Stairouais
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Take it with a huge grain of salt, but gamekult.com is reporting that the game is coming to west on february 2018.
My guess is this is a mistake but we'll see...
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Yakuza Kiwami 2 TGS Trailer
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Take it with a huge grain of salt, but gamekult.com is reporting that the game is coming to west on february 2018.
My guess is this is a mistake but we'll see...
UnluckyKate
Member
They dont know anything.
Nothing been announced.
No way this is released in the west before Y6
Suburban Thug
Member
Bummer, I had never played a Yakuza game before Kiwami and jumped in largely because of the price. I've wanted Zero for a long time but it rarely goes on sale (yes, I know PSN had it on sale last week).
Generally Yakuza 2 is considered the best of the pre PS4 Yakuza games.
Yakuza 0 is probably the best game in the series. So you should really get around to it soon.
DrunkShogun
Member
This is where I stand. They might but doesn't make sense. Two entries a month separate doesn't feel right. See kiwami 2 being august-end of 2018.
CannonFodder52
Member
Who here doesn't know Japanese and is thinking of importing?
Meeee. I know the Yakuza 2 story beats.
Maybe I'll wait till the US release to play the Majima section though.
CannonFodder52
Member
Ah, that's an interesting idea! I think I'd steal that plan, if I order it.
I'm eyeing the CE. Kinda worried we won't get a comparable one over here. Although we did get one for Y6
The Artisan
Member
i'm with you man
Yeah, this is an issue too. Good Ol' Crazy Majima is the best and was pretty much everyone's favorite character. We got to see a glimpse of him of a time when he wasn't nuts in a series of flashbacks in Yakuza 4 which was some cool fanservice. Yakuza 0 expanded on that era of Majima and for fans who have been there since the first game it was really cool to see this different side of him, but they didn't account for the fact that there'd be a breed of players who would start the series with the prequel and are essentially introduced to a character who was never going to be the way they are on that game again, resulting in many of them hating the regular Majima, a character who otherwise would've probably been loved by them if they had gotten the original introduction first.
I feel Y0 and YK definitely fucked the characters up to some extent. The Majima characterization in 0, to his over saturation to the point of ruining him in Kiwami, to them expanding on Nishiki to the point you feel kinda sad for him when before he was just an asshole you couldn't wait to kick the shit out of. I'm just worried that they'll mess stuff up with 2's characters too. Yakuza 2 is the best in the series, and I hope they leave the bulk of things alone. We know we're getting more Majima again, but I'm cool with that. I just don't want them to fuck up Ryuji or Kaoru.
CannonFodder52
Member
The limited edition will include:
Yakuza: Kiwami 2 game software
Three-disc Kiwami CD set
Disc A: Kazuma Kiryu Famous Kiwami CD
Disc B: Majima Goro Famous Kiwami CD
Disc C: Yakuza: Kiwami and Yakiza: Kiwami 2 soundtrack Kiwami CD
Special set of 10 business cards of charactesr that appear in the game
Various downloadable content
Exclusive costumes
Exclusive weapons
Play Spot-exclusive additional characters
One million in-game yen
PlayStation 4 theme and avatars
Limited edition packaging
Info taken from Gematsu
You can see it at Amazon.co.jp. My link to that site keeps breaking when I post it here though.
To be honest, the CE isn't nearly as cool as the Y6 CE with the two whiskey glasses. But Y2 is easily one of my favorite games. So I really feel like picking it up, especially if we aren't getting a Y2 CE over here.
SpikedGunner
Member
yea, 1 was just near homicidal maniac with a strange code of honor, 2 really fleshed him out the most, it pretty much set the standard for Majima in other games before 0 came along.
I don't particularly mind the retcon of Majima everywhere that much, but I will acknowledge it does kind ruin a bit of the original story.
I am a bit worried about the expanded Majima stuff since it's bringing back Makoto and whatnot, might muck a bit of his original part in 2 as well (and I loved Majima's role in 2). Who knows how it will play out, but I gotta ask
...can we acknowledge Park in this new content?
CannonFodder52
Member
Yea, I think Majima everywhere is awesome for people who've already played Y1. I'm just not sure about it in the definitive version of the game, ya' know.
Yakuza 5 is not canon
lucebuce12
Member
darkwing-buck
Member
Oh man, shit looks hype.
Peroroncino
Member
Luckily, we all have 6 to look forward to.
