it was a general statement, yeah
i like newer shiren more than older shiren because itās more fun for me and it feels like a more well-rounded experience; i donāt think the original is bad, i think itās a great game that i donāt really want to play as much by comparison
it really is not more complicated than this
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Fair, apologies, could be i missed the line between saying our opinions and talking inside baseball about video games.
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i think ādoes it hold upā (outside of like, personal nostalgia) is horseshit, personally. it has to be acknowledged because, hey, we only have so much time, not everyone is going to blindplay the first zork and shit. but if that means that zork i ādoesnāt hold upā then idk like give me more things that donāt hold up?
i do definitely keep āwant to play itā and āthink it is totally greatā pretty separate too, come to think
(play shadow tower, it definitely doesnāt hold up, but because of that it is great, ok thank you)
something āholds upā because it mirrors something modern? oh halo āholds upā because it has dual analog?
iām just ranting
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started playing horizon zero dawn. the main character is cool, and shooting the bow is fun, but i wish every fantasy game didnāt have to be set in snowy mountain land
iām fucking sick of snowy mountain land
Just bear with it because the next area after that is a pretty sick ass desert.
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the sick ass-desert of the real
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And following it is the jungle where youāre never sure the panther equivalent is stalking you.
I guess the marsh is in there too but it gets bogged down.
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I got a PS4 yesterday, and thanks to the PS store sale I went wild and bought too many games! I snagged Yakuza 0, Bloodborne, Journey (w/ flOw and Flower), and The Last Guardian.
Iām playing Yakuza 0 first. I just got to Chapter 2. This game had one of those Persona-style slow starts, where you have to wait forever to control anything. I was starting to feel a bit skeptical, but the game really won me over in the climactic fight through the Dojima Family HQ. The moment I jumped off a balcony, crashed through a restroom window, and brawled with dudes who were still trying to pull their pants back up and finish washing their handsā¦ That was the moment I decided I was on board.
Then I finally got the freedom to wander the city and do sidequests, which seems to be 100% the best part of this game. The quest to improve a punk bandās image made me lol out loud.
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Yo. Yak 0 does the persona friendship vibe better than persona itās awesome
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Yeah, I was surprised the extent to which this is basically a crime-based Persona game! But this is much better than Persona 4 across pretty much all dimensions. Better writing and characters, better battles, a more interesting setting, it actually respects my timeā¦ Iām into it.
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is this still on sale
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Sadly, itās the one game I bought that wasnāt part of the sale! Itās currently full price.
They have a Yakuza 0 + 6 bundle up for $72ish.
Iām expecting 6 will disappoint me overall but it does have the New Japan Pro Wrestling boys doing crime so itāll be worth $60ā¦to me.
Damn I shoulda got that bundle!! Oh well, itāll take me ages before Iām ready for Yakuza 6 anyway. That first person harpoon fishing mode got me hype though.
Never worry about playing Yak games in order. Like you might miss a ref or two (which you will miss in 0 100%) but it rarely matters.
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Well, you miss out on the feels, as even in the prologue of Yakuza 6, the emotional pull mainly stems from having played Yakuza 3 and 5.
Speaking of Y6, the prologue was great. It felt very Y3-like, and I bet Hiroshima is going to be like Okinawa of 3 in terms of overall atmosphere.
Well yes, but you miss out on the feels of Y0s ending by starting with that one, but people seemed to enjoy that game enough, so I donāt really think they should worry too much at this point.
i agree with 0 as a pick, since at the end of the day itās prequel in terms of story, although knowing what will happen in the future puts it in perspective. but with y6 for example, i think itās a lot better if you play y3 and y5 the very least, or maybe y3, since 5 is a clusterfuck all things considered.