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man nurse posted:Oh my goodness, I didn't realize this game featured Sotenbori from Yakuza 2! Which is also featured in Yakuza 5, funny enough.
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Crappy Jack posted:Which is also featured in Yakuza 5, funny enough. Haha, I had forgotten about that. I don't remember much about 5 to be honest, I found it to be one of the weakest entries, unfortunately.
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I was paying so much attention to the opening karaoke session, I almost missed the transformation into hair metal-magnificence. And once I did notice it, I couldn't concentrate any more. Gutcruncher posted:Remember the days when we almost didn't even get Yakuza 3 at all? Lol funny times, I tell ya. Yakuza is the Little Series That Somehow Could. We may not get the side-games (Dead Souls aside, and that's probably because zombies), but, against all odds, we keep getting the main series games. It's as much a fighter as anyone in the games themselves.
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Jan 28, 2017 18:44
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Gutcruncher posted:Remember the days when we almost didn't even get Yakuza 3 at all? Lol funny times, I tell ya. And 4 and 5
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Jan 28, 2017 19:26
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I am rather enjoying this substory that involves Kiryu trying not to get caught buying porn for a small child. "Begin your dubious quest!" e:  : "Wow mister, you're so cool!" : "This is far from cool."
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Jan 28, 2017 19:29
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Sony America's effectively turned Yakuza into their little pet project thanks to Gio Corsi and Sony Third Party Production, so we'll probably get all the main games for the foreseeable future. I mean, if the same system exists to give David Cage work then goddamnit it can do some good by giving us Yakuza games. The only major ones we've missed now aren't even main games, they're all spin-offs like KENZAN!, ISHIN!, and the PSP games no one wants to play.
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Jan 28, 2017 19:33
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It's still the biggest shame that we missed out on the two good spinoff games and got the worst one.
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Jan 28, 2017 19:39
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This is my first Yakuza game and all I can think is "lets get sweaty" Game rules.
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Jan 28, 2017 19:42
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Speaking of is there a decent guide anywhere for Kenzan aimed at people who know no Japanese? I bought it on a trip there ages ago, but my attempts to play it never met with any great success.
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Jan 28, 2017 19:54
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Sakurazuka posted:Speaking of is there a decent guide anywhere for Kenzan aimed at people who know no Japanese? I bought it on a trip there ages ago, but my attempts to play it never met with any great success. Here's what I have.
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Jan 28, 2017 19:57
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So, I'm interested in getting into this series, but I don't have a PS4. I do have a PS3 though, can anyone recommend one of the games on there to start with?
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Jan 28, 2017 20:44
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LordHippoman posted:So, I'm interested in getting into this series, but I don't have a PS4. I do have a PS3 though, can anyone recommend one of the games on there to start with? Any of them are good, but Yakuza 4 is probably the best beginner-friendly title on the PS3 since it doesn't assume any prior knowledge and Akiyama is a charismatic lead.
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Jan 28, 2017 20:48
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Oh Snapple! posted:"I'll make an offer...in cash!" does not happen nearly enough for my tastes. I love it because of course Kiryu has a Heat move to buy a building. Obviously he does.
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projecthalaxy posted:I love it because of course Kiryu has a Heat move to buy a building. Obviously he does. Hell, he answers the phone in the telephone clubs like he's going to war. Also I just won 50 million on rock-paper-scissors Rumble Roses Salty Bets. GOTY
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Jan 28, 2017 21:44
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So, uh, substory 63 ( The third one down the list for Majima) Rise of the Dragon... So the Yakuza 2 antagonist just tried to steal my pants. Was it a no game over on loss battle? cause he was damned tough. Gave me a good chunk of money though. This damned game...
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Jan 28, 2017 22:47
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Unlucky7 posted:Do you have the Charismatic Autobiography equipped? If so, that is why. Oh goddamn it, you're right. The worst part is that I read the post from the other guy who had the exact same problem. 
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Jan 28, 2017 23:15
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The Rush Style training is kind of annoying. It feels like the only reason there's any challenge whatsoever to it is the obnoxiously small circle, and it's not even due to that in itself: it's the fact that it's easy as hell to end up in a spot with 0 visibility because the camera is all about an NPC's back.
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Jan 28, 2017 23:25
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Are there any substories you can get locked out of? Like, if I eventually get to the point in the game where I play as the second protagonist, will I be locked out of any side quests I could have completed beforehand?
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Jan 29, 2017 00:24
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Oh man, playing as Majima is everything I hoped it would be. Game owns.
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Jan 29, 2017 00:26
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I think this version of Majima is honestly my favorite. Majima in the other games is like at 11 at all times while here he's more like at 8-9 at all times and sometimes goes to 11, which I think works better.
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ImpAtom posted:I think this version of Majima is honestly my favorite. Majima in the other games is like at 11 at all times while here he's more like at 8-9 at all times and sometimes goes to 11, which I think works better. I think they use him well to similar effect in 4 and 5, since he and Saejima as sworn brothers provides a good space for serious pathos as much as wacky Majima, which is how he works best. The whole end of Chapter 2 and beginning of Chapter 3 in 4 is maybe my favorite overall sequence of Majima material for just that reason. E: I'm worried about Kiwami specifically because the Majima Everywhere system seems a bit too much 'wacky Majima' and too little 'serious but also still crazy Majima'.
