Curious where other GB Yakuza fans stand on this game now. Are you still getting it after the extensive cuts to the US/UK/Europe versions?
 
Would you have paid a premium for the game if Sega had taken longer with the localization? (by all accounts this time 4 months ago there were no plans to localize it at all)
 
Discuss!

It sucks big dick that SEGA is cutting content.  I really didn't plan on buying this game in the first place, but SEGA shouldn't cut content to get a game released early.

I can't really blame them for cutting the hostess content.  And honestly, cutting quizzes on Japan seems pretty artificial.  I played the demo, and the game seems fun if unspectacular.  I'll be picking it up eventually.

Of course.  I don't care about the hostess club or the Japanese Quiz Show.

as an outsider i would think the types of westerners who are waiting for yakuza 3 would want even the japanese trivia quizzes. Personally I would prefer that they stay in there so I can get a taste of the japanese yakuza3 players' experience and think how odd the japanese are :D or on the flipside find out that I want to visit a hostess club.

"Extensive" cuts?  C'mon people, the hostess club thing is a lame choice for cutting, but they're not taking that much out of the game.  Take a few deep breaths.

God dammit, you're telling me I can't do the Japanese quiz in a game I wasn't going to buy?
 
Fuck sake.
 
But seriously, from what I've heard the game doesn't sound like it's lost much.

No I am not. 
        I was excited to buy this game. But I cannot support cutting content for international releases. It really sickens me.
I have felt very angry about this all week.
 
I will definitely NOT BUY THIS GAME ANYMORE

Taking stuff out sucks ALOT but I'm still getting the game sometime, not for awhile but a game like that should get cheap fast

I still want it but I'm terribly disappointed in Sega. I'll definitely pick it up eventually, but only when the price comes down. I imagine it'll go down sooner rather than later considering that Sega has basically set it up for total failure. Beside that, paying full price for what everyone knows to be an incomplete game doesn't sit too well with me.

Already bought it. Anyone that's waiting is crazy... it's a limited release. It won't be there when you're ready to go pick it up.

I just got home with my copy (didn't even know it came out till i got to the store).. and then i found out about the cuts.. But i'll still hang on to it
 
i don't get the cuts tho, because i know I'm buying the game because of the Japanese culture.. cutting the Japanese out of a Japanese game just sounds kinda silly

The Japanese quiz thingie is totally understandable, but cutting the hostess club portions is pretty lame. It seems to me like there will probably still be a great deal of stuff to do in the game anyway so it's not a big deal at all.
 
I would suggest looking on the bright side. The bright side being that it seemed at one point that it was highly unlikely that we would be getting this game at all. If everyone goes out and purchases it, maybe they'll release the fourth one here too!

What the fuck is the hostess club thing anyways?

Games still get content cut?

hey im getting it in the mail tomorrow :D

I am gutted they cut stuff, the reason I love this game so much is cos of it's Japanese crazyness, so I really wish they included the hostess bars, would have been cool, but it doesn't really matter, you never know... they might add it as dlc, I'm just happy to be able to play it!

So basically, SEGA just saved us a load of in game cash! Sorted :) 

Idiots are using it an excuse not to buy it. Holy shit, I can't have a digitized woman hold my hand in a bar!

Hostess clubs were not the only cuts made. The triva is not a huge deal, but there is a missing Majong mini game and about 15 or so quests have been removed. Sega has said that it was basically a limitation of time and money in translating the game. Welcome back to the 1990s I suppose. 
 
That said, I still bought it. The story is really good and if you dig Japanese culture you'd be hard pressed to find a better game for that purpose.

Yep, my copy arrived this morning. Looking forward to playing it.

But does it really matter? I mean, this game is bloody huge ... it's not as if your not gonna have anything to do! I can't see why you wouldn't buy a game just cos they took something out, yes I want it in, but by not buying it your only stopping the chance of Yakuza 4 coming out over here! And like I said, if we all buy it they might even add the missing stuff as DLC!

Eventually, yes, will wait for a price drop.

I gotta say, I played the demo and it took me back to walking around downtown in a Japanese city. It wasn't on my radar at all, but I'm sufficiently intrigued. The demo reminds me of Shenmu, but with WAY better fighting and quicktime events.

" The Japanese quiz thingie is totally understandable, but cutting the hostess club portions is pretty lame. It seems to me like there will probably still be a great deal of stuff to do in the game anyway so it's not a big deal at all.  I would suggest looking on the bright side. The bright side being that it seemed at one point that it was highly unlikely that we would be getting this game at all. If everyone goes out and purchases it, maybe they'll release the fourth one here too! "

My hate for cutting content is dwarfed by my willingness to support SEGA for getting Yakuza 3 out in Europe and US. I want Yakuza 3 to sell enough (even with all the boycotts) so SEGA will release the future Yakuza games in Europe and US too.

If anyone doesn't buy this just because of the small cuts, then I feel sorry for you. You are missing out on a great game. I played the second one and I don't miss a god damn thing from this new one. Shogi was confusing, mah johng wah? And the hostess clubs, sucked at them anyway. There is still gambling games you can have fun with that are hardcore japanese. But this story, this experience is way too good to pass up because of some small cuts. Get it you bastards. The more I play it, the more this one really feels Shenmue like.

I've played the game for just over 12hrs this weekend and am only 10% in, this game is bloody huge! You walk down the street on your way to a mission and so many sidequests unlock all the time, it's so good. I'm really loving it, I wouldn't worry about the stuff that got taken out there is so much packed in here you will not miss whatever they left out!

What are the chances of the cut content being released as DLC? I've been watching videos of them on youtube and it seems very very text heavy, so I'm guessing they didn't have time to translate all the text. Do you think they will do it as DLC, and do you think the system will even allow for it to be added as dlc? 

Best thing for people to do is not boycott Yakuza 3 and not buy it just because of cut content. Complain to Sega about the cut content and still buy the game. it will "hopefully" show SEGA how to handle Yakuza 4 if it comes over.
 

I never did much with the hostess stuff in the last 2 games (besides running a hostess club and then being a host yourself in the 2nd game) so it isn't a huge deal breaker for me but one thing I would just love to ask Sega is why keep the hostess clubs in the first 2 games and then come out of nowhere and say it doesn't make sense to have them now in the 3rd game.

I think it's pretty obvious it wasn't cos "we wouldn't get it" it was cos they couldn't be bothered :)