Yakuza / Like A Dragon Megathread

skerry · 07-03-2019 11:47pm

The Specialist wrote: »

New game coming in June from Ryo Ga Gotuku called Judgment, it looks excellent! Set in Kamurocho too so Yakiza fans will feel right at home

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yorH-zFmcLY

Was only looking at some footage for this earlier this evening. Looks really good. English dub too I think.

The Specialist · 07-03-2019 11:52pm

skerry wrote: »

Was only looking at some footage for this earlier this evening. Looks really good. English dub too I think.

And surprisingly OK voice acting too!

Hope we get a cameo from Kiryu or Majima.

skerry · 07-03-2019 11:55pm

The Specialist wrote: »

And surprisingly OK voice acting too! Hope we get a cameo from Kiryu or Majima.

Easy Allies did a preview on it and according to them it's set in Kamaruocho but has no ties to Yakuza other than location. Few little subtle cameos would be sweet though

Zero-Cool · 07-03-2019 11:57pm

skerry wrote: »

Easy Allies did a preview on it and according to them it's set in Kamaruocho but has no ties to Yakuza other than location. Few little subtle cameos would be sweet though

I saw Ono the mascot from Yakuza 6, definitely looks to be some fun crossover. I like the detective side of things except eavesdropping. That's never fun, in any game, ever.

skerry · 08-03-2019 12:09am

Zero-Cool wrote: »

I saw Ono the mascot from Yakuza 6, definitely looks to be some fun crossover. I like the detective side of things except eavesdropping. That's never fun, in any game, ever.

They mentioned tailing missions alright and those are generally zero craic so will be interesting to see how they pull them off. Hopefully only a minor part of it.

It's a credit to how interesting they made the open world in the Yakuza games when I've yet to hear anyone mention it as a negative that this is set in same city. Usually a studio would be accused of reusing assets but I get the impression people are genuinely excited to get back to Kamaruocho.

Sephiroth_dude · 09-03-2019 12:47am

Kiwami 2 "be my baby" sub story .......just hilarious 😀

Zero-Cool · 09-03-2019 7:31pm

Judgement's story was localised twice, madness. One if you are listening to the Japanese audio and reading English subtitles (Yakuza experience) and one if you are listening to English audio. The English audio will have some lines totally different to make more sense.

Think I'll be sticking with the Japanese audio, the voice actors in Yakuza are incredible, some of the scenes in English just wouldn't be the same.

https://blog.eu.playstation.com/2019/03/07/yakuza-spin-off-judgment-gets-a-ps4-release-date-in-europe/#sf209038998

Sephiroth_dude · 09-03-2019 9:49pm

Zero-Cool wrote: »

Think I'll be sticking with the Japanese audio, the voice actors in Yakuza are incredible, some of the scenes in English just wouldn't be the same.

https://blog.eu.playstation.com/2019/03/07/yakuza-spin-off-judgment-gets-a-ps4-release-date-in-europe/#sf209038998

That's how I play all my games, I love the Japanese accent!

skerry · 13-03-2019 2:28pm

Looks like one of the Judgement voice actors has been busted for cocaine use in Japan which could delay release

https://kotaku.com/after-cocaine-arrest-sega-halts-sales-of-game-1833252934

13-03-2019 3:42pm

Yakuza 0 is €11.39 on Fanatical for the next hour if anyone is thinking of picking it up on PC.

Sephiroth_dude · 13-03-2019 4:53pm

skerry wrote: »

Looks like one of the Judgement voice actors has been busted for cocaine use in Japan which could delay release

https://kotaku.com/after-cocaine-arrest-sega-halts-sales-of-game-1833252934

Over reaction from sega, christ!

skerry · 13-03-2019 4:56pm

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Over reaction from sega, christ!

From what I understand it's the standard reaction for such as offence in Japan though. Does seem harsh. He wasn't actually caught in possession, just a pi$$ test.

I can't say I'm shocked, he is a yakuza member after all

Xenji · 13-03-2019 5:34pm

Yeah they take drug use very seriously over there, especially with celebrities, they will try and take a lot of his work out of the public eye now.

Sephiroth_dude · 13-03-2019 5:44pm

skerry wrote: »

he is a yakuza member after all

Serious :eek:?

skerry · 13-03-2019 6:58pm

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Serious :eek:?

Hes Captain of the Matsugane Family, a subsidiary of the Tojo Clan based in Kamurocho

Zero-Cool · 13-03-2019 7:04pm

Japan do not **** around! Disney Japan looking at removing him from Frozen 2. Those few lines couldn't have been withy all that.

