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Re: Yakuza thread of there's a game every couple of months
« Reply #900 on: May 07, 2021, 02:02:03 AM »
is judgement any good?
I haven't played it myself, but it's supposed to be great.

That goes for all of the Yakuza games. Even the zombie spinoff was good.

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Re: Yakuza thread of there's a game every couple of months
« Reply #901 on: May 07, 2021, 12:39:02 PM »
Lost Judgment releases worldwide September 24, Xbox+Playstation



Also going forward Yakuza will remain turn based, and Judgment will be action based

https://www.ign.com/articles/the-yakuza-series-will-be-a-turn-based-rpg-series-fully-going-forward
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Re: Yakuza thread of there's a game every couple of months
« Reply #902 on: May 07, 2021, 02:45:30 PM »
I really need to play Judgment.

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Re: Yakuza thread of there's a game every couple of months
« Reply #904 on: May 07, 2021, 03:32:19 PM »
Can't wait for Yak8za :rejoice
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Re: Yakuza thread of there's a game every couple of months
« Reply #905 on: May 20, 2021, 06:01:30 PM »
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Re: Yakuza thread of there's a game every couple of months
« Reply #906 on: May 20, 2021, 06:38:40 PM »
Guess I’ll be skipping Yakuza games from here on out. Yakuza 7 just looks like nothing I like about these games and instead doubling down on the stupid shit. Still need to finish the first Judgement which feels slow, but good otherwise.

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Re: Yakuza thread of there's a game every couple of months
« Reply #907 on: May 20, 2021, 07:12:29 PM »
Can't wait for 8kuza :rejoice

FTFY

Its sequel will be Ya9za, since the etymology of the term is 8-9-3, a famously bad hand in a gambling game, Oichokabu.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakuza
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Re: Yakuza thread of there's a game every couple of months
« Reply #908 on: May 21, 2021, 02:39:30 PM »
Guess I’ll be skipping Yakuza games from here on out. Yakuza 7 just looks like nothing I like about these games and instead doubling down on the stupid shit. Still need to finish the first Judgement which feels slow, but good otherwise.

7 may be the best game in the series :trumps

I wasn't overly keen on the direction it took at first glance but it was genuinely my game of the year for 2020
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Re: Yakuza thread of there's a game every couple of months
« Reply #910 on: June 16, 2021, 02:14:30 PM »
That seems really bad tbh. Worldwide sales, PS5 re-release, bargain discounts (I picked up PS5 version for $30 and so did two other people I know, one friend got it on PS4 for $20) and...1 million copies only?

I remember when the mainline Yakuza games would sell like 500k at launch in Japan.


But this is why the series is so efficient at re-use and yearly releases. Keep the budgets down, keep pumping the games out and get by on niche sales.

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Re: Yakuza thread of there's a game every couple of months
« Reply #911 on: June 16, 2021, 11:09:11 PM »
I remember when the mainline Yakuza games would sell like 500k at launch in Japan.

That time's long over. Zero and 6 were already down to something like 200k in 2015/16. While at that time the games weren't localized or sold 80k in the west. So they are definitely far better off now. Still, I don't know clinging to yearly Kuzer as one of their main sources of income is really future proof for Sega. They kind of countered the quickly decreasing interest in Japan with a new meme fanbase in the West, but I don't think that can really last with more yearly releases that all look alike and will certainly lose interest over here too.

Re: Yakuza thread of there's a game every couple of months
« Reply #912 on: June 18, 2021, 09:17:03 AM »
Like a dragon is really fun so far. I made it to chapter 3

Bebpo

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Re: Yakuza thread of there's a game every couple of months
« Reply #913 on: June 21, 2021, 02:07:50 AM »
Judgment's story is pretty exciting so far. Feels dark compared to the Yakuza games I've played. Also Tak gets the shit beat out of him in ways I can't imagine happening to Kiryu.

