Yakuza 4 - English Story Trailer is a MUST WATCH!

[Sharky]

http://www.segabits.com/?p=5792

So badass!

[MadeManG74]

That was pretty cool! I quite like that dry narration.

I still think that the original Yakuza 4 trailer was better, but this was very well done. Hope it's the first of many to come! Considering they have one out already when the game isn't scheduled until 'Q1 2011' it's good to see!

[SOUP]

Can't wait to play it :D.

[MadeManG74]

OH yeah, and the boxart actually looks great this time around, nice to see after the terrible English boxart for 3.

[fluffymoochicken]

I don't think this trailer is all that great. It's just some narrator with a crappy "gruff" voice saying random stuff about how rough and dirty the Japanese underworld is for a few minutes over gameplay and cinema footage.  

I would have much preferred a trailer with some actual plot or gameplay details instead. But whatever... =P

[MadeManG74]

Those colours are kinda hard to read. Looks cool though.

But yeah the trailer could have been better (I much prefer the Japanese Yakuza 3 and 4 trailers), but for what it was it was pretty different and cool.

[Centrale]

I think they're pretty much just approaching it as a way to introduce the game to people who've never heard of the series.  Hopefully get some new people into it.

[cube_b3]

I don't think this trailer is all that great. It's just some narrator with a crappy "gruff" voice saying random stuff about how rough and dirty the Japanese underworld is for a few minutes over gameplay and cinema footage.  

I would have much preferred a trailer with some actual plot or gameplay details instead. But whatever... =P

Okay I see you spent a painfully long time on the colors.

Should've used em in a sonic thread.

Anyway, yeah the trailer isn't all that, it isn't even organic in terms of the games tone. But as Sharky said, it is bad ass.

[fluffymoochicken]

I think they're pretty much just approaching it as a way to introduce the game to people who've never heard of the series. Hopefully get some new people into it.

Perhaps, though that train of thought kinda depends on having newcomers stumble upon the trailer in the first place.  

On a side note, that fabulous cover art might be enough to turn some new heads this time around when it's sitting on store shelves. ^__^ Here's hoping.

[Suzuki Yu]

my eyes fluffy my eyes

[SOUP]

Yeah, looks like they're trying to hook in people who wouldn't normally think of playing a Yakuza game.  Expanding that user-base and whatnot.

[CrazyT]

The more people it attracts, the more people that'll get hooked by the story, the more people that will buy the sequals and maybe even the prequals.

 

[Ben]

I love the Japanese trailers too, but in Japan they have the advantage of the dialogue being spoken in their own language. Sega undoubtedly wants to try to hide the fact that this is a subtitled game.Yakuza 3 had almost no dialogue in its US trailers, probably for that reason. 4 looks like it'll be the same way.

But I agree that this trailer is much better-done than the Yakuza 3 trailers. Sega is indeed hyping this game up well so far. It was announced in advance and we've had several trailers already. Yakuza 3 wasn't even confirmed for Western release this time last year.

[MadeManG74]

'Sup ShadowLegend! Ain't seen you for ages, remember me?

And yes, I agree that it seems Sega is trying to hide the fact that this game is going to be subtitled with the use of voiceovers and all that. The opening of Yakuza 3 proves that you can make a great highlight reel without the use of dialogue at all, just get some of that awesome Yakuza music and play some clips of the game's cutscenes.

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[fluffymoochicken]

The more people it attracts, the more people that'll get hooked by the story, the more people that will buy the sequals and maybe even the prequals.

 

Yeah, totally! It worked for me, after all. ^__^  

But I must note that Yakuza 3 was the first game of the series that managed to catch my interest, and the reason for that was because of a Japanese trailer demonstrating Yakuza's world and its various modes of gameplay. The Western market needs a trailer or two like that.