I watched some gameplay videos of kiwami 2 and I love the increased emphasis on physics and ragdoll instead of fixed animations when you punch, kick and throw around the punks, man it looks sooo good.
SpikedGunner
Member
I mean, it does some out the rough technical edges of the original game, so I'll give it that much. Added content though is debatable
, I will say though removing some of the original game's stricter penalties is kind of welcomed
Plus we never got the HD ports...to each their own I suppose, I might replay my PS2 copy again at some point.
Aw, I can't do that to 5, no matter how I though the overall story was dumb. Park actually I liked, probably the best female character in the game (though sadly not really a high bar) and possibly of the modern games past the PS2 titles...which is why I was sad/angry when she was killed off. Goddamnit. 5 also gave us the best side character, so I can't fully trash the story.
Yu Narukami
Member
New info from gematsu.
http://gematsu.com/2017/09/yakuza-k...-goro-scenario-story-characters-battle-system
This game is going to be massive.
http://gematsu.com/2017/09/yakuza-k...-goro-scenario-story-characters-battle-system
This game is going to be massive.
giancarlo123x
Banned
WTF is that an rts activity at the end of the article? This will consume life.
ToastyBanana
Member
If it's just like the gang wars thing in 6 then it's more of a mobile game where you throw units in and they fight it out automatically with special attacks on cooldowns. I didn't like it - was too easy and kind of dull. I hope they make some meaningful changes to it beyond real wrestler dudes.
Shadowman16
Member
Its similar to 6's, but watching the TGS footage released it actually gives you control over units and gives you actual mission objectives - the footage shown has you selecting units/characters and telling them to attack specific enemies/guard certain mission critical pieces of equipment. Its not the most complex looking mini game ever, but its certainly far improved from the mobile style effort we got in 6.
AuthenticM
Member
maaaaaaannnnnnn
I would if I had access to Y0 and a PS4. A friend might get a PS4 soon so there's a chance there.
TheIMO.less we acknowledge Yakuza 5's story, the better
Oh hey, it's Souther.
CannonFodder52
Member
Yea, YK has a lot of huge positives and necessary quality of life changes over Y1. It's a lot more playable with the updated combat, item management at phone booths, reduced load times, visuals, Japanese audio and non-failable side quests, plus a bunch more I'm probably forgetting.
I wasn't really saying YK isn't the definite version, I was suggesting that I wouldn't want "Majima Everywhere" in the definitive version, the one that new players would play first. It feels like a mode designed to spice up a game you've already played.
And Yea, I really wish we got the HD pack over here.
davidwhangchoi
Member
man... when does come to the west =/
Yu Narukami
Member
Someone should ask Gamekult why they said this is coming West February '18.
Shadowman16
Member
They must be mistaken. Sega would have to be stupid (well, stupider than usual) to release it one month before 6 is released over here. Not to mention that'd be an insanely quick time for them to translate 2 (seeing as it'll at least have some new dialogue/content, they can't just copy 2's script across to this).
Maybe they got confused with Fist of the North Stars Japanese release? That's Feb 2018.
brickarts295
Member
Its gonna be awkward to play Y6 before Y2.
lucebuce12
Member
Peroroncino
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lucebuce12
Member
They're gonna get the Dragon Engine looking like God's own creation by the time Shin Ryu ga Gotoku is released.
That was my original thought but wasn't sure they would want to take away the hype for 6 prior to it's release.
Going to be hard for the influx of newcomers over the last year to play them in order.
Still hoping, though.
poipoipoi9
Member
Man Haruka looks super creepy in the new engine...
lucebuce12
Member
They unveiled Y:Kiwami and Y:6 last year when we were all waiting for Y0.
I'm wondering the same thing, we're seeing a lot more Japanese PC ports/releases these days, I'd love it if they released 0 and Kiwami 1 on PC. Definite buys for me.
Shadowman16
Member
I want to like him, but he's just a complete dope unfit to lead Japan's largest Yakuza group. So many of the stories could probably be boiled down to "Daigo screwed up again somehow, here's Kiryu to save his ass again". He just doesn't feel ruthless enough.
lucebuce12
Member
But it's Daigo, you gotta love Daigo!
The turnaround was short. Y6 isn't out till March meaning people might reconsider purchasing it if they wish to play the series in chronological order.
CannonFodder52
Member
Daigo is 10/10
