Now don’t get me wrong the game is pretty fun and I do like it, but I just can’t grasp why says this is one of the greatest games ever made.
I’m not all that obsessed with the Japanese culture is why I probably just don’t fully get it. To me personally it’s just an about slightly above average game
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Nails the atmosphere imo.
Yakuza 0 fans are the kind of people who'll unironically claim that "Yakuza is just Shenmue with the bad parts removed". They're not human beings.
i love yakuza but yeah people who say that are the same people who got into yakuza for the haha funny moments in it.
Great story, great gameplay, great world design, great atmosphere, great characters? What's not to like? Being a weeb has nothing to do with it, this was big with western audiences for a reason.
I haven't ever played Shenmue but I'd probably be more interested in it if you fags didn't have this constant versus attitude towards the two series. Retard.
I'll be honest. I just play the Yakuza games for the Karaoke rhythm games
i like kiwami 2 just a little bit more.
It successfully combined a large swath of things from yakuza films to comedy visual novels to beat em ups to casino game sims to sports mini games to open world fetch quests, all with a very memorable cast, setting, music, voice acting, etc. It's just a damn good time.
>becoming a billionaire off running a hostess club
>becoming a billionaire off beating real estate moguls
>goro's demon style
>BREAKINNNNN ZA LAAAAWWWW
>the story
>the side missions
>the ending
It's a solid play, I never got bored with it, the story genuinely hooked me, and the ending got me in the feels. Not sure why you wouldn't rank this highly, it accomplished a lot.
I just started playing it but boy is the amount and length of the cutscenes turning me off.
was it kino?
Definitely shows its origins as a ps4 game
It's pretty fun but now I'm in the post game grinding real estate and Jesus Christ what were they thinking. Dragon style better be worth it.
The only thing worth it is the cool cutscene.
Working on mini games in between kept it manageable for me.
I like Yakuza, I like 0. There's no "versus", they're radically different games at their core and 0 babies who say Yakuza is "Shenmue but good" are nuts. It's like saying Gears of War is like Resident Evil but better because you get to the action faster.
>Jesus Christ what were they thinking.
i imagine it was wanting the player to go do other stuff while its running in the background. i just kept collecting the money, letting michael jackson run everything, and went to do other stuff.
you're now humming wanna be ur girl manually
>and 0 babies
why do you keep getting mad? seriously. every time somebody mentions this game you materialize in these threads to just get angry and post this same tired things. why do you get so mad at people enjoying a video game? what purpose does it serve? are you really this frustrated people enjoy a video game? are you mad that more people got into the series now and somehow polluted it beyond whatever magical standards you formed in your headcannon? every thread its just the same ranting, raving, and temper tantrums. just why? are you alright?
i tried to play this fucking copetard shit because it's free on game pass but this game is TERRIBLE
i turned it off and promptly uninstalled after the karaoke faggotry
This. I'm 3 hours in and feel like I've only played for 15 minutes. And people say RDR2 was a movie game.
Is it like this all the way through?
This is a fair criticism. It took me 2.5 hours of play before I got into the game proper. It would have really benefit from breaking up the cutscenes with more gameplay.
I have weeb friends who defend it to the death, but they're objectively wrong about that much downtime being a good thing for a video game.
>Is it like this all the way through?
No. Kiryu's first chapter is quite long because it introduces you to everything, shows you minigames exist, and then pushes you along. Chapter 2 lets you free around Kamurocho even before Miss Tatsu gets introduced and has a pretty great exit to the chapter, and then chapter 3 starts strong with Majima. Generally the intros of the games are like an hour or so long and railroaded but then begin to let you off the leash. In 0 it's around chapter 2 though 3 is really when it lets free and then Kiryu starts getting more interesting in 5, in 1 you're allowed to be free in chapter 4 but chapters 2 and 3 have a lot of fighting in between the story bits so it evens out, in 2 you're pretty much free the instant you reach Sotenbori and even in Kamurocho you have a good chunk of the city to yourself, in 3 you have some freedom in Kamurocho, then it does some introductions in Okinawa, and then you finally get free reign of Okinawa, etc.
Fist of the North Star is the only time where the intro takes an eternity, New Eden doesn't even allow you to run around freely until the intro of chapter 6 (But to be fair the chapters are rushed past pretty quickly).
Shenmue had good parts?
not really if you just fuck around doing side quests and mini games
How the fuck do I play the disco mini game? I go onto the tile, press the button when the outline is closing in on it, and it works nearly a quarter of the time. This shit is fucking stupid.
It's when it's directly on the outline of the square, not before or after.
i could never get it right either, but i'm a shitter with abysmal timing when it comes to rhythm stuff like that
Pretty sure the
>it's shenmue but good
is memeing.
> but I just can’t grasp why says this is one of the greatest games ever made.
