I'm going to wait for a few more reviews before I make my decision. Famitsu did give FF 12 a 40/40. I'll need some RPG fan sites to give their input. Many times, mainstream Western reviews are done by FPS fans.
For jRPGs, Metacritic + 10% usually works for me. Valkyria is about a 97% quality game, and ToV is about a 92% quality game.
"Naturally the common people don't want war: Neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, IT IS THE LEADERS of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is TELL THEM THEY ARE BEING ATTACKED, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. IT WORKS THE SAME IN ANY COUNTRY." --Hermann Goering, leading Nazi party member, at the Nuremberg War Crime Trials
Conservatives: Pushing for a small enough government to be a guest in your living room, or even better - your uterus.
