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Yakuza 3 Players Say A Lot More Was Cut Than Hostess Bars

Sega has made cuts to the Western version of gangland brawler Yakuza 3. The publisher says that hostess bars are gone. People playing the game say a lot more than that is missing.

Sega's official message board for the site is home to complaints from early-bird purchasers of the game, who say that along with the hostess bars and Japanese trivia quiz, scores of other content is missing, including Mah-jong games and, more importantly, scores of the game's side missions.

DigitalAnalog5174d ago

I..I...really don't know what to say. I'm still buying the game though OUT OF RELUNCTANCY.

-END RANT

andron5174d ago

If you really want the full japanese experience you can always import it.

And if you read further on the cuts on the forum, there's been 15 of 123 side missions cut. So there's still a lot of content there. I doubt many will see it all. I never got to see all of the first Yakuza...

SuicidalTendencies5174d ago

I played the game for the first time when I downloaded the demo. I got instant Shenmue nostalgia and decided I was going to buy it. I don't really care what was cut cause I enjoyed the gameplay.

muddygamesite5173d ago

I will Still be buying this game, but I must say I am very dissapointed with SEGA lately. The simple reason is this: I AM STILL WAITING FOR NEWS ON VIRTUA FIGHTER 5:R. i HAVE WAITED TOO LONG FOR AN ANNOUNCEMENT SEGA. PLEASE MAKE IT HAPPEN. I CANNOT BEAR TO PLAY TEKKEN ANYMORE!!

Michael-Jackson5173d ago (Edited 5173d ago )

There's no point of waiting for Virtua Fighter 5:R because they announced another revision last month, Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown for the arcade. Maybe there's a better chance of this revision coming to consoles but I still can't see it happening, imo.

_vx5173d ago

i dont really understand why japans like to cut sh!t if the game is rated 18+???
i mean look we have GOW3/ Heavy rain and so on with fully naked women, sex scenes, and other 18+ contents ,, :(

andron5173d ago

We don't know for sure why it was cut, but it was definitely not for censorship reasons.

There was a lot to translate in this game so Sega dropped some side missions and a hostess mode. Some has suggested they didn't have the rights to use the likeness of some models outside Japan as one reason.

It's too bad, but there is still a lot of content in the game, more than most...

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Microsoft once tried to nab LittleBigPlanet from Sony after a few drinks

It turns out that many moons ago, Microsoft once had its eye on the Sony published LittleBigPlanet series.

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XiNatsuDragnel1d 20h ago

Microsoft had a good idea but fumbled it again.

Cacabunga14h ago(Edited 14h ago)

Project Spark idea was decent but they quickly gave up ..
LBP was wonderful

ApocalypseShadow1d 8h ago

Microsoft in a nutshell. Always tried to poach Sony employees, games, 3rd party games and devices like the depth camera that was turned into Kinect but was running on PS2 before Xbox 360. Wouldn't be surprised they wanted LBP. Just like they worked behind the scenes pushing the MLB to bring Sony's baseball game to Xbox instead of making their own.
https://www.playstationlife...

They didn't spend years trying to develop their own baseball game. They wanted Sony's game.

They're scum.

Zachmo18213h ago

Microsoft didn't force MLB on Xbox. MLB gave Sony 2 options either go multiplat or risk losing the license.

Rynxie3h ago

And why do you think MLB said that? I believe Ms approached MLB.

ApocalypseShadow2h ago(Edited 2h ago)

Totally ridiculous comment.

The only exclusivity Sony had was to their own creation of The Show. Microsoft could have paid the MLB for the license just like Sony did and made their own baseball game.

Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox. They're worth 3 TRILLION dollars. You think that's not enough money to make their own baseball game? Don't be delusional.

Microsoft spun it like they always do and told the media that they had to trust Sony with their hardware. After they put Sony in that position of not having a choice. Either go multiplatform or stop making one of their successful games. That's a no win scenario.

And what did Microsoft do? They didn't try to sell the game to the Xbox community. They put it on game pass to hurt Sony. Pushing the idea of why buy games that are $70 when you can play them in their cheap service for $10. It was a dirty tactic.

You fell for the Kool aid drink Microsoft served you instead of spitting it out. Hope it tasted good because you were fooled by Phil and the gang.

OtterX16h ago

"However, Healey said Media Molecule wouldn't have felt right doing that, adding it would have been "morally corrupt"."

Major kudos to Media Molecule for being an upright studio with principles.

Tody_za15h ago(Edited 15h ago)

Great, more stories like this please. Show the last of the zombies holding the line what we've been saying for years: Microsoft is anti competition, anti industry and has no interest in making games at all.

But hey, at least there's an Xbox Games Showcase to look forward to, right?

Inverno14h ago

Well considering SONY just killed the series, LBP would've been dead by now either way. Though MM probably wouldn't exist by now either, so I'm glad they stayed with SONY, hopefully they don't get shut down any time soon or ever honestly.

Inverno12h ago

They shut down the servers, that's millions of user created levels gone. That and dead are pretty much the same, it's also been years since 3 and they cancelled HUB soooo.

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Interview on Fallout 4 with the Actor for Nick Valentine, Codsworth & Mr Handy (Stephen Russell)

Interview with Stephen Russell, Actor for (Nick Valentine, Codsworth, My Handy) in Fallout 4 which is a vast open world role playing game set in the apocalyptic wastes of Boston, the Commonwealth. The career goes further with other Bethesda games from Starfield to Prey to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

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Rocksmith+ Comes To PS And Steam In June

This looks like a great way to play.
Rocksmith+, the award winning music-learning app that teaches you guitar and piano with thousands of hit songs, is coming to PlayStation and Steam on June 6, and is available to wishlist now on both platforms.