Sephiroth_dude · 13-03-2019 10:41pm

skerry wrote: »

Hes Captain of the Matsugane Family, a subsidiary of the Tojo Clan based in Kamurocho

I thought you meant in real life

*face palm*:o

skerry · 14-03-2019 12:10am

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

I thought you meant in real life

*face palm*:o

Thats how rumours start now

14-03-2019 4:06pm

the police called to his house and asked him to do a drugs test based on information received - that's pretty hardcore policy for recreational drug use.

Cocaine passes through relatively quickly (in a few days) so must have been very recent.

Could he not just have refused the test?

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201903130048.html

mad that the game may be puled to remove him for this. especially given the subject of the game!

Sephiroth_dude · 15-03-2019 3:48am

Finished kiwami 2 tonight, what an awesome game! Are 3,4 and 5 remasters coming west?

Xenji · 15-03-2019 4:14am

glasso wrote: »

the police called to his house and asked him to do a drugs test based on information received - that's pretty hardcore policy for recreational drug use.

Cocaine passes through relatively quickly (in a few days) so must have been very recent.

Could he not just have refused the test?

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201903130048.html

mad that the game may be puled to remove him for this. especially given the subject of the game!

It's not madness, it's just part of the culture and accepted as the norm, perscription drugs legal here could carry jail sentences in Japan, possession of Heroin and Cocaine are huge offences there, more than any other drugs.

Zero-Cool · 20-03-2019 8:47am

Yakuza 6 is €28.19 on the psn store at the moment or €22.19 with ps plus.

Yakuza 0 is a tenner.

Manning3000 · 23-03-2019 11:45pm

Never played a Yakuza game, gave Kiwami a try as it was on PS Plus . . . . It’s great. I’m on chapter 4 that funeral chapter was great fun to play. So any tips for going forward. And what’s the order to play them in is it Kiwami, 0 the 1 and so on.

J. Marston · 24-03-2019 12:03am

Manning3000 wrote: »

Never played a Yakuza game, gave Kiwami a try as it was on PS Plus . . . . It’s great. I’m on chapter 4 that funeral chapter was great fun to play. So any tips for going forward. And what’s the order to play them in is it Kiwami, 0 the 1 and so on.

0 is a prequel and it's excellent, possibly the best Yakuza game. Doesn't really matter which order you play 0 and Kiwami. After that it's just sequential.

It's not a series of games I'd recommend playing back to back though. You'll get burned out fairly fast.

skerry · 24-03-2019 9:01am

Manning3000 wrote: »

Never played a Yakuza game, gave Kiwami a try as it was on PS Plus . . . . It’s great. I’m on chapter 4 that funeral chapter was great fun to play. So any tips for going forward. And what’s the order to play them in is it Kiwami, 0 the 1 and so on.

My main tip for Kiwami is for when the bosses do that really annoying thing mid battle when they glow a certain colour, flex and regain a load of health. You need to have heat bar up and perform a heat action using the style corresponding to the colour they are glowing when they do this and you will knock them out of it and take a load of health off them instead of them regaining it. Handy to have a heat regen consumable on hand for when they do this and your bar isn't up.

Might seem like common knowledge to most but I didn't cop it til later in the game and was a huge help in boss fights.

Xenji · 25-03-2019 12:22pm

Sega confirmed that there will be no delay with the western release of Judgment, but Pierre will be completely scrubbed from the game and his character design will also be changed.

Mr Crispy · 31-03-2019 2:50pm

Kiwami 2 confirmed for PC (given an ESRB rating).

skerry · 20-04-2019 11:45pm

Picked up Kiwami 2 today. Awesome so far. Dragon Engine looks great. Currently hanging out in the arcade playing Virtua Fighter and trying to figure out how to pull off Wolfs Crucifix Piledriver

Zero-Cool · 01-05-2019 8:40am

Yakuza 6 is on sale today on PSN, down to 25 euro.

ironictoaster · 24-06-2019 12:50am

Judgement is out today FYI.

Xenji · 24-06-2019 10:57am

ironictoaster wrote: »

Judgement is out today FYI.

Tomorrow physically, it has been out since Friday digitally.

Robert ninja · 24-06-2019 4:42pm

^ Saw someone streaming it a few days ago. They were on a really boring looking tailing section with a camera.

Zero-Cool · 24-06-2019 5:13pm

Robert ninja wrote: »

^ Saw someone streaming it a few days ago. They were on a really boring looking tailing section with a camera.

Has there EVER been a game with an interesting tailing section? They were a pain in the hole in GTA just like they were in AC series. I'd prefer Tailing missions to be replaced by a cutscene instead. Filler and not fun.

