Current Events > Yakuza games really nail the look/architecture, huh?

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Callimbmachus
05/01/21 2:03:33 PM
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https://i.imgur.com/cmQXoIo.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/2iguH1K.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/3NLHsvI.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/zt0xh4u.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/0bKrWOg.jpg

looking at these cramped urban settings is actually depressing, even though they seem like interesting places. i don't know how to articulate it but how jam packed with signs and lights and buildings and people, it just depresses me. the one with the slide and patch of playground with the urban sprawl in the background almost makes me wanna cry

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KStateKing17
05/01/21 2:05:16 PM
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I legit thought that first photo was an image from the series.

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Damn_Underscore
05/01/21 2:10:38 PM
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You should play Shenmue.

But I totally disagree with your outlook on these. That type of architecture/city design is cool and unique to the region as well.

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andrewl923
05/01/21 2:15:28 PM
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Callimbmachus posted...
https://i.imgur.com/cmQXoIo.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/2iguH1K.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/3NLHsvI.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/zt0xh4u.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/0bKrWOg.jpg

looking at these cramped urban settings is actually depressing, even though they seem like interesting places. i don't know how to articulate it but how jam packed with signs and lights and buildings and people, it just depresses me. the one with the slide and patch of playground with the urban sprawl in the background almost makes me wanna cry

I mean, you're showing photos of area where businesses and restaurants are. I don't know where you live in, but those tend to be the place where there are the most people. If you want quiet areas, maybe you check out residential areas.


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smoke_break
05/01/21 2:22:08 PM
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Depressing...?

I don't follow. I have the opposite reaction, the cramped streets and buildings makes everything feel more "homely."

I say this just having looked at pictures though. I might think differently if I ever get a chance to visit Japan.

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Error1355
05/01/21 2:35:42 PM
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They based Kamurocho on Tokyo's Kabukicho district. (Based on what Google told me lol)

This page is cool too:

https://blog.gaijinpot.com/yakuza-series-locations-in-real-life/

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Lost_All_Senses
05/01/21 2:37:46 PM
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I don't like cramped areas either. I feel you TC. I like living in a city where I get the sidewalk to myself. I can't imagine having a dog there. Everyone would be accidentally stepping on it probably.

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Callimbmachus
05/01/21 2:41:18 PM
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Error1355 posted...
They based Kamurocho on Tokyo's Kabukicho district. (Based on what Google told me lol)

This page is cool too:

https://blog.gaijinpot.com/yakuza-series-locations-in-real-life/
i google imaged yakuza irl and it looks like a bunch of the images come from this webpage actually

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Damn_Underscore
05/01/21 2:44:40 PM
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I really wish I could have visited Kowloon Walled City

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq4jAwPdCMw

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Callimbmachus
05/01/21 2:46:44 PM
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Speaking of, whatever happened to that kitty cat game where you explore Kowloon? I haven't heard anything regarding it in years

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spikethedevil
05/01/21 2:56:27 PM
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Its because the areas in game are either based on or are just flat out real locations.

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Sayoria
05/01/21 2:59:22 PM
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Yakuza is such an underrated series.

Also

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUnhiHLMy_Q

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smoke_break
05/01/21 3:00:49 PM
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ArianaGrandSlam posted...
https://twitter.com/kaorugans0/status/1290967203278290944?s=21
This video is awesome, lol.

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RchHomieQuanChi
05/01/21 3:01:24 PM
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I actually think this is pretty cool looking scenery, and I'm someone who hates driving down the road and seeing fifty million signs plastered everywhere

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Callimbmachus
05/01/21 3:05:13 PM
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spikethedevil posted...
Its because the areas in game are either based on or are just flat out real locations.
I'm just so impressed at how good a job the devs did

RchHomieQuanChi posted...
I actually think this is pretty cool looking scenery, and I'm someone who hates driving down the road and seeing fifty million signs plastered everywhere
it's definitely cool. and some part of me does want to live there, somehow. but if i think about it for a few minutes it just makes me sad

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Sayoria
05/01/21 3:07:27 PM
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smoke_break posted...
This video is awesome, lol.

Holy shit, that video is very old too. I remember seeing it probably 10 years ago. Damnnnnn.

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Irony
05/01/21 3:12:41 PM
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https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMe4FmXST/

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Musidora
05/01/21 3:21:50 PM
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I get a similar feeling but not sure if it's for the same reason. It's a cool aesthetic and I really enjoyed what I played of the Yakuza games, the location played a big part. There's also something mentally draining about it all and these locations are designed to suck money out of people, there's also how cramped it all is. I get a sadness from mega commercial urban locations even if I often appreciate how they look.
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spikethedevil
05/01/21 3:22:40 PM
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Callimbmachus posted...
I'm just so impressed at how good a job the devs did

it's definitely cool. and some part of me does want to live there, somehow. but if i think about it for a few minutes it just makes me sad

Oh yeah it is definitely very impressive.


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KStateKing17
05/01/21 4:16:01 PM
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Imagine the cost to rent those master bedroom sized spaces.

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