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Now listen, I'm not one to buy games at release, but I will make an exception
Literally just wait. The story is going ti be the worst thing about this. Overpriced DLC
Don't let Moose sell you on Dead Souls 2.0. The game is largely meme content. Sega was so weary, that they originally denied the west from localizing it.
that was only because they thought westerners didnt like samurais. you cannot compare this to the zombie spinoff
I do hope they bring Dead Souls over for 10 bucks, if only for the baller OST.
>Sega was so weary, that they originally denied the west from localizing it.
They hadn't even gotten to 5 by the time Ishin came out. Why would they have done the spin-off first, especially after Dead Souls was a bomb in the west?
But I will play it for the meme content
I don't give a fuck about nametrannies, if the game looks like a good time to me, I'm buying.
>over priced remake that censors the story, ruins the combat, and cuts things out to sell as day one dlc
No thanks
Its a full remake and never got released in the west, it's fine
What's being censored/ruined/cut? Not that we have much of a choice short of trying to get a copy of the original.
>Censored.
There's a moment during the Shinsengumi rolecall in chapter 4 where a guy here noticed they didn't have picture related mentioned because it implies Hayashi molests/abuses his men.
It's not specifically clear from that line but when I tell you the next bit...
Anyone who has played Ishin knows that this means they're going to be heavily changing the moment in the story where Hayashi kills a bunch of people and kidnaps Hana to force Baba to trade himself for Hana because Hayashi wants to have some rounds at Baba's boy hole. There's also a minute long thing where Hayashi laughs at the implication that he's straight and says he's gay and doesn't find women attractive.
This part is more speculation but because of how they're censoring the last two things then you can also argue they might censor the returning Kenzan substory where Ryoma walks into a brothel in Gion, is promised a beautiful woman a guy, and then it's an oiled sumo wrestler scam where they both start shaming Ryoma for not wanting a gay sumo wrestler prostitute.
https://dojimasdragongirl.wordpress.com/2022/10/07/ryu-ga-gotoku-round-up-special-tokyo-game-show-2022/
That's how we know it's being censored.
>Ruins the combat.
You can ignore using the cards yourself but boss movesets are now ruined because in their second phase/Heat phase they spam the hell out of the cards. Izo 3's fight that they show off in the demo have him using it almost every other move. This will also lead to Tokugawa's boss fight being less special because the whole point of his boss fight was that it was an unorthodox fighting style but when everyone can use magical whirlwinds that's kinda not a thing.
Many of the Battle Dungeon cards have also had their uses changed like Lao or Shinada.
>Cuts things out as DLC.
Shinada SSR and the Black Cannon were free giveaways by Bob for patch rewards.
They're now paid DLC.
>censoring gays being gays
and why is this a bad thing exactly?
You missed
>Has Denuvo
as the cherry on your cake there.
>playstation franchise
>denuvo
Forgot to mention that coupled with UE4 being a turd too
Got a source or you just guessing?
Kenzan when?
I already pre-ordered Ishin the day it got put on steam. I've been wanting to play it and now I finally am able to. I fucking love the setting and I really like how RGG games are structured.
Quite literally never. There's child prostitution and child sex slaves. That's a big no no since retards can't separate current world views from historical world views. However, I just started playing Kenzan last night with the incomplete english patch and I'm using ThePatrick guide as well as KHHsubs videos for subtitles when I actually wanna see what a character has said. I'm probably not gonna do everything and mainly focus on the main story because it's rough having to pause every couple minutes to read a guide and follow along on videos. However, I really want to play Kenzan so here I am.
>Ryoma walks into a brothel in Gion, is promised a beautiful woman a guy, and then it's an oiled sumo wrestler scam where they both start shaming Ryoma for not wanting a gay sumo wrestler prostitute.
They had the "You're not going home tonight" thing with the gay man in Bantam in 6 though. There's also working alongside okama's in previous games that didn't get taken out as well as being able to fight Michiru in one of 3R's ultimate matches.
>censored
>game set between 1853 and 1867
>mahjong introduced in japan in 1924
what other minigames are there in ishin?
karaoke probably
yeah they put baka mitai in Ishin, they released a video
what would Ryoma's picture on the bar during the bridge of the song be though?
>start video
>YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
>close video
It's the official LAD Ishin baka mitai karaoke... Are you autistic?
