Like A Dragon/Yakuza: Kyodais Rock

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Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

The Yakuza thread finally has a PS4 tag. Times they are a-changing.

# ¿ Jan 22, 2017 23:46

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# ¿ Apr 24, 2024 12:37

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

projecthalaxy posted:

Bought the game off PSN, got it all downloaded and installed and ready to go. Now I just have this little countdown timer mocking me.

The PS4's "play the first part of the game before it's done downloading" feature hasn't panned out at all.

# ¿ Jan 23, 2017 02:24

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

Oxxidation posted:

The combat in this game seriously makes me wince.

Batman would tell these guys to take it down a notch or five.

If their body isn't broken and full of shattered metal pieces from the bicycle that you crushed on top of them, how will they know that they were wrong? It sounds like you're anti-education.

# ¿ Jan 23, 2017 05:13

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

Chexoid posted:

How, after 7 yakuza games, there's still a street thug in Japan who will just pick a fight with Kiryu for no reason is beyond me.

In Zero he's not a legend yet, and almost all the rest start with a period of him being out of the face smashing business, presumably long enough for these young and stupid street punks to have limited info on him. That's about all I've got.

# ¿ Jan 23, 2017 05:32

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

Der Shovel posted:

Word to the wise: the game doesn't have a permanent autosave, which I learned the hard way. I lost over 3 hours of progress because despite having continue points for deaths etc, all these autosaves are lost when you quit playing unless you loving manually save your game.

In 2017.

The game is from 2015 though. 6 does have auto save.

# ¿ Jan 23, 2017 14:11

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

projecthalaxy posted:

So I booted up the game and after some cutscenes and tutorial fights a strange man in a bowler hat taught me how to inject cash into my body to gain martial powers.

This is a good video game, I think.

It's not dubbed right? He still calls Kiryu "boy" in that bizarre voice, right?

# ¿ Jan 24, 2017 06:36

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

projecthalaxy posted:

I like the new motion-comicish cutscene you get occasionally with the ultra high res models sliding around.

Weird thing about this game: those just stop not very far into the game and give way to the normal kind of cutscenes.

# ¿ Jan 24, 2017 07:22

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

titanium posted:

This is my first Yakuza game, and so far so good. I'm a little sad to find out I have to manual save because that means I just lost 1hr of gameplay but at least I get to do the charity work of beating the piss out of drunkards again. I even poked around a bit to see if there was a save menu, maybe I'm blind. Are there save points?

Telephone boxes are save points.

Yeah. It's that behind the times. No one ever accused the Yakuza series of keeping on top of the latest gameplay trends. They finally implemented an auto save system, which has been standard in all other open world games for like ten years, as of last year.

Samurai Sanders fucked around with this message at 07:49 on Jan 24, 2017

# ¿ Jan 24, 2017 07:44

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

pick-e posted:

I've finally cast away the shackles of an ancient 720p tv, and decided this will be the first game I play in 1080p. Will my eyes melt?

Hopefully the game itself won't disappoint like Yakuza 5 did. With just two playable characters it should be much more focused at the very least.

It's also on the PS3 so not overwhelmingly awesome graphically, but lots of good high res textures.

I still consider 5 to be one of the best games (replaying it now) so if that let you down I don't know what you will think of this one...

# ¿ Jan 24, 2017 09:19

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

Housh posted:

Does 6 have as good comedy writing as 0? Is the localization just loving awesome on this one that it seems extra special?

I'd say most of the games have consistently funny writing for sub stories, yeah. Same as 0 or any others there were a few times in 6 when I couldn't stop laughing.

Edit: I've only ever played these games in Japanese, no idea the consistency of the English translation from game to game.

# ¿ Jan 25, 2017 02:07

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

StarkRavingMad posted:

I love how consistent Kiryu's characterization always is.

Rule 1: Never compromise on anything ever.
Rule 2: If something interferes with Rule 1, beat it until it stops.

In 6 this actually sets him at odds with his friends like never before. It was a pretty black and white world up until that but things got very grey for a bit there.

Edit: it may have not even been intentional, maybe I was supposed to unconditionally root for Kiryu like usual, but I wasn't.

