Don't buy this game (Including Atlus and Sega's future games) ladies and gentlemen

[DOOMGUY]

Sega endorses woke localizers (Also known as colonizers) by sharing a terrible article by The Japan Times on Twitter/X where the creator of the article defended bad localizations (Also a lot of the rhetoric in that article was the same rhetoric that a literal child predator was using in a viral Xenoblade situation on Twitter/X months back) and Sega made a statement defending bad localizations. Also, Sega is now super greedy. They have locked basic features behind paywalls in the new Yakuza game (Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth) and they made this remake $70. This is unacceptable.

Edit: Just found out that Katrina left Sega a year ago, which is why I've removed the part where I've said that she is going to ruin the english version of the game. But that doesn't change the fact that Sega has blatantly said that they support woke localizers and censorship.

[Hymnos]

Ok

[AngryChair]

i'm gonna buy it even harder

[NaNcon]

Thanks for the warning, I'm not buying this game anymore. I'm tired of these crappy woke localizer neon hairs ruining our hobbies.

[Stoibs]

Anyone else completely zone out and not take people seriously online as soon as they drop the word 'woke'?

It's such a weird, zoomer word that has lost all meaning and makes people lose credibility in a professional setting.

[King Kilo]

you see that mouse icon next to my name? that means I already bought it.

also, f*ck english VA's. ill download the japanese VA DLC like I did with SMT V, soul hackers 2 and P5 royal.

[Jinzo]

That article is actually even worse than you think because its not just the English version. These political commissars are basically influencing and gatekeeping the games directly at the source now to suit these moralistic (and ultimately highly subjective) western standards, and you know these are the type to whine about colonialism and cultural appropriation too.

"Many representations which were normal in Japan in the first Like a Dragon games are no longer acceptable today," says Masayoshi Yokoyama, the series' executive producer. "We ask our teams in the United States and Europe to read the game's script, and they tell us if they see things that wouldn't be acceptable in their country."

"One key example is "how Japanese game developers dress their heroines" as the #MeToo movement changes mindsets, says Franck Genty, senior localization manager at Japanese game giant Bandai Namco."

"We tell them that the cleavage is a bit too exposed, or the skirt is a bit too short," he adds. "Before, they weren't very flexible, but they've become more proactive on such subjects."

Was learning Japanese for the last 14 months for basically this reason im tired of the censorship, so i wouldn't have played the "localized" version anyway, but if this continues its pretty much made the whole endeavour pointless.

[Dreamless]

How about go touch grass LMAO

[Felix Krowe]

Using the term “woke” is an auto-ignore. Probably the push I needed to pre-order.

[Pnz]

Pushing your opinion into other peoples art is shameful. When they are replaced with AI they will only have themselves to blame.

[Xeriblade]

I'm gonna buy it a second time just to spite you people

[beelzebub]

[Xeilua]

Weak bait bro

[aseinsha]

All I can say is that LAD Infinite Wealth's localization (Including just subtitles) is horrible.

[Acestar]

I dont care to whatever you just said, Im going to just play the game. If its in fact bad well i will just be cautious next time, until then Atlus still good with me.

[Doctor Zalgo]

Originally posted by DOOMGUY:

Sega endorses woke localizers (Also known as colonizers) by sharing a terrible article by The Japan Times on Twitter/X where the creator of the article defended bad localizations (Also a lot of the rhetoric in that article was the same rhetoric that a literal child predator was using in a viral Xenoblade situation on Twitter/X months back) and Sega made a statement defending bad localizations. Also, Sega is now super greedy. They have locked basic features behind paywalls in the new Yakuza game (Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth) and they made this remake $70. This is unacceptable.

Edit: Just found out that Katrina left Sega a year ago, which is why I've removed the part where I've said that she is going to ruin the english version of the game. But that doesn't change the fact that Sega has blatantly said that they support woke localizers and censorship.

Thinking that localisers just churn out the script and throw it into the game with no one else reading it or testing it is utterly deranged. Are you so used to the taste of boot that you'll go after the employees rather than the managers in charge?