Battle Dungeon (Changed in Kiwami)
Karaoke
Fan Dancing (Worst minigame)
Cannonball cutting (It's melon cutting from Kenzan but easier)
Cannonball shooting
River Fishing
Chicken Racing (Best way to get money in the game).
Wood cutting
Noodle serving (Was in 5)
Kakashi training (Improved from Kenzan by a mile)
Poker
Mahjong
Shogi
Cee-lo
Oicho-kabu
Koi-koi
Chou-han
Three separate hostess minigames (Rock-paper-scissors, a drinking game, and a shmup)
Multiple Another Life minigames (Cooking Mama, planting seeds in the garden, you going through a menu and selling items but the last two aren't really minigames).
Yeah, that's why I'm saying I'm just speculating on that one, but considering what they're specifically trying to remove from the main story you can argue that might fall under an "unacceptable" thing. Yeah, Michiru is in 3R's Ultimate Missions to beat him up but his entire substory line is gone and so is Mack's perfect shot of Michiru forcing himself onto Kiryu. I think he's still around in 4R but in 4 I don't believe they made fun of Michiru like in 3R.
There's no way they remove the Saigo thing though, I would consider that inoffensive compared to the example we already know is removed.
So, I've done all the substories in every Yakuza game. How necessary would you say the substories are in Kenzan if I'm mostly interested in just doing the story? If I knew japanese or there was a complete fan translation patch, I wouldn't ask but I'm finding it kind of annoying to have to pause all the time to figure out what's going on.
If you're just interested in doing the story just do the story. The substories are entirely side things in this game and are more for fun or to just talk about some stuff from history. A couple are to do with historical things like Benkei or Goemon if I remember right, one of them dealt with the Portugese, one of them was about how entertainment was done at that one theater in the suburbs via the water throwing girl, how Kabuki Theater started, etc.
Kabuki's substory is the only one you might want to do if you want access to that minigame but it's basically normal combat but you're locked to an umbrella and beating people up gets you mon/ryo the longer you don't take damage.
Komaki's/his rival's training only matters if you can read it since they talk about their history from the little I recall about it and it's missable if you don't do it all by the final chapter since you can't go back to Gion.
The secret boss fight is actually one of my favorites because you can't really cheese it and it's quite fair on top of having some silly things but you need to be glued to the guides to not miss any substory, kakemawari mission, or bounty and you can't make a single mistake during any substory or it voids it much like 1 and 2.
Just make sure every single chapter after you're introduced to the watermelon monk you go to the beachfront and do the minigame successfully as this unlocks exclusive boss Heat Actions in the "Feel the Heat" moments and some are boss-specific and only usable in that chapter.
Yes.
moose how long did it take you to grind the ubisoft rewards for assassin's creed valhalla? and how did you do it? was it just the timed weekly challenges?
i am sorry i have to bother you again
I already started the game with like 300 points from previous games so I bought some of them outright. The tattoos, ship pieces, mounts, and weapons were all given out for free during weekly events that they're not doing anymore so I didn't have to buy any of those sets that are up now.
If you're on PC you could probably just Cheat Engine them in. With my Xbone Ubisoft Connect knows if you already own the items so it'll say you own them in the app, and it's glitchy even when it does because I have all the Adrestia bits from the weekly challenge but it's still telling me I can buy the set for 60 coins.
thank you moose, you are very helpful
like always
1. why are you a tripfag
2. how long have you been playng the yakuza games for
If you don't know Moose you don't know Yakuza threads
Should I play the series on ps5 or pc? It doesn't really make a difference, the games on ps are a bit more expensive, but I got an oled tv, while my monitor is a dell gaming tn panel.
>Should I play the series on ps5 or pc? It doesn't really make a difference
It doesn't really make a difference
Real Yakuza use a controller
Well, it would be the difference between series controller on pc or dualsense.
Japanese developer with their first unreal project almost guaranteed to have shader stutter on pc, ps5 is best bet for now
Yakuza threads have been sucking lately
make a suggestion to improve them
The harukaposting guy, gone
Moose, back
Newfags asking about which order to play, gone
Newfags complaining about the lack of Kiryu, gone
Retards seething at 0, gone
Are you saying you want more Moose? He showed up earlier.
Last thread he was a no-show, and yes I want Moose. He's the heart and soul of the Yakuza threads when he isn't sperging out too much about stuff.
Ask something very specific and to the point. It might summon him and get him to post a blog.
What color is Haruka's underwear?
Ojisan, stop.
