Here, we rant about how unwanted spoilers have ruined our gaming experiences.

[Solid Snake]

Allow me to begin this post by offering you the forewarning my friend never bothered to grant me: There are massive Valkyria Chronicles spoilers ahead. Apparently. (I'll spoiler-tag 'em so you don't have to read them and you can still read everything else.)

I mean I'm holding out hope that my friend totally lied to me just to get a rise out of me, and that the plot twist he "spoiled" turns out to be a gigantic hoax. If so, hopefully someone here who's played Valkyria Chronicles will respond to this topic and say "Snake, your friend was just bullshitting you, that plot twist doesn't happen at all" and I'll be very happy.
But judging by his reaction, I doubt that's the case.

So, earlier this evening, a phone conversation between me and a RL friend took place that went a little something like this:

Me: "I'm so excited, I just got my PS3 back and I've been playing Valkyria Chronicles ever since. It's really starting to get good."
RL Friend: "Oh, that's a great game. Phenomenal game. I played it a year or two ago. Loved it."
Me: "Really? Heh, I didn't know that. I just beat Chapter Seven. Damn, that mission was tough. I had to play through it three times before I beat it."
RL Friend: "Oh man! So, what'd you think about Alicia being a valkyria? That totally caught me off guard."
Me: "..."
RL Friend: "...What?"
Me: "........."

I was seething mad. That sounded like a damn good unexpected plot twist, and I had set myself up to know absolutely nothing about the game as I was playing it. Up until this point Alicia just seemed like a typical Gallian militia chick, but it turns out she was apparently working for the enemy all along! I mean I just bet there's this great epic moment where Alicia stabs Welkin in the back and says "You never asked where I was from. I've been working for the Imperials all this time," and she turns blue or something and Welkin suddenly realizes his "pseudo-girlfriend" was a traitor. And now that moment's been ruined. That moment could have defined this experience for me, and now I already know what's going to happen.

Turns out my friend (according to him, anyway) thought I said mission seventeen instead of seven: however, I wouldn't be shocked if he purposely attempted to find an excuse to spoil the experience for me because he can be a real jerk when he wants to be.

So, in this topic, you'll relate to my pain and share similar stories about how so-called "friends" and "acquaintances" and other sources have ruined games without giving you a proper forewarning first. I'm sure I'm not the only one who's suffered because of someone else's loose lips.

(Of course, I remember in 1997 when FF7's big plot twist was spoiled for me, but I find that somewhat more permissible because the game was just so huge and that spoiler was everywhere. But this? This obscure, cute, fun little strategy RPG most people haven't heard of? Why would anyone take this away from me?)