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Re: Yakuza thread of there's a game every couple of months
« Reply #914 on: June 21, 2021, 11:41:32 AM »
He also tails everyone every 5 minutes
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Re: Yakuza thread of there's a game every couple of months
« Reply #915 on: June 21, 2021, 04:16:44 PM »
He also tails everyone every 5 minutes

I can't hear you over the sound of Tak skateboard jump kicking a guy in a moving car's face


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Re: Yakuza thread of there's a game every couple of months
« Reply #916 on: June 21, 2021, 08:07:58 PM »
Is that in the tiger style? The crane style? The... oh who cares they both suck shit anyway
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Re: Yakuza thread of there's a game every couple of months
« Reply #917 on: June 21, 2021, 08:23:45 PM »
Ok, I'll give you that. Both stances suck and the bosses in infinite red wound mode is bullshit and forces you to just item spam invincibility through the fights.

Re: Yakuza thread of there's a game every couple of months
« Reply #918 on: June 22, 2021, 04:25:43 AM »
Why are the cutscenes in like a dragon so long. Oh my god I get it! It’s so weird to see teen jrpg writing from middle aged dudes.

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Re: Yakuza thread of there's a game every couple of months
« Reply #919 on: June 22, 2021, 11:51:56 PM »
Don’t take it so seriously, I’m up to chapter 4 in Like a Dragon and it’s been a pretty funny game so far.

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Re: Yakuza thread of there's a game every couple of months
« Reply #920 on: June 25, 2021, 07:05:36 PM »
Like a Dragon is by far the best game I’ve played so far this year.  Even the side quests are fantastic and memorable.  The random bits of dialogue you can trigger with your party members definitely reminds me of some of the Tales games I’ve played but I actually give a shit about what these characters are talking about as opposed to Tales.  I made it to Chapter 10 today and just can’t put it down.

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Re: Yakuza thread of there's a game every couple of months
« Reply #921 on: June 26, 2021, 08:46:56 PM »
Yeah Im only on Chapter 4 but the sidequests so far have been hysterical. The "Poundmates" one fucking ruined me. "Gary Buster Holmes" wtf :rofl
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Re: Yakuza thread of there's a game every couple of months
« Reply #922 on: July 01, 2021, 05:50:32 PM »
Finished the story mode for Like a Dragon.  Loved every minute of the story and can’t wait to see what kind of shenanigans the gang gets up to next.  End game left a bit to be desired though.  Slight spoilers ahead.

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The end game dungeon as a beefed up version of the final chapter dungeon was pretty lame, I don’t remember the loot specifically but I have a feeling it was the same through all three versions, at least I know it was for the Final and True versions.  Yea they add Amon to the end game versions but otherwise the enemies just had bigger numbers.

Doesn’t hurt my overall experience enough to outweigh just how great the story mode was though.
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I’ll prolly finish the complete achievement list tonight or tomorrow.

Bebpo

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Re: Yakuza thread of there's a game every couple of months
« Reply #923 on: July 09, 2021, 01:46:24 AM »
Judgment - ALERT ALERT KEIHIN GANG BOSSES ON MAP  :-\


That said, otherwise everything in this game is so good. Been doing all these shop stories and they are GREAT and really nice addition to Kamurocho. The side cases are pretty good & funny too. Between that stuff and the mini-games everywhere and the main story being great this is a real meaty package. Tons to do and it's all pretty enjoyable.

It's also why I can't play more than one of these games per year or two. It's just too much. They're so big.

Bebpo

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Re: Yakuza thread of there's a game every couple of months
« Reply #924 on: July 09, 2021, 01:53:42 AM »
Also, since y'all played more of these games than me, especially the more recent ones:

At what point in the series did Nagoshi start making the boss fights miserable awful broken shit with bosses raging out and being unstunlockable for huge amounts of time while fucking you up non-stop?

Because I played Y1-3 and the two samurai ones and the bosses weren't fucking awful unfun like Judgment. And I've heard for years that Yakuza bosses are shit, so at some point it seems like the bosses got stupid. They were already cheap in Y1-3/Samurai but they weren't broken rage mode life bars bullshit like this.