>when he isn't sperging out too much about stuff
>Proceeds to create a 50 post summary of the finer points of Yakuza 3
Where i can find Hebe Haruka SFM model ?
>Yakuza 0
shit sux
Yakuza casual here (played 0 K1 K2 3 off game pass) and I genuinely liked what I played so far plus I like Edo period shifts, I should get this right?
Yes its a spinoff so no other knowledge required
Cool, yeah the Boss Luffy special has essentially this exact same concept (same faces, different character names) but Luffy plays a secret police instead of a samurai.
Hey Moose I spoke to you a while back on what was broken in Kiwami 2 and what settings to use.
Gonna be starting 3 in a few weeks and I'd like to know how much is fucked in the PC version. I know the pool is stuffed and the quickstep doesn't work properly on 60 or higher fps i think? is there any other huge issues for the PC version of 3?
>is there any other huge issues for the PC version of 3?
Do yourself a favor and play on Normal. Playing on Hard does nothing for you and you'll make your playthrough twice as long since enemies will block constantly.
Yeah I'm gonna play on normal for the first playthrough then bring whatever op gun into hard/legend if 3 let's you use premium adventure saves for new game plus
On both console and PC guns are broken on enemies in that they don't shoot at all and when they finally randomly can they shoot two shots which can lead to shotgunners one-shotting you, Tag Team Heat Actions are broken so you have a quarter of a second to react to some of them making them significantly harder to land for the completion list, bowling is broken so you need to look up guides on how to throw it on Remastered specifically because 3 throws don't work right for strikes, and the enemy AI blocks more on Hard/Legend than in 3.
https://cookieplmonster.github.io/mods/yakuza-3/
Get that as well.
No, not at all. Shinada is nerfed from what he originally was and I went over the weapons
so I don't need to retype this.
If you're a completionist just know that the Black Cannon and Shinada SSR were free in the original and they're charging for it now.
1. Because I'm a jerk who has been doing it for like 16 or 17 years and I just want to because I like it. No other reason. People can filter me if I bother them.
2. Since 5's announcement of getting localized. I was asking in the threads how to get into it since the Heat Actions looked neat, got into it, loved it, missed the missable substory in chapter 4, messed up the casino unlocking, found out Amon existed and I wouldn't be able to fight him, then dropped it. I picked it back up again when 0 happened and reminded me I still had a playthrough I needed to restart which led to me importing 1&2 HD and later Kenzan and then that was that.
Alright cheers Moose I did get the silent patch on K2 and that worked well. Shame about the gun people being broken and the tag team heats being a bitch. So bowling and pool are the most stuffed minigames on 3 remastered I see. Yeah I know the enemies love to block but it shouldn't be too bad on normal.
what do you mean there's a missable substory in Y5
Sorry, I meant how to get into the series with 1, not with 5. There's no missable substory in 5. With 1 there's a missable trading substory in chapter 4 that will lock you out of getting the tape in chapter 5 if you didn't complete it because the NPCs for trading don't spawn. Then you can lock yourself out of the starving kid substory if you ignore him in front of West Park and then if you don't immediately talk to him when Haruka is following you around in chapter 6 he's permanently missable. Haruka's substories are also permanently missable if you don't do them with her.
Anyone know if the preorder dlc is worth anything? I’m a big completionfag for RGG games
If it’s something I can get in game, I won’t bother and wait for a sale
Just don’t want to be locked out of shit even if it’s cosmetic
>retard OP doesn't know English and tries to make a thread to mock an average every day sentence a thread later
>nobody comments on it because it's correct so nobody sees anything wrong
you played yourself retard, kek
OP here. You commented. I win.
This game comes out right when I need to move to a new apartment
Feels fucking bad
I still pre-ordered it
who would wear a shirt that just has a game company's name on it unless you're one of their employees? I get her advertising the Jack Frost plush but is she also trying to sell the shirt?
>unless you're one of their employees
anon....
Sad to see people willingly defend censorship, unless the SEGA shills are out in full force
fuck off retard
Here’s your penny
>like yakuza games
>wanted to play ishin back in 2018 when I started playing the series
>too lazy to learn japanese
>absolutely love sengoku/edo era japanese aesthetics
>the 2 yakuza games within these era's are japanese only
>one of them is being remade and released in the west
I'm taking what I can get. There's literally NOTHING we can do to stop them from the decision they've made. It's unfortunate but I will play Ishin.
