NIER looks interesting. It's a Square Enix RPG with lashings of blood and more swearing than an episode of The Wire. Oh, and it's got a hermaphrodite character. Really. Doesn't sound very Final Fantasy, does it? No. But it is interesting, and in this age of sequel-itis, interesting is more than welcome.
With a notepad full of questions VideoGamer hit the phone for a chat with executive producer Yosuke Saito, and discovered that there's more to NIER than blood and guts.