{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "Needed something else to fill the \"keep your thumbs and direction-oriented mind busy\" vidya hole so I got Yakuza 0 on mad cheap...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/190251003348/", "html": "<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"/post/190250909458/\" target=\"_blank\">kontextmaschine</a>:</p><blockquote><p> Needed something else to fill the &ldquo;keep your thumbs and direction-oriented mind busy&rdquo; vidya hole so I got Yakuza 0 on mad cheap discount</p><p>Thoughts:</p><ul><li>Wow, impressively new electronics in 1988 Japan looked like decently new stuff in the 1995 US, huh</li><li>the 0-Kiwami (1 remake) gap of 1988-1995 is interesting and adds depth to my understanding of a period when &ldquo;where&rsquo;s Japan at?&rdquo; really mattered to America</li><li>the karaoke sequences where as they progress Kiryu becomes a player in the 80s-ass music video in his mind are <i>hilarious</i></li><li>reserving judgement on the all-cash advancement system</li><li>In the first shot I noticed how not-ideal Kiryu&rsquo;s tailoring was but dismissed it but then I saw Nishiki&rsquo;s suit and heard him rag Kiryu on it and I realized they really put effort into animating fabric and made it matter</li><li> can&rsquo;t wait to see Majima&rsquo;s outfits</li><li>I was iffy about the Nishiki-Kiryu relationship carrying that weight in retrospect but it works</li><li>The Japanese is laconically simple but idiomatic enough that hearing it while reading a subtitle translation is really interesting, probably levels up my Japanese a bit, but more than that I can actually appreciate the more &ldquo;actorly&rdquo; delivery of cadence and character</li></ul></blockquote>\n<p>Oh also: the way that cutscenes are 3D animated without their lips moving but <i>with </i>subtle facial shifts timed to the dialogue: <b>really interesting</b></p>"}