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Shotgunnova posted...

Writing. The dialogue is mediocre and -- now that I've written a game script for this site -- you can go back and look at how bad it is. Lots of hemming and hawing, stuttering, choppy nonsense, etc. It all winds up passable, but I'd hope they'd do way better on a sequel. I can definitely see how many people hated all the characters, though. I was okay with most of 'em, but got a little annoyed by certain aspects, like Rikki constantly snooping every time you tried to do something on your own. Iron Mike was pretty great overall, however, so he might wind up being my fave character. (O'Brian was good, too, and didn't deserve most of the hate he got.)

As for Boozeman, I personally enjoyed him. He was way better pre-Lost Lake, though, because he mellowed out afterwards and got kinda bland. The part where you blow up the reservoir and drown the Rippers was badass, though -- maybe the most badass moment in the entire game. And I was glad to have Boozer there to enjoy it.

I honestly just wanted more Boozer throughout the game. Boozer kicking Deeks ass with one arm was a great moment. The one you mentioned in tags was incredible. And honestly, I loved Boozer's jokes, despite losing his arm.

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RedJackson posted...

I was so ready to buy this game and could never really settle on whether or not to pull the trigger, some people say it really, REALLY sucks and others say its really, REALLY just okay

I do know in my heart that I wanted to see a Six Flags sized wave pool of zombies coming at me.. but that hasnt convinced me yet >_>

If you have a good PC, grab it on PC, if you grab it at all, and make sure you have an SSD. I really would say pull the trigger and then give it a good 5 hours. This is what I did. Almost dropped it at the beginning too. The beginning is SLOWWWWW but it does pick up. I'm glad I stuck with it. Seeing and fighting my first horde was the thing that just amped me and then there's this Sawmill...

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Doe posted...

I laughed when there's that long opening cinematic setting up the player fighting their way out of their building while the helicopter departs, only for the game to immediately timeskip to a random point in the future instead

This was actually annoying af for me too. Same thing for any flashbacks. Story and exposition in the flashbacks was solid. The lack of gameplay attached to them was a big missed opportunity

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Lairen posted...

They made a big deal about him looking for his wife. They really act like hes crazy and shes surely dead. When he finds her it seems like a huge under reaction. No ones too shocked or surprised and they act very normal versus so glad to see each other again. They really built up people doubting her still being alive yet really underreact compared to the build up. Its not the biggest deal but seemed weird.

I respectfully disagree with this point. Deek was certainly the only one really looking for his wife and going stir crazy over it. Boozer was just trying to keep Deek alive. In fact, Boozer was one of the few things keeping Deek alive, and it mentioned in the game. But Boozer also wanted Deek to move on. When Deek finally possessed evidence that Sarah was still alive, and then told Boozer, Boozer did nothing but support him, despite his earlier scene 10 hours prior of getting Deek to say "she is dead".
Other than Boozer, no one else really needed a reaction. Rikki maybe.

When they saw each other again, they had to be quiet and play it safe, since this new camp had a policy against fraternization. Also, Kouri had Deeks Ring. Deek was still very skeptical about why his wife gave the ring to Kouri. However the scenes that follow... the tension between them two (Deek and Sarah) just gets stronger and stronger, until finally, they are ready to go AWOL together after fucking in a cabin.

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ArianaGrandSlam posted...

I dont like the main storyline and find all the characters completely unlikeable, especially Boozer, but once you get into the horde fights its some serious fun

:(. I love Boozer. I also really like Deek too.

The horde stuff is what gets me going. I tihnk about 20 of my 100 hours was just out driving around looking for hordes unknowingly doing it almost for nothing since some hordes don't spawn until you complete certain story quests

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Shotgunnova posted...

However, the dialogue is pathetically amateurish

In terms of acting or writing? I personally thought the acting was on point for about the entire game, with the exception of survivors you find and save throughout the world.

Writing I can totally feel your grievances. It felt off to me in a few places, but I overall still loved it. I just wish They didn't go full happy ending in a couple areas, like Boozer. I thought that was really dumb (his sacrifice), both in execution and how he survived. But it also might've been the fact that at that part of the game they just jumped from one cutscene to the next without the player getting the option to travel from point A to point B with character dialogue in between, you know, like they did for the entire game before this section.

Budget must've been getting tight.

