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Death Metalist
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I think Alex or Vinny should drive the next BITE. Aside from that, the game's story is still worth seeing it through. As it is generally the case when it comes to the Yakuza series.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Hmm, so are you guys willing for BitE to die off then?
Death Metalist
Member
Vinny, Abby & Jeff is a fantastic combo.
Death Metalist
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Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Also seriously, since when do we shy away from the giantbombcrew slogging away at games? They slogged through Shemnue 1, and are currently slogging through mario sunshine & kingdom hearts. And historically we have deadly premonition & bioforge.
We don't require them to be actually happy about what they're playing.
We don't require them to be actually happy about what they're playing.
Want them to do the new Life is Strange episodes which seem to be surprisingly good after everyone hated the idea of a prequel.
Also Alex seemed pretty adamant about doing Kiwami, so the only way BitE dies off is if Dan somehow kills it, which would be cruel after forcing everyone to play bad Mario games and destroying the ExCorps from the inside.
Also Alex seemed pretty adamant about doing Kiwami, so the only way BitE dies off is if Dan somehow kills it, which would be cruel after forcing everyone to play bad Mario games and destroying the ExCorps from the inside.
Willing isn't that word I would use, but YES.
New Project Beast. 🤞🤞🤞
Speaking of things more boring than Yakuza 0...
Human Trashcan
Banned
It really isn't in Kiwami's case. It's not a good story.
I liked BitE but I think I'm fine with it being a one-off, the commitment to doing all of the games is insane, that's gonna tie them up for years. I'd rather they do one-offs in general. More adventure games and FMV games where the narrative is in more concentrated doses. We already have SMS for watching them play bad games for the gameplay.
I love the story in Kiwami. It was so good, I couldn't put it down and finished it in the period of a Sunday and Monday night after work before it even released. Hell, I even knew the sorry going in but I love it so much.
To be fair, prior to it happening, Dan was pretty open to it and wanted to like it, so it was like everyone had their role with Vinny producing as well.
I'd probably be much happier if Dan wasn't involved in a potential Kiwami one. Without the controls, I can see him talking even more tangents.
Valtýr;249148376 said:
To be fair, prior to it happening, Dan was pretty open to it and wanted to like it, so it was like everyone had their role with Vinny producing as well.
I'd probably be much happier if Dan wasn't involved in a potential Kiwami one. Without the controls, I can see him talking even more tangents.
Replace it with Abby playing through all the Metroid games
Death Metalist
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When it comes to video game stories you could do a lot worse than Yakuza 1/Kiwami. I loved it. I mean, it's the reason I got hooked onto the Yakuza series and played the rest of the games as they came out. People who started with Yakuza 0 as their first game is a different thing all together though.
I actually really like Kiryu's main story in Kiwami too.
It's the stuff with Date's daughter and stuff with the Florist's son that are irrelevant, unusually placed in the middle of the story, and feels more like side story.
But the story with Kiryu, Nishiki, Yumi and Haruka, all pretty damn good.
It's the stuff with Date's daughter and stuff with the Florist's son that are irrelevant, unusually placed in the middle of the story, and feels more like side story.
But the story with Kiryu, Nishiki, Yumi and Haruka, all pretty damn good.
Damn right! Y1 is beloved for a reason. So good. Can't wait for you guys to play Y2.
AuthenticM
Member
Yeah, also considering that most of the sidequests in Kiwami are just "beat down the scammer".
Though I think they should do some of the more elaborate sidequests, such as the hostesses.
Yeah. Having Kiryu in the forefront makes him a more compelling character. Zero does him a disservice IMO because Majima is SO MUCH more interesting and it becomes pretty clear he's the main character of that game.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Have her playthrough the feminist masterpiece that is metorid other M.
AuthenticM
Member
She can do that feature without having any other cancelled.
Death Metalist
Member
If we're talking about Abby playing a game, I want her to play Bayonetta. It's on steam for 20$. Really interested in her take on the character and game as a whole.
Hellsing321
Member
How are they going to shoehorn gambling in that though?
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Celebrabby Poker then?
Karspankey
Banned
Beastista
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
I am, but only because BitE doesn't fit my video-watching style at all.
I like to have the longer videos in the background while I play something like XCOM. But since those lazy, lazy cost-conscious and probably ultimately smart dummys at Sega decided not to localize Yakuza it's pretty much impossible.
"Also the "moment-to-moment" gameplay in Yakuza looks booooooooooooooooring as hell. In the time I watched, which was the first ~7 episodes, it was just "run from A to B. Some dialogue box with quirky dialog starts. Then boring as shit combat or more running around with some fun stuff in between."
At least this is what I wanted to write but halfway through I realized that that's basically videogames and I'm an idiot for writing this. I don't really know why I find Yakuza so boring to watch, at least I can't articulate why.
I know what you mean, but we all know it would probably turn into "angry people are angry somebody disagrees with them" if she doesn't do a 180.
If anything, they should play to Abby's strengths and make her play Outlast or some other horror game.
Human Trashcan
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Valtýr;249150288 said:
But Kiryu isn't more interesting in Kiwami than in 0. You've just discovered that he's a boring character. He's a good straight man for the wacky substories, that's about it.
Gozer the Gozerian
Member
Pry not something that deserves a multi-episode feature but I hope Abby whips out Katamari for a Playdate sometime, I miss that series.
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Eh, that's because that's kinda what it was? Especially with Dan where he does nothing but mash and can't even consistently do the same heat moves over and over again.
The basic combat in Yakuza is never amazing though. You play it just to see the different heat moves.
I played it about a year ago and really enjoyed it. Importantly, I have not played 0. If 0's as good as people are saying and the remake did not adjust 1 much to match, that's gonna be a significant jump back in quality. I think it held up fine as an old PS2 game but if I was expecting something on the level as the most recent game I'd probably be pretty disappointed.
I'm excited to play 2 in any case.
This is also true though. That fucking transphobic sidestory really really bothered me especially as it came out of nowhere.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
I really hope that whenever they do the Divinity 2 QL they try the Coop. Vinny/Rorie would be amazing.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
I'm not even joking they should play the first three Myst games
Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
DANganronpa series let's go.
sorry they don't play B-games
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
SatelliteOfLove
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Antiwhippy
the holder of the trombone
Seriously, vinny should stop playing destiny 2 and play a game that actually matters like divinity 2.
He would love the dm mode.
He would love the dm mode.
OdysseusVA
Banned
They should play Ark