'Yakuza: Like a Dragon' Needs a Hero Worth Following - Vice goes retard

[Gravityqueen4life]

i played most yakuza games (skipped 3-6) but i dunno. something about 7 seems dull to me. the JRPG seems very stale and like it was made for those that dont really play JRPGs.

maybe i buy it at some points when its on sale so i dont get buyers remorse.

speaking of yakuza, judgement is apparently getting a second game. i just wanna beat people the old fashioned way.

https://tojodojo.com/a-judgment-sequel-is-in-development/

 

[The Valeyard]

I didn't know that Woolie Madden was writing for VICE.

 

[The tired cat]

i played most yakuza games (skipped 6) but i dunno. something about 7 seems dull to me. the JRPG seems very stale and like it was made for those that dont really play JRPGs.

maybe i buy it at some points when its on sale so i dont get buyers remorse.

speaking of yakuza, judgement is apparently getting a second game. i just wanna beat people the old fashioned way.

https://tojodojo.com/a-judgment-sequel-is-in-development/

Yakuza 7 isn't def for anyone and I'd say it was done more in vain of the Persona games like 4 or 5, rather than OG JRPGS like Chrono Trigger or FF, but, I gotta give the devs props for wanting to experiment with the series. Like with Judgment

 

[Marissa Moira]

The main character in the game imagines himself as the main character to Dragon Quest 1 (which is why it's called like a Dragon), of course a journalist couldn't relate, they're uncultured filth spewing out verbal diarrhea. Dragon Quest exists well outside their safety zone.

The only flaw the game had was that it didn't have enough proper end game areas to grind for your second run on Millennium Tower.

 

[Poop A Loop]

That scene from chapter 4 looked badass. The article convinced me to buy the game. Thanks, twee hipster faggots from VICE! You helped me buy a game at full price!

 

[CreamyHerman’s]

I need to resume playing 0 and need to pick up the rest of the series for steam. I wish they would port judgement as well but they’re pussies.

 

[Book Thief]

Unfortunately, some of the long-standing weaknesses of the series continue to endure. Namely, its narrative treatment of women. Here is the image of a “good” non-playable woman in Yakuza: nurturing, kind, and self-sacrificial when it comes to her family.

Imagine thinking these are negative qualities for anyone, let alone women.

The narrative’s instinct for male absolution carries over to how Kasuga treats male characters with kid gloves. At least Kiryu would forgive shitty men after he beat the shit out of them first. I really struggled by one specific scene that attempted to rehabilitate the image of a perverse, exploitative brothel owner. In fact, helping him becomes the main reason why Saeko decides to join the party. Her joining scene felt like a kick in the teeth, since she is the first female combatant in the series. Adachi’s excuse for her abusive boss felt all-too familiar to me, an old admonishment rattling in my head: “You have to forgive him because he’s still your family, in his own special way.” While the sentiment is universal in a lot of ways, it is especially insidious coming from a society that uses “family” as a band-aid over East Asian men’s bad behavior. In a party-based game, it’s important to ask: who benefits from family? Is it a yakuza with too much blood on his hands? Is it a woman who is constantly subject to sexual harassment from both her squad and outsiders?

The syntax is a little ambiguous here, but it sounds like he's trying to say that Saeko is being sexually harassed by Ichiban and the other boys in his group. Now I haven't really played the game - I watched someone else play it, so there's a chance I may have missed something - but from what I've seen, the worst the guys do is mild flirting and asking her out for dinner. If that's what qualifies as "sexual harassment" to this writer, then I wouldn't be surprised to hear that this writer has never been in a serious relationship.

If there's anything in the game that approaches sexual harassment from the party members, it's the crotch-grab move the girls can perform on the guys (and also each other), but judging by the looks on their face, it seems they don't mind at all. For as ass-blasted this guy seems over some mild flirting, it's interesting how this guy fails to identify women groping men as something that might approach "not okay" territory. Knowing this type of journalist, however, the writer would probably find a way to make the ladies the victims in this arrangement regardless, because something something male sexuality women's expectations etc. etc.

Hell, imagine how enraged this guy might've been if the guys could do the same to the women. Same animation, same "Ooh, I like that" response from the recipient, just swapped roles. Polygon and Kotaku would be having a fucking field day with that one.

 

[Moral Decay]

If there's anything in the game that approaches sexual harassment from the party members, it's the crotch-grab move the girls can perform on the guys

There's also the moment in her romance substory where Saeko kisses a drunken, borderline unconscious Ichiban... but I doubt they even played far enough to see that, let alone care.

 

[Gravemind]

The main character in the game imagines himself as the main character to Dragon Quest 1 (which is why it's called like a Dragon)

It's because the entire Yakuza series is called "Like a Dragon" in JP, not because of Dragon Quest.

 

[Aquinas]

It's because the entire Yakuza series is called "Like a Dragon" in JP, not because of Dragon Quest.

which is because you play as kiryu, the 'dragon' of dojima

 

[Gravemind]

which is because you play as kiryu, the 'dragon' of dojima

Kasuga is also intended to fall into the dragon motif (or, to be more accurate, becoming the "new" dragon) on account of all the symbolism behind his back tattoo and his whole story arc.

 

[Pissmaster]

Imagine thinking these are negative qualities for anyone, let alone women.


The syntax is a little ambiguous here, but it sounds like he's trying to say that Saeko is being sexually harassed by Ichiban and the other boys in his group. Now I haven't really played the game - I watched someone else play it, so there's a chance I may have missed something - but from what I've seen, the worst the guys do is mild flirting and asking her out for dinner. If that's what qualifies as "sexual harassment" to this writer, then I wouldn't be surprised to hear that this writer has never been in a serious relationship.

If there's anything in the game that approaches sexual harassment from the party members, it's the crotch-grab move the girls can perform on the guys (and also each other), but judging by the looks on their face, it seems they don't mind at all. For as ass-blasted this guy seems over some mild flirting, it's interesting how this guy fails to identify women groping men as something that might approach "not okay" territory. Knowing this type of journalist, however, the writer would probably find a way to make the ladies the victims in this arrangement regardless, because something something male sexuality women's expectations etc. etc.

Hell, imagine how enraged this guy might've been if the guys could do the same to the women. Same animation, same "Ooh, I like that" response from the recipient, just swapped roles. Polygon and Kotaku would be having a fucking field day with that one.

Saeko's depicted as very strong-willed, so it's not like she's gonna be talked into dating anyone she doesn't want to. Did that Vice retard even mention the part where Mabuchi lightly implied he was gonna rape her? Besides, I can't remember a single advance anyone in the party made on her, aside from some awkward innocent flirting with Nanba.

Speaking of the crotch-grab move, there's also that one where she tricks an enemy into thinking they're gonna sleep with her, which is pretty funny

The main character in the game imagines himself as the main character to Dragon Quest 1 (which is why it's called like a Dragon), of course a journalist couldn't relate, they're uncultured filth spewing out verbal diarrhea. Dragon Quest exists well outside their safety zone.

The only flaw the game had was that it didn't have enough proper end game areas to grind for your second run on Millennium Tower.

New Game Plus on Legend difficulty, dude. You get an enormous bonus on job EXP, just do another run through.

i played most yakuza games (skipped 6) but i dunno. something about 7 seems dull to me. the JRPG seems very stale and like it was made for those that dont really play JRPGs.

maybe i buy it at some points when its on sale so i dont get buyers remorse.

speaking of yakuza, judgement is apparently getting a second game. i just wanna beat people the old fashioned way.

https://tojodojo.com/a-judgment-sequel-is-in-development/

It's slower paced than other Yakuza games and definitely inspired by Earthbound, so if that's not your kinda thing, you probably just won't like it.

 

[Agent Abe Caprine]

Good thing the author didn't get far enough to catch the gender conversation.

 

[KEKMUHLORD]

Yakuza: Like a Dragon is what I wish every game was like.

In that it was a game that the developers wanted to make and followed through on 100% and made.

I highly recommend it to everyone. Especially if you are a Yakuza fan.

It is great.

 

[Marissa Moira]

It's because the entire Yakuza series is called "Like a Dragon" in JP, not because of Dragon Quest.

Incorrect, there's multiple DQ references strewn about the game, from NPC text to wearable costumes.


The reason why it's referencing dragon quest so heavily was because Like a Dragon uses a turn based RPG system.

 

[BananaSplit]

The main character in the game imagines himself as the main character to Dragon Quest 1 (which is why it's called like a Dragon), of course a journalist couldn't relate, they're uncultured filth spewing out verbal diarrhea. Dragon Quest exists well outside their safety zone.

The only flaw the game had was that it didn't have enough proper end game areas to grind for your second run on Millennium Tower.

Incorrect, there's multiple DQ references strewn about the game, from NPC text to wearable costumes.
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The reason why it's referencing dragon quest so heavily was because Like a Dragon uses a turn based RPG system.

 

[Marissa Moira]

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A certain specific internet Englishman says you're wrong and also quite silly.

Especially like any RPG character his inner voice is a series of machine beeps.

 

[Gravemind]

Incorrect, there's multiple DQ references strewn about the game, from NPC text to wearable costumes.
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The reason why it's referencing dragon quest so heavily was because Like a Dragon uses a turn based RPG system.

I'm not saying that Dragon Quest doesn't get directly referenced all over the place in Yakuza 7, though. I'm saying that the reason for the subtitle "Like a Dragon" has very little, if anything, to do with Dragon Quest.

 

[BananaSplit]

A certain specific internet Englishman says you're wrong and also quite silly.

帰れよ

 

[Aquinas]

Incorrect, there's multiple DQ references strewn about the game, from NPC text to wearable costumes.
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The reason why it's referencing dragon quest so heavily was because Like a Dragon uses a turn based RPG system.

the reason why it plays like dragon quest, aside from wanting to try something fresh, is because thats how the MC sees the combat, he's literally a dragon quest nut because thats what he grew up with