Anyone who says that is pretty fucking stupid. The game is good but I would say it's mostly jack of all trades master of none.
>group combat can be fun but some bosses feel like a completely different game where often it can be difficult to land finishers or even get more than 2-3 punches in before they recover.
>minigames are mostly shallow diversions
>sub stories range from meh to great due to writing
>some stuff is kind of unnecessarily tedious like real estate and cabaret
Game definitely excels in presentation though for story bosses. Overall I'd say it's good fun but I think it might have benefited from more of the longer combat sequences where you have to fight through a bunch of enemies in a stage like a traditional beat em up.
It takes too many cycles of going to the office and setting shit again to be something you let go in the background.
It's just typical Yakuza, they always crank up the time wasted in a side game by like 4x what it's worth. You're dealing with a shameless publisher like Activision, they're just Japanese and small time so it's slightly less annoying.
I'm in Yakuza 4. I fought one of Majima's goons with Akiyama then the story shifted abruptly to Saejima. Before I knew it, I''ve made too much progress with Saejima to go back to an older save.
The game will let me go back to Akiyama right? I've still got hostess maker, revelations and a couple of side quests I haven't cleared with him
You'll only be able to go back near the end of the game and it'll make perfectly clear when. Same deal when it comes to 5 except you can't go back to Haruka once you have her set herself up until Premium Adventure.
>not listening to the beat
Bro... Play that I'm gonna make her mine and you can clearly see the music beat aligns with the button press timing
Do you get anything during the ending if you complete the club/real state substories, or can I finish them after finishing the game?
I'm sure I'm close to the end of the game and it's my last chance to do them before I finish the story, but I don't like the club minigame.
During the ending? No, it's completely separate, nothing in the side content ever affects the main story (Except some of them getting introduced during the main story but that's it). You do miss out on getting to use Dragon of Dojima and Mad Dog of Shimano styles during the final portion of the game respectively but that's really up to you if that matters. The former is better than the latter.
its ps3 game
did you finish the game? the best chapters are at the end
> one of the greatest games ever made.
What? It's just happened that steam weebs got their hands on first Yakuza ever released on PC. And it happened to be 0. They never played any Yakuza before so they thought it's a masterpiece, but for us console veterans it was another Yakuza and shit. Pretty good one tho. That's why we call these cunts 0 babbys
Lol Yakuza 7 has even longest cutscenes. Prologue was like 2-3 hours
>Breakin Za Law
>not GIMME MO SUNSHINE
DAME
> 0 and Ishin had the best karaoke songs
> that was 5-6 years ago
it huuuuuuuuuurts
>this is one of the greatest games ever made.
It is the greatest Yakuza game ever made. I don't think anybody is claiming that it is one of the best games ever.
It's a really long episode of anime with shitty Bamham gameplay.
No idea why it's still popular, the games haven't changed shit since PS2
>Implying 6 didn't have some of the best ones in Today is a Diamond, Hands, and Brand New Stage.
Come on man, say what you will about the game but the karaoke was easily right at the top. Hands especially considering it was the longest one they've had AND a good song.
Even 0's club songs were fucking lit
Some say it is one of the best this generation, but I think that are mostly normies who stumbled onto something else than linear the Last of us every part is serios type games.
that was a different time
>It is the greatest Yakuza game ever made
isn't that 5? I didn't like switching between styles and Doujima style you unlock after the story felt kinda wacky not as polished as peak Kiryu from 5
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Nah 2 is the best yakuza game followed by 0 then 5 in my opinion
Kiwami 2? Cuz ps2 games were trash
Yakuza 0 is the greatest Yakuza game ever made
But that doesnt mean its a great game on its own, just decent
2 has the best story in the entire series, how can you say it was trash?
I'm not talking about the story. It's unplayable in 2020.
I hate that the series is popular now.
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Ishin and Judgment are my favourite ones.
>X
>not Y
wow dude you sound so cool thanks for sharing your thoughts you must be the only person who likes Y instead of X haha very special very unique what a crazy lad you must be haha
i hate how half-assed is their attempt to emitate the era. Aside from "chunky phones lmao" there literally zero feel that it's 80-s
Are you alright cunt?
Cabaret Club Czar in comparison to real estate Royale paid to little to be effective. I didn't bother finishing goros abilities and only got dragon of dojima to level 2. Grinding out the cp became a real chore in the end but I enjoyed the game non the less.
The entire game I thought Kaito was going to die
>Best game ever made
Literally never heard this, I heard it called the game of the year it came out, but that's it.
Shenmue fags are way more obnoxious by trying to pretend their tech demo is anything worth giving a fuck about.
Lots of people say that story doesn't matter in these games, but with 5 some events (in main story) are so fucking retarded that they absolutely took me out of the story. It's like writers were legit on drugs while penning some of that shit.
