Yakuza 4 Will Have Over 6 Hours of Cutscenes
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no not genji (btw awesome game) is a yakuza game set in the samurai period i just dont remenber the nameoreopizza47 said:Samurai style? Genji? Genji was awesome, and I did hear about a PS3 sequel a while back... I wonder if that will ever happen.Cheefa_Da_Reefa said:i cant get enough yakuza i wish my ps3 workedand i really hope the release (if ever) that samurai style one
You know what I look forward to? The day when we get a headline with a publisher boasting about how their latest, greatest, AAA title has 0 hours of cutscenes.
0 Minutes would be better, but given that even New Super Mario Brothers Wii had a minute or two of them, I'd settle for it being measured in hours.
0 Minutes would be better, but given that even New Super Mario Brothers Wii had a minute or two of them, I'd settle for it being measured in hours.
Oh well, six hours isn't all that bad(if the game is really long >.<). I rather enjoy the cutscenes in Yakuza 3. It's the orphanage sections I want to get rid of.
I think it might be getting out of hand, for example, I beat MGS4 in 13 hours, that includes dicking around time, with cutsenes being about 8 hours. I'm honestly surprised nobody put a reasonable limit on this sort of thing. Sure it's only a few games that are REALLY long winded, but that doesn't mean there can't be some kind of security.direkiller said:
It says "will have" but it "HAS" as its been out for nearly a year in Japan. Still need to get the plat on it though lol.
So what's the difference from others "Yakuza"?
Don't they all have lot's hours of cutscene? Yakuza is "go there-cutscene-timetokickass-cutscene-repeat till you beat the game"
Don't they all have lot's hours of cutscene? Yakuza is "go there-cutscene-timetokickass-cutscene-repeat till you beat the game"
In previous interviews I've seen the developers said that the only things that wouldn't make it were things like the quiz mini game (which wouldn't work very well in English).
The samurai themed (specifically the Edo period) Yakuza game had the subtitle "Kenzan!"
The samurai themed (specifically the Edo period) Yakuza game had the subtitle "Kenzan!"
..not sure if it's all that much, really. If it's similar to Yakuza 3, then all the cutscenes will be rendered in the game-engine (with the neat face and lip-syncing tech they use to help animate emotion, and so on). About.. 1/3 of it will be interactive. And happen in the middle of a fight, done in a way that make the scenes more interesting (and less hectic to play) than a continuous boss-fight would be.. It's not really "cutscenes" at all, basically..
No.. I don't think 6 hours of cutscenes is a problem. What takes time in the Yakuza games is reading through all the dialogue (with the pop-up boxes). The story-telling that doesn't have voice-acting, and just the generic "talk" animation stances - this can quickly become boring (even though the story is well written).
So if it actually has more cutscenes than Yakuza 3, then that's probably a good thing. If we go by the demo (..which probably still possible to fish from the Nippon store), the reason why it has more cutscenes is that the transitions happen in more real distances, and are tied together in more thoroughly animated scenes. I.e., instead of just fading to black and seeing a car drive off while spawning someone outside a building - you'll get the entire scene, with exiting and entering, suspicious looks, etc. With a good opportunity to drop a few extra Yakuza film tropes in between.
Most likely will be a very fun game to play..
..uh.. if anyone wants to read a review of Yakuza 3, I've written a small treatise on it here:
http://www.honestgamers.com/reviews/8769/Yakuza-3.html
It takes less time to read through than playing the game, though.
No.. I don't think 6 hours of cutscenes is a problem. What takes time in the Yakuza games is reading through all the dialogue (with the pop-up boxes). The story-telling that doesn't have voice-acting, and just the generic "talk" animation stances - this can quickly become boring (even though the story is well written).
So if it actually has more cutscenes than Yakuza 3, then that's probably a good thing. If we go by the demo (..which probably still possible to fish from the Nippon store), the reason why it has more cutscenes is that the transitions happen in more real distances, and are tied together in more thoroughly animated scenes. I.e., instead of just fading to black and seeing a car drive off while spawning someone outside a building - you'll get the entire scene, with exiting and entering, suspicious looks, etc. With a good opportunity to drop a few extra Yakuza film tropes in between.
Most likely will be a very fun game to play..
..uh.. if anyone wants to read a review of Yakuza 3, I've written a small treatise on it here:
http://www.honestgamers.com/reviews/8769/Yakuza-3.html
It takes less time to read through than playing the game, though.
In further news: The Escapist has set a bounty on the duo of John Graham and Paul Sanders (sorry if there was a typo) for being captured alive; The Reward is set to view the duo suffering live while they prepare their Yakuza 4 April Special; These rumors however have yet to be confirmed.Zachary Amaranth said:
Seriously tho XD 6 hours is a great idea to snip up ;p Even if it's just 4 videos as oppose to the MGS August with 5 installments. DO WANT!
It wouldn't be a good thing if they substituted gameplay for cutscenes.direkiller said:
However (provided they don't completely butcher it like they did Yakuza 3), there should be a good amount & variety of gameplay.
There's no way I'm pre-ordering it but if the super-fanboys who played the import and the port concur that it is unchanged, I'll get it.