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Don't know if anyone else encountered this, but if you meant to play with Japanese audio and still get random English audio at the start of NPC dialogues or on the level-up screen, switch over to English and then back to Japanese again. Things were gonna get heated if the game forced me to hear yongyea Kiryu at some point lmao
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Dedicated Aloha button. GOTY 2024. Loving this game.
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The combat really feels so much more polished and speedy than Y7. I'm a sicko who preferred the JRPG turn (and I probably wouldn't have ever played the series without it) but I love being able to position myself so I can punch a random encounter into his friend and knock them both out, the team followup attacks and picking up objects to use feel much better too.
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This game obviously rules but I do not want my man Ichiban consigned to perma-virgin status. I hope we can rectify his blown date with Saeko down the line
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Jan 26, 2024 17:51
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Played up to chapter 3 and while the game is great, especially when getting to Hawaii, its pacing is possibly the worst out of any Yakuza game so far. We can argue about 3's slow start, but it still had gameplay and sidestories, and new mini-games. I've put 5 hours into IW, and maybe half an hour of it is a bit of running around, but it feels like non-stop cutscenes intersperced with a battle or two. Sure, you can walk around a bit but by this time in 7 you would probably already have unlocked theater and poundmates. I feel like I am finally at the point where I can be free and I can't play any more today. That said, none of the cutscenes feel superfluous other than maybe one of three date preparation ones (take your pick here), and once you get to Hawaii they're some of the best the series has to offer. Motherfucker who's voiced by DIO in particular is a loving great character that's better than many of the series' actual final bosses. Eiji is a wonderful character, too. Really hope I'm out of cutscene hell now that I saw the cutscene featured in the first trailer. Not sure how replayable this game will be due to this frontload of info. I'm also guessing they took out the 8 out of US title because they wanted it to feel self-contained so that players wouldn't be afraid to jump in but it looks like it might be the worst Yakuza to start with! It's very much Like a Dragon: Part 2. I don't think the series ever had so many returning characters and yakuza groups in its story from one game to the next.
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Vookatos posted:I'm also guessing they took out the ♾️ out of US title ???
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Jan 26, 2024 18:30
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I mean yeah but it's not clear to the casual audience. It's more of a Village situation with RE where I'm guessing devs don't really want anyone to feel like they need to be familiar with the games
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Jan 26, 2024 18:33
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Vookatos posted:I mean yeah but it's not clear to the casual audience. It's more of a Village situation with RE where I'm guessing devs don't really want anyone to feel like they need to be familiar with the games They didn’t call 7 “7” either so this isn’t new
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Jan 26, 2024 18:34
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InnercityGriot posted:This game obviously rules but I do not want my man Ichiban consigned to perma-virgin status. I hope we can rectify his blown date with Saeko down the line Look, Ichiban is many things, but he also is so bad at dates that he retroactively went back in time and made any dates he had that went well not happen.
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Jan 26, 2024 18:35
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I love how many types of trash there is to pick up. Give me all your garbage Hawaii, daddy needs a new Puyo-Puyo CD
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Jan 26, 2024 18:40
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ImpAtom posted:Look, Ichiban is many things, but he also is so bad at dates that he retroactively went back in time and made any dates he had that went well not happen. didn't he get his rear end kicked by all the women he was dating in 7 if you completed them all
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Jan 26, 2024 18:41
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Estimated delivery between 2-5pm...just a little longer.
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Jan 26, 2024 19:11
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Holy crap there’s tons of subtitle settings. That’s a welcome change from Y6 which had white subtitles that somehow always blended into the many white backgrounds.
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Jan 26, 2024 19:16
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You can also turn off the Skip prompt during skippable cutscene dialog. I don't know if that was an option in prior games and I just never found it until now, but I'm glad I did find it because the big button prompt in the corner during dialog scenes was pretty distracting. You can still skip the lines with the prompt disabled, of course. fake edit: Apparently, the option was added in Gaiden but I just never looked in that particular menu.
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Jan 26, 2024 19:24
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Auto-advance can be turned off now, but on the other hand the "floaty" subtitles disappear if you hit pause, which is kind of annoying. Not helped by the fact that Ichiban has a lot of internal monologues during those sections at the start of the game and they flash by real quick.
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The game’s first spoken lines are in English and for a second there I thought it had defaulted to English but then I realized they were white people.
