To be fair, that's what you get when your setting is basicallty Mad Max with Bruce Lee
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To be fair, that's what you get when your setting is basicallty Mad Max with Bruce Lee
Definitely make sure to do karaoke with Majima. You won't be disappointed, hehe.
Finished Cabaret Club championship in Kiwami 2. Loved it in Zero too. Such an addicting mini game. Not finding much reason to continue the game at this point. I'd love to see a full blown PSN title made out of it.
After playing for about 40 hrs finished Yakuza 0. Loved the main campaign and the finale was superb. Finished around 60 side stories. An amazing game overall with these minor complaints -
Dint like the business and cabaret management mini games much. The main campaign however did enough to make a fan out of me and will definitely be playing all the games till Yakuza 6, but feel like taking a good 4-6 months break before playing the next game of the series.
- Last couple of chapters felt a bit dragged. Fighting Kuze 4 times??
- Wanted to do more sub-stories, so was running aimlessly through the town hoping to trigger one. Would have been great if there is a way to locate all the sub stories. Used youtube for a while to locate them, but then got bored and will watch them there itself. Also the novelty has worn off now.
- Wanted to do more sub-stories, so was running aimlessly through the town hoping to trigger one. Would have been great if there is a way to locate all the sub stories. Used youtube for a while to locate them, but then got bored and will watch them there itself. Also the novelty has worn off now.
Dint like the business and cabaret management mini games much. The main campaign however did enough to make a fan out of me and will definitely be playing all the games till Yakuza 6, but feel like taking a good 4-6 months break before playing the next game of the series.
The moment when Majima and Kiryu were finally face to face...got goosebumps :) BTW, about what incident, that happened in 1995, were they talking about near the end credits? Something that will happen in Kiwami?
Yup, it refers to something that happens in the opening of Yakuza 1 / Kiwami 1.
Thre is an item called Substory Finder, which basically let's you see which substories are active on the map, although I dont exactly remember how to get it for Majima, the one for Kiryu is one of the possible rewards you get by facing Mirachle Johnson in his Dance substory
Thanks :)
Ohh!! I did finish that sub-story, let me check, if I've received that item or not. I remember performing very bad when I faced him :( Thanks :)
Dot worry about your performance against him, His AI is programmed to be impossible to beat by default really.
hell yeah, this is going to be perfect for me, considering I just finished Yakuza 0 (first Yakuza game)
Yeah. It looks really good. I only skimmed it though as I didn't want to see all of chapter 1 before playing it for myself. On the bright side, the character interactions look fantastic, something the team does so damn well so I'm super sold on the game!
Dojima took the fall for most of that. From what I understood he sold out Shibusawa and Kuze to the cops to get Kazama and Kiryu off the hook while Dojima himself lost a lot of power to Sera due to the whole empty lot business. At least, that's how I interpreted the ending.
So. You know how I always mention how Yakuza games are just too damn easy (yes, even Kiwami). Good news, the second PSP game is just what I'm looking for, where even one Yakuza random encounter (as in, fighting one guy) can be brutal. Dropped the difficulty to normal as I kinda take issue against some of the mechanics the game uses (mainly button mashing to get up, something the first PSP game forces you to loads as well). Basically you can get stunned pretty easily in this game, and knocked over, grabbed by the crowd, and get out of breath. Granted all that happens to the AI as well, but as opposed to Yakuza's mainline approach of just button bashing, this game actually forces you to fight smart. And I kinda really love that. Stamina is a thing that'll catch you out initially but I got used to it quick, just don't sway or button bash and you seem to be fine.
Some cool exclusive additions to this game are the use of awesome dodge slowdown moves - time a dodge just right and time will slow, letting you counter attack. And it rocks. You can also counter with back + circle but damn if it isn't hard to reliably pull off on a PSP. Can see me using it much, too risky.
Moves work similar to the first game, so no strings like the main game, but rather pressing a direction and attack lets you pull off one of several different moves, which can be strung into a combo. You can unlike loads of fighting styles so these all play differently and each have exclusive heat moves.
Now another new addition is battle damage in areas. So paper doors getting damaged, vending machines getting smashed etc. You do this by smashing or throwing enemies into select parts of the arenas. And you can then follow these up with environmental heat moves (requires no heat it seems) which is cool. I really love this approach, hope they can add more interactivity in areas with the dragon engine games with more context sensitive heat moves.
Story wise the game uses manga panels like the first game. Art and limited animation is beautiful (again, like the first game) and is a superior choice to using low quality FMV.
