Topic: Yakuza 3 reviewed by actual members of the yakuza

[Align]

http://www.boingboing.net/2010/08/10/yakuza-3-review.html
Deserves its own thread for being so dang interesting.

Posted on: 2010-08-10, 23:42:37

S: I don't know any ex-yakuza running orphanages.
K: There was one a few years ago. A good guy.
M: You sure it wasn't just a tax shelter?
K: Sure it was a tax shelter but he ran it like a legitimate thing. You know

Anyone else think of Pulp Fiction or the like?

[Romantic Fool]

I was thinking Tarantino too when I was reading through the whole thing. Haha, it was pretty cool.

[Bueno Excelente]

Gotta love how the game manages to be pretty damn realistic.

[Kieran]

That's pretty amusing.

Then again, videogames are so ingrained in Japanese society, I'd be surprised if that guy HADN'T managed to convince those three yakuza to play the game.

[Fxeni]

That was an awesome read. It's nice to hear that they got things pretty accurately for the most part (although not perfect by any means). No surprise about the fighting in the game not being realistic though, that's to be expected

[HokutoNoBen]

Well, honestly, it shouldn't be too surprising. Real life Yakuza have been praising the RGG/Yakuza series for a while now, ever since the original games on PS2. This is just likely the first article of its type that English users can understand.

In the end, RGG does a great job of being a video game version of a Yakuza-themed Miike film. It's got some stuff that's definitely pretty out there (transforming buildings and PUNCHING TIGERS IN THE FACE, any one? ), but deep down, it tells a story of the classical, nobel Yakuza that really don't exist any more.

[Flame]

Haha, wow. That was a fun read.

[Bueno Excelente]

In the end, RGG does a great job of being a video game version of a Yakuza-themed Miike film.

Other way around?

[Kieran]

deep down, it tells a story of the classical, nobel Yakuza that really don't exist any more.

Noble, you mean.  But yes, the yakuza playing it seemed to be nostalgic for that classical noble yakuza.

[borockman]

That is indeed a nice read, in more than one way. One of the best text format I've ever seen.

[HokutoNoBen]

Other way around?

No, I meant what I said. The RGG series started as a video game series. The movie adaptation by Miike came afterward.

[Bueno Excelente]

No, I meant what I said. The RGG series started as a video game series. The movie adaptation by Miike came afterward.

"Video game version of a Yakuza-themed Miike film" kinda means the contrary to me, seeing as you mean the game's a "version" of a film. Unless you meant the film when you said RGG. Which, being the name of the saga, gets confusing.

Ironic that the only excellent and amazing videogame movie so far is the one nobody knows exists.

[HokutoNoBen]

"Video game version of a Yakuza-themed Miike film" kinda means the contrary to me, seeing as you mean the game's a "version" of a film. Unless you meant the film when you said RGG. Which, being the name of the saga, gets confusing.

No, what I meant was more along the lines of "thematically, the RGG game series basically has more in common with the likes of Miike's Yakuza themed movies". That much can be evident, seeing how the game series does a lot to invoke a bizarre sense of humor, matched with hard-boiled action-drama. Again, not unlike many of Miike and other various directors' work in this same vein. 

[Phi]

Nice read!

Ironically, the sections that Shirokawa seemed to enjoy the most were cut out of the US version: mahjong, the sexual massage parlor, and the hostess clubs. After I explain to him what Sega cut from the US version, he said: アメリカ版を買った奴がかわいそうだ。セガＵＳＡが最低だね.(Translation: I feel sorry for the people who bought the American version. SEGA USA sucks.)