I don't disagree but by the same token it's some ground that's actually surprisingly rarely covered in games (and there'sprobably something to be said for how uncomfortable male homosocal relationships tend to make people for some reason) and there's been multiple female lead and lady only games in the series that…

Each food item, however, is accompanied by one of Ignis's terrifying recipe screams.

IX is also very, very, very slow gameplay wise.

I got a B for finesse once.

They are very much out there and you don't want to meet them.

You're pretty much going to have to avoid the internet until then.

It's interesting because part of the original pitch for the games aesthetic way, way back when it was Versus was Magic Sword Wielding Gangsters Versus High Tech Knights.

I WOULD NEVER JOKE ABOUT SOMETHING AS SERIOUS AS THIS!

I love me some Amano. I own an Amano print of one of his Arslan covers.

Lotta photos of Ignis here, Prompto.

Prompto sings both the Final Fantasy Victory Tune and the lyrics to the Chocobo song.

It's got some sort of hybrid of western and japanese controller layouts and it keeps making me press the wrong button for everything.

If it helps any, they are Beautiful Boys.

You know, I keep saying this but the only thing stopping people realizing how ridiculous the previous characters looked was the low fidelity graphics.

I spent a lot of the early game staggering around helpless and drinking potions while the rest of the party killed things.

If they had doubled down on the road trip aspect all the way through it would have been so good.

Play VII. It's on the PS3 and it's pretty good. Though graphics wise it has aged…very badly.

He poses sexily at you.

You gotta hold it down a long ass time.

It took me a very long time to work out how not to blow myself up with magic.