Bro, why did they use real people for hostesses?

[Igris]

Like...using real life version of them instead of making the model of them is a bit creepy. And no, I don't mean in like a prev way creepy, just genuinely creepy, and just out of place. I hope this won't be a thing in infinite wealth.

[SpirosKarv]

literally who cares

[Rocky McRockerson]

Originally posted by SpirosKarv:

literally who cares

I do. There's a mod that replaces them with like, a 5mb picture of a toad. Did you know the hostess files are 24gb alone?

[SpirosKarv]

Originally posted by Rocky McRockerson:

Originally posted by SpirosKarv:

literally who cares

I do. There's a mod that replaces them with like, a 5mb picture of a toad. Did you know the hostess files are 24gb alone?

I mean sure if you're worried about space I get it but why would anyone find it creepy? Y'all scared of 3d women?

[Rocky McRockerson]

Originally posted by SpirosKarv:

Originally posted by Rocky McRockerson:

I do. There's a mod that replaces them with like, a 5mb picture of a toad. Did you know the hostess files are 24gb alone?

I mean sure if you're worried about space I get it but why would anyone find it creepy? Y'all scared of 3d women?

Honestly for me it just doesn't fit. It also feels extremely fake the way it's played out. They should've stuck to in-game hostesses IMO.

[Sixtyfivekills]

I thought it was hilarious, one girl tries to feed you some food, and since she's clearly talking to a camera you can see her spin the fork and the food drops, and she looks down for a split second like "I'm not paid enough for this".

[SpirosKarv]

Originally posted by Rocky McRockerson:

Originally posted by SpirosKarv:

I mean sure if you're worried about space I get it but why would anyone find it creepy? Y'all scared of 3d women?

Honestly for me it just doesn't fit. It also feels extremely fake the way it's played out. They should've stuck to in-game hostesses IMO.

idk man it's just goofy and fun imo just like that minigame from yakuza 6

[retsa2b]

Somebody hasn't played Yakuza 6.

Short answer: They didn't do it for you. They did it for their domestic audience, who are culturally disinclined to give this gimmick those kinds of negative labels. I personally find the change of pace to be something I didn't know I needed; now that I have the unexpected context, it's true that I would have found yet another 3D cabaret conversation minigame less interesting.

They probably won't do it again. I'm thinking they took advantage of the fact that this is just an AA game to get this minigame project rolling. The inherently short conversations and overall truncated experience would have been a tougher pill to swallow in a triple-A release.

I do adore how this part of the game is causing some game journalists to out themselves with opinion pieces. That's helpful to me, as it allows me to pinpoint publications I can casually ignore henceforth.

[retsa2b]

Originally posted by Rocky McRockerson:

I do. There's a mod that replaces them with like, a 5mb picture of a toad. Did you know the hostess files are 24gb alone?

That's something that does bug me. For the Steam version of this game, the videos are very obviously double-encoded, minimum.

It's a very safe bet that they just took the already-encoded console files and then re-encoded those with whatever they used for the Windows port. A safe bet, because this is basically tradition when it comes to PC ports of games that have FMV.

Fortunately, it is also tradition for modders to bring over the unadulterated videos from the console version, so the native PC files can be replaced with something of much higher quality. Doing SEGA's job for them, as per normal.

[Igris]

Originally posted by retsa2b:

Somebody hasn't played Yakuza 6.

Short answer: They didn't do it for you. They did it for their domestic audience, who are culturally disinclined to give this gimmick those kinds of negative labels. I personally find the change of pace to be something I didn't know I needed; now that I have the unexpected context, it's true that I would have found yet another 3D cabaret conversation minigame less interesting.

They probably won't do it again. I'm thinking they took advantage of the fact that this is just an AA game to get this minigame project rolling. The inherently short conversations and overall truncated experience would have been a tougher pill to swallow in a triple-A release.

I do adore how this part of the game is causing some game journalists to out themselves with opinion pieces. That's helpful to me, as it allows me to pinpoint publications I can casually ignore henceforth.

I played Y6 and I don't remember it, but ok

[Sharkon]

nothing new really but their eyes are weird this time around.

[AlisterCat]

I agree. 6 was weird but funny with that but it was abstracted behind the conceit of a webcam. There's something unnerving about these. Not a fan, but I never engaged with hostesses a lot in the past so I won't miss this.

I just want the club management back!

[retsa2b]

Originally posted by Casey:

I played Y6 and I don't remember it, but ok

This thing. https://youtu.be/pHXCqL1ZKeo?t=436

[retsa2b]

A big part of the context behind this whole thing is that these women are pretty well known, in sort of the same kind of circles where vtubers are known. Same kind of audience, too.

Take a look at this tweet: https://twitter.com/ryugagotoku/status/1651555567494909952

You can tell by the number of views that this is actually a pretty big deal with the target audience. A bigger deal, it should be underscored, than just having another chat session with voice-acted 3D models.

The two women seen in Yakuza 6 also have fanbases, though I wouldn't recommend you go hunting them down if you're at work.

[RaidenFury]

I find the live action hostesses more cringe than anything. I have to agree with OP though, the whole thing feels really, really weird.

[moike]

Originally posted by Nokrahs:

nothing new really but their eyes are weird this time around.

It's just the camera ring thingie reflecting in their eyes