lucebuce12
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Yakuza 3's the best.
It has a
It has a
black CIA agent named Rick Langley.
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Yakuza 0 |OT| Yes, you can start with this one!
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Yakuza 3 is still the only way to play in Okinawa isn't it? It's my third favourite city after Kamurocho and Sotenbori. It's just way more laid back without all the neon lights.
Last half of the game was awesome.
Also some people hate it because of the cut content, but there was still a lot there, and I don't think Ill ever go and play the Japanese version just for the stuff cut.
Last half of the game was awesome.
Also some people hate it because of the cut content, but there was still a lot there, and I don't think Ill ever go and play the Japanese version just for the stuff cut.
davidwhangchoi
Member
like dead souls dead? =P
i really liked the orphanage part. really set the mood as if kiryu was really retired. the problems kids were having bulling, stealing, identity as an orphan was pretty damn accurate. really nice touch. it was like starting off with a nice sidequest.
Peroroncino
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The Artisan
Member
see the thing with that is, i did download yakuza 5. but as soon as kiryu's opening chapter ended, i immediately lost interest in playing the game .
so as far as yakuza 4 goes, if there are no plans to remaster it (why would sega do that) then my only opportunity is to just watch a playthrough on youtube?
the whole damn yakuza series is damn good, david.
stop hating on yakuza 3After 3, it needed to be.
lucebuce12
Member
No specification yet but if I had to guess, I'd say mid-late August.
ShadowgeistX
Member
+1 on this. None of that Shinada crap.
Also Yakuza 3 is amazing. Except for the NA cover.
Peroroncino
Member
This... worries me. I wish we knew already, SEGA didn't really say anything about 0 sales, I assume they were better than expected, but who knows for sure.
The Artisan
Member
0 deserved to sell more than it did, however the fuck it did
Over the weekend I ordered the business edition on bestbuy's website the package just arrived in the mail they sent me the regular version I checked their website again now they only have the standard edition for sale I used my $5 rewards coupon on this purchase I think I'm out of luck with that I am so angry disappointed.
RamaTheVoice
Member
Game is on sale for 35 on EU PSN, cheapest I've ever seen it.
The Artisan
Member
there's still some copies of the business edition on ebay although you might have to pay an aftermarket price for it
Sumio Mondo
Member
After 3, it needed to be.
3 actually probably features my favourite soundtrack next to 0. The music is insanely good, one of Hidenori Shoji's best works.
chrominance
Member
pretty much, a let's play or story recap would be fine, but playing through Yakuza 4 would be much better - there's just a lot of text to read through as per usual in a Yakuza game.
Yakuza 4's characters are honestly all great. Saejima's chapter in 4 is great, because his chapter in 5 imo is no where near as good.
Shinada's chapter is more entertaining than Saejima's and Haruka's.
LelouchViBritannia
Member
Yakuza 3 was my first experience with the series and i did not like it one bit. In fact, i didn't look at the series at all after that. I thought it was a horrible game.
I just played Yakuza 0 and its an amazing game. Truly one of the best ps4 experiences ive had so far. Game is definitely my fav game this year
I just played Yakuza 0 and its an amazing game. Truly one of the best ps4 experiences ive had so far. Game is definitely my fav game this year
ShadowgeistX
Member
Too bad he sucks to actually play and he's poor as hell (though he can't help that seeing his part of the story). But yeah he's zero fun and I avoid combat like the plague with him.
lucebuce12
Member
Shinada's chapter was INCREDIBLE. It's just a shame that the character isn't as fun to play and that
as a stand-alone chapter, it was one of the best this series has put out.
The gameplay in Haruka's chapter saved it else it wasn't so hot.
the way they tied him into the overaching plot was pretty ridiculous but
The gameplay in Haruka's chapter saved it else it wasn't so hot.
Disagree. By a lot. Santa Saejima will give you coal this year.
Can't wait to play Saejimas chapter in Yakuza 7 where he's trying to break out of jail again! /s
Maybe Saejima will loan someone some money with an interesting past and the Tojo Clan will require the assistance of the 4th Chairman for some convoluted reason!
Dream dates, multiple bear fights, snowmobiling, santa, snowball fights, testing cold medicine, etc Saejima was great.
Then again I did Shinada import first when I didn't understand much and understanding the text certainly was more entertaining the second time. But you could take him out completely and it not make much of a difference. His combat stank and he didn't add much more than plot padding after a lot of plot padding.
The Artisan
Member
I hear you man. It's a goddamn shame there's no BC on Ps4 moreover that fucking Sony put forth no effort into making it happen.
Charlouie Jonesman
Banned
I don't know if it would've changed much in regards to the series' western reception but this is one of Sega's biggest missteps in the series imo. In cases like this you always hear "Yeah, people will complain about the missing content but they'll get the game anyway." but in my case I did originally intend to jump into the series with 3 and then never did precisely because of all the side content they cut out. If it was actual censorship, like, they really couldn't show this stuff in a western release, I would've been more understanding, but janking several side missions out just because it'd take too long to translate doesn't sit right with me and to this day, even now that I'm into the series and have played all the games that came after it, I have no desire to play 3 in it's current form. Send me the game and I'd just sell it right away.
