168澳洲幸运5开奖网:I’ve been concerned about ’s adaptation 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:since it was announced. The press release alone gave me pause, with its focus on grittiness and Japanesജe gangster culture. There was no mention of the comedy element that’s so prominent in the games, and to me and many other players, that comedy is intrinsic to the soul of the series.
Now we’ve seen a prope🌜r first look at the series, and my worries haven’t been assuaged – in fact, I’d go so far as to say it was disappointing. From the little it shows us, it seems entirely da💟rk and dramatic – there are men crying, stacks of yen, and katanas. There is a definite focus on the grittier side of the series.
We’ve gotten first-hand confirmation of this as well – 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:in our interview with the cast and producer of the adaptation, lead actor Ryoma Takeuchi told us the show is “digging into the… emotional elements of the characters of this iteration” anღd that the show will be “departing from the game”.
Executive producer Erik Barmack also told us that making sure “fans were emotionally connected to these characters” was a challenge, and that “it's a balance that has to be found between the world that is so quirky and these characters, which need to feel real to everybody w꧟ho is watching the series.” In short, no fights with dudes in diapers.
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We also know that the show has an original screenplay that’s based on the games, but according to Ryu Ga Gotoku director Masayoshi Yokoyama, the portrayal of its characters are 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:“totally different” from the ori🔯ginaꦓl story. T𒁃here are characters unique to the adaptation as well – I👍’m expecting that we’re going to see an adaptation that’s quite a radical departure from the games.
TheGamer’s Jade King wrote about how the televisꦬion medium makes it diffi♑cult to embody Like a Dragon’s comedic aspects🧔 alongside its undoubtedly dramatic story, and that spotlighting the absurdity of the series would be a mistake. Sorry Jade, 💮but I couldn’t agree less.
It’s not like adaptations departing from their source materials is a death knell – I’ve said time and time again that ’s ’ changes to the series 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:improved it overall, and Prime’s Fallout 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:pulled off its original story with 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:great success. But those adaptations still accurately captured the spirit of the games they were based on, incorporating the tone, iconography, and themes in a way that preserved what t🎐he experience of the games feels like.
It’s this change in tone that’s most worrying to me. Like a Dragon can be very serious, yes, but it’s undeniable that the spirit of the games lies in the juxtaposition of this seriousness and its humour. was the first game to make me weep with laughter, spe⛦cifically the first time we see Majima working in his cabaret. Very few games man🐷age to toe the line between absurdity and drama so well.
Fans know this well – it’s the series’ defining characteristic. I can’t imagine a fan of the series watching a completely self♕-serious adaptation and being thrilled about it. Add this to the fact that the show seems to be departing radically from the characters and story we know and love, and it seems that this adaptation isn’t for fans, and is barely an adaptation at all.
So if the series isn’t for fans, is it for mainstream audiences? I expect it will draw viewers who like dark, gritty shows about crime, like Narcos or Breaking Bad. Adaptations are mostly for making money, as is most 🧜media, but they usually serve a secondary purpose of redirecting new fans to the source material. If any of those people do decide to try out the games, they’re going to be in for a potentially un♊pleasant surprise when they find out the series isn’t like the TV show.
I still have high hopes, especially considering Prime’s last video game adaptation was so good, but everything I hear about the upcoming series makes me wonder if those hopes are misplaced. Maybe the adaptation just isn’t meant for fans, but fans were always going to be the ones most excited about it. I wonder if fans will also be the most disappoinﷺted.
- Video Game(s)
- 🔜 Like a Dragon: Ishin, Yakuza 0, Yakuza Kiwami, Yakuza Kiwami 2, Yakuza 3, Yakuza 4, Yakuza 5, Yakuza 6: Th𝄹e Song of Life, Yakuza: Like A Dragon
Yakuza, also known as Like a Dragon, is a series of action-adventure games developed by Sega and Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio. Taking place largely in the fictional Tokyo district of Kamurochō, the games are often crime dramas featuring characters such as Kazuma Kiryu, Goro Majima, and Ichiban Kasuga, and are known for their host of fun minigames such as karaoke.&nb🐷sp;