Judgment definitely looks worth overlooking that part tho to get to the rest.

Robert ninja · 24-06-2019 6:11pm

Zero-Cool wrote: »

Has there EVER been a game with an interesting tailing section?

I don't think so. Recently played HITMAN 2 which kinda had a tailing section but it wasn't as on-the-rails. I wonder why it's so hard to do right.

Zero-Cool wrote: »

Judgment definitely looks worth overlooking that part tho to get to the rest.

I didn't stay to see anything better though. Any news if it'll be available for PC, though? I like the way the Yakuza series been finding its way there.

Zero-Cool · 24-06-2019 6:26pm

Robert ninja wrote: »

I don't think so. Recently played HITMAN 2 which kinda had a tailing section but it wasn't as on-the-rails. I wonder why it's so hard to do right.

I didn't stay to see anything better though. Any news if it'll be available for PC, though? I like the way the Yakuza series been finding its way there.

Ah the hitman game did it okay but that's it's bread and butter really. I hate when it's tacked onto games.

You can chase down a guy called Ass Catchum who is running around grabbing peoples arses. And you can play poker too so that's me sold

Ive read a few places saying it's like a mix of Yakuza and LA Noire, again sounds great to me.

Surely it will end up on pc like the yakuza games but no idea when.

Sephiroth_dude · 25-06-2019 9:39pm

Any word on when 3,4 and 5 remasters will come west ?

Sephiroth_dude · 06-07-2019 7:00am

Yakuza 0 is some game, ch 4 was awesome! I think this could be my favorite in series!

skerry · 06-07-2019 7:35am

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Yakuza 0 is some game, ch 4 was awesome! I think this could be my favorite in series!

It's very good, I found it tough at times playing Kiwami afterwards. Combat is so much better in Zero. Story is awesome too.

Zero-Cool · 10-07-2019 8:21am

Psn sale today, Kiwami 2 is 20 and Yakuza 6 is 25. Both excellent.

Penn · 10-07-2019 8:44am

Zero-Cool wrote: »

Psn sale today, Kiwami 2 is 20 and Yakuza 6 is 25. Both excellent.

Have Y6 but haven't played it yet. Might pick up YK2 for that price though. I heard it has the Cabaret minigame in it which I spent far, far, far, far too much time playing in Y0.

skerry · 10-07-2019 9:23am

Penn wrote: »

Have Y6 but haven't played it yet. Might pick up YK2 for that price though. I heard it has the Cabaret minigame in it which I spent far, far, far, far too much time playing in Y0.

It also has Virtua Fighter 2 and the legendary Toylets Urinal minigame

megaten · 10-07-2019 10:21am

Zero-Cool wrote: »

Psn sale today, Kiwami 2 is 20 and Yakuza 6 is 25. Both excellent.

Nice been waiting for ages for this to drop down. Yakuza 2 was one of the ps2 games I always wanted but never got to play. Heard it was a much higher effort remake compared to the first kiwami.

Zero-Cool · 10-07-2019 10:41am

Kiwami 2 went all out taking the best of the series so far like all the best mini games with some wacky new ones. Cabaret hands down the best followed by the deep Clan Creator mini game. Has a great leveling system, great graphics and gripping story. Highly recommend. I still love 6 for the more laid back feel the game has but Kiwami 2 just has everything.

Robert ninja · 10-07-2019 2:58pm

Damn I missed the Kiwami sale on steam.

Sephiroth_dude · 24-07-2019 12:46am

New Yakuza game incoming

https://www.gameinformer.com/2019/07/23/new-mainline-yakuza-game-to-be-revealed-next-month

Sephiroth_dude · 20-08-2019 5:27pm

https://twitter.com/the_marmolade/status/1163833208175255554

Zero-Cool · 20-08-2019 5:47pm

Yakuza 3, 4 and 5 remastered in 1 collection? Take my Yen!!!

Sephiroth_dude · 20-08-2019 5:53pm

Hopefully they will announce it at gamescon.

Arcadeheroes · 20-08-2019 6:00pm

The Yakuza collection has been confirmed with a physical edition coming in February 2020. On the American Store Yakuza 3 is available now , but I cant seem to find it on the European store ?!/!

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/yakuza-remastered-collection-for-ps4-confirmed-sta/1100-6469250/

Zero-Cool · 20-08-2019 6:12pm

3 is out today, 4 unlocks in October and 5 unlocks in February. It's on the Irish psn store now, search Yakuza remastered. 60 euro, looks like you can't buy them separately.

https://twitter.com/RGGStudio/status/1163858233489907712?s=19

Yakuza / Like A Dragon Megathread

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