Would a yakuza game with a silent protagonist work?
no way lmao, this series is known for melodrama with high emotional moments, would be really retarded for the protagonist to not just react to anything like the MC's of persona
>Yakuza game where the protagonist can't react to the absurd shit happening in front of him
>Buying a game from a series that goes cheap super fast day 1
>When the last game from the same series had day 1 DLC that cost as much as its own prequel
>AND the game is anime tier cringe garbage
Okay man sure you could burn that money though make your hand warm would be a better use
>Okay man sure you could burn that money though make your hand warm would be a better use
kek why is it always ESLs assmad about new games? we all know why
i just got to the part of LJ where Sawa gets ICE'd by Soma, i legit don't understand why the whole Genda offices gives so much shit about the whole Ehara stuff, i get why Yagami does since he is autistic as shit althoe he feels extra fucking preachy this time around and from what i understand he gets even more annoying now with the whole BUT SAWA, also why does Yagami even get so emotional about her she has been giving him the middle finger the whole game and him has been pestering, it feels like she died way to fast for me to get an attachment to her cuz all of her interactions have been "fuck off Yagami" "But Sawa think of the bullies"
Saori is furious Ehara pulled one over on her.
but is not like Ehara did it even personally to her, the fact that Saori was the lawyer was a coinicidence since no one wanted to take the case and its not like she even tried aswell, the whole thing was a huge fumble, and the media barely even covered the case itself due to the police wanting to put a wrap on the whole thing ASAP until the video of him killing Toshiro's bully appeared, so i don't get why Saori feels so personally attacked but maybe is just me being autistic as fuck
>so i don't get why Saori feels so personally attacked
Because that's her personality. If I remember right she got that serious during the end of JE as well. Ehara pretty much lied to her and regardless of if it was swept under the rug she didn't take kindly to how her client effectively spit in her face for her work.
Sawa literally confessed to Yagami what actually happened and poured her heart out when she felt like she couldn't before or that nobody else would believe her. She was only giving him the cold shoulder before because she thought nothing would get done. It's like you completely skipped all the dialogue or just looked at it without comprehending what was going on.
>i legit don't understand why the whole Genda offices gives so much shit about the whole Ehara stuff
Because the entire event pretty much had Ehara damaging Saori's reputation and they hired Yagami specifically to get to the bottom of what's going on so they're invested in it.
>also why does Yagami even get so emotional about her
Because regardless of her anger and dismissal towards him he was still getting through to her, the guilt got to her and she opened up to him revealing everything, and as you'll find out why in a few chapters when Yagami outright explains why he constantly harps about her.
If you want minor spoilers it's because the main antagonist refuses to acknowledge that their actions caused Sawa's death while preaching their own idea of justice and actively tries to get Yagami killed on top of it effectively making his actions hypocritical.
Thank you anon from the last thread for the kind words, I've moved on and am doing better. But enough about that, let's talk about best boy Shinada and how he will be one of Kiryu's party members in 8.
I wonder what would he think of Ichiban using a bat as his main weapon
anon...he didnt even get mentioned in yakuza 6 despite being part of the yakuza crew in the finale, he effectively doesnt exist anymore
are any of the kidders make restoration mods for this one?
Quite literally impossible
Elaborate
Modders*
We don't even know if it can be done yet and even if you could it would stand out like PS1 Kiryu in Kiwami.
PS2 Kiryu, whoops.
I still have 7 and LJ to get through so I'll most likely get it on sale. A number of years ago I would have bought it on release anyway to support the series, but I think RGG/Yakuza is big enough in the West now.
Which character is the best singer in your opinion?
Akiyama
His version of Pure love in Kamurocho with Hana makes my soul happy
I hope he's a party member in 8 just for his karaoke song.
Saejima sounds soul crushing
Ichiban
Done with Y3. Painful 70 hours, absolute garbage game. Pondering if I should cut my losses 4 and 5 and just throw them into the trash where 3 belongs.
Don't give up. 3 is the worst one in the series. It's a boring baby sitting simulator.
I fucking WISH it was a boring baby sitting simulator, the okinawa shit was the most tolerable thing in the game.
Because that's how long it took me to do the mainstory and 100 or so sidestories. Guess I just insisted on seeing this through since I started with 0. But I genuinely cannot recall a time I was ever this flippin' mad after completing a game.
dunno why you would put yourself through something you didn't like for 70 hours purposely being miserable
are you like an achievement slave or something? i played 33 hrs y3 did most substories and had a great time. hitman missions bit boring but was fine otherwise
they allowed the player to put haruka in a bikini in 3 as an apology for the game itself
How?
