My Reaction To The Yakuza (Part 4: Hostages/1980's Mode)
This is a continuation of: https://akademihighsnapchats.tumblr.com/post/165406243011/my-reaction-to-the-yakuza-part-3-ethics
I'm combining Hostages/1980's Mode since they were so short.
Again: Akira is a fake name I came up with for The Yakuza. (Since some people may read this first, there's no specific order these have to be read; they just go in the order of the video.)
...so kids are going to wait till half the student population dies/goes missing to leave? If students started going missing left and right, you can bet your ass I'd leave that school immediately. Maybe 1/4th of the school, I can see. (If the school has 100, so 25 would be a good number.) Since the school is so high class, they'd sweep everything under the rug and claim to their students that those students are only out sick.
No one would believe them, because if half their friend group is gone without any contact they'd get worried. Of course the school would close if student don't come, but Ayano could just stalk Senpai and go to his school. I think most people would transfer to the same school if there's another one close by. (I know that's how it was when I went to high school. Most of us went to the same one.)
Each week his price goes up even if we chose not to use Akira. It shouldn't go as high if we chose no to use him. It should go up, but it shouldn't be the same price if we use him vs if we don't use him. Since the first one is free, the second time we use him should be the same regardless of when we use him. (Except for the final rival, it should be slightly higher.)
Many people, including myself, talked about not even using Akira because of what he does is wrong. Dev said that he would change this by just having Akira kidnap the victims and then release them. The implication is that the victim would go back to school after Akira got his ransom. I'm sorry but on what fucking earth is he living on thinking that the victim would go straight back to school after this? I would think they'd drop out and leave because of the trauma. They wouldn't want to leave their house in fear of being kidnapped again. Things couldn't go back to where they were before.
Not everyone is happy with Akira, not everyone will want to use him. I'm honestly getting annoyed with Yandere Dev trying to please every single one of the people who play the game. You can't make everyone happy. And just because someone doesn't want to use a feature in your game, doesn't make it 'wrong'. They just don't want to use it. I get he's excited about this idea, that much is clear, but trying to /force/ us to use it by all these changes is kind of annoying. I actually don't know if I would use it or not, I'm still undecided. I personally find it to be too much for this game. It's a neat idea, but I just don't feel it's right for this game.
Historical Accuracy/1980's Mode:
"Despite the differences between Info-Chan and the Yakuza, a lot of people have expressed that these two characters are still too similar in functionality and that they can't co-exist." There are more similarities between them, than differences. The only difference is that Akira can go further than Info-Chan to the point where she's useless if Akira could do all the work himself.
People apparently mentioned that the Yakuza's have been in decline for the past decade. I don't see why people are complaining about that. It's a video game, what does it matter if in real life there aren't as many. Also, who's been saying so? I haven't see anyone complaining about the 'historical accuracy' of Yakuzas with this game.
Also side note: Take a shot everytime Dev says, "I have a solution!"
Dev has had the idea of 1980's mode since 2014, and couldn't find a way to mention it until now. Really? There was no other way to mention this mode until something you want to implement is on the fence with so many people? Only mentioning the mode because you want to fit the Yakuza in.
For those who don't know what 1980's mode is: It's where you're playing as Ayano's mother and trying to get Senpai in that time. You are limited to what's around in that era; so no smartphones, no social media, etc.
"The reason I bring it up is that the Yakuza were much more powerful in the 1980s." And there it is. The whole reason Dev finally mentions this mode. Just as a way to convince more people to want the Yakuza. If your intention to mention a major game mode is to convince us for another game feature, maybe you should rethink how you go about it. From the way I saw it, Dev seemed desperate to get the Yakuza thing to work. Not everyone is going to agree, and shoving it down our throats with more 'evidence' of how it can work, won't change people's minds. Dev said that Akira could just be limited to 1980's mode because there's no Info-chan.
Dev brought up how the delinquents should look vs how they looked in the old days. As well as how they may not even be in the 1980's mode because the school was much more strict. It's a video game, I really don't think you have to be accurate on every single detail. I thought they looked fine with dark hair, and if they have bleach blond it just looks out of place.
If the delinquents were out of 1980's mode all together, that just makes it harder to find Akira and get him to do stuff since he wouldn't have a younger brother that's a delinquent there. (I would say just have one of the students be their older brother, that's probably a good route to go if Dev is doing it this way.)
In conclusion to all of these points I talked about, honestly I feel it's just too much for this game. I actually did a blind reaction this time, I didn't go to any of the blogs I follow and see other's opinion on this video because I didn't want to base my views on someone else.
If this was a whole different game, then I'd be thrilled about it. Like you as the player have to change how the delinquents at your school are to gain the favor of a Yakuza. Then in turn he'd help you out with something. Maybe a whole different game or something so it's not how Yandere Sim is.
I personally feel Dev is trying to get us to like the idea and use it because he has an idea for everything people disagree with. The way it seems, he can't take when someone doesn't like his ideas. He finds someway to do it anyway. It feels if he does this so often, he'll drive those who want to play the game away because of his attitude.
On the other hand, it is his game. He should implement what he wants. If he's telling people what it is, he has to expect people to disagree with it. I've said this before, he can't make every single player happy no matter how hard he tries. He's going to burn out before he makes every single person happy.
As I said in my Part 1 when The Yakuza was originally talked about, if you disagree with anything I said feel free to comment or message me. (I may message back if I can't tag in chat or anything. I just figured out you can tag in chat lol.)
Sorry for 3 posts about this, I didn't want to make any of them super long so I separated. Whenever I get the chance, I'll resume snapchats.
