Quote Originally Posted by The Last Ancient
I'm not sure about Cid but Yuri Hyuga is sort of that type character from the Shadow Hearts, and personally I think he's one of the best protaganists ever.
Agreed, Yuri is one of hell of a protagonist

But I also think that anti-heroes like Cloud and Squall make great protagonists (as Yami_Yuffie said)

So in my opinion there should be a balance between those two.