Samurai Sanders fucked around with this message at 06:30 on Jan 25, 2017

# ¿ Jan 25, 2017 06:27

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

Super No Vacancy posted:

hey is there a good spoiler-free guide for missable things by chapter or whatever?

In the modern era of Yakuza I thought there wasn't anything like that. You can screw up on some sub missions but you should just accept those failures and learn from them same as street thugs accept and learn from being hit with a baseball bat.

# ¿ Jan 25, 2017 08:32

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

For so long in fighting games I've seen attacks that clearly break the opponent's neck but they are ok afterwards, it barely even registers anymore.

# ¿ Jan 25, 2017 09:51

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

ImpAtom posted:

Excuse me I think you'll find that Kiryu and Majima both have never killed a single person.

Yeah its pretty central to Majima's character at least in this game.

# ¿ Jan 26, 2017 00:03

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

Bad Llama posted:

Opinions on best fighting style?

Majima's thug style and Kiryu beast style for me. But you need to always be changing to fit the situation.

# ¿ Jan 26, 2017 00:29

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

Gutcruncher posted:

What indeed, Kiryu. What indeed.

# ¿ Jan 26, 2017 05:16

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

tap my mountain posted:

So do you get to switch freely between characters a little ways in or is it only at the very end of the game like 5?

Like 5.

edit: wait actually no, you can't switch until Premium Adventure I think.

# ¿ Jan 26, 2017 23:19

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

Does the US version allow screenshots outside of premium adventure mode or something?

# ¿ Jan 27, 2017 07:54

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

ImpAtom posted:

I just have a screen capture device so I don't worry about that bullshit.

I have one too but when I got the PS4 Pro I wanted to set it to output in 4K and my device doesn't support that. So, I'm back to dealing with Japan's weird recording restrictions. Gravity Daze 2 doesn't have them though so it's okay.

# ¿ Jan 27, 2017 08:37

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

8-bit Miniboss posted:

GOTY

https://twitter.com/digitaldiatribe/status/825582161470246915

Aw it didn't include a screenshot with Nugget's property management stats which are pretty good.

# ¿ Jan 29, 2017 07:29

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

The main news I hear about yakuza here is some disposable grunt crashing a car into the office of their rival organization. Has that happened in this game series and I just forgot?

# ¿ Jan 30, 2017 00:01

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

exploded mummy posted:

There are plenty of disposable grunts crashing into cars

The way you say that makes it sound like it just happened on its own, and not that I pushed the triangle button and made Kiryu slam their face into a car door over and over again.

# ¿ Jan 30, 2017 00:36

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

Playing it a bit again, after finishing Kiwami and 6, I think combat against street goons really is way more difficult than the games after it. It seems like they attack more frequently and until your Rush ability is high enough that you can just dodge everything constantly or have Beast counter attacks, it can be a real problem sometimes.

Boss fights are about the same though.

# ¿ Jan 30, 2017 09:24

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

8-bit Miniboss posted:

Little spoiler, all the Yakuza games end with shirtless dudes fighting.

I'm still looking for good screen caps of that final clash image for all the games.

# ¿ Feb 1, 2017 06:18

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

hamburgers in pockets posted:

Okay, I'm barely into chapter 2 and probably spending way too much time on side stuff, but I've noticed that there are some completions you can get for dashing a certain amount of distance and a few CP upgrades for that as well. My question is how the hell do you even dash in the first place? No buttons do anything while running around Kamurocho besides L1/R1 making me walk, so I'm guessing this is some kind of skill you get later on. I just want to make sure in case I'm missing something blindingly obvious.

At least in Japan it's holding X. It's not so much faster than normal running but you can hear Kiryu breathing heavy when he does it.

# ¿ Feb 1, 2017 06:58

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

Brick Shipment posted:

Someone said earlier that 0's save can carry over into the 1 remake. What gets carried over?

Just some unique equippable items I think. "Carry over" is kind of an overstatement.

# ¿ Feb 2, 2017 02:36

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

I like the kind way that Majima and the hostess look at each other when he gives her a napkin or whatever.

