Tizoc
Member
It's cool, if you read my OP you'll see I suggest to focus on the gameplay more than the plot.
At the end of the day that is what matters with the Yakuza games
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GAF Plays Yakuza 5 (PS3)!
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It's cool, if you read my OP you'll see I suggest to focus on the gameplay more than the plot.
At the end of the day that is what matters with the Yakuza games
Tizoc
Member
The beginning of Akiyama's Part has some lengthy cutscenes too, but once you start getting into the meat of the gameplay you'll get your time's worth. Feel free to spend time doing all the side stories, mini games etc.
I didn't like either stories much as I felt they both relied on the same plot point
like the rubber bullets in Yakuza 4
Still the final chapter with its action and fights is brilliant. Topped any Yakuza game for me.
Aenima
Member
The story of 5 is probably the only week point of the game. Yakuza 4 does a great job with his story and introducing all the new characters in a nice way. But Yakuza 5 is a bigger game with alot stuff to do, so i enjoyed more 5 for the gameplay part, and 4 for the story part.
But i love all Yakuza games
Thanks. I mean, $40 for a year of PS plus is a good deal I guess for this, even if I don't keep my PS3 that much longer
The Last Wizard
Member
It's up!
Tizoc
Member
Go us gaffers go!
Burgess_101
Member
There are reminisce functions in the game that recap the story in the previous games. It's a long watch but worth it.
please finish 4 before playing 5. 4 is pretty much a clean slate for the series and 5 builds off of characters introduced in 4. And 4 is a better game anyway.
There is no recap in 5
At the end of every Part, when you switch characters, they are a blank slate, level 1, with only their base skills unlocked.
Wonko_C
Member
I just got done with the Saejima part. I don't know if it's because I'm in a rush to finish the game (to return the PS3 to my cousin) but I wanted it to be over and it felt incredibly long. Haruka on the other part looks really fun. I am tempted to take it slow in fear of it being short.
And this for me...
TheJollyCorner
Member
My first Yakuza game and I'm loving it so far.
Looks really good, too.
Thank you, PS+!
Looks really good, too.
Thank you, PS+!
RAIDEN1
Member
One important question I have ahead of downloading the monster size of a game this is, is it better than Sleeping Dogs?
I say that as Sleeping Dogs is the only GTA-style like game that I have ever completed or got me "hooked" (I could never get round to completing any GTA games I've played in the past)
I say that as Sleeping Dogs is the only GTA-style like game that I have ever completed or got me "hooked" (I could never get round to completing any GTA games I've played in the past)
Vindicator
Member
Finished it Tuesday, truly great game, enjoyed 4 as well.
There was some wtf moment when chapter 3 started, didn't expect that...
There was some wtf moment when chapter 3 started, didn't expect that...
This is a chill out game for me. I still need to finish it though...I've spent over 100 hours and I'm not done. In fact I'm at the end of Akiyama's arc I think. I definitely burnt out on it when it first came out, but I still love to just go in, run around and do all the side stuff, amazing atmosphere all around.
I recommend that you don't rush it. If you want to be over with the main story then it's gonna take you around 20 hours, maybe less. But you will lose a lot of the best things of the game, especially the another life scenarios.
This game isn't like GTA at all so it's better that you play it and see for yourself.
Yakuza is like if Sleeping Dogs only had hand to hand combat (with much more options) and much smaller cities with tons of optional content. There are no cars to use and guns are more like special equipment in a fight.
The Last Wizard
Member
I'm mad Haruka's section is towards the end, as it's the one I was most looking forward too.
Question though, do I have to complete a characters specific side missions during their chapter? For example in chap 1 if I don't complete the taxi missions are they done for the rest of the game.
Question though, do I have to complete a characters specific side missions during their chapter? For example in chap 1 if I don't complete the taxi missions are they done for the rest of the game.
Tainted
Member
I have to be honest, I'm not feeling it so far. Granted I have only got through what you would say the tutorial bits (I have just finished that night out with the boss, had a few fights and came home for the night)....so I am in no way giving up on it, but it hasn't exactly hooked me from the start. I guess those long drawn out cutscenes broke the pacing a bit for me.
Pacing is not the game's strong suit. Don't ever be afraid to ignore a seemingly major quest marker to go bowling or karaoke or side mission if that's what you feel like doing. They may make it sound like you better get somewhere NOW, but I don't think there's ever a point in the game where you're penalized for putting it off for a few hours...days...weeks..etc.
The game is heavily segmented between long main story sequences with tons of cutscenes/boss fights, etc, and just messing around doing side missions/mini games. If you start a main mission, you're probably looking at more of the cutscenes, so consider that accordingly. I really enjoyed the story, but the pacing of it when combined with all the side content is awkward at best.
AFAIK, eventually you are able to switch characters and be able to g and complete all the side missions you didn't finished back then
Zambatoh
Member
Honestly this coming out on Plus just reminds me I need to actually finish the game. I bought it back in February but I'm only just now getting back into it.
I'm currently on Akiyama's story arc. Just after
I'm currently on Akiyama's story arc. Just after
Akiyama shows the business end of his shoes to Ogita and the mysteriously giant man with the nice suit.
The Last Wizard
Member
Thanks you sir, my OCD was about to take over in a nasty way.
this reminded me about how obsessed i was with collecting garbage in the Kiryu chapter lol
The Last Wizard
Member
I'm trying to keep that in check, but the shiny...
Wonko_C
Member
It has much more in common with the Action-RPG genre than with the sandbox genre. I think of it as a modernized River City Ransom.
TheSpoiler
Member
I love how the hitboxes are like ten times better in this one over 4.