And I lied about being halfway through. I actually just beat it a few moments ago prior to posting this. I'm always concerned people post spoilers without marking them like this and didn't want another user who might be interested in the game to stumble upon a spoiler.

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Strider102 posted...

It's a shame a sequel got shot down by Sony.

Yeah. Rumors are circling that it may have a chance getting back after the PC release but nothing definitive. I'm hoping for it now

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Lairen posted...

Its only good. Theres a plot point later i didnt enjoy.

Was it Boozer related or was it O'Brian related?

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I never touched this game because of bad initial reception, and I know the launch was buggy, but I'm about halfway through (I think) the PC version and my LORD it has been fantastic. There are still bugs but nothing overwhelming like in your standard Bethesda game from 10 years ago. A floating item here and there.

Can't believe I was not only hesitant to grab it on Steam but for how long I've waited to play it

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I chose blind strictly because of ff12 hunts. That one effect was semi mandatory for the early game "hard" hunts.

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I havent read the topic but has anyone made the music joke yet?

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Umbreon posted...

That's news to me as well. I remember kids doing stupid things back in my day, and I certainly did some of them, but choking wasn't one of them.

Erotic asphyxiation is the only thing that comes to mind for me. So much so South Park made that joke about it (batman suit while jerking and hanging yourself for a WICKED orgasm).

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mustachedmystic posted...

You missed out on being stupid? That's a shame./s

That's why now, in my 30s, I'm learning how stupid works! Better late than never

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Umbreon posted...

I thought choking yourself to death wasn't possible unless you tied something around your neck or something.

Possible he had Asthma or even Sleep Apnea? I was under the same assumption as you. Although the article doesn't seem to mention how he choked himself. Maybe he did tie something around his neck

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ThePrinceFish posted...

Kids have been choking themselves into unconsciousness for fun since before social media so this is less a social media issue and more of a stupid child issue. Though I guess the social media probably makes it worse.

I was sheltered as a child. Did I miss out?

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I know what I want to say but I probably shouldn't say it.

Sad though :(

I remember the condom eating challenge and how weird that one was. Then it became tide pods and now this. Suddenly eating condoms doesn't seem as weird. Still weird, just not as weird.

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Shotgunnova posted...

xd

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I just started it after finishing Kiwami 2 (playing through the series).

Combat closely resembles Yakuza 0 and Kiwami 1, albeit less polished, and Dragon Form. Story so far is on par with the rest of the series. I'm in chapter 3 and I really dig it. Just have to get by the animation changes from 11ish years ago. I have heard though that it's probably the worst in the series. I'm playing it on Normal, where as I usually play on Hard and I plan on busting through the story...

I just love Koi Koi and Mahjong though...so I still play those

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It's Bowser, hands down.

He's very good early when you grab him. By the end game he's replaceable with literally anyone. Including Mallow

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Okay, it's really fucking annoying but

nuke.message('<a href='link'><font color = '+color+'>name of link</font></a>)

...worked. I could not put a color in the font color field for some reason, so I had to create a variable with the color instead. Which honestly, is what I should be doing anyway, but I'm curious why sticking "yellow" in there didn't work.

Now I have to copy and paste this 1000 times.

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CommonStar posted...

can't you just add the style attribute in the html line and set it to a hex color?

Style doesn't work in Nuke's HTML. Or I should say it doesn't work in this context. Did try it.

TeaMilk posted...

wtf is nuke

Compositing program. Like After Effects except it's node based instead of layer based

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Cant seem to change the damn font color of an HTML link.

nuke.message('<a href='link'>)

Putting font color in front doesn't change them because it's a hyperlink. Am I screwed?

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Okay I figured it out. It wasn't ".name" after operation, it was ".value"

Each operation (over, atop, soft-light, etc.) is counted as an integer. Now I can finish this damn work script.

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I have no idea if Python and Nuke's Python are the same. Someone hit me up.

for node in nuke.allNodes():
if node.Class() == 'Merge2':
print node['operation'].name()

What I want is the actual operation of the node, which would be "atop, over, soft-light, etc." however it just prints "Operation" over and over and over again.



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3 >>>>>>> 1 > 2 >>>>>> The Last Jedi

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KiwiTerraRizing posted...

Never take opioids unless absolutely necessary. I hate those fucking things.

