[quote name='alivetilldawn']So we all need to head what the mainstream desires? I will agree with you that I am a niche player, good point, but this game appeals to that kind of player. Your average halo fanboy isn't going to buy this game, so why should I sacrifice so that they can like it more? I will buy this game, I just want to be able to do what I want to in the game. If you don't want to do what was cut, then don't, but allow others to play how they wish. Just because you think something is stupid doesn't mean others do as well, so let us enjoy our freedom, and the enjoyment of that does include boycotting a game so that we can leverage to have content restored you wouldn't take the time of day to enjoy anyway. It's almost reminiscent of the mako argument when mass effect 2 came out.[/QUOTE]
Now to show that I can discuss stuff without being a prick.
We don't all need to head towards mainstream desires. Of course not. But man, come on, lets be fair. 20,000 was a piss poor number of sales for Yakuza 2. Should Sega aim to repeat those sales?
At the very least, I understand why those things were taken out of Yakuza 3. Can you understand why they did it?
There really is a snowball effect of outrage here where a lot of people are so busy being outraged, they've forgotten to contemplate whether they should be angry or care in the first place. They've simply stopped being reasonable.
Okay. Fair enough. You wanted to play Mahjong in Yakuza 3? Fine. I'll give you that. But in general, of all the gamers you meet in real life, not just you have similar tastes as. How many of them would genuinely want to play Mahjong?
http://www.goriya.com/flash/mahjong.shtml
Pass that link around. Go ahead. Everyone who is upset. Go ahead. Click on that. Play a game. Is that generally worth all the outrage? I personally don't believe it is. I would be much more upset if they were taking moves or storylines out of the game.
[quote name='Razzuel']I just wanted to point out that you are referring to Mahjong Solitaire. Real Mahjong is played with four players and it shares some similarities with Rummy. The Yakuza games have a mini-game where you play real Mahjong, and there really isn't any other video game in North America that lets you play Mahjong. The only version of Mahjong that you see in North America is Mahjong solitaire, which is completely different from the real Mahjong.
I play the Yakuza games for the story, the action, and the Japanese culture. By removing the hostess club management mini-game, Shogi, and Mahjong, there's less Japanese culture in the game. The Yakuza games are as close to Japan as I can get without actually going there, so I would very much like to have all of the elements in the game, and that is regardless of the fact that I just hate when media is edited or cut.[/QUOTE]
Now. Let me ask you this.
If by cutting the material out, the game is made into a better experience for the majority of American/Western gamers, was it the right choice?
I also didn't know about Mahjong being a four-player game.
Let me ask. How much effort would it have taken on the game developers part to bring American players up to speed on playing a four-player gamer on four player Mahjong? What if the budget Sega gave the team doing the American release wasn't enough to be able to program and bring American players up to speed to play the game? Should they have not bothered to bring the game over at all?
Now imagine you're playing the game, and I'm not sure how they introduce the Mahjong in the game, but what if you're suddenly thrown into a game of Mahjong without being taught how to play it? Isn't that a bit of a gamebreaker?