LectureMaster
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Like a Dragon: Yakuza Review - IGN
It settles some curiosity to see the world of Kamurochō rendered in live-action, but it’s utterly skippable.
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Yakuza show IGN review: 4/10
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LegendOfKage
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Some of the best written video games ever. Leave it to some egotistical modern showrunner to think all of that plot and dialog should just be ignored in favor of whatever they wanted to write.
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Bojji
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"There is no dragon in it"
LectureMaster
Gold Member
Some of the best characters as well.
Gambit2483
Member
That's what we're going with...?
...?? Go watch it if you're interested, there's no we.
Nothing about it inspires confidence. The trailer was awful and the showrunner was actively disrespectful of the source material. IGN is notoriously softball so a 4 is a terrible score from them.
Gambit2483
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Was jus (initially) teasing...I don't put much stock in IGN but you make a good point
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LectureMaster
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Well, you know what is real softball? Instead of banning him, you talked reasoning to him.
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ManaByte
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March Climber
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I'll say in here what I said in the Off-Topic thread:
Remove the title Yakuza/LaD from your head when watching this and you'll enjoy the story it's telling much more.
Remove the title Yakuza/LaD from your head when watching this and you'll enjoy the story it's telling much more.
Digital-Aftertaste
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They also gave the cowboy bebop live action a 7/10. They review shows as poorly as they do the games.
CoreyFlawless
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Have to watch a least 2-3 episodes first to make sure. Idc what ever ign say about a movie or tv show for sure.
Housh
Member
I don't like IGN. I've been a fan of LAD since the first game on PS2. Watched the 3 episodes and didn't like what they did with the story and characters. I had low expectations and they really changed the plot to the point the original game was edgier. I would give it a generous 6/10 because it had some fun action sequences. I'll still watch the final 3 episodes once they release next month.
I agree but then you are better off watching Tokyo Vice on HBO or older movies.
March Climber
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True, I guess the above post would be my recommendation for those who have already seen Tokyo Vice and the older stuff.
This seems to want to tell a tale of two childhood friends, who just happened to be named Kazuma and Majima, as they make a life changing mistake that slowly drags them into a life of crime and gang violence while others around them suffer the repercussions of that mistake, within the 10 year time span that this show takes place in.
On paper, the premise I just wrote sounds good and I like what I've seen so far. That's why I'm not looking at this as a Yakuza/LaD show, because I want to see how it turns out on it's own accord.
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Chuck Berry
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Yet another shitty show based on a game where you should just play the fucking game instead. It’s amazing this even got made. Yakuza is really that big now huh?
Fucking gross dude.
Fucking gross dude.
FunkMiller
Member
They’ve also been very wrong lately.
Well, that's just dumb as shit. It's the best thing on TV. This reeks of someone who's just pretentious and can't stand anything comic book related.
DryvBy
Gold Member
Don't assume their clan.
Dazraell
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Based on what I watched they seem to be correct with this one. It's not good
xrnzaaas
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Yakuza series has so many great characters, locations, stories, substories, quirks & funny moments (karaoke!), easter eggs and all other RETURNING stuff fans love each time they play a new game.
So instead of building on all of that to capture both existing fans and newcomers they've decided only to take the general concept and prepare their own version, ending up with story differences and a generic product that may as well have a different title.
Personally I don't buy the idea of "forgetting it's Yakuza and just having fun". I love the series too much to accept something like this and be fine with it.
So instead of building on all of that to capture both existing fans and newcomers they've decided only to take the general concept and prepare their own version, ending up with story differences and a generic product that may as well have a different title.
Personally I don't buy the idea of "forgetting it's Yakuza and just having fun". I love the series too much to accept something like this and be fine with it.
Paasei
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Lately? You mean: For many years now.They’ve also been very wrong lately.
Maybe I’ll give the show a try. Not sure just yet.
One of my biggest regrets in gaming is to have never played a Yakuza game. There are so many of them now it’s overwhelming.
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IGN have a long history of shitty reviews.
Life Diff
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They gave the penguin a 5?! The fuckThey’ve also been very wrong lately.
Big Baller
Al Pachinko, Konami President
IGN knows low scores score
Judge Magister
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For what is worth, Eurogamer gave it 4 / 5 ..
I rarely watch TV shows, maybe i'll watch Dune Prophecy next month.
I rarely watch TV shows, maybe i'll watch Dune Prophecy next month.
Peroroncino
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Kiryu looks so frail how could anyone think this actor could sell the dragon of Dojima ?
Miike's adaptation is still the only one worth a watch.
Twink of Dojima
The Cockatrice
I'm retarded?
ign gives low score
gaf: i knew it was bad
ign gives low score again
gaf: fuck ign!
stop fucking judging by IGN or anyone elses standards. Go play/watch the stuff yourselves, fucking brain rot.
gaf: i knew it was bad
ign gives low score again
gaf: fuck ign!
stop fucking judging by IGN or anyone elses standards. Go play/watch the stuff yourselves, fucking brain rot.
Tarnpanzer
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Depending on the skin color, Asians count as white, therefore not diverse.
SCB3
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And already, already they've got it wrong, Kazuya and Nishi are childhood friends, Majima isn't even linked to Kazuya til the end of 0 ffs
The Cockatrice
I'm retarded?
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I know it’s Korean, buts its the most Yakuza game ‘like’ tv show created just from the violence and brawls alone.
It’s top tier for anyone who enjoys the games I can’t think of anything better.
Big Baller
Al Pachinko, Konami President
I saw this coming miles away
Hell, even I, look more faithful than these actors
In my restless dreams, I see that town.
Dr.Morris79
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Agatha is a great show though?
Not everything in this life needs to be filmed, not everything needs remasters, etc. I don't think the result surprised anyone, they tried to take and film a game, the plot of which was told over the course of decades and it took 6 games, it is not possible to squeeze all this into a series. Especially considering how much attention was paid to the construction of characters, we actually watched the life of the main character from the stage when he was 20+ and until his old age, and looked at the events of his life from the outside.
Valt7786
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As soon as the showrunners said something like "We havent watched/played any of the source material, we want to put our own spin on things" it was obvious this would be dogshit.
Why don't these turds learn from EVERY previous mistake people have made "adapting" games into film?
People don't want your own spin, your spin is shit, they want to see on screen the stuff they saw in the game, is it that hard?
No one wants naked, helmetless Master Chief, Mexican dumbass Leon (and the rest of the casting clusterfuck in that film), Wesker and his diverse daughters or Tiny Kiryu. Just...fuck sake.
Why don't these turds learn from EVERY previous mistake people have made "adapting" games into film?
People don't want your own spin, your spin is shit, they want to see on screen the stuff they saw in the game, is it that hard?
No one wants naked, helmetless Master Chief, Mexican dumbass Leon (and the rest of the casting clusterfuck in that film), Wesker and his diverse daughters or Tiny Kiryu. Just...fuck sake.