This is probably an unpopular opinion, but I prefer 4 to 5. Yes, 5 has more shit in it, but lots of the new stuff really isn't that good. New cities are half-assed, and many of the minigames aren't that great. Meanwhile 4 gave you really fleshed out Kamurocho, the most in-depth one the series had seen.
2 also has some really bad story beats, and Kiwami's Dragon Engine really doesn't do the combat any favours, though it is better than 6.
But the removal of loading screens between streets really fucks up the pacing of some segments, at several points the main story sends you on some stupid goose-chase to get a key or password or whatever. In original game that would've taken a while to do, but in Kiwami those just amount to mindless distractions that could easily be removed without any effect to the story.
4's 'fleshed out Kamurocho' is something literally nobody is going to bother with because there's fuck all to do in the sewers or rooftops. 5's various cities add a nice sense of variety. 4 is okay but Kamurocho stretches to it's limit with 4 protagonists bumming around in it. 4's rubber bullets are significantly more retarded than anything in 5 and infinitely more distracting, and none of the emotional moments hit anywhere near as hard as the ones in 5, which takes all the good moments from 4 and refines them.
Every game has a jumping the shark moment sans 0. 4's story is fucking dull as hell, at least 5 has a better tone, a better supporting cast, and way more engaging set-pieces, as well as a more thoroughly developed combat system for the protagonists. Saejima in 4 is clearly unfinished, for instance, but has been expanded in 5 to be much more fun to play.
0 fans are extremely insecure about their late entry point to the series so they cling to it desperately.
this is an issue i have with every one of these games desu. only real problem i have
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i dont think id say shenmue, but its definitely the logical conclusion of the river city ransom style
>start yakuza 5
>that kino intro
Damn, they went all out with this game. Feels like they put more SOUL into this than 0
But the story is damn good. It's like watching an amazing old-school yakuza film, and after you get to dunk on plebs and dance with Michael Jackson.
I didn't really start to get invested into the plot until Makoto showed up.
But I was hooked after when it happened.
Kiryu part is the only good part of 5.
>Not liking Shinada's entire story.
Baseball boy was great. I can understand if you don't like him being forced into the story, but his story in its own vacuum was enjoyable and had some great side characters.
Shinada's part is great, but his combat style really drags it down. Y5 suffers from poorly executed ideas.
And to elaborate
>the only character that actually needs weapons to be viable
>unbreakable weapons are trash and easy to miss
>also starts completely broke, discouraging the player from using/buying breakable weapons
He was tolerable enough for me until I got to the 100 man. He's not good at the 100 man at all but in general combat he wasn't the worst (That goes to unarmed Musashi) and as long as you understand not to use My Meteor Tackle he basically becomes a weird grappler pretty much. Really, outside of the coliseum my major issue was just the short combos and Tanimura level of damage.
They did my boy Akiyama so dirty in 5
>Can be fixed by simply removing one Heat Action.
His aerial attacks are perfectly fine too, I can't understand why they would make that choice with the kicking Heat Action being so easy to trigger and actually impeding the usage of their aerial kick they spent the effort on implementing with its own special attacks.
It's alright. MGR is another example of a good game being overhyped as belonging in the vidya pantheon of great games.
4s end fight is ultimate Kino though.
real estate royale fucking sucks dick
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Playing darts.
Shenmue 3 is so bad it makes Yakuza 0 look like a masterpiece.
>Great gameplay
Ok I know we can all agree these games are not made for the combat, but for a game that centers around constantly fighting, you think they would make it not completely autistic and spend absolutely zero time on it and make it the reason I can't play the game. I'd only play Yakuza 0 if I could just skip every fight. I have a new computer so, I don't have the gif saved where Majima regenerates health as you beat his ass. But yeah. The gameplay is not all good. The combat is literally zero effort bullshit by the devs.
You're talking about Kiwami you stupid fuck, none of the enemies in 0 regenerate their health. That was a retarded mechanic everyone agreed was dumb and has since never been used in the franchise again. Combat in Yakuza is simple and flashy, but entertaining, not every game has to be DMC. It's far from zero effort, every move has a purpose and if you want to be rewarded with some of the flashier heat moves you need to keep your positioning and heat in mind. You're a dumb cocksucker.
>I have a new computer so, I don't have the gif saved where Majima regenerates health as you beat his ass.
That's Kiwami and cheap boss battles like that are one one of the reasons it gets hate, there are no regeneration shit in 0 as far as I remember.
this is my first yakuza so i might be retarded but why did they include majima's part? i wasn't interested in the story for him and rushed through it to get back to kiryu. kiryu's storyline had me from the start
huh? i finished it yesterday before ending chapter 6. i thought it was fun fighting the five kings and then the the finance king
Because Makoto is the key figure in acquiring the vacant lot, Kiryu wouldn't have been able to save her at the time, and Majima is essentially the only reason Dojima doesn't win instantly? He's also a long-time fan favorite and people have been dying to have him in a playable role since forever. I will admit that having this be his origin story where he eventually becomes 'the mad dog' kind of makes him less interesting, since Majima is at his most entertaining when he's being a total nutjob. I'm hoping a 0-2 with him in top form will happen down the line.
