Yakuza series

[Riku Rose]

I didn't enjoy the second chapter at all but around halfway through the third one the game picks up again. I'm on the final chapter now but so far I think the ex baseball players chapter was the best one. I'd suggest doing what I did with Saejima and Haruka's parts and just skip any of the mini games as you can get through the main game quite quick when you go from point A to B.

[Monkei]

Out of the three games I've played now (Yakuza 3, 4 and 5) I still like Yakuza 3 the best I think. Followed by 5, then 4. But the latter two are pretty much on the same level actually.

Playing through 5 was kind of a struggle for me. It took me more than a month, even though I ended up somewhere below 35 hours of playtime. I played more than 110 hours of MGSV in a similar timespan (during my semester break). I wasn't playing any other game at the time, it was just that Yakuza 5 wasn't really a game that made me want to spend a whole weekend of nonstop gaming with it. Mainly the endlessly dragging dialogues made many parts of it a chore for me. I had to force myself through Saejima, Haruka, and even Akiyama couldn't really get me excited again. I really liked the Shinada part though, and the final part was alright, too, so it became more enjoyable towards the end.
I also had some real life issues going on that kept my mind off gaming for a while, so it wasn't all Yakuza 5's fault. But it was kind of a bad mixture.

I guess I'm just not as in love with Yakuza as most of you guys, but I still feel drawn to it. Calling it a love/hate relationship might be a little extreme, but I think it actually is something like that for me. I'll definitely play the next installment somewhere down the road, if only to see its crazyness (and dullness :p) in current generation glory. And to hear Kiryu's lovely voice again. There is no way you can not respect a dude with a voice like that.

[south carmain]

Amon keeps on kicking my ass.

[OL]

Just came across this. Quality is balls, but it shows a couple interesting things.

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Check out around 9:44... completely seamless transition from the streets to the indoor environments. Looks fantastic. The sense of immersion in this one is going to be through the roof.

[Riku Rose]

Quality is a little bit better but still not crystal clear.

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I said before that the main thing that needed work was the open world and I'm glad that they obviously listened too me and made all this based on my post a couple of weeks back.

[Let's Get Sweaty]

You should have spoken up sooner, Yakuza 5 could have been even better.

[FlagshipFighter]

Hey guys,

So despite being a huge shenmue fan, I really really got a chance to play Yakuza (as I owned an xbox original, xbox 360 and now an xbone).

I've gone quite far in the 1st game a long time ago via emulator but I didn't enjoy it that much and the combat was really repetitive. Nowhere near the immersion/brilliance of shenmue imo. I played a tiny bit of the 3rd game at a friends house ages ago and thought that it was much better.

Now that I have a ps3 (given to me) a few months ago (and access to one a couple of years) I've been playing the exclusives that seemed interesting, completing the last of us, uncharted 1 and 2, heavy rain, beyond.

After a #huberhype video, I decided to just get straight into the 3rd game and watch the digests. So I bought it and even though the beginning was kinda slow-ish, I'm enjoying it much more than the first game. It has a lot of charm to it. The fighting is much much better than the first game as well.

Definitely sensed a more 'shenmue' vibe, especially from the sunshine orphanage drama and spending time with kids.

It's a quieter game in comparison to shenmue, and there is A LOT of text, but I've gotten comfy with it. This game still looks really impressive today. Finally, a little late to this party but I'm glad I got to play one of the spiritual successors to shenmue after all these years/console generations...

[Shin Pan Tzee]

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Fight inside Poppo Mart. This is just crazy. I simply cannot wait for this game.

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Fight inside Poppo Mart. This is just crazy. I simply cannot wait for this game.

Definitely not waiting for the English version! Looks awesome.

[Giorgio]

For some reason, it's the first time a Yakuza entry in the series has appealed to me, and that is with Yakuza 6. I find it the most aesthetically appealing entry so far, especially with the lack of loading screens, the seamless in-game cinematics, the fully voiced dialogs, and what-it-seems the Shenmue-like interiors. However, I don't like how the face of the badass protagonist has changed from the previous entries. Also, another plus is that the ludicrous (in my personal aesthetic judgement) auras around the controllable avatar have been reduced. The "just touch the table and it breaks" element was laughable, though, but in a cheesy way.

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[Sonikku]

From Kiwami:

[AnimeGamer183]

Wtf... Well all knew Majima was a little bit off but to these lengths? Wow... I had no idea he as so partial to his "Kiriyu-chan" Makes sense why he calls him that now though lol

[myshtuff]

Man I wasn't planning on buying a ps4 ever, but seeing these clips makes me want to. I played all of the games up til 4 and still miss playing the latest ones.

Also, I just played the demo for Project X Zone 2 and was delighted to see Majima and Kazuma in the game.

[Jesse]

I enjoyed the story overall though there was times like the hunting section and a couple other instances that felt like plotting. Still was more than worth the wait looking forward to Zero! I wonder what happens in 6? Also during the dock and harbour sections did anyone else get a dejavu of Shenmue?

[Monkei]

I enjoyed the story overall though there was times like the hunting section and a couple other instances that felt like plotting. Still was more than worth the wait looking forward to Zero! I wonder what happens in 6? Also during the dock and harbour sections did anyone else get a dejavu of Shenmue?

Haha, totally. Shinada's clothes, the warehouse, the forklift attack and everything. One of the goons was actually called Fukuhara, which made kicking his face in that much more fun (like I wrote a couple posts or pages back).