Load times are probably the biggest issue with the game. As its like Yakuza 1 and 2 for the PS2 (you lucky people starting the series on PS4 or even PS3 don't know the true horrors of random encounters in Yakuza!). You can part install the game onto the memory card but I don't have a card big enough.
Graphically its a mixed bag. Environments use mainly lower res pre rendered sections of the city with a static camera, some of these scenes look better than others, but the quality is understandable when you consider they cram a huge game with two cities onto one UMD. Performance feels like 60FPS! Very smooth indeed bar when transitioning from one part of the city to the next.
I'm still early in the game, so haven't started side stuff yet.
So far, bar some issues with mashy stuff I'm really impressed.
Some cool exclusive additions to this game are the use of awesome dodge slowdown moves - time a dodge just right and time will slow, letting you counter attack. And it rocks. You can also counter with back + circle but damn if it isn't hard to reliably pull off on a PSP. Can see me using it much, too risky.
Moves work similar to the first game, so no strings like the main game, but rather pressing a direction and attack lets you pull off one of several different moves, which can be strung into a combo. You can unlike loads of fighting styles so these all play differently and each have exclusive heat moves.
Now another new addition is battle damage in areas. So paper doors getting damaged, vending machines getting smashed etc. You do this by smashing or throwing enemies into select parts of the arenas. And you can then follow these up with environmental heat moves (requires no heat it seems) which is cool. I really love this approach, hope they can add more interactivity in areas with the dragon engine games with more context sensitive heat moves.
Story wise the game uses manga panels like the first game. Art and limited animation is beautiful (again, like the first game) and is a superior choice to using low quality FMV.
Load times are probably the biggest issue with the game. As its like Yakuza 1 and 2 for the PS2 (you lucky people starting the series on PS4 or even PS3 don't know the true horrors of random encounters in Yakuza!). You can part install the game onto the memory card but I don't have a card big enough.
Graphically its a mixed bag. Environments use mainly lower res pre rendered sections of the city with a static camera, some of these scenes look better than others, but the quality is understandable when you consider they cram a huge game with two cities onto one UMD. Performance feels like 60FPS! Very smooth indeed bar when transitioning from one part of the city to the next.
I'm still early in the game, so haven't started side stuff yet.
So far, bar some issues with mashy stuff I'm really impressed.
Well combat beign harder is kind of expected since Koryuho use the modified version of the Def Jam Fight For New York/Aki Engine, which was made for , at most 6 person encounters since, ou know, wrestling games. Its such a shame they never got localized :(
Yeah, I played and enjoyed Def Jam Fight for NY but its still kinda funny to play a Yakuza game that has more of a focus on careful movement and select strikes and just not mashing square square triangle over and over. Its a really nice change to be honest. I love the environmental damage loads as well, the added layer of interactivity is awesome.
Anyway. Played another few hours of the game. Gotten a couple of my fighting styles nicely leveled, and met this games "Komaki" so I can further unlock more fighting stuff all while fighting Mokujin's for some reason. Also done a couple of mini games, basically, if you've played any other Yakuza game you know what to expect here. I'm still on chapter 2 though, so several things have still yet to unlock.
Kinda makes me sad that this and its predecessor are the only Yakuza handheld games (not counting the pint size Vita games which are essentially demos). It shows that the formula could easily translate to handhelds, still hope for a Switch Yakuza game some day.
If they hadn't been burned by the Wii U ports, it'd have been interesting to see them try to bring out a 0 port at the same time as the PC version mainly for the west, since it's a very different market from the one the Wii U ports failed in on a completely different console, and might help continue growing the series with people who might not have tried it on PS4 or PC. The progression curve of the series does lend itself well to a handheld, and the cabaret minigame in particular would have worked really well.
But after the failed experiment with the Wii U, it is probably easier to just continue focusing on the primary target of Sony consoles, especially since the Switch would most likely not be able to run the PS4-only games anyway - we should just be grateful the series even made it to PC.
that's too much! you should be able to find a copy for $15 pretty easily.
i only played like 2 hours of it, the gunplay was too bad for me, i should revisit though. i started it when i was really burned out of the series, having just beat 4 iirc. i would like to see the crazy zombie story, so i would probably play on easy to avoid the meh gameplay.
