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The Yakuza Remastered Collection |OT| Fuma, Rubber, and Dreams Remastered
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Man the hunting mini games are still so good. The atmosphere and the slow pacing of the missions just makes want more.
Hopefully Yakuza 8 brings the goods. I would love another go at hunting cause it is really fun.
Hopefully Yakuza 8 brings the goods. I would love another go at hunting cause it is really fun.
Have you guys seen the Majima Easter egg in the physical collection ?
Random: Yakuza Remastered Collection Proves Goro Majima Really Is Everywhere
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Fuck i'm totally checking this out when i get home. Literally opened the game yesterday and didn't even catch it this.
FWIW if you wanted to plat a yakuza game. Yakuza 6 is by far the easiest. About 60hrs total and you don't have to 100% the game I believe. That or it's super easy to.
After messing around with Yakuza 3 I instantly noticed something. Is the heat action sound missing from Yakuza 3? or did it not come until 4? After playing so much the past years that was instantly distracting for me. This was the tutorial section so i'm not sure if it was just that particular moment or just me in general.
Sound comes in 5. Its not in 4 either, and it is jarring going back to it after years playing the later games. 7 is also an easy plat, but I'm aiming for the 100% in game completion - which is still easier than past games, but is way tougher than going for the plat as the completion list in that game is easier compared to say... 3's or 4's. 5's 100% trophy is easy, just time consuming, I loved my time 100%ing it (twice!)
6 is the best, yeah. Tied with Zero probably.
I love how 6 kind of trimmed the fat, the pacing is superb. Stages like the hotel raid rank among the best in the saga. Story wise its very good and I loved the pub social side mission. Some insane side missions in this game.
I should buy this collection. I beat 3 on PS3, quit 4 halfway through for some reason and never played 5.
Wow! Could've swore it was in 4 at least. Obviously not then. Man that's crazy. That's good to hear for 5. I didn't really think of the trophies when playing these on PS3 and that I played the japanese version of 5 since It felt pretty bleak that Yakuza was coming back to the west in 2012 . ohhh both PS3 and PS4!? Dedication.
You should play 5, it provides context for Haruka's situation in 6 which isn't referenced in game as far as I can remember. 4 has a ton of backstory and character development for Akiyama and Saejima but is otherwise pretty self-contained.
I beat Yakuza 5 today, played it tons this weekend. I may have found one I didn't like....I liked all the rest but this was just too much. I found the story needlessly convoluted, didn't enjoy hopping between way too many characters, etc.
Probably my least fave. Oh well. Started off well and ended well enough but the 2nd and 3rd and probably 4th chapter were a slog for me.
6 should be good though.
Probably my least fave. Oh well. Started off well and ended well enough but the 2nd and 3rd and probably 4th chapter were a slog for me.
6 should be good though.
Yeah I know some about 5 and her ambitions. 6 doesn't really explain that, stuff happens as a result of her character in 5 and thats about it.
I've put a crap ton of hours into Y3 and loving it. Still in Ryukyu. I 100%ed 0, Kiwami 1 and 2 but this is looking like a tough one. Some of the minigames are quite difficult. I'm still enjoying going for it though.
I'm like 10 hours into Kawami, and I've spent only like an hour of that on the story.
The good news is that I'm the slot car racing king of Kamurocho.
The good news is that I'm the slot car racing king of Kamurocho.
Started up 3 last night. Just 2 hours in. Already refreshing seeing a new town and the orphanage with the beach.
I never tried but i heard you can't pause cut scenes. Is it the same for 4 and 5?
I never tried but i heard you can't pause cut scenes. Is it the same for 4 and 5?
it's funny, the main plot is so obvious and the gameplay is mainly just learning how Majima fights, but then it goes right for your heart.
It's a slight 2 hours except for the great way it ties into and pays off Yakuza 0.
I'm at the start of chapter 11 in yakuza 3. How far from the ending am I if I just do the story?
Two and a half hours. Maybe less depending on how fast you move through the content.
Chapter 11 is fairly short and chapter 12 is the final chapter.
Chapter 11 is fairly short and chapter 12 is the final chapter.
Thank you. I knew chapter 12 was the last so I figured it wouldn't be too long but two and a half hours is still a fair chunk aha. Probably won't finish this tonight then!
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Yeah the gameplay is nearly all pretty meh but just a couple of scenes, just amazing moments. My favorite parts of Kiwami 2 ha ha.
I can't recall any side stories in 3 that require gambling items... though there is the Haruka Trust missions that come later on... That said, that stuff is completely optional as its not for any trophy or anything. You should be fine using them whenever you feel like.