Premium Adventure. Dead Souls has it as well. I can't remember if 4 gave her it or not.
>prequel
Pass. Learned the hard way with 0 to not bother with anything but the next +1 number of mainline games.
It's not a prequel idiot. It's a spin-off with historical people portrayed by Yakuza characters in a fun non canon story.
Don't care. If it takes place at any point in time prior to 7 then the game can fuck right off.
This explains so much as to why Yakuza 5 was so retarded
i would love to know what yokoyama thinks baba's character is supposed to be
>kido barely did anything in 4 so we write a rerun with more plot twists
Fujobait, he loves doing that shit the first thing he did when writing 3 was make Rikiya have erotic undertones with Kiryu
>"555". (laughs)
What did he mean by this?
Regardless of that, YAKUZA 5 is the best game of the past 30 years and SEGA's magnum opus. It's the pinnacle of the series and everything RGG aimed to achieve with the franchise. Every game before or after YAKUZA 5 is a massive downgrade in comparison.
It has Haruka playable, of course it's the best.
Ah, a man of taste and wisdom.
I've been watching Gintama lately, it's pretty funny. Only 27 episodes in so I've got quite a ways to go. I heard it gets better as it goes. Can't wait to find out more about Gin's past.
I managed to charm Nanba on the battle against Bleach Japan on the Geomijul HQ with the Lovedrunk Typhoon ability, I thought that was kinda funny
>kiryu will be 56 in Yakuza 8
>majima will be 60
Jesus Christ... are any of the antagonists from the series this far even that old? Komaki doesn't count.
munakata from 4?
Munakata and Kurosawa
I'd have paid off the whole thing already if I had the money. I love this damn franchise so much bros
Is this possible?
It only works on people who aren't Kiryu
Is this?
>intro
Hell yeah
>gameplay
Snoooore mimimimi I tape my controller spam ice moves and healing for 40 minutes
THEY CALL ME "GOROHACHI THE KILLER"!
Yes actually. They do it twice in the series too lmao
>Akiyama's neck
kek
is this possible? owning property
just like his loans it's very flexible
>spoiler
Only for a retired criminal like Kiryu.
crime is lookin kind of tempting right now, but only if I get sub stories
Substories happen as long as you come to contact with a lot of people, crime truly is starting to sound like the best option out there.
Bowling to get a chicken sounds like a damn good investment too.
Truly they were a Like A Dragon 4: The Successor to the Legend
>You shouldn’t judge someone just because they don’t conform to society’s standards of sexual normalcy
>BIGPAPA: I can't die yet, still lots of boobs to see.
>BIGPAPA: im a dirty piggy oink oink
>I peacocked your frickin mother, hehehe YEAH
I wanna pitcher a beer, fried jalapenos, the Wild Avocado Burger, and, uh, let's start with 50 wings extra hot and keep the ranch comin, I didn't take the bottomless stomach skill for nothin.
You hear what I ordered? I'm gonna be fartin blood over here.
lel, Taste of Japan achievement in a nutshell
>financeman
>jailbreakman
>copman
>baseballman
>jrpgman
>detectiveman
Who was the best hero?
Saejima was the true successor, but he has no mass appear, so Akiyama exists to bring some levity in. Then they threw in Tanimura because why not.
mass appeal*
Jrpgman followed by Jailbreakman with Financeman a very close 3rd.
Calling it right now:
>After Yakuza 8 release, Kiwami remakes for 3,4,5 get announced to maintain the yearly release model, while the main titles (Yakuza 9, next Judgment) get more time in the oven
>Kenzan getting a remake as well, depending if Ishin does well (it will)
>Dead Souls unlikely, as it'd require tons of work and resources to make it playable in todays standards
>enough Yakuza/RGG games to last until 2030
They said they don’t have plans to remake those considering they ported them
Remaking 5 sounds like hell too
We also know they’re working on a new IP
Well, I feel like when PS6 releases, maybe they'll Kiwami all the PS3 titles.
I feel like Dead Souls would work as another Unreal Engine remake, whereas 3, 4 and 5 get Dragon Engine remakes
It could work but they'd need to redo most of the gameplay, I doubt they'd do a 1:1 when the most criticized part about it is the gameplay, not to mention it would get slaughtered in reviews if it was kept the same. They'd also have to add a bunch of new substories into the mix because a lot of substories in the game are multiple part ones that are literally just room transitions which they've shown they'd consolidate like that did in K1 and K2.
