I love lunch break and talking to all the co workers. Like the dude who was fired and has to sustain a job for his family. Or the fact you find out that guy who works at Tomato has two jobs. Dude hustles. Wasn't there talk that the setting of Yokosuka is set up to demonstrate the first signs of Japan's bubble burst? Isn't Yokosuka going through economic downturn then? A lot of shop keepers are struggling to stay in business and a lot of the guys at the docks work there because they really need the money. Haven't gone through and seriously dissected that element of the story. Thoughts?
I think the dude working two jobs is kinda great; he's got the only bad voice acting that works for the character. Sounds exactly like an exhausted, bored teenager trying to make a wage. But yeah, it's a nice bit of background texture finding out about your co-workers.
But yeah, Yokosuka in Shenmue is like a classic example of Japanese towns that suffered from economic downturn. That's why a lot of stores are shut up, why only the red light district is thriving, etc. I think a poster on here did a good little series about stuff like that around the time of the Kickstarter last year on Kotaku's Talk Amongst Yourselves space.
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