Cool, I'm just gonna get the associated trophies & call it good.
Also oh man, Kiryu has fully become a dad.
Haruka: "what's up, uncle kaz?"
One of your options: "the sky"
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The responsibility definitely falls on Yakuza 0 to be consistent with the games that were developed before it. It's one of my favorite games of all time, but I do admit, it creates some weird continuity and lore issues that I'm not a fan of. Then, Kiwami 2's Majima Saga (which is more or less fanservice for 0 fans) creates even more problems.
Yakuza 0 informs us that after Majima failed to collaborate on the Ueno Seiwa hit with Saejima, he was thrown into a black site and tortured for a year. This contradicts what the Florist tells us in Yakuza 4, which is that after the Ueno Seiwa put a hit out on Saejima's patriarch, Sasai, he went into hiding, but was eventually brought down to Purgatory by Majima. The plot hole here is that Majima couldn't have possibly brought Sasai there while he was still locked away in that black site.
And then there's the fact that according to Yakuza 4, Majima already knew of the Florist and Purgatory as far back as 1985 or so, but in Kiwami 2's Majima Saga (set in February of 2006), there's another contradiction, as we see the two meeting for the very first time, and Majima's confusion when he's told about what Purgatory is.
Unrelated to either of those, you've got Saejima never acknowledging how different Majima became (in both the way he carries himself, and his bizarre sense of fashion) from the kyodai he used to know back in the 80s. I also have a bit of an issue with 0 never acknowledging the existence of Yasuko, especially since Yumi at least gets mention in some lines that tell the player she's away at college. Yasuko was Saejima's sister, and it would stand to reason that Majima would want to verify that she's doing OK, right?
And then there's the fact that according to Yakuza 4, Majima already knew of the Florist and Purgatory as far back as 1985 or so, but in Kiwami 2's Majima Saga (set in February of 2006), there's another contradiction, as we see the two meeting for the very first time, and Majima's confusion when he's told about what Purgatory is.
Unrelated to either of those, you've got Saejima never acknowledging how different Majima became (in both the way he carries himself, and his bizarre sense of fashion) from the kyodai he used to know back in the 80s. I also have a bit of an issue with 0 never acknowledging the existence of Yasuko, especially since Yumi at least gets mention in some lines that tell the player she's away at college. Yasuko was Saejima's sister, and it would stand to reason that Majima would want to verify that she's doing OK, right?
Almost done with 3, going a lot quicker than I thought. I'm enjoy it and it's changes but yeah, the standard Kiryu gets pulled back into Tojo is wearing thin, so I can see why they went wirh so many characters in 4. Going to play thru 4 before Animal Crossing and my goal is to finish all three games (including 5) before TLOU2. And then 6 in the summer sometime.
cant wait to see the inevitable "The Story So Far" collection for Yakuza lol. I'm guessing it would be 5-6 discs haha
cant wait to see the inevitable "The Story So Far" collection for Yakuza lol. I'm guessing it would be 5-6 discs haha
Woohoo I legit won the billiards mission an on my first try to! No reloading needed! Easy 100k. Now I'm dragging Haruka around Ryukyu at night and she's as hungry as ever. To the point where as soon as we leave a place she immediately wants to go back in lol. Now she wants me to win a thousand tags at Ceelo which doesn't seem possible since the max bet is 200 an all the players combined don't add up to 1000? Oh yeah close to 6 hours in Chapter 3 an still not ready to move the story forward yet @_@
Yes and so do I! Luckily it turns out that win or lose that and some other mission counts as cleared an allow ya to fight him.
Did they remove the manga preview in Yakuza 5? Can't seem to find them. I remember seeing in the japanese version but haven't checked back when the western PS3 release came out.
Only included in the PS3 version. Licensing nightmare as you can imagine. They were removed from the Asian releases of 5 on the PS4 as well unfortunately.
Just did the first Revelation. Holy shit, that was hilarious. Does this mechanic return in later games?
Revelations are in:
Ryu Ga Gotoku Kenzan
Yakuza 3
Yakuza 4
Yakuza 5
Kenzan have tons of them... I really miss them :(
That is awesome, I totally missed it!Have you guys seen the Majima Easter egg in the physical collection ?
Random: Yakuza Remastered Collection Proves Goro Majima Really Is Everywhere
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Not that I remember. But revelations sure are, there's tons of them in that game. Crazy to think they reduce them to just 1 per character by Yakuza 5.
