I don't understand the story of Yakuza 0

[limited]

Ok so everybody has been saying it's really great and all, amazing story and that stuff. But I have a problem with the Majima side of the story. I have played the game through like 3 times to figure this out but I don't know why I keep missing it.
Anyway, straight into the point: why does the girl walk around awkwardly and stumble everywhere she goes? I don't understand this. She keeps walking like Majima isn't even there or others aren't there, she seems a bit weird to me. She's stumbling around, hitting walls, poles and doesn't know there's a sidewalk there. Now, they keep talking about her "vision" but I don't understand what is wrong with her vision? Is her vision impaired or something? Why can't she see people or sees badly? Help, I haven't figured this out at all. I don't know why people glorify the story like it's so amazing she can't see people when it doesn't make sense at all. Why is this? Why does she not see people around her?
This is a ♥♥♥♥ game

[Devsman]

Because she's blind.

I don't know enough medical science to comment on how realistic it is, but in universe she has psychological damage that expresses itself as blindness.

They discuss this a number of times, actually, as well as the idea that it could wear off over time.

[Seamus]

How many cutscenes did you skip if you couldn't figure out that Makoto is blind? It's talked about REPEATEDLY.

[dingus]

imagine playing this game 3 times and missing this huge and talked about plot point everytime

[13LACK ORDER]

Bruh she literally says that she lost her sight due to trauma when Majima took her to warehouse. and on top of that she walk holding staff like any other blind person. that alone should tell you that Makoto is a blind

you play the game 3 times and still miss this? either you're lying and didn't play the game or you skip the cutscene

[Lar Dass]

its established shes blind from rape induced trauma causing temporary clinical blindness
if you read the subs during cutscenes youll understand this

[Ender Zayne]

It's literally explained at the beginning of chapter 7 when Majima hides her in that storage building. Read and listen, man.

[Tecnocrat]

Ì don't understand how someone can like this game.

[Mortal_Kasi]

Originally posted by Tecnocrat:

Ì don't understand how someone can like this game.

Different People means different preferences! For me i don't know how people like From Software Games or The Last of Us, but there are many so yeah, deal with it.

[Devsman]

Originally posted by Tecnocrat:

Ì don't understand how someone can like this game.

Many reasons!

It's got great overall charm. The setting is fun, it doesn't take itself too seriously, but at the same time, it's filled with drama and cool story ideas.

There's copious content. Everything from loads of side missions and minigames, to an impressive list of heat actions. The overworld is nice and compact, with tons to do and almost no dead space.

Good idle mechanics. Both characters have their own idle mechanics--those being the real estate and Tiger&Dragon--which are unobtrusive, optional and mostly fit with the high granularity of other side objectives. One of them is even variable-time.

Includes Sega classics also. I had never played Outrun or Super Hang-On before. Both great. Not to mention Space Harrier. (Let's not talk about Fantasy Zone though.)

My only gripe is that the combat is a little underwhelming. But even then, it's more than serviceable. Just, nothing special.

[limited]

Originally posted by Devsman's Comet:

Originally posted by Tecnocrat:

Ì don't understand how someone can like this game.

Many reasons!

It's got great overall charm. The setting is fun, it doesn't take itself too seriously, but at the same time, it's filled with drama and cool story ideas.

There's copious content. Everything from loads of side missions and minigames, to an impressive list of heat actions. The overworld is nice and compact, with tons to do and almost no dead space.

Good idle mechanics. Both characters have their own idle mechanics--those being the real estate and Tiger&Dragon--which are unobtrusive, optional and mostly fit with the high granularity of other side objectives. One of them is even variable-time.

Includes Sega classics also. I had never played Outrun or Super Hang-On before. Both great. Not to mention Space Harrier. (Let's not talk about Fantasy Zone though.)

My only gripe is that the combat is a little underwhelming. But even then, it's more than serviceable. Just, nothing special.

Thanks Sir

[RMauro]

This has to be a bait

[Atomicbean]

Originally posted by Devsman's Comet:

Because she's blind.

I don't know enough medical science to comment on how realistic it is, but in universe she has psychological damage that expresses itself as blindness.

They discuss this a number of times, actually, as well as the idea that it could wear off over time.

Just replying to this to specifically answer this as someone that was actually aware of this condition before playing Y0.

I actually have a rescue pig that has the exact same condition Makoto has.
It's psychological blindness induced by trauma - Absolutely nothing is physically wrong with their eyes, they just "don't see" anymore. In humans, it's relatively easy to treat due to therapy, though obviously depends largely on the extent of the trauma. In animals... it's nearly impossible to treat and you just kind of have to hope they'll eventually get over it, or just help them live the best life they can.

For my pig, the cause was witnessing her previous owners slaughter the rest of her family in front of her. (...and yeah, for anyone that doesn't think pigs are intelligent or have feelings... the fact they can develop legitimate psychological issues from trauma is... quite the sign that they do feel things just like we do.)
For Makoto, it was assault, abuse, torture, etc. combined with a complete loss of hope.

So yeah. It IS a legitimate thing. It's just fairly rare to see in humans long-term.

[Devsman]

Originally posted by Atomicbean:

Originally posted by Devsman's Comet:

Because she's blind.

I don't know enough medical science to comment on how realistic it is, but in universe she has psychological damage that expresses itself as blindness.

They discuss this a number of times, actually, as well as the idea that it could wear off over time.

Just replying to this to specifically answer this as someone that was actually aware of this condition before playing Y0.

I actually have a rescue pig that has the exact same condition Makoto has.
It's psychological blindness induced by trauma - Absolutely nothing is physically wrong with their eyes, they just "don't see" anymore. In humans, it's relatively easy to treat due to therapy, though obviously depends largely on the extent of the trauma. In animals... it's nearly impossible to treat and you just kind of have to hope they'll eventually get over it, or just help them live the best life they can.

For my pig, the cause was witnessing her previous owners slaughter the rest of her family in front of her. (...and yeah, for anyone that doesn't think pigs are intelligent or have feelings... the fact they can develop legitimate psychological issues from trauma is... quite the sign that they do feel things just like we do.)
For Makoto, it was assault, abuse, torture, etc. combined with a complete loss of hope.

So yeah. It IS a legitimate thing. It's just fairly rare to see in humans long-term.

Neat. I learned something today!

And wow that sucks for your pig, like damn.