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Jan 26, 2024 19:43
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if you can believe it, i am currently playing yakuza 8, like a dragon infinite wealth!!!!
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woke kaczynski posted:I see why half this game is in Hawaii as I would also leave the country after that date jesus christ
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Jan 26, 2024 20:48
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woke kaczynski posted:The combat really feels so much more polished and speedy than Y7. I'm a sicko who preferred the JRPG turn (and I probably wouldn't have ever played the series without it) but I love being able to position myself so I can punch a random encounter into his friend and knock them both out, the team followup attacks and picking up objects to use feel much better too. It feels a lot better, yeah. The only thing I'm kind of uncertain about is how to make decisions involving "using objects as weapons." For trash fights it's kind of a no-brainer since it's just an easy way to preserve MP, but in harder fights I'd want to know exactly how the damage from using environmental objects compares with my actual skills. Apraxin posted:as it went on and on and Saeko started walking towards the railing, i honestly thought she was going to jump in the harbor and swim away to escape the cringe The worst part was when he apologizes and she's just like "it's fine don't worry about it!" and then it cuts to a year later and him looking at his last text message that she hasn't replied to.
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Jan 26, 2024 21:18
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Ytlaya posted:It feels a lot better, yeah. It depends on the object. Like a bicycle is better than a regular attack or maybe a weak physical attack while a rocket launcher is probably the best move available to you outside of the absolute highest end attacks.
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Jan 26, 2024 21:23
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Goddamn I love that goofy rear end grin in the level up screen.
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Is there a way to listen to the podcasts/other music while walking around town or do I have to sit in the playlist menu doing nothing? I cannot figure this interface out.
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ZiegeDame posted:Is there a way to listen to the podcasts/other music while walking around town or do I have to sit in the playlist menu doing nothing? I cannot figure this interface out. You need to hold the radio button (LB? I think) and controls will appear.
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Jan 26, 2024 21:35
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The fact there's no subtitles for the podcast is a sin
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Just so happy to be spending time with these idiot goofballs again
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Vikar Jerome posted:if you can believe it, i am currently playing yakuza 8, like a dragon infinite wealth!!!! remarkable
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https://twitter.com/AleksLeVO/status/1750980607516242094?t=fTqbuj1WAvTrHVLPx_EJGQ&s=19
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Waffleman_ posted:https://twitter.com/AleksLeVO/status/1750980607516242094?t=fTqbuj1WAvTrHVLPx_EJGQ&s=19 Over the last year Aleks Le has been becoming one of my favorite VAs. He's always so pumped about everything he's doing.
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Fartington Butts posted:Goddamn I love that goofy rear end grin in the level up screen. Someone ITT compared it to "The Expression" from Disco Elysium and now I can't unsee it.
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Got the game, everything is installed and ready. I checked out the add ons in the store and the Master Vacation DLC is $20. Kinda steep. It was going to be an instant purchase, but I'll wait until I actually finish the game now I guess.
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The Eri erasure has not been fixed in this game.
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Spermando posted:The Eri erasure has not been fixed in this game. She's overseas running the multibillion dollar corporation, they mention it if you stop by the shop.
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Spermando posted:The Eri erasure has not been fixed in this game. I stopped by the confections store and the old lady was like oh she’s off traveling the world
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That's like being made a captain of another ship in Star Trek. You're still not on screen.
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It's Ichiban!! My friend. My friend Ichiban is back. Your Uncle Dracula fucked around with this message at 00:15 on Jan 27, 2024 |
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Chapter 2 I thought it was kind of bullshit retconning Sawashiro being the killer but I immediately forgot all about that because jesus christ arakawa I also didn't realize that IRL they won't let you legally rent an apartment or open a bank account in your name for 5 years after you leave the yakuza what the poo poo Japan
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Like A Dragon/Yakuza: Like the Anime Porn, or the Panty Machines, Huh? ch3
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Ichiban is the loving best, as someone who has had not quite as rough a life as he has but has had a couple of false starts and is only now getting my feet under me at around his age, I find him an inspirational figure. As weird as that might be to say about a videogame character.Good Citizen posted:Just so happy to be spending time with these idiot goofballs again
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I made a post regarding a substory in Gaiden where the lesson is that all live streamers are criminals. Infinite Wealth doubles down on that, and extends the sentiment towards vtubers.
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