Vela wrote:

Also, sometimes you come across a game that is a bit janky, but you love it. Y0 seems to be a bit low-fi in presentation in parts, but it also has some phenomenally high quality faces such as the main charcaters and enemies. But its the kind of game that really makes you forgive the unconventional bits.

I hated the lack of interactivity for the first hour, but the story setting was pretty damn interesting especially for a game. It's weird: a game full of absurd minutiae also has a thoroughly engrossing story. Normally story driven games lack small details and quality writing.

The soap opera stylings of Yakuza are top notch - some of the most coherent character work I've seen in a game.

Moot_Geeza wrote:

Is there much scope for missing stuff in this, or can I mop up bits and pieces at any stage of the story?  I'm not looking to 100%, but I'd like to do all the sub stories.

Once sub stories activate they can be done at nearly any time, except certain chapters (for story reasons), or after completion.

Vela wrote:

What about chapter 1? Are you meant to just power through it doing what youre told?

The game will go through periods of railroading you a bit, but the rest of the time it'll be relatively open. If it is forcing you to do something and there's nowhere else to go, don't worry.

A new favourite appears!
Full laughs, none of your nostril exhale half-measures.  Calling it now: funniest game ever.

Started chapter three tonight. Absolute poetry. Then I went outside, had an encounter with someone straight up. Pretty good intro so far. 

Then I walked away from that dude and it got even better:

It's taking me a while to get through but you can borrow mine when I'm done.

Chapter 3 last night and I'm getting hit with a barrage of side stories with almost no gaps in between. 

The silliness mixed with sincerity is something rarely seen in games, least of all ones about criminal underworlds. Often the music at the resolution of a side story clinches it. 

My new favourite saying is now "slow your roll".

Mr Libido is counting the votes

Escape wrote:

I played the first two over Christmas '08, but I've been put off ever since because of their huge delays. I'd probably buy Yakuza 6 if it were available, but I'll have lost interest again by next year. There should be a three-month gap at the most.

Y'all ain't seen the localisation then. Does it make that much of a difference tween when Japan gets it and us? Can only imagine the moonface you must have had back in the 90s

regmcfly wrote:

Does it make that much of a difference tween when Japan gets it and us? Can only imagine the moonface you must have had back in the 90s

It's one of my sillier quirks, but there it is. Because they're dated on the tech side at launch, they feel at least three years old when they arrive. Watching videos and reading others' accounts for such a long time renders them as newfound bygones.

They don't age that rapidly, they're just ghosts in the rearview of Sony's train. My sense of chronological disconnect's a barrier, even though that has no logical reason to affect my enjoyment.

The Last Guardian's equally dated, if not more so, but I'm still keen to play that because it doesn't present from a timeslip. Also, as much as I love their humour, Yakuza 2 ended so nicely that I was never compelled to continue. Mechanically, I'd had more than enough. It's one of those series where I'd buy the current version had it launched when its predecessor did.

Wiki tells me there was some really ugly content in the game. That might be why it never stood a chance.

The numerous outdated elements add to the charm in this one.  There, I said it.

I'm not sure I need a creepy dancing weirdo in a diaper to be anymore lifelike.

4K skidmarks and crust patches *shudder*

Childintime wrote:

I'm not sure I need a creepy dancing weirdo in a diaper to be anymore lifelike. 4K skidmarks and crust patches *shudder*

What's yer problem, chief?!

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