I am both excited and deeply afraid.

Suikoden Tactics comes out in November. Probably it'll beat that mythical game called 'Wild ARMS: Alter Code F,' so it's one more thing to hold me over for the remake of the game that made me buy a playstation, my first new game system since my parents bought me a NES.

On the one hand - hooray! More Suikoden = good! And a tactics game, at that. But I'm not holding my breath. SIV was such a bitter disappointment that I'm not expecting much. And once again, the new writers are unwisely making this a prequel - it's set several years before Suikoden IV, which was already way too early for most of the characters we give a damm about.

By God, Ted had better be in it. That's all I have to say.