Zero Punctuation: Yakuza 4

[A1]

Bwahahahaa -- nice opening loved it! "Japanese are into some crazy shit!" right after a heartfelt balanced statement over the recent tragedy -- ah Yahtzee you cheeky bastard -- Another good quote "sumptuous fruit basket for your fist" -- Milk. Nose. Mess. I wasn't going to buy this game anyways - having watched the earlier Escapist review -- but now I am definitely not. I don't want to read the bottom of my tv for the sake of "realism". Realism where I am a kung fu god single handling kicking the ass off of everyone as long as I am in the right place to do it. Pshhhfft. Meh.

It's not about "realism" as few if any video games are truly realistic, it's about authenticity. When a game takes place in Japan it's only logical that the people actually speak Japanese.

And Kung Fu is Chinese, not Japanese.

 

[Garfy]

I've just finished Yakuza 3 and he's not wrong about the wierdness and some of the shonky design decisions.

But I liked it anyway, combat is brutally awesome and you can get as much or as little out of the side stuff as you feel like.

Plus if it were any more atmosperic you would actually be in Japan.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

Wait, there's a ZP alphabet?

 

[mrdude2010]

this remix will be up within 5 hours

 

[Zantos]

That intro sure was completely necessary to balence out that statement, haha. I would also play a game called Constable Blimey Chaps.

You managed to ninja my entire post there

 

[SFR]

I wonder if it was the escapist or Yahtzee who put that intro in

Most likely the Escapist. My guess is either Yahtzee makes these weeks in advance or he made this ep after the tragedy, but is aware that...

commenting on a culture's seemingly odd interests doesn't imply you want horrible things to happen to them.

Either way, due to the eathquate and reactor issues, Escapist probably wanted to lessen the chance of Yahtzee rustling any feathers.

He makes these episodes on a weekly basis, meaning this one was made within the current week.

 

[Voration]

Anyone willing to lend me a PS3?
I might end up renting it and the PS3 otherwise X)

 

[Latinidiot]

I like this review, it was genuinely funny, and not unreasonable or stupidly trying to come up with funny points to make.

 

[LCP]

Hehehe, but then again, Japanese ARE into some weird shit

 

[BX3]

He makes these episodes on a weekly basis, meaning this one was made within the current week.

Oh, okay then. Thanks for clearing that up.

 

[WolfmanNougat]

One constructive ragging, two potentially brilliant ideas just begging for someone in the audience to make. Good run.

 

[Infernoshadow211]

This may be the first time that I really didn't understand his full impression of the game. Yeah, the combat is awesome and the story is a bit convoluted, but I don't really get what he thinks of the full package.

 

[esliang]

No doubt, the Japanese ARE into some pretty weird stuff. Right on the money there, Yahtzee.

 

[awdrifter]

Sounds like a Japanese GTA4, shouldn't be too bad.

 

[Casual Shinji]

I know it was just one word, Yahtzee. But that one word you spoke in Japanese absolutely slayed me.

"Nuh, duh, nani?"

If I had a cell phone, I'd use this as my ringtone.

 

[A1]

Hehehe, but then again, Japanese ARE into some weird shit

Okay. There are at least two things about that statement that are problematic. First, it's too general. It insinuates that all Japanese people are "into some weird shit" or in other words they all have the same tastes. That's quite frankly getting borderline racist.

And second it's worth noting that there is probably a decent chance that many people in Japan think similar things about people who live in other countries, if you catch my drift.

 

[Billkwando]

This is one of the funniest ZPs in a long time. Extra points for mispronouncing everying.

"Yakyoooza" and "Shenmooey".

Gold.

 

[Aureliano]

Gotta say, if there's one thing in this life that makes less sense to me than paying somebody to have sex with you, it's paying somebody to not have sex with you. Unless they're twice your size, have brass knuckles and a raging case of herpes, I'll just try to avoid them and buy a nice sandwich instead.

 

[Draconalis]

Nani is a word....

One of the few words I know in multiple languages...

Que?

 

[brazuca]

Hehehe, but then again, Japanese ARE into some weird shit

Okay. There are at least two things about that statement that are problematic. First, it's too general. It insinuates that all Japanese people are "into some weird shit" or in other words they all have the same tastes. That's quite frankly getting borderline racist.

And second it's worth noting that there is probably a decent chance that many people in Japan think similar things about people who live in other countries, if you catch my drift.

Okay, but why is that of all the far east Japan is the most that stands out. No North Korea is not bizarre, Kim Jong-il is.