So whose playing that Yakuza 3 now that it's out!

[Bebpo]

.....

[demi]

What do you think has more content - FF13 or Yakuza 3

looool

[magus]

http://gamedesign.jp/flash/mahjong/mahjong_e.html
there you don't have to buy yakuza 3 anymore!

[iconoclast]

Amazon didn't have release date delivery for it so I won't have it until Friday. 

Gotta finish FF13 first though so I can wait.

[Himu]

Not buying this. I've played Yak 1 and 2. Why play 3? Same thing.

[bork]

I picked it up this afternoon.  The game rang up at $59.99, and I had to have a little "debate" with the Gamestop clerk about the reserve price being $54.99.  Got it for that price in the end.

Since I still have yet to play through Yakuza 1 and 2, I don't know what to do.  Started playing Yakuza 2 last night, but when it got to the recap movie of the first game's events, I started to want to play it from the beginning instead of skipping the original.  And then there's the PS2 games looking like total crud on my my HDTV.  Yakuza 2 has a widescreen option but no 480P mode?  Damn it, Sega.

So I dunno; maybe it's time to do a Yakuza gaming marathon.

[Bebpo]

Not buying this. I've played Yak 1 and 2. Why play 3? Same thing.

Yeah I was feeling that at #2
feeling it more at Kenzan
feeling it even more at the first chapter of #3

They milked this franchise too much, too quickly.

[Bebpo]

I picked it up this afternoon.  The game rang up at $59.99, and I had to have a little "debate" with the Gamestop clerk about the reserve price being $54.99.  Got it for that price in the end.

Since I still have yet to play through Yakuza 1 and 2, I don't know what to do.  Started playing Yakuza 2 last night, but when it got to the recap movie of the first game's events, I started to want to play it from the beginning instead of skipping the original.  And then there's the PS2 games looking like total crud on my my HDTV.  Yakuza 2 has a widescreen option but no 480P mode?  Damn it, Sega.

Skip them and just play #3.  I don't know how it ranks in the series, but at least you won't have the burnout from playing the others.

If you like it, you can play them afterwards.

[bork]

Something tells me if I do that, I won't ever want to go back to the PS2 games. 

Was thinking about running through the first two, skipping all the extra stuff, then taking my time with the third game.

[Mr. Gundam]

Already played Ryu ga Gotoku 3. Gonna buy Ryu ga Gotoku 4 next month.

[bork]

Already played Ryu ga Gotoku 3. Gonna buy Ryu ga Gotoku 4 next month.

Gonna play it in English. 

With stuff cut out!

And contemplate getting Ryu Ga Gotoku 4 later on. 

And will probably buy Kenzan next time I am in Japan, cuz fuck importing that. 

Also Gamestop fucked up and a lot of people didn't get the promised $5 off for pre-ordering

Or the exclusive bonus content DLC code

Gamestop and Sega, fuckin' up

But only suckers didn't get the $5 off and DLC

[Himu]

Not buying this. I've played Yak 1 and 2. Why play 3? Same thing.

Yeah I was feeling that at #2
feeling it more at Kenzan
feeling it even more at the first chapter of #3

They milked this franchise too much, too quickly.

The problem isn't the milking. The problem is that the series takes place in the same location with the same characters, with similar activities and the same battle system.

It has changed this much in the past five years:

[pilonv1]

If I hadn't played any of this series could I start with 3? I'm not really interested by I do miss my Shenmue

[Himu]

Yep, you should be able to jump in. Story sucks in these games anyways.

[Bebpo]

Yep, you should be able to jump in. Story sucks in these games anyways.

Ummm, no?

That's kind of why people play them besides the punching tigers in the face.

[cool breeze]

Stories in these games are MGS-flavor wacky jappy shit.  Great stuff.

I'll play Yakuza 3 eventually but I know there were some situations in Yakuza 1 that carried into Yakuza 2.  There are reoccurring characters even in the side-missions.

As for the game sand how much they're different, there isn't much change between them but I'm fine with that.  Biggest change between Yakuza 1 and 2 in the core game is much better combat.  Yakuza 3 seems to just have the "tech" upgrade and what comes with it (free camera as you run around, better graphics, etc).  Judging from the Yakuza 4 demo, the combat and camera is quite a bit better than Yakuza 3 without even taking into account the three new, different playable characters.

I don't mind that they mostly stay the same because it's a guilty pleasure game.  A new game is a new story, sub-missions, arcade games, etc. to go through.  You mostly go through the same motions each time.  Reminds me a bit like the Castlevania GBA/DS games.  I enjoyed Aria, DoS, and PoR even though they're basically SOTN.  Very unambitious but I was content with playing one every year.  It's like comfort gaming.  Then OoE came out and sucked hard.

[bork]

Yep, you should be able to jump in. Story sucks in these games anyways.

Ummm, no?

That's kind of why people play them besides the punching tigers in the face.

Yeah, if it wasn't for that I wouldn't be torn on which ones to play.  The story seems interesting, for once.

[Bebpo]

I thought maybe I'd try to play the JP one finally now that other people are playing the game.

