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Yakuza of the North Star (Hokuto ga Gotoku) - character and story details
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Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
oh god those minigames
matrix-cat
Member
OH GOD Hostess Clubs are back? I wa shock!
Shadowman16
Member
By the looks of things they are going all in on the Yakuza VA's anyway, so not sure if they would have used them even if they could. I kinda like the angle they are going for, I love the Yakuza series and this being a Yakuza game with a FOTNS setting and skin is an interesting move. Makes me wonder what other series could work in this format?
And yay for the retro games. Even if they haven't aged well I absolutely love anything like this in games. This is getting imported so fast next year!
God Hands.
Ruroni Kenshin in the vein of Kenzan/Isshin would be hype. I know people have been begging for Gintama but I think Kenshin would be much more suited to the Yakuza team's sensibilities.
This'll be the greatest game of all time right
At this point i'd be happy about any kind of new Kenshin game
lucebuce12
Member
Gematsu has the deets: http://gematsu.com/2017/09/hokuto-ga-gotoku-details-story-four-new-characters-play-spots
davidwhangchoi
Member
oh i want to play the sega mark III version!
What time is the gameplay timestamp either isnt correct or it doesnt work for me.
Edit: at the time stamp they are still talking about Yakuza kiwami 2 @ 1hr46m10s
Edit 2: actual link to gameplay
https://youtu.be/spsFVhhxpDs
papertoonz
Member
hearing the docter minigame is rhythm based kinda gets me worried that karaoke might not be around this time, i still hope it is especially since you can get Ai Wo Torimodose as a fight song i was hoping for it to be in karaoke as well
also Yakuza VA's
Souther
Jagi
Uighur
Nadai VA has done a couple of characters in the series as well
also Yakuza VA's
Souther
Jagi
Uighur
Nadai VA has done a couple of characters in the series as well
ASilentProtagonist
Member
Yup. They nailed the combat. Why does this game look very dated in some areas? Not a big deal, but a bit jarring.
Worth it for that 60fps anyway.
Worth it for that 60fps anyway.
lucebuce12
Member
Sorry about that, I made the link when it was still streaming.
cripterion
Member
Sounds way too ridiculous imo, this is not what HnK is about...
As for the combat I better hear some hidebu when I am killing some scrubs.
Its basically Yakuza with a FotNS skin. And thats amazing.
purseowner
Member
2018 GOTY.
DrunkShogun
Member
It should fine in the end because yakuza has a lot of goofy moments in side quests and mini games but the main story is usually serious and violent so should work out.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
We did see heads exploding so we definitely have hidebu.
Shanaynay
Member
Jagi
That's just perfect.
cripterion
Member
Yeah I know, It doesn't bother me in Yakuza since it's a license they created but from the details posted here it sounds really stupid. I grew up with watching HnK in France and they threw an almost made up the translation making everything sound comical, downright ridiculous at times. Watched it in japanese several times later and yeah while it does have funny elements I've never seen Kenshiro bartend...
C'mon, it's like if they took the Berserk license and made Guts breakdance.
My point is they can take the license and do something great with it with no Yakuza elements. Binary Domain is awesome without following the Yakuza gameplay formula.
Solid Sora
Member
It seems like it uses a variation of Y6's combat. In my experience with the demo I hated how it felt compared to the rest of the series, so I'm not super thrilled about it.
lucebuce12
Member
Did you mean to post this in the Kiwami 2 thread by any chance?
Cause this really looks like it's own thing in terms of combat. Way more arcadey than any of the Yakuza games have looked.
Solid Sora
Member
No, I expected Kiwami 2 to use the same combat since it's the same engine, but this caught me by surprise since it's supposed to be using Y5's engine.
Ken looks to be more vertical than Kiryu's ever been, yeah,but the combat seems to have the heavily physics focused feel - couldn't come out with a better description - Y6 had,and it even has that R2 heat transformation thing.
I must say that my experience with Y6's combat was just a one hour demo so I might be very wrong about it. It just that it didn't leave a good first impression and this looks too close to comfort.
Admittedly, I'm in the same boat, even though I'm still interested in this game. There's just a few things that I raise my eyebrows at, like how Kenshiro can run a cabaret.
Everything basically sounds like they should have made a Souten no Ken game, instead. Kasumi Kenshiro, being the ladies' man he is, would be much better suited running a cabaret in Shanghai, in between helping his Triad pals.
TheSpoiler
Member
Nobody knows Souten though. This has way more of an impact than that crappy series has.
BladeoftheImmortal
Member
So this is fist of the north star with yakuza mechanics or actually has both sets of characters in it? Still crazy no matter what.
lucebuce12
Member
The first one.
But a lot of the VA's who voice Yakuza characters voice FOTN characters in this one too.
Say what you will about the anime, but the manga is easily Hara at his best.
Artwork is great.
Kasumi Kenshiro is a great protagonist.
What it lacked was giving him any worthy/memorable enemies. HnK lives and dies on characters like Souther, Raoh and even Shin.
Souten has no equivalent. They're all jobbers.
Shadowman16
Member
Nah, I've watched the gameplay and put 100+ hours into Yakuza 6 and I'm not seeing the comparison. This game is far more crazy and arcadey in terms of the moves list shown off, while 6 is somewhat more grounded - especially the special moves. Looks like you can do more crazy combo's and juggle combo's in this if the short gameplay segment was anything to go by.
And 6's combat feels darn good once you get the hang of it. Its different to the last few games but is still very satisfying in its own way. It still very much feels like a Yakuza title, and I personally liked that they finally got round to putting in a proper physics engine. Looks fantastic in motion and makes the larger battles (and they really chuck tons of enemies at you in several story fights) all the more satisfying. Really the main issues with 6's combat is that it doesn't have enough moves (heat especially) compared to previous games. And that's something that Kiwami 2 will remedy (to what extent I don't know, but it looks promising so far).
sublimit
Banned
Hokuto ga Gotoku PS4 model announced for Japan
And some new info about the battle system:
https://gematsu.com/2017/12/hokuto-ga-gotoku-details-battle-system
And some new info about the battle system:
https://gematsu.com/2017/12/hokuto-ga-gotoku-details-battle-system
boutrosinit
Street Fighter IV World Champion
So this is additional to Fist of the North Star? So I get TWO Fist of the North Star games from Yakuza team?
Shifty
Member
ATATATATATATATATATATATATake three of these and come back if symptoms persist
Can't fucking wait
sublimit
Banned
I don't understand what you mean.They are only developing one FOTNS game (this one) as far as i know.It's just that the title is a word play between FOTNS and Yakuza.
Shifty
Member
So let me get this straight
You can kill an enemy with a hokuto shinken pressure point technique, causing his death cry to show up on screen
And then there's a chance of it turning into a big goofy weapon that you can beat his friends to death with
Truly, this is a Yakuza-ass Yakuza game.
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