8 when
legitimately the only upcoming yakuza game worth giving a damn about
>we’re too scared to let kiryu go
Already sounds like a disaster
Which protagonist's clothes would you unironically wear in real life? Personally, I think Shinada and and Kiryu's Y5 outfit are really cool and I'd wear both without feeling awkward
Akiyama for when I take a girl out.
Tanimura casually when I'm shopping.
Kiryu's black suit from 0, and then his regular suit from the rest of the series and Akiyama's suit once I get a bit more in shape.
>make new protagonist says its finally time to let the previous guy go
>remasters 3 THREE kiryu games
>remakes another kiryu game
>puts kiryu in monkey ball
>puts kiryu in sega heroes
>puts kiryu in ubishit game
>puts out kiryu birthday hype video
>announces kiryu plays a big role in 8
>announces remake of a kiryu spinoff
>announces a brand new kiryu mainline-ish game
what the FUCK did sega mean by this???
Nagoshi left so they can do whatever they want
it's funny looking at the game covers such as
Kiryu looks tired and/or fed up. Ishin's cover it looks like he's about to put the revolver to his head
I hate this series. Same with CoD. The new games are so fucking shit now
Should Y4 be played on easy? 3 was cancer on Normal difficulty. I beat the final boss and Lau without healing, but still playing that game made me want to hurl myself off a building like a certain someone on normal difficulty.
No, 3R should be the sole exception for gameplay being a mess in the remasters. Some people said 4R is more grabby but 4 in general was far more polished than 3 was in the various mechanics.
4 should not be played at all
How dumb are you? Akiyama, Saejima and Tanimura are iconic Yakuza characters
HAHAHAHA have a nice day
Play 5, if you don't like the first 2 hours and play 6. 6 is kino
...you know anon, you're probably right. should submit a request to have the remaster collection removed from my account in all honesty.
Just beat 4 and I find it perfectly fine, aside from Saejima's first long battle being a pain with grabbers
>"URGH MY BALLS"
What did they mean by this?
How does Kiryu do that thing with his neck?
the minigames trailers look fun, will probably buy at $20 if isn't a press R2 to walk like Yakuza 0
>game has denuvo
>anons claiming that it's not longer a good game worth playing
You love to see it.
>Yakuza Like a Dragon
>Like a Dragon Ishin
Why do they title these Jap games so retardedly confusing? Why not just "Like a Dragon 1" "Like a Dragon 2" etc like we do in the west?! This shit already annoyed me with the various Kingdom Hearts games.
It's a western thing, actually. In Japan, the series is called 龍が如く (Ryuu ga Gotoku), which translates to Like a Dragon. But for some retarded reason, when the first game came out, the western publisher changed its name to Yakuza and it carried on like this until 7 (which wasn't supposed to have 7 in the Japanese title because of a different protagonist, etc., but it eventually did; this didn't carry over to the western release, because SEGA decided to take this opportunity and correct the series' western name to Like a Dragon). Ishin is a spin-off that didn't see a release in the west originally, now its remake is coming out and it'll be properly called Like a Dragon: Ishin.
I wish we could have fun threads instead moose coming in and started shit and samefagging.
Stopped judgement 2 cause of it
Why would you stop playing a video game because of someone posting in a Ganker thread?
just fucking filter him already. are you not yet tired of him regurgitating the "facts" and "discussions" yet?
what does smile burger taste like?
Weren't they stand-ins for McD's? I'm actually checking out Kabukicho right now for the fun of it and Smile Burger is a restaurant since at least 2009.
What I really liked about Dotonbori when I went there IRL was that almost every restaurant, etc. was in the exact same place as in the games. I didn't have the time to go to Kabukicho unfortunately, but I'll definitely check it out the next time I'm in Japan.
You DID play all 15 games in the franchise right?
There's 21 games you fake fan
>1) Yakuza
>2) Yakuza 2
>3) Yakuza 3
>4) Yakuza 4
>5) Yakuza Dead Souls
>6) Yakuza 5
>7) Yakuza 0
>8) Yakuza 6 The Song of Life
>9) Yakuza Like a Dragon
>10) Judgment
>11) Lost Judgment
>12) Like a Dragon Kenzan
>13) Like a Dragon Ishin
>14) Like a Black Panther
>15) Like a Black Panther 2
If you count them as separate:
>16) Yakuza Kiwami
>17) Yakuza Kiwami 2
You forgot 1&2 HD, 3R, 4R, and 5R (All three were individual releases in Japan) which would throw that amount to 21. Then there's FotNS if you want to count that which would be 22 since it still has the "Like a" branding. RGGO would be 23.
