Really dig the rpg tropes and imagery scaled to the "Yakuza" feel. As a fan from the first hour: I'm excited for this. Change is good
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Yakuza: Like a Dragon gameplay livestream (NOW)
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I don't think the gameplay is enough to convince people who are vehemently against turn based rpgs (yes a loooot of those people exist, and they're allowed to have their preferences), but I'm liking what I'm seeing so far. There's a lot of potential for strategy and difficulty variety, and I'm liking that we'll be given movement freedom like a lot of modern rpgs. Gonna need to see how class levels(?) are incorporated in this game.
I feel like the thing the game needs is timed dodges or blocks. Something to do when enemies are attacking.
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Yeah that's what I'm thinking, something like paper Mario/Mario and Luigi where you input for extra damage, extra defence etc.
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Ngl that looks quite slow.
Maybe it's because they are just using normal attacks for the most part.
Maybe it's because they are just using normal attacks for the most part.
The visual style is wonderful, the overall battle speed is pretty much exactly what I feared. It just looks like it takes too long to get through a normal streetfight. Having to just sit there and wait while an enemy runs over to hit you seems like it's going to get old really quickly, and what's it going to be like when you're seventy hours into the game and you've already seen every attack a thousand times?
Yeah. Exactly. It shouldn't be hard to add that in. Maybe they will...but with four months until launch it's probably too late.
Pretty sure that's in the game. I heard them say a "just guard system" which can yield "no damage" is implemented.
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For a turn based rpg the system definitely looks smooth and decent paced. For a yakuza game though, pacing is turned down dramatically and scrub fights seem to take much much longer than they should do.
If they have a perfect guard system then maybe combat won't be nearly as boring.
You literally go to Japan's employment agency to change jobs, which is hilarious.
I still ahd hope you know. eeven the old real time combat in the real Yakuza games coudl become bothersome and boring especially when goons pursue you eevrywhere to force repeated combats on you yet you could manage getting out of them. Now you not only are forced to stumble on combats you can't escape sicne it brings you in a special battle zone but also turn absed comabt makes thing even slower and the game gonna become much longer from watse.
They will realize hwo this not gonna work afetr reelase and fans won't liek it so they gonna add an update to bring normal combat back or at least redeem themselves in the sequels, they just can't get out with this.
For a change, this is not what i wanted. Not everyone can revamp a series and succeed like GOW.
Let's get it on the record, maybe it's fast for turnbased (although pretty sure P5 is faster) this pacing is so unyakuza.
Super conflicted. It looked super slow, but it also looked super hype
Fuck it. I'm sold
Fuck it. I'm sold
Kind of weird seeing the English logo so early, but shit, I'm sold.
Whatever they can do to cut down on wait time, when you've input the command and you're just waiting for the animations to play out and enemies to counter attack, I hope they do it. M + L style timed button presses, skippable animations, straight up fast-forward hacks like the Final Fantasy remasters; something.
Your average Yakuza playthrough includes, what, like seven hundred thousand random fights in the street, give or take? If they're all going to take three times as long as usual because you're stuck watching animations play out it's going to be really hard to take.
Your average Yakuza playthrough includes, what, like seven hundred thousand random fights in the street, give or take? If they're all going to take three times as long as usual because you're stuck watching animations play out it's going to be really hard to take.
Maybe once you get further into the game you start unlocking more special attacks that hit multiple enemies at once, so you don't have to chip away at every individual life bar one by one.
You know you want to find some excuses for this game to justify playing it. I really want to and I don't want to miss anotehr entry to the series, but don't get your hopes so high. They seem to not be in the right path and I hope they realize it soon enough before it's too late.
Honestly, it's kinda hard to gauge just how slow or fast-paced battles will be overall imo. On one hand, that gameplay could've moved a bit faster, but it could also be due to fighting enemies either on your same level or slightly higher. Also hard to tell just how many battles you'll get into during the game, obviously based on past Yakuza titles, we can expect quite a bit of combat but the change is combat system could've also prompted a change in just how many battle sequences you'll be getting into & if they'll have items to avoid random battles.
For people, who really aren't fans of turn-based RPGs or just liked the regular brawler Yakuza-style combat - I don't blame you for being mixed, disappointed or just a little miffed in the direction this new game is heading. Personally I'm still like what I see & think there's real potential for refinements if they pay attention to fan feedback. Ultimately it's still just refreshing to see something a little new & different.
For people, who really aren't fans of turn-based RPGs or just liked the regular brawler Yakuza-style combat - I don't blame you for being mixed, disappointed or just a little miffed in the direction this new game is heading. Personally I'm still like what I see & think there's real potential for refinements if they pay attention to fan feedback. Ultimately it's still just refreshing to see something a little new & different.
Yeah it looks good to me, I just hope that battle exp and general rewards payout are on the larger side so we don't need to grind too much.
They already had AOE attacks. In the other gameplay they showed today one of the AOE attacks killed all except 1 enemy in 1 move. They was doing normal attacks to explain the fighting mechanics with the enviroment and stuff. If you use the abilities the encounters go down much faster.