Then I hit the 15 min install   Forgot the game had one  

[Himu]

Yep, you should be able to jump in. Story sucks in these games anyways.

Ummm, no?

That's kind of why people play them besides the punching tigers in the face.

Are you serious? The stories are terrible.

Fat guy monitors a whole city district in an underground brothel with 999 video cams.

The stories are entertaining, but the stories are not good in the least. They're trash.

Thankfully the games have good characters to back it up.

[Bebpo]

Stories are "entertaining" and have "good characters" but it "sucks"?

...ok.

don't get me wrong, I thought the plot in #2 was fairly lolz.  But just because it's ridiculous doesn't make it bad if it's entertaining and the cast rocks.

[Himu]

Stories are "entertaining" and have "good characters" but it "sucks"?

...ok.

don't get me wrong, I thought the plot in #2 was fairly lolz.  But just because it's ridiculous doesn't make it bad if it's entertaining and the cast rocks.

There's a line between entertaining and being...actually, you know, good.

How is that not hard to grasp?

The cast in a lot of games are good, but simply having a good cast does not equate to good storytelling.

[cool breeze]

I think you're a bit confused himuro-chan.  no one here is saying yakuza is high art.

[Himu]

I'm not saying it is.

[Bebpo]

MGS1-3/Portable Ops are good stories.
They are entertaining and you enjoy watching them play out even if they are ridiculous and full of lolz moments. 

Like swaggaz says, how is RGG any different? 

[Himu]

MGS games have bad stories too.

[Bebpo]

@_@

[Sho Nuff]

God you guys are morans. Is this game fun or not, I'm toying with the idea of buying it

[Himu]

if it's anything like the first two, it should be fun

[pilonv1]

I dont care about the story, tell me what the game is like.

[bork]

 

The following quests were cut because they were deemed unsuitable the the Western audience.

I Wanna Go to Tokyo pt. 1
The Brewer's Treasure
Make the No. 1 Cabaret Club Girl!
English Conversation Solicitor step 1
English Conversation Solicitor step 2
Love's Cupid
Love's Cupid Continues
Love's Cupid Continues Again
A Trip Before Marriage

So around 9/40 of the quests were cut for chapter 3-4. The release date for this game should have been on April 1st to be honest.

[originalz]

Whaaaat, they got rid of English Conversation Solicitor?  Haha, I can only imagine what kind of quest that was.  Hopefully it involved NOVA.

[Mr. Gundam]

Love's Cupid
Love's Cupid Continues
Love's Cupid Continues Again
A Trip Before Marriage

These were a few of the side quests I actually did in RGG3. They feature characters that were in the first two games and Kenzan... damn shame that they were removed as they're wacky jappy fanservice.

[cool breeze]

Just a random guess, but did they have anything to do with those side missions from the first two games about the guy who wanted to jump off a building?

[Mr. Gundam]

It's the guy who's in love with the stripper/idol/hostess girl.

[cool breeze]

I think they might be the same.

I was actually going to mention that quest in an earlier post about how events from older games continue in the newer ones.  In Yakuza 1 and 2

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I think the first time the hostess said she wanted to marry him or something like that while the second time she lied and said she was pregnant.

[close]

[Mr. Gundam]

In RGG3

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Kazuma finds them on vacation in Okinawa. Nerdy/creepy guy tries to propose to her, but she tells him that they can't get married because they're long lost siblings.

[close]

They also show up in Kenzan, but I don't remember the story.

[HyperZoneWasAwesome]

I day 1-ed it, but Yakuza 2 has been on my backlog forever (like about 40% of my previous gen library) and I picked it up again last week, it really is pretty damn awesome.  I'll finish it first.

Also, there's that I either need to upgrade my hard disk, or clear a lot of stuff for Y3.  The one-two punch of Heavy Rain and Yakuza 3 would pretty much decimate all the saved space I have on my system.

I hope Sega does well enough on this to continue taking chances on well, stuff like this, but I ain't exactly holding my breath for Yakuza 4/Kenzen ever making it out of Japan (hope I'm wrong though).

[bork]

The cut content sucks (well, the sidequests anyway...I didn't care about the hostess club or mahjong stuff), but it's still amazing that Yakuza 3 even made it out.  Maybe there is hope for 4.

[trippingmartian]

Will be picking this up this weekend. I'm wondering if I should just sell/goozex my copies of Yakuza 1 & 2 that I'll never get around to finishing (partly because my PS Triple isn't BC, and I never turn on my PS2).

[Purple Filth]

Is the part with a black kid being describing himself as "sunburnt"   still in? *


*Heard this from a EB poster

[Mr. Gundam]

Is the part with a black kid being describing himself as "sunburnt"   still in? *


*Heard this from a EB poster

That was me. And he didn't compare himself to being sunburnt, he compared himself to being burned, like the little girl who has scars on her arms from being in a fire.

I'm not buying the NA version since I already bought and played through the Japanese version, but I'd love to know how they approached it. It's not part of a sidequest, so they can't really cut it.