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shoutouts to the guy who writes the gamefaqs guides for the yakuza games

#rambles #yakuza liveblogging #i had completely missed this substory in y0 but it is absolutely delightful #baby daigo is such a little shit i love him #and the fact that his & kiryu's rapport was at one point 'kiryu-kun' & 'master daigo' is so insane lmfao #like obviously it makes sense but man. coming back to this after revisiting 8 is crazy #also i did not realize daigo was fully 30 years old in y2 #thought his punk ass was like...... 25 tops for how he was acting lmao

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yknow going through the whole yakuza/LAD series as quickly as i did made it really interesting to see how the series as a whole and some characters in specific evolved over time in response to changing audience interests, specifically a growing desire for pathos in their video games

if you'd told someone who'd just played 1 & 2 on the ps2 back in 2006 that by 2024, several of the most recent entries in the series would end with the protagonist having an absolute sobbing meltdown and/or begging the main antagonist to give up in lieu of just punching them into complete submission, there's a 0% chance they would've believed you

#rambles #yakuza #like a dragon #yakuza liveblogging #like it was fine for majima to just be a ~crazy guy~ in 2006 but by 0's release in 2016 that wasnt enough anymore #so he gets a tragic backstory with a love interest #nishiki gets fleshed out a ton in 0/kiwami 1 for the same reason #kiryu is sad about yumi's death in 1 but not so sad it stops him from starting a fling with sayama in 2 #but later games retroactively cast yumi as the one and only love of kiryu's life #and her death as probably the singular most traumatic event he's ever experienced #(though her/nishiki's/kazama's deaths all kind of get lumped together since they happened in such quick succession) #6 is the misadventures of grandpa kiryu bc dad kiryu is a much more compelling character vs. plain ol 'dude who punch real good' kiryu #hell kasuga in his entirety would not have worked in this series in the 00s except as a joke/side character #a dude who relentlessly believes in the inherent good of mankind and their ability to start over and change their ways no matter what? #in *yakuza*? nah take that shit back to kingdom hearts #anyway. its good! probably a necessary evolution for the series to stay relevant but good nonetheless #'dude who punch real good and cries sometimes' >>>>> 'dude who punch real good'

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#ffxiv #i dont normally add on to posts but. i felt the untargetable phase one in my soul

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it twas only a matter of time before i broke on my own fantasy au design nonsense. my dnd bones.

#yakuza #infinite wealth #op youre objectively correct on all of these good job

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alright INCREDIBLY long shot here but may as well- does anyone know the name of the song playing in this cutscene?

it doesnt seem to be on the OST for this game (the version on spotify, at least)- im wondering if its on the OST for another game, or maybe im an idiot and it is on the gaiden OST and im just missing it?

anyway if you happen to know hmu

#rambles #yakuza liveblogging #the bit from 25:25-25:40 Does Something to my brain that i cant articulate #i had a similar reaction to echoes in the distance from ffxiv #both trigger this incredibly specific feeling that i both cannot name and do not experience in any other context #and i feel compelled to collect songs that elicit this reaction from me #if only for their novelty

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played like a dragon: gaiden

me @ all 4 of the fellas tearing their shirts off and teaming up in the finale

i had a brief moment of terror during the cutscene where daigo's like "kiryu!!!!!" and kiryu just straight up doesn't look at him and hits him with the "idk who that is"- i was so afraid the fellas were gonna leave and that was gonna be that but the writers came through for me, thank god

very much enjoyed the little chat we got after that- majima being like "lets go get drinks with kiryu-chan", kiryu giving him the "not my name" line, so majima says "...... okay whatever lol lets go get drinks with mr bodyguard", daigo trying to stop shishido from riling the omi dudes up and kiryu being like "nah let him. we'll take em anyway" and daigo pouting about it, "well now i look like a pansy-ass bitch >:(", very good

holy moly shishido had a shitton of health bars though, went through the whole damn rainbow like 3 times. still, it was nice to have a final boss who had like...... actually been meaningfully present in the story before the last act, this series has a habit of pulling final bosses out of its ass so im glad that didnt happen here

anyway, jesus fucking christ that last scene before the credits. i mean good lord. that man was UGLY crying. rgg studios reaching new heights of crying tech, snot and all. and his reaction to haruto's drawing........ that shit got me bad. the whole scene was fucked up but that was particularly mean.

