OL wrote: I'm honestly not sure what he means about Tanimura being "whiny whiny whiny." Been a while since I've played it, but I only remember Tanimura getting angry about things he was fully justified in being angry about, and none of it came off in any way that might be construed as annoying. Most of the rest of the time, he plays things pretty cool.
Like I said, been a while, so maybe I'm wrong. But I don't remember Tanimura being anything other than fun and refreshing.
Just listen to that pussy voice! lol, I can't stand it. That's the jist of the whiney aspect; he just sounds like an adolescent girl half the time.
I just wrote a whole bunch, but its ok; a lot of it my opinion and I don't wish to derail the thread.
AnimeGamer183 wrote: Interesting, the games in the series I would say most Yakuza fans would say were the best (2 and 4), you dont seem to care for that much. Y3 is probably alot better than the half of a game we received in the localized version, Y3 has one of the most notorious localizations ever I would say, but the core story is entertaining enough and while I like the Tokyo area better, Okinawa was a nice change, especially the house being right in front of the beach.
I'll hold my breath on coming up with my favorite Yakuza games until I am at least finished with Y4, but its already seeming like it might be one of the best in the series to me, at least from technical and game play stand point, since I havent seen much of the story and characters yet. Im 15 hours in and at the end of Akiyamas last chapter.
Mhm, I'm in the minority, which I have no problems with; Nagoshi and Yokoyama seem to agree with me though, as they haven't brought back either Kaoru or Tanimura in any other game, even a quick cameo or as a fighter card in Ishin! (Kaoru being in 3 notwithstanding), so that makes me feel a bit better! lol
BTW, literally the ONLY thing cut from 3 that was major, were the hostess clubs, something I've always given 2 shits about (which is probably why it doesn't bother all that much; simply meeting them and going on dates was much quicker, efficient and enjoyable, for me). Mahjong and Shogi were cut as well, along with 6 substories and that's basically it; I'd constitute that as being 8% of the game or less, not half ;).
But I digress, sorry to take up the topic with my posts. I'm 10 hours in and I'm almost done Akiyama's chapter two (have completed all substories thus far and will get a couple of the easy trophies, just because it takes literally under 10 minutes to get them.
BTW, for a list, here are my choices for BEST (not favourite, though its similar) of the entire series:
5>3>0>Ishin!>Kurohyo: Ashura Hen>Kenzan!>Kiwami>2>Kurohyo: Shinso>1>4>Dead Souls (which isn't a bad game in the slightest)