>counting HD versions and remasters as separate games
Moose just fucking stop. I'll give you the Kiwamis and FotNS cause the Kiwamis are actual remakes, but counting remasters is just retarded.
I'm just trying to think of his logic. Even if we discount remasters then there's Ishin Kiwami, FotNS, and RGGO missing but that doesn't bring it to 21 unless you start counting remasters. He might be forgetting RGGo and counting FotNS, Ishin Kiwami, Gaiden, and 8 which would bring it to 21 but no one's played three of those so it should technically only be 18 titles if he's forgetting RGGO. Otherwise it's 19 titles out currently not counting remasters.
I'd also argue the Remasters (Not 1&2 HD) should count as different versions since they offer different content than the originals like nuTanimura and new hostesses (Even if their dialogue isn't changed). You could make the argument only 4R counts because of Tanimura. Then there's Judgment Remastered which has an entirely different look to it because of the lighting change and different minigames.
>18) RGG Online
>19) Binary Domain
>20) Hokuto ga Gotoku
>21) Super Monkey Ball
>Super Monkey Ball
>Binary Domain
>Yakuza franchise
???
If you're gonna count that then Project x Zone and Rainbow Six Siege are also Yakuza games.
Oh, that's great then. Yeah, you do you however you find it works out. For me it was the "Sync the video as best as possible" method.
Nope, those don't count because they weren't made by RGG Studio.
why do you include miss tatsu in this shes so fucking ugly and doesnt matter at all
Jesus christ, Anon, she's just somebody's waifu for god's sake!!
Like a Dragon
samefag
1/2 (PS2), 3/4/5 (PS3), 6/7 (PS4)
I've played the ones which mattered.
Will it be on Gamepass at release?
>Yakuza 6: The Song of Life
>Yakuza Like a Dragon
>Like a Dragon 8
?????????????
>LADGTMWEHN
>not counting Binary Domain
now THAT'S a game that needs a remaster or remake. And also a sequel, please. I got it dirt cheap and never regretted it, wish more people knew about it
Yakuza Gayden: The Man Who Erased His Virginity
waiting on hearing about censorship before buying
Give me some good Yakuza movies bros, I always meant to get into them after playing the games but never actually did. Maybe now is the time.
I clicked the wrong post to reply
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Fuck off dumb revisionist moron, Judgment dragon engine was great.
>so mad he replied in another thread
It still sucked dude
Kenzan would be so much more enjoyable if it was brought over to the west....
You'd still be using guides for everything but the main story so the experience wouldn't be that different to what you're doing now.
I wouldn't have to pause as much is what I'm getting at
You could learn Japanese. It would be less time consuming then sitting there waiting for Kenzan to be localized.
No. I am playing it now anyways.
I can't remember, did Kenzan have pausable cutscenes? Because if you really wanted you could try syncing KHH's video and your gameplay. That's how I did it in Kenzan and Ishin. Even if it doesn't have pausable cutscenes you could try and sync it as best as possible.
It doesn't but RPCS3 has a pause function
I think that pauses the whole emulation (As in, closes the window) so it wouldn't be as easy. Something I think people here said they were doing during ishin was skipping the cutscenes, pausing if anything happened like a boss fight or something, then they watched the cutscenes leading up to that point and then continued in-game.
It doesn't close the window. It only pauses the game. You can just press play and it'll resume. I'm just watching whatever is in the KHH subs video until I'm able to play
I'm not one to reply to archived threads, but I will so anyway.
There have been 8 Yakuza game releases since GTAV came out.
>2024
>LAD8 trailer releases
>28 year old Haruka shows up
How do you react?
Hope Yuta died between 6 and 8 so I can romance her.
The only woman you ever fight in the entire franchise.
