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I haven't played (or watched much of) Yakuza 0 but I'm playing Yakuza 4 now and it's really not grabbing me at all. I completed part 1 and was expecting the plot to start speeding up but if anything the game has slowed down. Very underwhelmed by it considering how good people on the internet say it is.
It's nice to have at least one coast scheduling things, but...
all Castlevanias
all Megamans
both Shenmues
all Yakuza
all Fast and Furiouses
...I'm starting to think Beast is that guy who says I love you on the second date.
Piston Hyundai
Member
Yakuza is the only one that really seems like overkill, since everything else is relatively short.
SatelliteOfLove
Member
How? Need some more Diaper Guy?
SeriuzBiznus
Member
Whilst I'm loving Beast in the East, it's a seriously long ass game and I really can't see myself wanting to watch even more Yakuza content once they wrap 0. I'd much prefer Alex do a Mass Effect 2 play through or Vinny take a stab at Andromeda. Variety is the spice of life man. It gets a little stale whenever they get too hung up on one particular series.
Its the weekend
mere_immortal
Member
Just got done with F&F Fast and Furious and man I can't wait for 5. Even outside of GB people have said it's a brilliant and ridiculous action movie, but I never got round to watching it.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
I mean I'm super happy they play Yakuza because it looks like a game I wouldn't enjoy playing myself but that's really fun to watch. I don't think they'll start the next Yakuza this year (if they finish 0 this year that is) though
The least satisfying part of the weekend too.
Blitzrules240
Banned
Who knows if they'll be done with Yakuza 0 by the time Kiwami hits.
We need more than one video a week.
It could be possible that Team Beast is biting off more than it can chew...
So much commitment.
We need more than one video a week.
It could be possible that Team Beast is biting off more than it can chew...
So much commitment.
Yakuza seems like a series that will be better to play spaced out anyway. I'm playing the first and the combat is very similar and repetitive, but clunkier and you're in the same area as 0. I can see them having Yakuza overload.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
The combat in 0 already looks super repetitive so I really hope they take a long break after 0.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Look, at least being committed to a yakuza series means that Giantbomb will continue to exist for 10 more years.
Johnny Ryall
Member
Is malt liquor even a thing in the UK?
Honestly there's basically no reason to put on the actual movies at all instead of just listening to the GB guys. They were all terrible movies until they went full ironic with them and even then they were still only mildy amusing.
Kinda agree. The entire Blue Bombin' run is going to take less time than Yakuza 0 alone.
That said there's also no way they're actually going to do all of them in a row anyway.
Piston Hyundai
Member
that's a funny way of saying the Japanese SMB2
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Eh, i dunno, then it's just random quips that have no context intersecting long periods of silence.
Johnny Ryall
Member
I disagree with them being worthless movies as well. They're all entertaining. 2 fast is bad but that's one out of seven.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
We really need more videos of GB playing hard NES plattformers. There are so few of them.
Johnny Ryall
Member
Doing some research it's cheap beer with a high abv, would the British analogue be getting fucked up on a 2 litre bottle of white lightning?
May be an idea for this Friday, cider hurts my stomach tho.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
And also if you're not watching the film you can't see why vinny got a mancrush on tyrese gibson.
SuperSonic1305
Member
Dan's button mashing does not show off the combat well. I'm over 80 hours in and still learning new stuff.
I think at least the first three movies are pretty much straight up garbage, even as B-tier action movies.
True, but even given that the action is never really great. To be fair Yakuza 0 does seem better than the previous games in that regard, but outside of some neat heat moves it's still mostly just busywork until you get to the next story beat.
I think Yakuza 0 is something like 30 hours if you mostly stick to main story stuff, they're obviously not going full completionist. Still not short of course.
I like them planning stuff like this though, at least that means there's some sort of plan.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Tokyo Drift is fantastic, what are you even talking about.
Johnny Ryall
Member
Yeah. It's just 90 minutes of fun and flash style. I'd rather watch a f&f movie over some award winning art house drama any day.
Liquid Shake
Member
Absolutely do not want Yakuza twice a week. Use that 2+ hours for other content like This Is the Run or Playdates.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Yeah I had an inkling that I was able to do that, but also solving the puzzle the normal way isn't that hard. Still, fucking love the sandbox nature of puzzle solving in this game.
Though the tweet replies mention that you can use a lightning weapon and I'm slapping my head for not thinking of that. What a game.
JustSurvive
Member
I don't blame you, I sold mine about halfway through the game. It was enjoyable up to that point, but the very long dialogue sequences and long droughts between fighting were finally beginning to wear me down; once I started just mashing through them, I knew it was time to move on. Are all the Yakuza games as long as this, or is this extra long because of two playable characters?
broncobuster
Banned
I keep elemental weapons around for reasons like that. Fire swords can keep you warm in cold areas, and ice swords in warm ones.
Death Metalist
Member
Ah man, looking forward to BITE tomorrow! Let's check & see what the thread's talkin about!
*people complaining about too much content*
*people complaining about too much content*
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
It's basically japanese soap drama: the game, so yeah, be prepared for a lot of long, overdramatic scenes.
Ah man, looking forward to BITE tomorrow! Let's check & see what the thread's talkin about!
*people complaining about too much content*
#contentwarz
broncobuster
Banned
I haven't finished Zero yet but 4 and 5 have, uh, four and five playable characters respectively (literally just picked up on that). They're both quite a lot longer than 1, 2, and 3.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
I mean there isn't actually that much content.
Death Metalist
Member
I think you mean, "not enough content I'm interested in". Which is a fair point.
Honestly the first three aren't even good at just being dumb fun b-tier action movies.
I'll be honest... My interest in BITE dropped dramatically since I finished the game myself.
It's one of those rare occasions where I've actually played a game that they play through so it gets a bit frustrating.
Also unlike pretty much any other GB videos, it's a terrible "podcast video" kind of content... IE I can't put it in the background while playing Zelda because of the Japanese VO.
It's one of those rare occasions where I've actually played a game that they play through so it gets a bit frustrating.
Also unlike pretty much any other GB videos, it's a terrible "podcast video" kind of content... IE I can't put it in the background while playing Zelda because of the Japanese VO.
Hot Coldman
Banned
I just wrapped up Nier Automata. I hope Alex likes it as much as I did because I need someone to go to bat HARD for that game come GOTY.
that's adorable that you think anyone there will even remember that game by the end of the year
slightconfuse
Banned
Brad needs to play through thousand year door
Agreed.
BreezyLimbo
Banned
Naturally