Yeah, no way are the Dragon Engine games working on the Switch without severe cutbacks - enough to make them not worth porting. The older games would run perfectly fine though, and I agree about stuff like the club being great for handhelds. Also side stories, mini games (like Mahjong) would be so fun to play on the go like you can on the 2nd PSP game. I'd definitely not be against ports or sequels to Black Panther, or a new sub series targeted at the Switch audience. BP and Judge Eyes show there's plenty you can do with the series without Kiryu and the Yakuza taking center stage (while both still being parts of the story in JE and BP)
Ok, more time into Kurohyo 2. Chapter 2 seems to go on for quite a while, some good story development and more and more stuff opening up. Odd jobs have now opened up - if you recall in Yakuza 5/Ishin you could work as a Ramen chef. Its stuff like that here with jobs in the Ramen shop, Smile Burger, Asia club (as a bouncer), Shine hostess club (as a bouncer/catch?), Gellato shop, and a couple in Sotenbori I've not reached yet. These are fun little mini games that more importantly generate a nice amount of money, which you need for fighting upgrades and medical bills.
Also unlocked is the ranked matches. So other than the main story based Dragon Heat GP stuff, there's no arena in this game (that I'm aware). But you can compete in a ranked street fight GP, basically you get emails every once in a while to defend your title/rank up against more and more powerful opponents. Also, I've unlocked a side story that has me fighting enemies using certain fighting styles.
Oh, and the hidden collectables in this game are cats. Because Nagoshi loves cats (this is a fact: http://segabits.com/blog/2011/04/12/this-is-yakuza-director-toshihiro-nagoshis-cat/)
Thankfully cats, side stories and other points of interest are marked on the map from the get go. Auto save and save anywhere are also in (the game is actually ahead of several PS4 entries hilariously enough). Tempted to get a bigger memory card to do something about these load times.
Also unlocked is the ranked matches. So other than the main story based Dragon Heat GP stuff, there's no arena in this game (that I'm aware). But you can compete in a ranked street fight GP, basically you get emails every once in a while to defend your title/rank up against more and more powerful opponents. Also, I've unlocked a side story that has me fighting enemies using certain fighting styles.
Oh, and the hidden collectables in this game are cats. Because Nagoshi loves cats (this is a fact: http://segabits.com/blog/2011/04/12/this-is-yakuza-director-toshihiro-nagoshis-cat/)
Thankfully cats, side stories and other points of interest are marked on the map from the get go. Auto save and save anywhere are also in (the game is actually ahead of several PS4 entries hilariously enough). Tempted to get a bigger memory card to do something about these load times.
kuro isn't that expensive, mine was less than $40, i don't think that's too bad.
the shiro edition is the crazy expensive one, and i prefer the white color as well.
i'll settle for the black one for half the price though. anyways, time to wait a month for it, heh.
i bought yakuza 3 before it started going up in price, and saw a european version of Y3 for like $5 more when i was shopping that came with a soundtrack CD as well (i believe i paid $30), so i'm getting a nice lil euro collection unintentionally.
the shiro edition is the crazy expensive one, and i prefer the white color as well.
i'll settle for the black one for half the price though. anyways, time to wait a month for it, heh.
i bought yakuza 3 before it started going up in price, and saw a european version of Y3 for like $5 more when i was shopping that came with a soundtrack CD as well (i believe i paid $30), so i'm getting a nice lil euro collection unintentionally.
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So I'm out of the loop.
Am I right that Project Judge takes place in the same setting as RGG? A Tojo Clan subsidiary is an antagonist in that game? Wow.
Am I right that Project Judge takes place in the same setting as RGG? A Tojo Clan subsidiary is an antagonist in that game? Wow.
Currently playing Yakuza 0 - once I get the main story out of the way, can I go back into the game and finish off side stories and keep playing real estate business management, karaoke and all the other mini games? Thanks.
Side question: any news if/when Yakuza 3/4/5 remakes are coming out in the West?
Side question: any news if/when Yakuza 3/4/5 remakes are coming out in the West?
Yes, all the yakuza games feature a post-game mode where you can do all the side stuff at your leisure.
No news on Yakuza 3/4/5, to clarify, they are simple remasters, not full on remakes.
I just finished Yakuza Kiwani and wondered if I should buy & play YK2 now (spoiler: yes and yes)
So I started YK2. Wow! So different yet so familiar. I'm still getting familiar with the new fighting system and XP/eat/bladder stuff but so far, I like it and it's so amazing to walk in there in first person. :D
The music is a bit too jazzy for my taste so far. I started with the upbeat tempos of Y0 and with YK1, the quality kinda went down...
And the most important, I can play it over Remote Play on Vita! (No L2/R2 controls needed)
So I started YK2. Wow! So different yet so familiar. I'm still getting familiar with the new fighting system and XP/eat/bladder stuff but so far, I like it and it's so amazing to walk in there in first person. :D
The music is a bit too jazzy for my taste so far. I started with the upbeat tempos of Y0 and with YK1, the quality kinda went down...