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Jan 29, 2017 00:34
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RandallODim posted:I think they use him well to similar effect in 4 and 5, since he and Saejima as sworn brothers provides a good space for serious pathos as much as wacky Majima, which is how he works best. The whole end of Chapter 2 and beginning of Chapter 3 in 4 is maybe my favorite overall sequence of Majima material for just that reason. Yeah, that's true. I think 0 is just fresher in my mind (and also Majima's introduction in 0 is perhaps my favorite scene in the series.)
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Jan 29, 2017 00:36
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LOL at the Michael Jackson substories
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ImpAtom posted:Yeah, that's true. I think 0 is just fresher in my mind (and also Majima's introduction in 0 is perhaps my favorite scene in the series.) Majima's 0 intro is fantastic for emphasizing Majima's craziness as independent from his violence, which is an important feature that's lost in some other Majima moments.
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Jan 29, 2017 00:47
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I tell you, the final mission and cliffhanger of the first Majima section/chapter 4 is probably my favorite part of the series. That's good story. And then they gave me the realty system and Kiryu's story has so far come to a screeching halt for seven hours. I am up to $130M a run. I like the realty system.
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Like every Yakuza game, once you give me unbridled freedom I will proceed to clear as much of the Completion List as possible. I should be going to find this Real Estate office, but right now I'm loading up on AppStim then binge and purging at every restaurant in Kamurocho.
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Jan 29, 2017 00:51
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I hope Majima gets a thing like Judgment Kazzy's postcards. I love when the idiotic quests in these games are summarized matter of factly like that.
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Jan 29, 2017 00:58
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projecthalaxy posted:I hope Majima gets a thing like Judgment Kazzy's postcards. I love when the idiotic quests in these games are summarized matter of factly like that. He gets the exact same sidequest.
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ImpAtom posted:He gets the exact same sidequest. Perfect.
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Shooreh Pippi, Shooreh Pippi 
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man nurse posted:Shooreh Pippi, Shooreh Pippi I wish I could've gotten that as an outfit.
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Laughing so hard right now. This is amazing.
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man nurse posted:Shooreh Pippi, Shooreh Pippi  First time Yakuza player here, the game is terrific, between the hard rear end main storyline filled with great characters/antagonists and the hilarious subquests, topped with the awesome 80s japan setting, it's a treat. I'm not sure I'll be spending a lot of time one some mini games and other stuff (like shogi) but Yakuza 0 is filled with awesome things to discover. The game is up top with Witcher 3 and Red Dead Redemption for me in terms of side activities to randomly stumble upon roaming, and they're all great, and I'm only in chapter 4 ! Definitly worth the eurodollars spent on it, I only regret Europe didn't get the cool Business Edition with the card holder.
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Policenaut posted:Like every Yakuza game, once you give me unbridled freedom I will proceed to clear as much of the Completion List as possible. I should be going to find this Real Estate office, but right now I'm loading up on AppStim then binge and purging at every restaurant in Kamurocho. There's no reason to use appstims in this one really. There's a CP upgrade called bottomless stomach that lets you keep eating even if you're full. Much quicker then eating a couple things, leaving, popping a stim, and going back. e: legendary drinker of ryukyu still serves a purpose though. no upgrade to keep drinking i don't think.
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Ceramics posted:There's no reason to use appstims in this one really. There's a CP upgrade called bottomless stomach that lets you keep eating even if you're full. Much quicker then eating a couple things, leaving, popping a stim, and going back. I really appreciated 4 giving me impetus for just being drunk all the time out of the gate with Akiyama's drunkeness boost skills, because I went through most of the bars before even getting to Chapter 2.
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Ceramics posted:There's no reason to use appstims in this one really. There's a CP upgrade called bottomless stomach that lets you keep eating even if you're full. Much quicker then eating a couple things, leaving, popping a stim, and going back. Oh dang, I haven't even seen that CP upgrade yet. I did manage to clear out a majority of the bars in Kamurocho though, and I'm currently grinding my face on Combination/Carom shots so I'll go check that out afterwards. Thanks!
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Mr. Shakedown can eat a bag of dicks
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Arcella posted:Mr. Shakedown can eat a bag of dicks I finally loving beat that jerk after losing like 50mil to him by dragging him over to an area where there were a ton of objects to smash into his big fat head. I think I literally used an entire bike rack's worth of bikes plus a street cone.
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ugh its so hard to get the timing for the disco minigame
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Man, I'm just in disbelief that we went from never seeing Yakuza 3 in the west to this. I'm also thrilled to see all the new players hopping on board here. Game owns, series owns, Sony owns. It's been such a ride being a Yakuza fan. I'm elated more and more each time than the last whenever we get the next major entries brought overseas, against all odds. Been with it since the beginning. It really feels like an accomplishment that we've supported the series well enough to get to this point. I hope more people continue to discover these games.
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