Zero Punctuation: Yakuza 4
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I would recommend that you pick up Phantom of Inferno from Amazon.com if you ever decide to try out a Visual Novel, especially with the recent Anime adaptation of Phantom of Inferno. The translation of the Visual Novel is a just a little bit iffy (although still perfectly understandable) but the story is intriguing, interesting, engaging, and surprisingly realistic. The characters are also interesting and/or likable.OtherSideofSky said:
So there's my two cents for what they're worth. Good luck with whatever you decide to do.
I still want to buy Yakuza 3 before playing this. The demo sold me, and the price in Amazon is temptimg me.
So you pay for the privilage to make it feel like you threw your money off a bridge?putowtin said:
OT: Some of those jokes had me burst out laughing, such as god of dentistry. Also, this game seems fairly wellgrounded in reality, and I'm assuming the other ones are too, so why does the next one supposedly involve a zombie apocolypse?
Totally random comment time: Japanese language is structured so that most subjects (or verbs, depending) come at the very end of the sentence. Basically, it forces real Japanese conversations to sound very much the way you described, or very much like an anime. Which, is actually the opposite, those two are actually just sounding terribly Japanese. Seriously, Japanese is the hardest language to interject or interrupt someone in, because half the time you don't know what they said until they already finished. I to Japanese language have anger! Bastards...
I kinda like this game. I thought of it as my personal cure for the common "Saints Row 2" rehash of "DIE DIE FUCK YOU N-censored- DIE DIE SLUTTY HO DIE". It's the kind of thing that I expected from that Godfather game but didn't quite get, thanks to the retarded-as-fuck enemy AI and waaaaaaay overpowered friendlies.
This game is a nice change of pace, is all I'm saying. And yes, that includes the "...", "Guh?", and "Nani?" lines. It's nice to have everyone have a few quiet dramatic moments once in awhile instead of screaming "FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCKITY FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK" all the time, you know? XD
P.S: I'm kinda guessing you're being sarcastic about Tanimura, Yahtzee, because the Wiki states, and I quote, "Masayoshi Tanimura (谷村 正義, Tanimura Masayoshi), a 29-year-old policeman of the Japanese National Police, he is known as "Kamurocho's Tick" for his corruption and love of gambling." And the Youtube promo also mentions "25 years ago" about his dad, so I kinda think his age in your review is incorrect. (video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePVhkLrzlQE )
Hate to bust your balls, buddy. [dramatic silence] Oh who am I kidding, I LOVE balls! XD
This game is a nice change of pace, is all I'm saying. And yes, that includes the "...", "Guh?", and "Nani?" lines. It's nice to have everyone have a few quiet dramatic moments once in awhile instead of screaming "FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCKITY FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK" all the time, you know? XD
P.S: I'm kinda guessing you're being sarcastic about Tanimura, Yahtzee, because the Wiki states, and I quote, "Masayoshi Tanimura (谷村 正義, Tanimura Masayoshi), a 29-year-old policeman of the Japanese National Police, he is known as "Kamurocho's Tick" for his corruption and love of gambling." And the Youtube promo also mentions "25 years ago" about his dad, so I kinda think his age in your review is incorrect. (video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePVhkLrzlQE )
Hate to bust your balls, buddy. [dramatic silence] Oh who am I kidding, I LOVE balls! XD
Oh Yahtzee, when will make a video of Magicka? (cute puppy eyes that cause hate)
OT: I got nothing really.
OT: I got nothing really.
Like exploration huh?
?But the gold skulltulas are scattered all over the game world, and by the time you have collected them all it'll be near the end, when most of the issues a bigger wallet could have solved will have long since passed. Anyone who went out of their way to find all the skulltulas, knowing the reward or lack of same, is a 100 percenter, and therefore mad.'
So you like gameworld exploration, but dont like hunting down gold Skulltulas. You sir are condradicting yourself.
*glares* >/
?But the gold skulltulas are scattered all over the game world, and by the time you have collected them all it'll be near the end, when most of the issues a bigger wallet could have solved will have long since passed. Anyone who went out of their way to find all the skulltulas, knowing the reward or lack of same, is a 100 percenter, and therefore mad.'
So you like gameworld exploration, but dont like hunting down gold Skulltulas. You sir are condradicting yourself.
*glares* >/
Okay, I know you, Yahtzee, don't care about this individual's opinion since you have legions of fans who'd knock you out, drag you back to their home, and pull a Misery on your ankles as soon as look at you, but:
I love Yakuza 4. Sega did marvelous with this final installment and everyone who bought Yakuza 4 full price thinks the same. Now, here's the bit that (if you cared) matters to you:
This was a good review! Not great since you don't seem to understand most of those noises and facial expressions made are actual Japanese mannerisms (and "nani" means "what?", unless you do know but played ignorant for the quite funny joke), but very good. You did your job, your mic was proper, your jokes were mostly hits, and the points you picked on were all valid (I thought of that last joke when I first played Yakuza 4 too, actually XD).
_There was a while where everything you did was shit. Your mic was muffled, you seemed to barely give a shit about playing the game, even to the climax, and for every rare funny joke there were two to three dick jokes (or dick similes). Lately you've been doing great, and my friends and I have been thoroughly enjoying your show. Please keep on this witty and informative run you're on!
I love Yakuza 4. Sega did marvelous with this final installment and everyone who bought Yakuza 4 full price thinks the same. Now, here's the bit that (if you cared) matters to you:
This was a good review! Not great since you don't seem to understand most of those noises and facial expressions made are actual Japanese mannerisms (and "nani" means "what?", unless you do know but played ignorant for the quite funny joke), but very good. You did your job, your mic was proper, your jokes were mostly hits, and the points you picked on were all valid (I thought of that last joke when I first played Yakuza 4 too, actually XD).
_There was a while where everything you did was shit. Your mic was muffled, you seemed to barely give a shit about playing the game, even to the climax, and for every rare funny joke there were two to three dick jokes (or dick similes). Lately you've been doing great, and my friends and I have been thoroughly enjoying your show. Please keep on this witty and informative run you're on!
Hell, this or someone make a game called Q! Good, bad, meh, even worse than Kane & Lynch 2, whatever, someone just make it and get Zero Punctuation to review it!Scud422 said:
If you ask me, I personally think DuhNuhNani sounds better than NuhDuhNani.Futurenerd said:
So... Visual novel.... Visual novel w/o tits.... Dare I ask what the next item on that list is, Croshaw!?
Is it just me or does this episode in fact have visuals distinctively above the already high fun rating of ZP?
No, it is not. Budo is.Batsamaritan said:
