Unskippable: Yakuza 4 - Part 1

[Graham_LRR]

Yakuza 4 - Part 1

Join us for the adventure of a lifetime: Japanese man answers phone!

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[5-0]

Just wow. Something must have gone wrong in translation, there's no way anybody would make a cutscene as banal as that...right? Also kind of ironic that this comes out the same day as Jimquisition releases an episode called "Cutscenes Aren't A Failure State".

 

[Logan Hartke]

"This looks like a job for...More Sleep!"

Cheers,

Logan

 

[Latinidiot]

Oh wow, the sarcasm there almost hurt my face when it hurled so intensly out of my screen.

 

[Square1]

My stomach hurts I was laughing so hard.

Your panel was amazing at PAX East. Keep up the good work!

 

[Simon Leonhart]

Its hilarious when they find a cutscene that they can get genuinely angry at. That was a most enjoyable episode!

 

[Garfy]

The Yakuza games are very deliberately paced Japanese-ass Japanese games.
If you're in the mood for some Sim-Tokyo interspersed with some brutally satisfying face pounding combat then give it a go.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

What gets me is he's able to sleep through the desk phone ringing, but the mobile vibrating wakes him up?

 

[Amgeo]

I'm a big Unskippable fan... but lately, it's been starting to feel less funny than it has been. I liked the idea of what you were doing in this episode, with the faking being tense and excited without any payoff, but I think it might have been funnier if you had pushed it farther. Don't get me wrong; you guys are still funny, and Unskippable is one of my favorite series on the internet.

 

[Eric the Orange]

Why did they Translate "Akiyama San" as "Mr.A". My grasp of Japanese is minimal and even I know that's not right.

 

[Zom-B]

I think the truly banal is Unskippable. Not funny in the least and clearly done by two guys who don't have any interest in a story that isn't paced for the ADHD generation and really don't understand the Yakuza games and why people like them.

I get that this is a humour feature, but when you're as off-base as this, it's just sad. The second time I've checked out Unskippable. I'll probably give it one more go before I write it off completely, but this has got to be one of the lamest Escapist features.

 

[MonkeyPunch]

Biting sarcasm at the end there. I like it.

Talk about ambiguous anti-spam puzzle...

 

[Don Reba]

This reminds me of Shenmue. I love it.

 

[TitanAura]

At least the combat is fun.... too bad you'll have to skip all of it. So much for "Unskippable" eh? HAHA bet you've never heard that one before! I'm so original!

Let it also be known that making an ironic statement like "I'm so original" is also unoriginal as is pointing out that said irony is also unoriginal. I could delve deeper but I won't.

 

[Rakor]

Anyone else get a bit of a Wheatley feeling near the end there?

 

[Tireseas_v1legacy]

Yakuza 4: it's just like real life. Dull, boring, and hoping that you don't get dumped on by your girlfriend and rain.

 

[Graham_LRR]

I think the truly banal is Unskippable. Not funny in the least and clearly done by two guys who don't have any interest in a story that isn't paced for the ADHD generation and really don't understand the Yakuza games and why people like them.

I get that this is a humour feature, but when you're as off-base as this, it's just sad. The second time I've checked out Unskippable. I'll probably give it one more go before I write it off completely, but this has got to be one of the lamest Escapist features.

For what it's worth, we make fun of games I love too. The quality of the game has no relation to whether or not we'll give it a ribbing.

And this has nothing to do with modern attention spans, nothing happens in this scene. It, in keeping with Japanese cinema, is very slowly paced and meanders quite a bit. It's a style I'm not personally a fan of, but that doesn't mean you can't be.

 

[Zom-B]

I think the truly banal is Unskippable. Not funny in the least and clearly done by two guys who don't have any interest in a story that isn't paced for the ADHD generation and really don't understand the Yakuza games and why people like them.

I get that this is a humour feature, but when you're as off-base as this, it's just sad. The second time I've checked out Unskippable. I'll probably give it one more go before I write it off completely, but this has got to be one of the lamest Escapist features.

For what it's worth, we make fun of games I love too. The quality of the game has no relation to whether or not we'll give it a ribbing.

And this has nothing to do with modern attention spans, nothing happens in this scene. It, in keeping with Japanese cinema, is very slowly paced and meanders quite a bit. It's a style I'm not personally a fan of, but that doesn't mean you can't be.

I suppose you can say "nothing happens" in the scene, but it but that doesn't mean it doesn't tell us about the character, set tone and mood and set the story in motion. The fact that for you "nothing happens' just supports my opinion that you can't appreciate something that isn't paced for the ADHD mind set or comprised of flashcuts and shaky cam video.

 

[Biodeamon]

all these bad jokes are making mequesa.