I basically just have to spam items in Judgment on bosses and keep doing heat moves non-stop because nothing else works. And mortal wounds is a terrible system.

Bebpo

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Re: Yakuza thread of there's a game every couple of months
« Reply #925 on: August 10, 2021, 03:31:54 AM »
I’m at ch.8 of 12 in Judgment and honestly I feel like this has a better main story than any of the other Yakuza games I’ve played. The whole Phoenix Wright Detective angle is a lot of fun and the story is really interesting and engaging.

I feel like Judgment 2 won’t have as good of a main plot since it feels like a lightning in the bottle thing of Nagoshi having a really good story idea for the first one. The Yakuza games have good exciting stories but maybe I’m just over Yakuza drama and this feels different enough that it’s fresh.

I really enjoy all procedural stuff like law office talks. It’s nice playing a small family group that aren’t a bunch of Yakuza.

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Re: Yakuza thread of there's a game every couple of months
« Reply #926 on: August 14, 2021, 03:45:38 AM »
Holy shit, this karaoke bit got even better with the translated lyrics.



English Lyrics:
Will it never change?
REM sleep so deep it’s like death
Come on, it’s about time to get up
The sun’s trying to shine, despite the clouds and curtains
“Tomorrow’s a long awaited holiday, let’s go swimming”
I guess you’re dreaming about the sea around now
Never mind age, have fun
We could charter a boat
and stare into the sunset
The ultimate Weekend Day
If we polish today it will shine like a Great Diamond
so Please, Get up my baby!
(Come on, please get up)
(Please! Please wake up)
(You’re never going to wake up)
(I guess I’ll go to sleep too … )


I thought it was supposed to be a cute vacation song.

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Re: Yakuza thread of there's a game every couple of months
« Reply #927 on: August 15, 2021, 04:52:03 AM »
Ch.10 now in Judgment and most of the side content done. Game is so good.

It has its fair share of legit issues like KEIHIN GANG that detract from it, but man this is a good game and top-tier Yakuza series title. It's rekindling my love for these meaty Kamurocho games.


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Re: Yakuza thread of there's a game every couple of months
« Reply #929 on: August 19, 2021, 02:31:07 AM »
Final chapter in Judgment. The main story, which is the best part of the game, falls pretty hard around 70% through. It's a great murder mystery, but they solve the mystery like 65-75% into the story and then the last 25% is just a bunch of chapters of Yagami doing stupid things and getting nowhere again and again and again which isn't a lot of fun and feels like getting nowhere time-wasters. The sidequests/friend quests are still great and in the last 25% they've been the more fun part. Almost done with those as well.

Hopefully the finale stuff will be good crazy badass Yakuza games stuff to end it on a strong note.

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Re: Yakuza thread of there's a game every couple of months
« Reply #930 on: August 19, 2021, 02:38:48 AM »
Yeah… About that
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Re: Yakuza thread of there's a game every couple of months
« Reply #931 on: August 20, 2021, 04:32:23 AM »
At the point of no return and have 3 friends left and they're all pretty annoying (Mahjong, full batting clear, bunch of art pieces grind from casinos) and need them for the final 2 side cases. While I like the side cases and friend events, not sure I wanna spend the time but will give it a shot before I finish the story. I don't think I've ever bothered doing close to 100% in a Yakuza game before, but I'm so close here I kind of want to try.

Also it's weird how the drone races are totally separate and there's nothing tied to them. There's a lot of races...haven't really bothered after doing the first championship once to check it out.

Hoping Yagami gets disbarred in the ending for all the illegal shit he's done and has somehow not lost his attorney license.

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Re: Yakuza thread of there's a game every couple of months
« Reply #932 on: August 21, 2021, 03:30:18 PM »
Just fought the big battle at the end of Ch 12 of Y7... that music!!!