The other big misstep is not releasing Yakuza 1 & 2 HD over here. The translations were already done, even if the series didn't sell, this seemed like a no-brainer to me. How much money could it have cost them?
Meanwhile, Akiyama realizes that a background check is a much better of determining a person's flight risk than sending them out to rescue the neighborhood cat
On my end, I loved it because it was basically
the plot of Hot Fuzz
lucebuce12
Member
Shinada was fine in isolation, but he had no place in that sweeping narrative and to come in at the end was especially bizarre. The order in which Y4 structured their character introductions and chapters was much stronger. Also Shinada being the most boring character to play didn't help, especially as Tanimura was really fun.
Y5 is just kind of too much. Like when you put too many ingredients in a burrito and it bursts. Yeah, you're eating it with a fork and it's still great, but a little restraint would've made it go down a whole lot easier.
Y3 is delightful and that scene wasn't topped in Y4 or Y5 for emotional resonance to me. Okinawa might be second best city too. Only Sotenbori compares, but Okinawa feels so much more different to that and Kamurocho.
Y5 is just kind of too much. Like when you put too many ingredients in a burrito and it bursts. Yeah, you're eating it with a fork and it's still great, but a little restraint would've made it go down a whole lot easier.
Y3 is delightful and that scene wasn't topped in Y4 or Y5 for emotional resonance to me. Okinawa might be second best city too. Only Sotenbori compares, but Okinawa feels so much more different to that and Kamurocho.
The Artisan
Member
what scene?
lucebuce12
Member
I'm assuming he means
. That moment even made me well up.
But there's also the scene with
and of course
Rikiya's death
But there's also the scene with
the little deaf girl who's the daughter of the Okinawan Yakuza boss,
the finale.
lucebuce12
Member
I'm not even done doing Leisure King yet. I guess I'll try to beat him before trying to go back and befriend her.
This is your issue.
Right now you only have access to Leisure King properties and the bowling alley is in the Gambling King area. Once you beat him you'll unlock the ability to gain areas of the other Kings.
lucebuce12
Member
So Yakuza 0 sold over 100k copies according to Nagoshi-san.
*Kuroda is the voice actor for Kiryu, Nagoshi is the creator of the Ryu Ga Gotoku/Yakuza franchise.
*Kuroda is the voice actor for Kiryu, Nagoshi is the creator of the Ryu Ga Gotoku/Yakuza franchise.
That's far less than this series deserves
Western game sales are spoiling you, believe Y0 did really well relative to the franchise sales in the West. Hopefully it only goes up for this game and future releases.
UnluckyKate
Member
That's not that high...
I'm actually surprised how well Nier and P5 did compared to Yakuza...
But it changes nothing for me : buying day one every yakuza games coming to the west.
CartridgeBlower
Member
Does 100k make it the best selling game in the west to date?
lucebuce12
Member
Yup, the Yakuza series has not sold well in the West, other than Yakuza 1 and 3.
Yakuza: Dead Souls in particular was pretty much a bomb.
This is a good sign though, as the game has only just gone on sale on EU PSN so I expect that to help move some copies. I have faith that the game at least sold well according to SEGA/Atlus' expectations so that means that hopefully they'll be more open to porting the games to the West in a timely fashion.
Yakuza: Dead Souls in particular was pretty much a bomb.
This is a good sign though, as the game has only just gone on sale on EU PSN so I expect that to help move some copies. I have faith that the game at least sold well according to SEGA/Atlus' expectations so that means that hopefully they'll be more open to porting the games to the West in a timely fashion.
I believe that honour goes to Yakuza 3, hopefully someone can post some hard numbers to back it up.
All that you're telling me is that all Yakuza game sales are abysmal in the West.
I wonder what the devs get as a cut for sales? Regardless, it can only be few million dollars total - which i'm surprised can even support a small studio team.
Franchise has been ongoing despite each title selling 500k-1 million and in some cases less. Gotta imagine the budget is quite low especially since 60% of the assets are always reused. They are make their money back with Japanese releases alone and the Western sales are just extra, especially since Sony support to bring them over. If SEGA is happy with these sales then I'm happy.
lucebuce12
Member
This series has exceptionally low development cost, mainly due to a staggering amount of asset re-use, motion capture which makes animating moves and cutscenes much less of a hassle, and a LOT of product tie-ins.
Yakuza 5 was the biggest Yakuza game ever, with 5 protagonists with their own chapters and 4 cities and other hubs and activities that we've never seen before. And it's no coincidence that that game also had an EXTREMELY high amount of product tie-ins. It's one of the few series where it actually works though, as it really makes the places feel more real.
The profit that they expect is entirely from the Asian market. The games are made for, marketed to and released for the mature Asian market. The west in turn gets releases much later than the asian release, has next to no marketing and as a result also has considerably less expectations.
I may be wrong but if they recoup the costs of the localization and make a respectable profit on top of that, then SEGA will most likely consider it a worthwhile venture since otherwise the game's pretty much made all the profit that it can realistically make from the Asian market. It appeases their fans, and allows them to make more money off their games.