>>some stuff is kind of unnecessarily tedious like real estate and cabaret
Real estate yeah, but cabaret club was fun as fuck. I'm happy they brought it back for K2.
i started with 0 too and vastly prefered majimas part
>Majima is at his most entertaining when he's being a total nutjob
Having started with 0 and playing through chronologically to 3 so far, I really miss Majima's 0 character.
I don't mind him being a bit wacky at times, but it felt like such a jarring transition from 0 to Kiwami in terms of his character.
I know they had to make it link up somehow, but it felt like a very poorly shown transition to mad dog status.
Cabaret Club. That alone makes it one of the greatest games ever
Literally the only side content in a Yakuza game i've ever even bothered putting time into
he's a bit less silly in 4 when you play as his best bud in the whole world saejima
the worst is that he's the wackiest in kiwami because of the majima everywhere sidestory which is trash
You see more of his old self in Yakuza 4 and 5, he's pretty serious in both games.
but they kill him in 5
was playing kiwami 2 and out on pink street there's just one random black guy there with no story attatched to him at all. he just stands there and flares his arms out. thought it was the funniest thing
i thought they were going to do something with kishitani to bring it more out of him. his introduction and sacrifice could've meant a lot more if they fleshed out development between the two of them, and he literally starts his first fight with you with a dagger. could've been a good way to tie majimas mad dog style all together.
What
Are there any emotional tearjerker scenes in the series? I know it's not all "haha silly Japanese people" the whole way through but how often does it give you feels?
Cabaret club was fun at first but got really boring after taking a club or 2. Basically becomes autopilot until the club battles and even then it pretty much came down to using fever efficiently. Of course my biggest gripe is that the hostess substories are locked behind it and every time you want to do a single meetup you have to open the club which takes 3 minutes minimum. More if you actually play instead of selecting mars and just doing something else for 3 minutes.
Real estate on the other hand was mostly fine but its biggest downfall was having to return to the office to manage properties instead of just doing it from the menu or a phone booth.
I hate anime and pretty much everything about it. I find Japanese humor boring and idiotic.
That game is still one of my favorites of all time.
I don't know, man. The prison shit with Saejima was pretty great. Haruka's part seems like a nice breather so far.
there's powerful "manly tears" type of scenes in every game
honor, friendship, duty, it's all there
>multiple times on 0
>a couple times in Kiwami
>a couple times in Kiwami 2 Majima Saga
>a couple times in 3
>once in Saejima's part of 4
>haven't gotten that far into 5, yet
They're not guaranteed to make you cry, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't feel something when playing these games.
The ending of 6 was a complete tearjerker
Majima has shown some serious moments in 3 and 4 so it wasn't much of a surprise for me to see a younger and less experienced Majima to be a lot more serious in 0. I can understand that people are greatly put off by the changes between 0 > 1. It doesn't help that there is almost a 20 year time gap between 0 and 1 and what he does in that time is never really explained. He obviously took clues from Amano and that Omi guy whose name I forgot but there probably was a lot more happening between 0 and 1 that is never touched on.
Yeah, I wish 0 would've shown his strengths a bit more. It tries, at the beginning, to show how smart and perceptive he is, but then never mentions it again.
Would've been a cool contrast with Kiryu who just takes things at face value.
> last boss of 5 is retarded
> whole plot of 6 is retarded
> last bosses of 4 are retarded (except old fart)
> last of boss of 3 is meh
> last of boss of 0 is meh
> can't even remember the last boss of Ishin
Only Judgement and 7 got last bosses right
The whole fight against the assassin as Majima was pretty great
>being a weeb has nothing to do with it
This is some heavy denial user. You'd have to not be a weeb to be able to objectively state this.
I just started playing a few days ago and I thought people were just over hyping it saying it's one of the best until I got to Chapter 3. Kiryu story was just run of the mill, but Majima's story and section is so good. I really dont want to go back to Kiryu's story.
Yeah I was totally sold on Majima during that first cutscene at The Grand where he deals with that tricky customer like a boss.
He genuinely never does anything else as smooth and cool as that in the entire series.
>I really dont want to go back to Kiryu's story.
Wait until Chapter 6, it gets better.
Ishin's final boss fight is part of why I love that game so much.
Nishiki...
> NOOOOOOOO KIRYUUUUU!!!11
> If you kill Shibusawa you'll be like him!!1
> becomes villain later
I hate that retard
>If you kill Shibusawa you'll be like him!!
He was probably right though