And the most important, I can play it over Remote Play on Vita! (No L2/R2 controls needed)
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I've been meaning to make this post for a while now since I've owned Y6 for quite some time but I never got around to it. I've put a decent amount of hours into and I just don't *get* the combat. I started 6 almost immediately after finishing the gem that was 0. I knew beforehand that it was going to be different since 6 ran on a completely new engine but I'm finding it's not really fun.
In the previous games, the brawling was always my favorite part. I loved getting into random fights and the addition of styles in 0 made it an absolute joy to play. Enter 6 and I'm greeted with what I can only describe as a severely gimped Kiryu. I'm annoyed with how small his moveset is in this and the fact the they brought over the dumb rage-mode from 5.
Am I missing something or is the combat just not as good as the previous games?
In the previous games, the brawling was always my favorite part. I loved getting into random fights and the addition of styles in 0 made it an absolute joy to play. Enter 6 and I'm greeted with what I can only describe as a severely gimped Kiryu. I'm annoyed with how small his moveset is in this and the fact the they brought over the dumb rage-mode from 5.
Am I missing something or is the combat just not as good as the previous games?
Finished up Yakuza 0 last week. Downloaded Kiwami 1 and 2 almost directly afterwards.
After bouncing off the PS2 games and assuming they just weren't going to be for me, it looks like they've finally got their hooks in!
Really not much else to say, other than I'm so glad to have finally given the series a chance.
After bouncing off the PS2 games and assuming they just weren't going to be for me, it looks like they've finally got their hooks in!
Really not much else to say, other than I'm so glad to have finally given the series a chance.
Thanks for your impressions!
Screens from the (incomplete) English patch for the first game (from http://khhsubs.tumblr.com)
On another note, i didn't know there were TV series based on the two PSP games
Very brief Kazuma Kiryu cameo (screenshot from http://khhsubs.tumblr.com)
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That's so awesome! I wonder if the next step will be releasing the next Yakuza game worldwide on the same day. That would be so awesome.
Wow, that's pretty big regarding the Yakuza 6 news. Guess their efforts are paying off. Good for them :) And just as a reminder, that game launched 2-3 days before GOW!
Watching that second vid. I'd say the problem can be found directly attached to the PSP (aka, the user!). He's playing the game all wrong in that vid. I made the same mistake at first. The game is not your usual Yakuza game, you can't just toss combos out left and right and expect to win. Its a slowly more methodical game, dependant more on smaller, heavy hitting attacks. Like, in the vid you see him trying to grab enemies over and over when they are still standing, and your throw speed there is so slow, you gotta knock them off balance first (so they are on one knee) before even attempting that. Now I'm used to the combat, I'm loving it but it really was an eye opener when the first person you first can maul you. Also, Yakuza in this game are actually dangerous, random fights with them (you bump into them, they chase you down) are always high leveled and dangerous. Taking them on in chapter one, again is not something you should do else you'll be destroyed.
Watching that second vid. I'd say the problem can be found directly attached to the PSP (aka, the user!). He's playing the game all wrong in that vid. I made the same mistake at first. The game is not your usual Yakuza game, you can't just toss combos out left and right and expect to win. Its a slowly more methodical game, dependant more on smaller, heavy hitting attacks. Like, in the vid you see him trying to grab enemies over and over when they are still standing, and your throw speed there is so slow, you gotta knock them off balance first (so they are on one knee) before even attempting that. Now I'm used to the combat, I'm loving it but it really was an eye opener when the first person you first can maul you. Also, Yakuza in this game are actually dangerous, random fights with them (you bump into them, they chase you down) are always high leveled and dangerous. Taking them on in chapter one, again is not something you should do else you'll be destroyed.
Oh hell yeah! This is amazing news! Thanks a lot, I missed the thread.
Thanks for your impressions!
Screens from the (incomplete) English patch for the first game (from http://khhsubs.tumblr.com)
On another note, i didn't know there were TV series based on the two PSP games
Very brief Kazuma Kiryu cameo (screenshot from http://khhsubs.tumblr.com)
Can't wait until this is finally complete.
I still can't believe Yakuza is back and is being successful in the west!
What an amazing feeling.
Both of my wrists sore after playing Kurohyou...
Especially with mashing buttons parts. : |
Still fun though.
Shame, there's no 3 (yet?).
Finally we are living in a world where Yakuza gets the props it deserves.
Ok, several more hours into Kurohyou 2 on the PSP today. Finally got round to beating the second boss, and because I'm used to the controls now, I trounced him!