 :lawd :lawd :lawd
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Re: Yakuza thread of there's a game every couple of months
« Reply #933 on: August 21, 2021, 05:17:11 PM »
So Judgment is glitched and I can't 100% the friends/side cases. I'm down to just Mahjong which apparently I can cheat if I grind 10,000 SP for an item and this runner guy who doesn't show up unless I've run from the cops who don't appear unless a normal battle takes like 5-7 mins+ but after hours of playing today I can't get a sidekick guy to not show up in a normal battle and even if I just block or run in circles the sidekick, even on hard difficulty, will clear all the normal battle enemies before the cops every.single.time. So this is just impossible.

Maybe if I beat the game and then put it on the higher difficulty mode it'll happen and I can get access to the two final lvl.50 city rep side cases. Idk, gonna beat that mahjong and then clear the story I guess at this point. This thing is super annoying. Why this cops showing up thing even exists when normal battles take like 10-30 seconds max is so stupid.

*edit* Got it. 50/50 friends. Gonna clear up the last few side cases and then finish the game. In terms of completion I'm missing the skills from the dice course but don't want to grind the free play passes from the 3 casinos. I've had the worst luck save scumming blackjack the whole game. Ended up just buying chips because I couldn't fucking win a few times in a row even with save/reloads.
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Re: Yakuza thread of there's a game every couple of months
« Reply #934 on: August 21, 2021, 11:03:05 PM »
Spent 3 hours of retries trying to cheese out Shin Amon and barely did it. I need to stop going for 100% in these games. That was a super bullshit fight.

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Re: Yakuza thread of there's a game every couple of months
« Reply #935 on: August 22, 2021, 02:52:53 AM »
Finished Judgment, yeah that finale was just nonsense tune out like FFXII or the many other game/movie/book stories that just lose the plot in the end.

They really couldn’t decide whether they wanted a satisfying courtroom finale without the punching or a punch punch shoot shoot over the top Yakuza finale and it just kinda zig-zags between both unsatisfyingly. Same with the main antagonist. When you can’t just punch some of these bad people it struggled figuring out who the actual antagonist is and kept jumping around between a few people instead of having a strong antagonist.

Lots of other stupid stuff like the courtroom stuff is so unrealistically nonsense, the mole has a million chances to shoot Yagami and never does, etc…

The first 70% is one of the stronger Yakuza stories as a detective murder mystery procedural and Yagami is pretty solid and decently smart. But the last 30% is a real mess and worse than pretty much every Yakuza game I’ve played. Just very weak.

That being said it’s a fun & good game. It has legit flaws like the Keihin Gang and the whole dual stance & ex mode system isn’t that great of a combat system, but lots to do in the city, fun sidequests, fun characters, good plot for most of it, nice visuals, and I actually enjoy tailing surprisingly.

It’s a good game and I’m down for another Yagami adventure. Hopefully with better combat, no Keihin Gang thing and maybe next time they’ll figure out the identity struggle between courtroom stuff and punch punch stuff and make it work. Might be better to just ditch the court legal procedural stuff and just make it a punch punch Yakuza story as a punch punch detective.

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Re: Yakuza thread of there's a game every couple of months
« Reply #936 on: August 22, 2021, 03:19:57 AM »










Lotta good times for sure in the 45 hours I put in. Although it gets a negative point for being the first Yakuza game I've ever played where if you grab a grunt near a ledge you can't instant kill them by throwing them over the ledge wtf.


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Re: Yakuza thread of there's a game every couple of months
« Reply #938 on: September 16, 2021, 11:39:07 AM »
Lost Judgment out next week, time to tail people again in the name of justice
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Re: Yakuza thread of there's a game every couple of months
« Reply #939 on: September 17, 2021, 02:28:04 AM »
I'm reading the outrage that Lost Judgment treats Sexual Assault stuff absolutely terribly.

Coming from Judgment 1, yeah.

