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[Miles708]

Not even the worse thing he did

This is quite awful, I didn't know all these details.

Good riddance.

 

[Hugare]

7 was excellent. And I *loved* 8's gameplay. But the story sucked. Yakuza pirates wasn't anything to write home about either. Nagoshi brought a lot to the table. He could very easily be in charge of one of the spin off series.

Saying 7 and 8's story sucked, specially 7, is a very unpopular opinion

7's story was great. 8's was eh, but not bad imo.

And Pirate Yakuza's story sucked yeah, but it was a "out there" spin off. It's like complaining about Yakuza: Dead Souls story.

RGG7 came out like 2 years before Nagoshi left SEGA.

True, I wasnt aware.

I like Nagoshi, I just think Stranger than Heaven wouldnt exist if he was there, and I love everything they've shown about that game. Has the potential to be the best Yakuza game by far.

Japanese industry seems to worship people in older positions, and everyone under said people become "yes men". I fear that we wouldnt have as much innovation under Nagoshi.

And seems like he didn't go out of Sega in good terms, so a comeback would be surprising. Dude was building a series to go 1-1 against Yakuza.

Don't expect Sega to welcome him with open arms

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

He didn't "left his job", he was kicked in the ass and fired by Sega because he used the company money with no permission to go to dinner (and after-dinner) with other other companies' big shots without telling anyone what the hell he was doing.

He got all the way to the top of Sega's gaming division (he's the reason Sega only made Yakuzas for years) and thought he could get away with anything. And now he has nothing

Yeah but he was just representing the true Yakuza spirit through these actions.

Give the man a break!

 

[adamsapple]

Goodnight sweet prince.

 

[rkofan87]

This comes after the social media channels vanished the other week.

 

[Comandr]

Saying 7 and 8's story sucked, specially 7, is a very unpopular opinion

I certainly didn't say that. I loved 7. That's why I said it was excellent. Period. Full stop. Easily my most replayed yakuza game after 0. I'm so glad it's turn based now. I would also argue the combat is just as fast, if not sometimes faster now because of it; with certain abilities clearing out all the enemies at once, or in 8's case, the quick finish mechanic.

 

[xrnzaaas]

Sad news. It would be interesting for someone from the studio to tell how advanced the project actually was and is there a chance of leaking some playable build. Any scenario is possible - the game may have been in pretty advanced stages or a complete mess needing a ton work to stitch everything together.

 

[cireza]

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Probably blew all their money on the trailer.

 

[GymWolf]

Too bad, i was hyped for their next game.

 

[FUBARx89]

Not surprised. Gangs of Dragoon or whatever looked like a dollar store Yakuza.

Yakuza isn't faring to well without him like, but the last good game RGGS did was Lost Judgement.

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

Perhaps recent Yakuza games have felt lacklustre because all the A team are working on Stranger Than Heaven?