At this point I'd settle for fucking Laser Blast

" As long as Ryan isn't in control. Oh man, he makes the worst decisions!     Yes ->No  Choosing to go back and do one of the longest, most boring and pointless substories.  Not getting into a fight in a game where the crux is beating guys up.  Not walking into a hostess club? "

Would love this

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                    @Shirogane said:

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                    As long as Ryan isn't in control. Oh man, he makes the worst decisions!     Yes ->No  Choosing to go back and do one of the longest, most boring and pointless substories.  Not getting into a fight in a game where the crux is beating guys up.  Not walking into a hostess club?

                   

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What the hell? I love those slow ass conversations, voiced or not. It makes me want to play the game, just like the Yakuza 3 QL did, but then I am reminded by the demo, of the shitty combat system.

                   

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No, first of all the GB crew can't even say the name of the game right. Second, the game is boring as hell. 

" @Grissefar said:

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                    @Shirogane said:

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                    As long as Ryan isn't in control. Oh man, he makes the worst decisions!     Yes ->No  Choosing to go back and do one of the longest, most boring and pointless substories.  Not getting into a fight in a game where the crux is beating guys up.  Not walking into a hostess club?

                   

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What the hell? I love those slow ass conversations, voiced or not. It makes me want to play the game, just like the Yakuza 3 QL did, but then I am reminded by the demo, of the shitty combat system.

                   

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Oh well, you'll love the game then. That particular conversation with the Shiobara dude was one of the less interesting ones.  Oh and the combat system is far more fun when you get Infinite Heat. Constant Heat actions is just....ya, evil. "

I would love to see it. There certainly is enough persona 4 esque silliness, not to mention the story is damn good. That said, what we want to see doesn't matter nearly as much as what they want to do(pretty much at all really). Combined with the crew having to want to get into another jrpg again, one must also consider that the game came to NA not that long ago. The game is not some shadowy cult hit that people are ignoring either.  I'm fairly sure Jeff said that they would not do an endurance run that could hurt a game. Maybe a year from now, when it would breathe new life into sales. I would certainly love to see it. Got the game a week ago and defiantly recommend it.

I think Yakuza 4 would be great for an ER, and I'm sad that they'll probably pass on it because they seem to have made up their mind to never do another Endurance Run again. I've played through Yakuza 4 already so it wouldn't bring me the same level of enjoyment the other ERs have, but I still think it would be great. Really any of the Yakuza games would make for great ERs, save maybe the first one.

Yakuza 1 has a pretty good plot, and being dubbed might help some people get into it, but it has clunky and frustrating combat that I wouldn't want them to have to put themselves through considering how adverse they are to the concept of another Endurance Run. 3 had some really awesome moments but overall the story isn't very good and has some major plotholes, and it wouldn't give us the chance to see the GB crew completely baffled by hostess clubs. It also starts out significantly slower than any of the other Yakuza games, but Persona 4 starts out with like five hours of hitting X to go through dialog boxes, and I don't think I need to explain why that's significant. Still, Yakuza 3 is probably the weakest game in the series. Yakuza 2 is my personal favorite game of the series because I think it has by far the best plot of the series, but 4 would be my second choice. 4 has the best combat in the series, the plot is decent enough, the whole four playable characters thing is really neat since everyone has their own style of combat, and they did a good job refining a lot of stuff that was clunky and unintuitive in previous games.

I'm sure as hell not going to play it, but I wouldn't mind seeing the crew give it a shot.

" I'm sure as hell not going to play it, but I wouldn't mind seeing the crew give it a shot.

That being said I imagine they would want to be killing themselves the entire time, so no.

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" I don't think it's the right fit. It's not weird enough.  "

yakuza is  a game series where you simultaneously punch two tigers in a golden tower filled with samurai

How you can think its good after seeing something like this? MANLY SINGING!

" yakuza is  a game series where you simultaneously punch two tigers in a golden tower filled with samurai "

nah, I want to play Yakuza 4.

" @mutha3 said:

" yakuza is  a game series where you simultaneously punch two tigers in a golden tower filled with samurai "

This isn't a joke by the way.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4b8ztzKr3U&t=2m43s "

" @SlashseveN303 said:

" I'm sure as hell not going to play it, but I wouldn't mind seeing the crew give it a shot.

That being said I imagine they would want to be killing themselves the entire time, so no.