Now that I've started chapter 3, the action has moved over to the familiar location of Sotenbori (and for those keeping score, 5's version of the map). Honestly the only thing I definitely dislike about this game is the camera. Using static camera angles makes it a) hard to find certain shortcuts/alleyways if you don't have maps committed to memory like I do and b) impossible to avoid combat (and since you have lengthy load times for random encounters, that sucks!). But its still only a minor gripe for the most part.
So while I work on side stories, ranked battles and the actual main story, I decided to actually try the mini games. So first up is the UFO Catcher, its the easiest its ever been I feel, as its very easy to grab toys and win them. Otherwise its the same as usual, only the medal for the UFO catcher (at least one of them) is for winning every toy in the machine in one go (just like the last game).
Next up is CoD. No, not that COD! Basically think House of the Dead but with Dead Souls assets and you scaling Osaka Castle as you blast away at them. Its basically an on rails shooting gallery, as the enemies you fight are not animated, but do move toward you at varying speeds. Basically aim for the head and watch for special boss enemies (again, enemies from Dead Souls). Weapon wise you can switch between four and you have an active reload system ala Gears of War. I really love this little mini game, a higher production version of this would be amazing (oh, look what they put in Judge Eyes!)
Then I tried Golf. Its the driving range again, as opposed to the proper golf courses of the PS3 era games. Basically hit the targets, score points. Only tried the easiest difficulty so far, but it was fairly simple. Very fun, easier to get to grips with than in (Kiwami) 2.
Also, fan favourite Yakuza 0 character "The Obatarian" actually seems to originate from this game. Kinda. While the character models for NPCs in the city are super low quality, I spied the unmistakable build, sweater and haircut/appearance of The Obatarian in this game. Only difference is that she has brunette hair, not purple. That adds to the other guest spots some other classic RGG characters make in the series including:
Now that I've started chapter 3, the action has moved over to the familiar location of Sotenbori (and for those keeping score, 5's version of the map). Honestly the only thing I definitely dislike about this game is the camera. Using static camera angles makes it a) hard to find certain shortcuts/alleyways if you don't have maps committed to memory like I do and b) impossible to avoid combat (and since you have lengthy load times for random encounters, that sucks!). But its still only a minor gripe for the most part.
So while I work on side stories, ranked battles and the actual main story, I decided to actually try the mini games. So first up is the UFO Catcher, its the easiest its ever been I feel, as its very easy to grab toys and win them. Otherwise its the same as usual, only the medal for the UFO catcher (at least one of them) is for winning every toy in the machine in one go (just like the last game).
Next up is CoD. No, not that COD! Basically think House of the Dead but with Dead Souls assets and you scaling Osaka Castle as you blast away at them. Its basically an on rails shooting gallery, as the enemies you fight are not animated, but do move toward you at varying speeds. Basically aim for the head and watch for special boss enemies (again, enemies from Dead Souls). Weapon wise you can switch between four and you have an active reload system ala Gears of War. I really love this little mini game, a higher production version of this would be amazing (oh, look what they put in Judge Eyes!)
Then I tried Golf. Its the driving range again, as opposed to the proper golf courses of the PS3 era games. Basically hit the targets, score points. Only tried the easiest difficulty so far, but it was fairly simple. Very fun, easier to get to grips with than in (Kiwami) 2.
Also, fan favourite Yakuza 0 character "The Obatarian" actually seems to originate from this game. Kinda. While the character models for NPCs in the city are super low quality, I spied the unmistakable build, sweater and haircut/appearance of The Obatarian in this game. Only difference is that she has brunette hair, not purple. That adds to the other guest spots some other classic RGG characters make in the series including:
Hanaya (story stuff for the first game), Majima (Karaoke song), Hana (Ramen shop in the first game), Akiyama (Hostess club guest in the first game, Ramen patron in the second game) and probably a couple I'm forgetting. I see some mention in the guide to Yuya for starters.
Just finished Kiwami 2. Oh man, that was so good! I think it's currently tied neck and neck with Zero as my favorite. I think overall it's a better game, but I think the story in Zero JUST beats it out.
I've been hooked ever since playing Zero last year. Immediately followed it up with Kiwami 1 and now just wrapped the second. I actually played a little bit of 6 before Kiwami 2 but decided to hold off on the rest.
Now I'm trying to decide the best way to continue the series. Should I sub to PSNow and played 3, 4, 5? Or should I watch the events on YouTube and jump into 6?
I've been hooked ever since playing Zero last year. Immediately followed it up with Kiwami 1 and now just wrapped the second. I actually played a little bit of 6 before Kiwami 2 but decided to hold off on the rest.
Now I'm trying to decide the best way to continue the series. Should I sub to PSNow and played 3, 4, 5? Or should I watch the events on YouTube and jump into 6?