i gave cyberpunk2077 another shot after hating it at launch because multiple people pestered me about it for two years. i was repeatedly told of my lengthy list of criticisms, “they fixed all that, it’s like a totally different game now”.
10 hours later it’s clear that they’re either:
a) delusional b) liars c) literally cannot hear criticism of the game being spoken aloud
because that shit was 99% identical to at launch, bugs included. the difference between the game that people keep describing to me and the game in front of me is so stark that i’m fucking baffled. it’s like it’s a cult or something.
So… irt to Takemura…
I actually, really, really appreciated that voice acting.
Because I spent a decade as a karateka getting a black belt, going to tournaments, training, and I actually met a good deal of native Japanese speakers who only knew a bit of English, and vice versa for myself…
… that and , you know, immersion in the literally martial culture of respect, formality, face, honor, loyalty, all of that.
It is indeed very rare to hear such a well voiced, and to me at least, fundamentally believable and authentic character.