# ¿ Feb 4, 2017 05:04

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

precision posted:

I wish to God they'd do a Yakuza -1 set in the 70s

Starring old man Kazama and so on from the previous generation? That would be pretty awesome.

One problem I can forsee is that Kazama and others from that time apparently were just straight up hitmen, and that doesn't fit the theme of the series so far.

# ¿ Feb 4, 2017 05:29

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

ImpAtom posted:

"Oh Yuki, you're so awkward and nobody likes you!" *Yuki effortlessly bilks $500,000 out of a rich dude.*

Getting money out of rich women that way was one of the many reasons 2 needs a remake badly.

# ¿ Feb 4, 2017 07:32

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

Stelas posted:

"Okay, let's go out on a practice date."

Majima smashes the cue ball at 100% power, completely accidentally sinks the 9.

"Gosh Majima-san I learnt so much about pool!"

At least he didn't teach her the way he teaches Kiryu things, by stabbing him over and over again.

# ¿ Feb 4, 2017 13:58

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

HGH posted:

What are Kiwami's fighting styles like outside of that?

He uses all his styles from 0 at various points.

# ¿ Feb 4, 2017 15:14

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

DaveKap posted:

What happens if you give the stop and search specialist an actual weapon? Does he just confiscate it?

All I will say is, It's worth seeing once.

# ¿ Feb 6, 2017 08:31

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

bewilderment posted:

Dumb question: I've been playing up to what I think is the end of chapter 2. I have weapons in my inventory. I equipped a 'Master Ball' because hey, why not, might be entertaining.

How do I actually use them? Kiryu's still fistfighting same as always.

Push down on the d-pad. Be careful though, the master ball has very little durability and costs a lot to repair. It's part of the lovely weapon system that has always been in the Yakuza series. The heat action for it is worth seeing though.

# ¿ Feb 6, 2017 23:21

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

man nurse posted:

Probably Kenzan, it came first and I've heard not so great talk of Ishin.

Kenzan rules as hell, Ishin is wracked with all kinds of problems imo.

# ¿ Feb 9, 2017 03:58

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

DrNutt posted:

Just finished my first Yakuza game, #4. Do they all have Return of the King endings?

Wait, did Kiryu go back to the Shire at the end of 4 and I forgot?

edit: I guess Okinawa is kind of like that.

# ¿ Feb 11, 2017 01:37

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

I thought Kiryu was always 30 when he went into prison at the start of 1 and then 40 when he came out, which means he's over 50 by 6.

Edit: by anime rules he could totally be a badass gangster by age 13 though, while looking like a 25 year old. But much to my relief the Yakuza series has always dodged stuff like that.

Samurai Sanders fucked around with this message at 03:18 on Feb 15, 2017

# ¿ Feb 15, 2017 03:16

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

The US version said he was 20 when he went to prison? Were they trying to increase the series' anime level for some reason?

# ¿ Feb 15, 2017 03:25

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

Ages are numbers though. You don't have to translate numbers.

# ¿ Feb 15, 2017 03:40

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

My memory of 2 is that no one thought Daigo would be a good chairman (including himself), just that he was the only one left alive with a clear claim to it that wouldn't immediately lead to infighting. Basically the same problem as trying to find a new king of a country when the current king when a whole bunch of their family was suddenly killed or whatever.

The rest of the series is him trying to grow into that role without running back to uncle Kiryu.

# ¿ Feb 17, 2017 08:35

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# ¿ Apr 24, 2024 12:37

Samurai Sanders: Nov 4, 2003; Pillbug

Policenaut posted:

It's been awhile since I played it, but wasn't Dead Souls the only Yakuza game where the villain outright says that Kiryu always coming back just screws everything up, leaves things in a greater mess than when he started, and if he actually cared about the Tojo Clan then he'd actually step up as Chairman? Kind of weird that the non-canon spinoff would be the only one to outright say it.

Sometimes he comes back because of a sense of responsibility he has but probably shouldn't to the clan, but sometimes he gets wrapped up in their fights while he is just minding his own business.

# ¿ Feb 17, 2017 08:56

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