>tfw no filipino tomboy gf
And that's why Tanimura is the best player character
Almost done with replaying 4, near the end of Kiryu's part. Some post Saejima thoughts:
>Tanimura's combo finisher heat move is cool as fuck and he generally has some of the best side content
>Saito is one of the worst bosses in the series and has no business being so powerful as a minor antagonist, especially when you always fight him at a low level
>Kiryu's part is so fucking short, chapter 3 was like one cutscene
>plot is more confusing than I remember with all the double agents and backstabbing
>they actually did something with Hamazaki after squandering him in 3
>Akiyama's part is still all around the best (which is what I remembered the most clearly from my original playthrough)
Still loving it anyway but I might have to knock it down a place or two in my personal ranking, strong highs but it's really inconsistent. That said Akiyama will always be my absolute man and I love the whole cast so much that it kinda outweighs a lot of my issues.
I find the plot pretty simply understood as Shibata/Katsuragi/Munakata having a fallout with Arai working for all three trying to make something for his own vision, Kido and Daigo mostly got roped in. The fact we don't see enough of Arai being the guy Akiyama simps hard for and relegating to only the first boss in the finale is kinda disappointing in that sense
Or Daigo getting shoved in as Kiryu's final boss because he had no relation to the story otherwise whatsoever. It didn't even make sense that he would beat him up for something that was out of his control.
Playing through for the first time.
Yasuko is the most unlikable person I have ever seen in the franchise to the point where I skip any cutscene where she starts talking.
You're gonna love 5 if 4 makes you that annoyed at a character.
it's not like park is unlikeable for any of the same reasons yasuko is
I'd say Park is a bit less unlikable than Yasuko, Yasuko was just going around killing people for the lolz.
The plot surrounding Yasuko dumber than the girl herself
>her only lead into proving Saejima's innocence is fucking Katsuragi despite Majima supposedly trying to find her during the 25 years
>after getting money from Akiyama, she stays in Kamurocho for some godforsaken reason to get captured
>having found new allies in Date and Kiryu, she decides to run off with Akiyama while Kiryu's away and cause a dumb misunderstanding that gets her captured again
Other than that her most unlikable is shitting on Tanimura when he has the same fucking goal as her
Why is it that Yakuza games always punish you for doing all substories during your playthrough? I like completing them in between story stuff, you know. But then after I finish the story, suddenly I get all those wacky outfits in premium adventure and nothing to use them on anymore. Why don't they at least give us the outfits for NG+?
Do harukafags even play yakuza? She literally ruined kiryu's life and isn't even interesting enough to make up for it
Do you want to die?
Who has the best outfit in the series? I'm partial to Kiryu's starting suit from 0 (the black one)
Yagami
>Yakuza
Wtf? It's not a soulslike?
I've been replaying Judgment on PC with the remaster
>Yagami as a lead still feels refreshing to me, he is a character with a lot of nuance, he's also extremely cool
>The story is a big slowburn, there's a ton of walking segments and a ton of dialogue in general but it is quality, and the intrigue is palpable
>The investigation aspect minus tailing is pretty fun, and it's cool to see it tie into the gameplay itself at times
>Kuroiwa is still pretty intimidating and an asshole all around
>Kaito is best bro
>The combat after having experienced LJ is a massive stepdown, but still somewhat enjoyable, EX Heat charges up too slow for what little it offers
>The friendship system is great fun, and encourages going out of your way to interact with businesses more
>Sidecases are quality all around, there's not a single bad substory in the game
Honestly it was a great foundation, and the story is just too good. Just wish the combat and content and gameplay was comparable to LJ's, maybe they'll finally manage to get everything right if a third Judgment happens
>EX Heat charges up too slow for what little it offers
I think this is because they wanted to discourage spamming it for EX Actions and EX Burst early on which is why it's so slow. Once you get it to 2 it's pretty reasonable, and 3 is ridiculously fast. They didn't want to fall into the 6 trap where you can very quickly go into Ultimate Heat and then there's never a reason not to be in it during fights outside of variety.
Upgrade flux fissure, that shit gives like 2.5 bars of heat
I've only played Y0 through Y4
will I be good to play this? I'm burnt out on regular yakuza, I've been putting off playing 5
Yes, you're fine. Most of the callbacks have been changed to 0/7 ones now.
I'm not gonna buy Judgment or Ishin until it's $20.
On the bright side I'm still going through the other Yakuza games so I got plenty of time.
Play Yakuza Black Panther, pretty fun with the def jam combat
https://cdromance.com/psp/kurohyou-ryu-ga-gotoku-shinshou/
https://cdromance.com/psp/kurohyou-2-ryu-ga-gotoku-ashura-hen/
Tatsuya's tracksuit looks pretty comfy
>Mine wants to fuck Adachi now
...the weirdest timeline