Ditto. 10mg of Oxy 3 times a day during my rotator cuff recovery. On that third month my Dr said I can taper or just stop and experience the shits for a couple days. I took the shits route. Was prescribed Clonodine to help with the side effects but I have no idea if it did anything. Felt like I had the worst kind of Flu for 3 straight days. I can't imagine someone coming off Heroine.

While the bliss and euphoria was great, it'll never be as worth it to go through that shit again. I'll take crippling back pain over that hangover

Tyranthraxus posted...

My father had this exact same issue. While what ScarfForLife said about one surgery becoming multiple is kinda true, my father did opt for the surgery route and he's better than ever.

Based on what Pie said, it's on my radar, but only if the pain spreads into my legs. For now, going full PT route. Strengthening my Abs and Glutes.

Mike Xtreme posted...

I also have a herniated L4. They suggested surgery as well but I refused and just did PT. 20+ years later it's fine 95% of the time unless I do something stupid.

Really think about spinal surgery before you do it

Holy shit this brings me hope. How long did it take you to get to the 95% fine time?

And if you're willing, can you define "do something stupid" ?

@Mike_Xtreme

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OMNl posted...

Don't get the epidural. Seriously every women I know who had back pain and got a epidural bitchs about it for decades as if that moment ruined their life. (Talking 5+ women here)

Wasn't planning on it, but thanks for the info. Gonna definitely pass on it now.

ThePieReborn posted...

I feel you. I had a herniated disc at the L4-L5 vertebra due to a weight training accident (lost my balance while squatting and tried to recover rather than let it go). After years of PT and drugs not doing anything for relief, had a discectomy (sp?) and spinal fusion.

The pain is less (still hurts with specific movements, especially if I've been sitting for a while), but it's manageable. I can feel the reduced range of motion, but I've been attempting to get back into weight training again and I can squat so long as I'm mindful of my form.

Take care of yourself though. The pain (the shooting down the leg nerve pain especially, if that comes to pass) can be rough as you've experienced, so just be mindful and eventually you'll innately figure out what triggers it and adjust accordingly. It's not a pleasant adjustment, but I'm hoping you at least can be comfortable.

Calmed down a bit now. Earlier when the doc told me, I swear he might as well have said I had cancer, even though it's not even close. All I want to do is be able to run and play Ultimate again. Right now, neither of those are an option as the pain just gets too unbearable.

Happy to know you can still work out though, even after the disc removal. That brings me a bit of hope if I ever need to get mine removed.

ScarfForLife posted...

Check out a book called "healing back pain" by John Sarno.

I was told I had 2 herniated discs in 2013 and they said I needed surgery. I decided not to do it because my wife was pregnant, I had just gotten a new job and we just bought our first house.

The book helped me. And I've known multiple people who got surgeries. From what I gather. One surgery leads to many surgeries.

Worth a shot. Goodluck.

I'll check it out. Thanks

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Xray. MRI. L4 disc is fucked. It's also putting pressure on the L4 Nerve. Dr said they can do an epidural which will help with the pain over a short period but won't promote much healing. Physical therapy being the next best option, which over time will help with pain and some healing, but there will always be points (he said) where it's going to flare up.

No pain in my legs as of now, but if at some point in the future the pain does start spreading to my legs, then I'll have to have surgery and get the disc removed. Right now, not necessary.

He then mentioned the use of opiates in the longterm, but not needed right now. I really want to avoid painkillers at all cost. Coming off those fuckers via my rotator cuff recovery was a nightmare. Granted I probably wouldn't be coming off of them but I'd rather not deal with their longterm side effects regardless.

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I woke up to my cat scratching my wall because she was hungry

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CyricZ posted...

Having Red Dora on means any of those Red 5s are additional Dora at the end of a hand.

I always have Red Dora on just to get higher scores and make things interesting.

I see, Thanks!

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Okay, those are just 5s. I feel silly. Just different looking 5s.

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Okay, what the heck is this card:



I entered the first tournament and this red 5 bamboo just appeared.

EDIT: A red 5 Circle just appeared as well. Center looked like a Flower

EDIT 2: Appears to be all 5s

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ScrubIt posted...

Ah, actually I made a mistake. Like CyricZ said for the dora (bonus piece) it's not the tile displayed that you need, but the tile +1. Sorry.

