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Was not aware of A Silent Voice, but I will put it in my Watch List. Thanks for mentioning. 

I know why they did it. Let me make my throwaway jokes. 

I do kinda like that there will now be a Kiryu saga (still not understanding why some people are ragging on him now that Ichiban is here; like I get it, Ichiban is fresh, but people have been straight disrespectful to my main man, Kiryu) and an Ichiban saga and the developers know they need to freshen things up, cause ... man, if you play the remasters all in a row, you start to realize just how same-y this series can get. And yet. it's part of its charm. What a double-edged sword we walk in this life, Julian. What a double-edged sword, indeed. 

Yeah, I figured it must be there somewhere, but I could not for the life of me remember it, and with them not putting it on that diamond of options, I don't feel bad at all for not remembering. 

Thank you, though. This is a lifesaver. 

Yeah, I liked the substory with that one, too. And I bet there's an arcade, yeah. 

There are Dragon Quest references throughout the series, but yeah they leaned into the joke about the similar structure between these series REALLY hard in this one and just flat out made it an RPG. 

I haven't found the arcade yet, unless I just missed it. I usually do substories more than anything else in Yakuza, and they at least haven't had one in an arcade yet. I hope I find one (I *think* one was available in Kaurocho early on, but that's a really early part of the game). 

Yeah, that Wizardry system sounds closest to what's going on here. 

The conceit is they all switch jobs at the local unemployment office once they gain enough experience (points) to qualify for them. 

Yeah, the cutscenes aren't gonna be the same, but it seems like the game is leaning hard into Dragon Quest tropes, given how much reverence the entire Yakuza series has for those games and the fact it is now turn-based. 

As someone who does not play many JRPGs, the job system just confuses me. I don't understand why I would want to switch classes mid-game before a big fight. Probably just my ignorance of the genre. 

Maybe that's why they decided against it. I need to start putting money in the ATM ...

For me, wine gives me really bad hangovers where most other drinks just have me feeling vaguely hazy the next morning if I go too hard. I usually don't. 

Yeah, I know, and that might be the route I go but ... I kinda think I want to play it on PS5. lol I'm greedy that way. Too bad I'll also need to buy a 4KTV to fully enjoy it ...