If they even mention Suikoden I will honestly eat a puppy. I won't enjoy it, but the horror of having to eat a puppy will outweigh the joy of new Suikoden. Personally, I'm hoping they announce that Pro Evo/Metal Gear crossover we've all been waiting for.

Do you need help getting your rocks off?

Righto - I'll do it. I might just level grind a bit first in case there's a Ruby Weapon or an Ifrit or something lurking in the Void Between Worlds.

Oh, don't you be such a silly billy.

To hell with the 'International Zodiac Job System' - they should have released an 'International Totally Vaanless Edition'.

That is... Ugh. Just ugh. Ugh everywhere. Somewhere out there is a beautiful parallel dimension where FFXII stars Basch and Matsuno didn't leave during development. I will not rest until I have broken into this world and brought back a copy.

Thank you, Anustart! It's always nice to find another member of the small group of humans that really like FFXII. So much yes to your Ni No Kuni thing.

I vaguely remember hearing something about Basch originally being the main character, before the protagonist-hat was given to the demographically pleasing Pretty Boy Vaan during the utter cluster-fuck that was the games developement. Which, if true, is completely disgusting.

Haha - fair point. Although I do distinctly remember running around in circles to avoid getting hit by a wolf thing at the start. You know, before Gambits turn your team into an automatic killing machine.

Completely forgot about XI, thanks. I guess Tactics would count too if we were considering spin-offs. And Crisis Core. And Dirge of Cerberus. And the Crystal Chronicles series. Jesus Christ, there are so many FF games.

I used to think the exact same thing; I played it for about five hours in 2007, never really took to it and then dropped it. Then I gave it another shot a few years ago and my brain has convinced itself that it is very nearly an absolute masterpiece. Madness, I know. About fifteen hours in, the Gambit system really…

That's not a completely despicable thing to do at all.

"You'll be able to move her around in battle, a first, they said, for the series."

What if your earnest attempts to offer them liquid sustenance was misconstrued as a malicious trick to prematurely rust their killy-robot insides? Lunch would be ruined.

Would you serve them a mug of liquid-metal-hot Tea-1000?

Chloe Noonan - by a significant margin.

"Does what I type here actually have any bearing on the advice you're going to give me?"