Like this isn't even a reviewers being overly critical iffy thing. The RGG team is really, really dated on dealing with anything with women holy crap. There were parts in Judgment 1 that was like phew...how is this a 2018 game?

The Yakuza/Judgment series is so tied up in this overly masculine BADASS MEN culture and BOOBS BOOBS BOOBS it's ...pretty embarrassing at this point. They really need to work on this aspect ASAP, even if it means Nagoshi backs off a little from full creative control.

I mean his "Kiryu can't hit women so he can't be in Tekken or any fighting game" is  ::)
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Re: Yakuza thread of there's a game every couple of months
« Reply #940 on: October 08, 2021, 10:07:44 AM »
Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio head Toshihiro Nagoshi and Daisuke Sato left Sega. 

Like A Dragon direct sequel also announced.
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Re: Yakuza thread of there's a game every couple of months
« Reply #941 on: September 14, 2022, 08:11:04 AM »




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Re: Yakuza/Like A Dragon/Judgement Thread Of There's A New Game Couple Of Months
« Reply #942 on: September 14, 2022, 09:45:08 AM »
 :whatisthis

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Re: Yakuza/Like A Dragon/Judgement Thread Of There's A New Game Couple Of Months
« Reply #943 on: September 14, 2022, 10:36:39 AM »
Didn't the main guy leave a year or so ago, what if they're shit :anhuld
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Re: Yakuza/Like A Dragon/Judgement Thread Of There's A New Game Couple Of Months
« Reply #944 on: September 14, 2022, 10:44:39 AM »
I'm glad I waited to play the Judgement games. Steam Deck babyyyyyyyyy

Kpop hair Kiryu is such a weird thing to tease and not elaborate on lol

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Re: Yakuza/Like A Dragon/Judgement Thread Of There's A New Game Couple Of Months
« Reply #945 on: September 14, 2022, 11:04:11 AM »
Kiryu milking  :-\

I'm still way behind on the series, but seems like a lack of confidence if after one game with Ichi they're already backtracking.


I think what they should've done if they wanted to bring Kiryu back is do a 3rd period piece one that could be starring him.

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« Reply #946 on: September 14, 2022, 11:06:31 AM »
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kiryu is in like a dragon :shh
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Re: Yakuza/Like A Dragon/Judgement Thread Of There's A New Game Couple Of Months
« Reply #947 on: September 14, 2022, 11:20:25 AM »
Judgement and Lost Judgement are now out on Steam!

$39.99 and $59.99. 
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Re: Yakuza/Like A Dragon/Judgement Thread Of There's A New Game Couple Of Months
« Reply #948 on: September 14, 2022, 02:10:58 PM »
Still waiting for LJ edition with the DLC to hit 60% off before getting it. They shit these games out way too quickly with copious asset reuse to reward bad DLC practices. Would’ve gotten it at launch otherwise.

All the new stuff looks pretty hype  :hyper
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Re: Yakuza/Like A Dragon/Judgement Thread Of There's A New Game Couple Of Months
« Reply #949 on: September 14, 2022, 03:43:15 PM »
Kinda crazy that they're launching LJ at $60 when the PS4/Xbox versions were already 50% off a month after release.
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« Reply #950 on: September 14, 2022, 04:24:33 PM »
Yup; will wait for a sale before grabbing them.
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Re: Yakuza/Like A Dragon/Judgement Thread Of There's A New Game Couple Of Months
« Reply #951 on: September 14, 2022, 06:05:40 PM »
It’s surprising they haven’t done another prequel. Don’t know the numbers but Yakuza 0 seemed like the big breakout game in the west. Got a five year window until Kiryu’s arrested.

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« Reply #952 on: September 14, 2022, 08:22:25 PM »
Still waiting for LJ edition with the DLC to hit 60% off before getting it. They shit these games out way too quickly with copious asset reuse to reward bad DLC practices. Would’ve gotten it at launch otherwise.

All the new stuff looks pretty hype  :hyper

As soon as I say that it’s 55% off lol. Fuck it. Bought.
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