Tizoc
Member
You now envision kiryu on a date with hostess and he spots a shiny piece pf garbage as if he just found a Revelation
Movalpolos
Banned
forgot to download this
TheSpoiler
Member
Are the normal taxi cab missions a real thing? I'm so bad at them. But I can certainly race like a pro!
arglebargle
Member
I still need to play 4,but I am in this predicament as well.
CartridgeBlower
Member
Can't believe Yakuza 0 comes out in January, seems so soon, especially considering how far behind we are in the west.
Don't want to derail the thread as I'm playing 5 now, but I've heard 0 is better? Thoughts?
Don't want to derail the thread as I'm playing 5 now, but I've heard 0 is better? Thoughts?
probably true that 0 is better than 5.
lucebuce12
Member
The mere fact that Goro Majima is a playable character automatically makes it a better game.
Yeah, 0 is much better. The got the pacing right in Y0 with the two protagonists.
The battle system is also great, so you have multiple styles to fights instead of one per character.
My only issue with Y0 is that it's grindy. You either have to do a side story that gives you tons of money or you're probably gonna be weak. Even getting the best skills require some serious cash (as it's used for everything including buying skills).
ASilentProtagonist
Member
Adored Y3, but Y4 has been boring me so far, any point when it starts to get really good?
The Last Wizard
Member
Man, these damn side games are distracting the hell outta me. First it was Kiryu's taxi now it's Saejima's hunting. Will I ever reach the next character?!
The Last Wizard
Member
Finished the hunting storyline, that was a cool side game.
The Last Wizard
Member
Just started Haruka's chapter, this is what I was waiting for. Rhythm idol game! It's a perfect distraction from the heaviness that's the main story, though I don't think it'll stay this way for long.
Permanently A
Junior Member
I'm having a tough time slogging through it. Its like I was watching Sopranos and then someone changed the channel to America's Got Talent. I want to go back.
I am twenty hours in, just finished Chapter 2. I did the whole damn
thing. By far the longest, and weirdest, side mission I have ever played in a game. And without knowing what the result would be ahead of time, probably the most time I've put into activities that amount to a Bronze Trophy.
It is pretty obvious at this point that going through the campaign is going to be at least twice as long as the usual 25 hours it takes me for one of these games, if only because I'm putting off less of the side missions for post game. Some of the new stuff is genuinely batshit crazy. The taxi stuff, everything in the mountain village, people sliding down a sidewalk like penguins while you deliver ramen (to a guy that couldn't be bothered to walk twenty feet to the injured deliveryman), and Snowball Deathmatch are the sort of things that only the people who make these games could come up with. At this point, I'm not going to be surprised when something finally makes me laugh harder than the diaper fetishists from Yakuza 2.
On top of the insanity and bizarre side mission mechanics, the story is really great so far, and the core game play has never been better. I had everything maxed out for Kiriyu at the end of chapter 1, and nearly accomplished the same for Saejima in chapter 2 (I'm guessing these ability caps go up in later chapters). Heat moves are still fun as hell, the essence shockwave move can send half a dozen enemies flying at once, and they finally gave a reason to visit to eateries when your health is full. Other than the inexplicable invisible barriers on streets between accessible areas of Tsukimino, the new locations are very well done. Looking forward to seeing what Sotenbori looks like in this decade.
Yama-Oroshi
It is pretty obvious at this point that going through the campaign is going to be at least twice as long as the usual 25 hours it takes me for one of these games, if only because I'm putting off less of the side missions for post game. Some of the new stuff is genuinely batshit crazy. The taxi stuff, everything in the mountain village, people sliding down a sidewalk like penguins while you deliver ramen (to a guy that couldn't be bothered to walk twenty feet to the injured deliveryman), and Snowball Deathmatch are the sort of things that only the people who make these games could come up with. At this point, I'm not going to be surprised when something finally makes me laugh harder than the diaper fetishists from Yakuza 2.
On top of the insanity and bizarre side mission mechanics, the story is really great so far, and the core game play has never been better. I had everything maxed out for Kiriyu at the end of chapter 1, and nearly accomplished the same for Saejima in chapter 2 (I'm guessing these ability caps go up in later chapters). Heat moves are still fun as hell, the essence shockwave move can send half a dozen enemies flying at once, and they finally gave a reason to visit to eateries when your health is full. Other than the inexplicable invisible barriers on streets between accessible areas of Tsukimino, the new locations are very well done. Looking forward to seeing what Sotenbori looks like in this decade.
Finally got around to finishing off Yakuza 4 (my first Yakuza experience, set it down at some point in Kiryu's chapter and never got back to it.)
Fired up Yakuza 5 this weekend and just staring on chapter 2 now. All the taxi bits in Ch 1 were surprisingly enjoyable, though the races were way too easy. End of chapter 1 was absolutely nuts, Kiryu truly is a monster.
End of chapter 1 spoilers:
Fired up Yakuza 5 this weekend and just staring on chapter 2 now. All the taxi bits in Ch 1 were surprisingly enjoyable, though the races were way too easy. End of chapter 1 was absolutely nuts, Kiryu truly is a monster.
End of chapter 1 spoilers:
Majima can't be dead can he? This has gotta be a ruse of some kind..
Wonko_C
Member
My hypothesis:
I don't think he's dead. He's such a major character that he wouldn't be killed off in such an unceremonious fashion: Just a mention of his death in the news? That's it? If he really was killed we would've got an elaborate tear-jerker cutscene about it.
Zambatoh
Member
End game spoilers:
It's a little complicated but...
he's not quite dead. The villain needed everyone to think he is so everyone would show up in Kamuro to be publicly executed.