Frame rate change from 30 to 60 probably. But hard? Not really... I cleared it first time. Its easy to hit the pins in the sweet spot to get strikes and hit a 200+ game.
The above was my first try booting the game up to check bowling as several people mentioned how hard it was. Its just that you need to be slightly more accurate on your aim as the pins don't fall about the place so easy. Still not really hard to do, especially as you only have one bowling ball to use in 3, I replicated my run several times really quick afterwards and scored 200+ consistently.
Since alot of people might not know this, Yakuza 5 remaster actually features higher resolution texture assets. It wasn't just a up res and that's it.
I found a uncompressed image of the PS3 version running on RPCS3 in HD and compared it to my PS4 remaster. This is the Tatsuya noddles minigame. As you can see here in the curtain with the black circles all over it, the texture is higher res on PS4. While it isn't a night and day difference, it shows you the extra effort they put on the remaster.
I found a uncompressed image of the PS3 version running on RPCS3 in HD and compared it to my PS4 remaster. This is the Tatsuya noddles minigame. As you can see here in the curtain with the black circles all over it, the texture is higher res on PS4. While it isn't a night and day difference, it shows you the extra effort they put on the remaster.
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Nice sweet spot an different from the one I use! I like Y3/4 bowling so yeah also gotta disagree about the hard part.
It took me about maybe an hour of trying the competition over and over (often quitting out and retrying after bombing the first/second holes) before I got it and in the process made all my money back by coming in second. I'm real bad at putting >.< Are you using halfpower shots when needed? I think all but two of the holes can get you real close to the hole from the first shot.
hard may be the wrong word, extremely unrealistic physics would be closer. I bowled a 100 on my first try and on a real lane the same frames would have been a 150. Pins are never that dead in real life.
Since alot of people might not know this, Yakuza 5 remaster actually features higher resolution texture assets. It wasn't just a up res and that's it.
I found a uncompressed image of the PS3 version running on RPCS3 in HD and compared it to my PS4 remaster. This is the Tatsuya noddles minigame. As you can see here in the curtain with the black circles all over it, the texture is higher res on PS4. While it isn't a night and day difference, it shows you the extra effort they put on the remaster.
I wonder why they didn't do this for all the games, or maybe they just did it inconsistently. I feel like some textures in Y3 might be improved, but there are obvious ones (Majima's snakeskin jacket and Kiryu's Okinawa shirt, for example) that either weren't touched at all or were somehow even more like pixelated barf on the PS3 version.
Yeah, some of 3's textures in the character models look rough. I don't think these Y5 ones are brand new assets, just the same ones but in higher resolution. Alot of devs create assets in super high resolutions and then have to downgrade them when they reach the game. My guess is since 5 is a newer game, they likely still had access to the original uncompressed elements of the game and didn't for 3 being older and all, just a guess of course.
I was not expecting the FMV when I finished the hostess storyline.
I'm really glad my roommate didn't walk through the living room at that moment.
I'm really glad my roommate didn't walk through the living room at that moment.
Picked up my copy today! The same gamestop had a PS3 copy of Yakuza 3 in decent-ish condition as well. Thinking about getting that just for collection purposes.
It's weird, though, because they do have higher-resolution textures for both pieces of clothing; you can see them in cutscenes. I'd have to go back and double-check that they aren't pre-rendered ones, but I feel like I saw at least a few 60fps cutscenes (and thus not pre-rendered) that had higher-resolution textures. I would understand the assets not being recoverable if the only time you saw them was in movie clips, but they must be in the engine in some form if they show up in in-engine cutscenes. But maybe the cutscene models are sufficiently different that remapping the high-res textures would be too much work? Who knows.
In any case, more something I'm curious about, and not actually something that affects the quality of the game in a meaningful way.
Wouldn't it make the games look kinda disjointed if models/textures in some places were updated while at the same time, even in the same scenes, others were not? 3 & 4 looked good as they were on PS3 an still do on these remasters. I dunno how 5 will look compared to its original version but hopefully it didn't turn out looking odd because some things were updated.
Finished Yakuza 3 a couple of weeks ago and started doing the substories but it started to drag pretty quick. The way they're organised, how they show up on the map and in the substory screen, has improved so much since 3 that trying to do them here was a chore.
Decided to leave it for now and started Yakuza 4... This Akiyama guy seems pretty rad. Like a mix of Majima, Kiryu and Yagami lol.
Decided to leave it for now and started Yakuza 4... This Akiyama guy seems pretty rad. Like a mix of Majima, Kiryu and Yagami lol.