"

The Quick Look wasn't really representative of Yakuza 4 at all.  They didn't do enough running around to get into a fight.  Heck, if they had gone to the intended story point instead of back to the office for the opening leg of a side quest, they would have gotten into a brawl then and there.  There's also a shitload of variety to the game's activities as well, whether its gambling or parlor games, hanging out with ladies of varying professions, hitting baseballs, teaching dudes how to fight, looking for odd sights around town, or just looking for a brawl. "

" @Hailinel said:

" @SlashseveN303 said:

" I'm sure as hell not going to play it, but I wouldn't mind seeing the crew give it a shot. That being said I imagine they would want to be killing themselves the entire time, so no.
"

The Quick Look wasn't really representative of Yakuza 4 at all.  They didn't do enough running around to get into a fight.  Heck, if they had gone to the intended story point instead of back to the office for the opening leg of a side quest, they would have gotten into a brawl then and there.  There's also a shitload of variety to the game's activities as well, whether its gambling or parlor games, hanging out with ladies of varying professions, hitting baseballs, teaching dudes how to fight, looking for odd sights around town, or just looking for a brawl. "

I know what's in the game, I'm just never going to play it because I don't own a PS3 right now. I wouldn't mind cause I usually want to see every nook and cranny of a game, but I think Ryan and Jeff want stuff to be crazy most of the time. They got into some fights in the Yakuza 3 quicklook, and I think they've spent some time playing these games at home as well outside of the quicklooks if I remember correctly. I think they know what's in the Yakuza games, but there's no denying the fact that there's also a lot of stuff like in the quicklooks they've done. Considering the way that they play their video games and what they enjoy about them, I understand why they wouldn't want to play through all of it endurance run style. "

" yakuza is  a game series where you simultaneously punch two tigers in a golden tower filled with samurai "

Why are people still making these threads!? It's not helping us get another ER!  It's unfortunate however that no ER will ever live up to the first <3

NO, i don't want anymore ER's.

" @mutha3 said:

" yakuza is  a game series where you simultaneously punch two tigers in a golden tower filled with samurai "

That does not sound as weird as Deadly Premonition or Persona 4.  "

" @SlashseveN303 said:

The majority of Persona 4 was either dungeon crawling or hitting X to go through text boxes. The amount of crazy stuff in Persona 4 was small when compared to the boring repetitive stuff,

When I said Yakuza 4 wasn't weird enough, I meant supernatural weird. 

No thanks. I rather Giant Bomb choose their next ER game if they even decide to do another ER. It's either another ER or more quick looks and I think I'd rather have more quick looks.

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Oh, and @mutha3, showing examples from a past Yakuza game doesn't really show that Yakuza 4 is weird. 
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" @MooseyMcMan said:

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Oh, and @mutha3, showing examples from a past Yakuza game doesn't really show that Yakuza 4 is weird. 
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I haven't finished 4 yet, though. So I can't really show too much. But I see no reason that after 5 games they'd suddenly shift gears with the silliness. Here you go: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_9Yd9Y8kbo  "

" @mutha3 said:

" @MooseyMcMan said:

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Oh, and @mutha3, showing examples from a past Yakuza game doesn't really show that Yakuza 4 is weird. 
"

I haven't finished 4 yet, though. So I can't really show too much. But I see no reason that after 5 games they'd suddenly shift gears with the silliness. Here you go: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_9Yd9Y8kbo  "

I REFUSE TO WATCH THAT! Because I haven't actually even finished Yakuza 3 yet, so... "

No the non-vocalized text noise almost broke me down also they wouldn't really have fun

As much as I hate the constant clamouring for a new Endurance Run, I don't even think Yakuza 4 would work. I love the series, but the wealth of optional stuff always seems to be trying to divert you from the main storyline. Even with all the little refinements that have gradually occurred, the pacing can still be off at times, weird stuff like most of the side-quest tutorials being mandatory springs to mind.

so the chrono trigger endurance run happened and that had zero speech and the story was pure text ( and they didnt rift that much when they were playing, so that game got by by nostalgia and the music, not dissing the game, the game is legendary, but as a er this is how it gets by imo)

with the way how everyone loved the fight against lavos, the gb crew would really love the final act of that game

its so delightfully insane

I'm usually an opponent of ER recommendations, but Yakuza 4 would totally work and I would watch it.

@CounterShock said:

I'm usually an opponent of ER recommendations, but Yakuza 4 would totally work and I would watch it.

Have to agree. This game is so diverse and wacky that it's begging to be played.

im just going to leave this here and walk away

(not the greatest with photoshop, but some did come out better than others)