And to add to the Riichi explanation, you can only declare riichi if none of your tiles are exposed. Your tile gets exposed if you steal another players tile (in the game, your set will be moved to the right of the screen indicating you have an exposed tile).

Just figured that out. I was staring at the screen and I was like "I literally have Riichi, why can't I declare it" and assumed it was because I had 2 exposed sets.

dammit lol

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CyricZ posted...

Those ten tiles are called the "dead wall", and it's because they aren't playable in the hand. The revealed tile is the "dora indicator". It indicates which tile is "dora", which is always the tile displayed incremented by one, so in this case, the tile that's "dora" is the two of dots.

Riichi can only be declared when your hand is in "tenpai". Tenpai basically means you're one tile away from having a winning hand; out of the four sets and a pair that you need to win, you're only missing one tile.

In Yakuza games, to declare Riichi, you have to tap Square. That brings up the "declaration" options in general, and if you tap Square and can't declare anything, then there's nothing to display, but if you can, "Riichi" will appear. Select that and you'll bet 1000 points that you'll win the hand (whoever wins the hand takes those points). This locks your hand and you won't be able to make any changes other than draw and discard the tiles you draw until the one you need appears, either from a draw you get (tsumo), or in another player's last discard (ron).

If you want to watch me play some hands, check this:

https://youtu.be/4-B_HmdQMgo

Awesome, thank you!

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ScrubIt posted...

The pieces in the middle are "bonus" tiles. If you win and one of your pieces match a bonus tile in the middle, you will get a bonus to your winnings.

The cardinal directions are known as "winds". There is the seat wind, which is the wind assigned to each character (yours is West) and the round wind, which is the one in the middle (East, in this case). You can make a set(3 tiles) with any of the winds, but if your set matches either your seat wind or the round wind, then you get a bonus if you win.

Finally, points are awarded based on how you win. If you win with "Tsumo" (drawing a tile from the deck) then everyone who loses splits the loss evenly. If you win by "Ron", (drawing a tile from a player's discard pile) you take your winnings from only that player's stash.

It's been a while since I played so my terminology might not be 100% accurate but hopefully this helps. I'm sure CyricZ will be around soon to correct any mistakes (he makes amazing guides for Yakuza, I'd consult them if you want to learn more)

This is great info, thank you!

@CyricZ Apologies if you dislike this tag. If you have more info to provide, shoot it. I think I now have a solid grasp of the game.

The only thing left to grasp is declaring Riichi. I understand you do it at a risk to get more points, but I've currently never had the opportunity to declare it, so I'm assuming you need a special reason to do so, a reason which Yakuza doesn't explain too well.

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Yakuza Like a Dragon.

I have the basic rules down, there are just a few things I don't understand I think to really get me rolling.



What is the stuff in the middle, such as the exposed (terminal, One?) piece, along with 4 other non-revealed pieces.

What is the N S E W for each player and why does it rotate?

And finally, what determines who takes points from who? I've noticed whether it be myself winning a round or the NPCs, points are not always deducted from every player.

EDIT: I have done some googling, but google is returning just WAY too much information for the questions I'm asking, or outright the wrong info (wrong because google thinks I'm searching for something else).

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Nothing anymore. My shoulder is fucked

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I kind of want to answer one of these and just mess with the scammers for as long as I can

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Come on down Moses.

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tote_all posted...

That would be one edge and one face/surface. Side is an ambiguous word but that don't mean you can use it to mean both edge and face on the same sentence!

D:

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If looking at it from the top, it could be a Cylinder.

2 sides. Final answer.

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I owed $2. I feel you TC.

I had to spend $20 to efile that $2

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I love it!

What made you choose this design? Don't forget to spoiler it if needed lol

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Spooking posted...

I suggest putting your phone on speaker (if you have it) and doing other s*** until they get to you.

Thats what I did. They finally picked up. The wait times are ridiculous.

My package was set to arrive on monday at 8pm and now, on Wednesday, it's somehow in a completely different state and there is no posted time when it might arrive.

Im trying to fix my damn shower.

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the line. Your call will be answered shortly.

59 minutes and counting.

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I've played 2. I aint leaving....yet

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Come to Atlanta. We can hang. Cool people from CE come here a lot too.

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I live in Georgia, so...maybe?

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So is this the equivilent of whiskey dick for females? Minus any Whiskey

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