Shogi is also cut from the game. The place where you would play it still exist in the game. it'd be nice if they restored both missing games via DLC in the future (if enough people bitch) but i'm not holding my breath.
Playing a bunch of the side games, So far Pool/Billiards is my favorite. It's pretty well done. Golf at the moment has to be my least favorite, the swing bar just goes to ****ing fast to make a reasonable judgment. The driving range in Y2 played better. =|
Also I played a **** ton over the weekend. I did a bunch of side quest in Chapter 4 and saved at the start of Chapter 5.
The game is going to be super rare (at least in canada). This is what I posted on ign a few days ago. Someone who had a copy decide to send it back to amazon bitching over the cuts and said he will buy it later when it's sold for cheaper.
DeckardBR said:
Went to pick up this game today, had the day off so around 10am went to a Gamestop. Game was sold out. I commented to the employee that they must have gotten a small number of copies, he said they had plenty I just had to pre-order (uh huh, right). Second Gamestop had a copy and when the employee went into the drawer to grab one, they only had about 5 there. This store also had a Yakuza 3 poster in front, guess they were into the series and ordered them for their store. For a game to be sold out a day after it hits stores is really rare, and means limited distribution to be sure.
So this is either going to be a tough game to find or maybe it will pick up like a sleeper hit. I played through the beginning and really enjoyed it, loved how you could watch the backstory of the previous games. As much as I like FF 13, this actually has much more of an rpg feel then that game, kinda interesting.
"And best of luck to you if you think you're going to find this sitting around on shelves for $40 or less a few months from now. The game is scoring pretty well in reviews and looks to have a low print run.
As is, it's barely been a week and a lot of the copies here in Toronto are disappearing. Hell today I went by a local store that online told me they had 3 copies left and when I got there the only one left was the display copy. Amazon.ca is out of stock, two of the closest futureshops to me are out, most near by HMVs are down to 1/2 copies with a bunch of others out and one showing 7 (but I'm sure it's less since the one near me said 3 and they only had 1), and the nearest bestbuy still has some (but they had a reasonable stack when I bought mine on release date from there). Again this is just barely a week.
Since Yakuza 1 & 2 didn't sell well, I doubt sega did a large print run and a majority of that is probably been sent off to retail."
To ad to this, No near by EBGames still has copies in stock. A HMV next to my work and one near my apt had a copy left this morning and now both are sold out, along with a few further away stores. One that had 7 now has only 6. For a while bestbuy.ca & futureshop.ca where out of stock.
I'm actually thinking on my way into work tomorrow stop by a downtown hmv/bestbuy and grab another copy to sit on because I think this game will end up rare quickly (unless demand becomes high enough for a reprint but that will take 1-2 months to show up).