if we dont get an onscreen kiryu & haruto reunion in y9 im gonna fucking lose it

#rambles #yakuza liveblogging

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G e k i g a m i ⚡

#okami #oh fuck yes i loved this one #'tiger that shoots lightning from a bow on its back' goes so incredibly hard

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cant keep playing hades 2 bc i went deathless and got my 5 clears in 5 runs :( truly suffering from success

#rambles #hades 2 #if id known it would actually lock me out from doing more runs after 5 clears i wouldve died on purpose lmao

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folks, we're eatin good in hades 2

thank god for supergiant’s particular brand of extremely buff women

#hades 2 #hades ii #hades 2 spoilers #hades ii spoilers #thank u supergiant for my life

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one of the most infuriating things about becoming an adult is when you realize that it actually is 10x easier to solve problems by making a phone call vs literally any other communication method

#god i hate this shit so much #theyll even let you get your hopes up that you can do shit online/via email/via chat #only to ultimately tell you 'sorry we actually cant do this here- when can we give you a call?' #eat my whole ass!!! what the fuck do you think i can do via a phone call that i cant do via written communication?? #obviously the answer is that companies have invested heavily in phone-based support systems for decades #and theyd rather use what they already have instead of investing in text-based support #aside from slapping an AI chatbot on their support page that can field the most basic of questions #but man. it drives me crazy

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i hope everyone here knows when i say "woe ____ be upon ye" im not saying woe because said thing is bad im saying woe to invoke the image of me throwing whatever im talking about at you eminem style

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If you guys were on here at 11 years old what would you be posting about

#runescape

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#video #dutch? dutch???

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#video #ffxiv #this is immensely high effort good work op

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so when i went through y0-y6 i did basically no side content in the interest of time and i was a bit surprised at how little majima & kiryu actually interacted in the main story, given i knew going in that they are the ship for this series- it made me wonder if this was one of those cases where a ship has not a ton of support in the actual text but has taken on a life of its own among fans

however. im revisiting kiwami 1 and doing the majima everywhere stuff and, yknow. i get it now.

#rambles #yakuza liveblogging #hanging out with your buddy whos dressed in drag and asking him what kind of men he's into is not what i would call 'heterosexual behavior' #nor is inviting your buddy to a strip club that youve rented out for the occasion and greeting him with a pole dance #and saying he 'can touch the dancer all [he] wants' #on a side note i do love that the majima family is just a bunch of fucking clowns- as it should be tbh #also also i went to one of the hostess clubs trying to trigger that majima event and met the hostess who's basically an out lesbian? #and had a convo with her where she talked about her ex who went overseas to get married #and kiryu was like 'damn no same-sex marriage in japan yet huh. that sucks. at least they can be happy elsewhere.' #which was not exactly a revolutionary take in 2016 but it is neat for a game like this to take an explicit stance like that #esp since it would be very easy for gamergate-type dudes to latch on to the hypermasculinity on display in these games and try to coopt it #they still occasionally try from what ive seen on twitter #but its easy enough to find screenshots of kiryu being one of The Allies Of All Time to various gender/sexual minorities to shut them down

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hold the fucking PHONE

who was gonna tell me akiyama's version of baka mitai is absolutely heavenly???

and then who was gonna tell me THIS about his japanese VA??????

#rambles #yakuza liveblogging #im. i dont know what to do with this information. #what the fuck do you MEAN????????? #like. i thought kiryu's version was good. and still do! bc it is! #but holy fuck this dude ate that shit UP