if david cage was japanese the cynical witty gamer crowd would definitely dislike him less

stuff like indigo prophecy going full matrix would likely have been viewed as more charming than stupid

Nagoshi said embarrassing shit but ppl still act like he's badass. he made amazing stuff in the past but come on; praising the shitty new localization team while not even knowing english, 180ing completely on his "we won't pander to the west" claim, making Yakuza a turn based RPG

haven't gotten into the series yet but ppl talking about Saints Row getting super wackyzany over time and losing its initial identity sounds very similar to Yakuza. compare the tone of to Yakuza 1 and 2 to Majima doing wacky Devil May Cry attacks, summoning lobsters etc in 7

not meant to be an example of that, just saying that it goes against the established tone

the west pandering is deciding what to do based on what would upset Americans + the localization comments https://twitter.com/allthatipossess/status/1313926348470136832