Judgment.v1.10.Pierre.Taki.Restoration.Mod.PS4-CUSA13197 by Canzah


TiTLE.......:  Judgment
TiTLE iD....:  CUSA-13197
CONTENT iD..:  EP0177-CUSA13197_00-JUDGMENTRYUGAENG
SOURCE......:  Canzah
REGiON......:  EUR
VERSiON.....:  v1.10 Pierre Taki Restoration Mod
MiN FW......:  v5.05
AUDiO.......:  Japanese
SUBTiTLES...:  English, French, German, Italian and Spanish
SiZE........:  7.33 GB (7,873,626,112 bytes)
MD5.........:  BB4825E9DB0A820A907252623A11B196
DUMPED......:  07-27-2020
PSN URL.....:  https://tinyurl.com/y2ys2cap


RELEASE REQUiRED: Judgment.PS4-DUPLEX
                  Judgment.Update.v1.09.PS4-DUPLEX


Special thanks to:
- SlowpokeVG for providing the font SEGA used in the intro cutscene and
  covering part of the funds needed to purchase the original Japanese copy
  of the game
- Timo654 for refreshing my memory on formats used in Yakuza and also
  covering part of the funds needed to purchase the original Japanes copy
  of the game
- Kent for doing the necessary video editing involving the character of
  Kyohei Hamura in the game's intro cutscene

This is an unofficial patch for Judgment, or Judge Eyes as it's known in Japan,
meant to restore Kyohei Hamura's original appearance and Japanese voice to the
likeness of the actor that portrayed him in the original, launch version of
Judge Eyes in Japan, Pierre Taki.

To explain the reason for this patch existing you'll need to understand the
history of what happened with production of the game.

Originally, famous Japanese actor Pierre Taki portrayed Kyohei Hamura, who is a
very important character in the game. The game came out in December of 2018 in
Japan, and mere 3 months after that in March of 2019, Pierre Taki was arrested
for possession and use of cocaine. This resulted in what is known as "cancel
culture", where all companies and employers of Taki started to erase his
contributions out of existence, SEGA being no exception to this. The game was
immediately pulled from store shelves and digital storefronts, preventing anyone
from being able to buy the game outside of second hand used copy market.

In July of 2019, the game was re-released in Japan as Judge Eyes: New Price Version,
with the major change in that version being the replacement of Pierre Taki as
Kyohei Hamura's actor, whose model was changed to a generic thug not based on any
actor and all his voice lines redubbed by the unfortunately less than stellar
performance from a Japanese voice actor Miou Tanaka, known primarily for
voicing generic "grunt" characters.

And, as expected, the western release of the game was based on the aforementioned
New Price Version with Pierre Taki removed and replaced. Because I stand against
both censorship and "cancel culture", I've decided to create a patch for the
western version of the game that would restore Pierre Taki as Kyohei Hamura's
actor in the game.

Upon discussing the idea with Slow and Timo, we decided to pool money together and
order the now rare and expensive original Japanese version of the game with Pierre
Taki's inclusion, upon which I took the necessary files from it and created this
restoration patch for your enjoyment.

All appearances of Kyohei Hamura in the game, be it cutscene, gameplay, voice or
even UI and credits related are now portrayed by Pierre Taki.

Patch is for the CUSA13197 release of the game, and confirmed working with the
DUPLEX release.

Enjoy the game in all its restored glory.

Instructions:
Install the Base game and update from DUPLEX, then this mod