasm) about ff games. And you are always quick to come back with facts and sources to back up your claims.


as for the guy with the tattoo, he does eventually leave that pipe. I think he leaves it after the Reunion. Cause if you go back to sector 5, you will see that he isnt in there.

[redxiiii]

Does it tell you how the man in the pipe was injured, cos I`ve always wondered?

[Squall of SeeD]

S of S, you are like a god of knowledge. There is nothing you do not know ( this is not sarcasm) about ff games. And you are always quick to come back with facts and sources to back up your claims.

Thanks, Akira.

as for the guy with the tattoo, he does eventually leave that pipe. I think he leaves it after the Reunion. Cause if you go back to sector 5, you will see that he isnt in there.

That's correct. The guy who had been watching over him will say that he left some time before, mumbling about a "reunion."

Does it tell you how the man in the pipe was injured, cos I`ve always wondered?

He wasn't injured, but sick. He was sick because of the experimentation he had undergone, the same as Cloud and the black-cloaked folks had.

[Masamune·1600]

as for the guy with the tattoo, he does eventually leave that pipe. I think he leaves it after the Reunion. Cause if you go back to sector 5, you will see that he isnt in there.

My mistake. I was working under some time constraints when I posted that response, so I didn't get a chance to check for errors.