>Yakuza 5 will be released in your lifetime. Now we just have

I bought Yakusa 3 today. Is it a good starting point?

>>275616970
Emulate Yakuza 1 and 2

>>275616970

no

please play them in order from 1 to 4

>>275616752
YES
>>275616970
First one I played, yes it is. Best gameplay and videos explaining the plot of yakuza 1 and 2

>>275616970
No. Why do people keep asking this. Play them from the beginning.

Yakuza 2 is probably even the best game in the series. You would be doing yourself a huge disservice by skipping it and just watching a recap.

>>275616752
>Yakuza 5 will be released in your lifetime.
It was already released anon

I'm starting with 2, but I've watched the video summing up the first game and have seen the movie which is an adaptation of the first one. I'll probably go back and play it eventually, but the dub is kind of a turn off. Other than Mark Hamil being in it anyway.

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You know what I meant you smartass

>>275618434
meant for
>>275617251

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZURNR3uuHGA&index=6

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>>275616970

It's completely up to you. All the games have menu options to recap each game, and while they're quite in-depth, we both know there's nothing like playing the actual games. It's highly recommended you play them in chronological order to truly fall in love with Yakuza.

The combat in the first game can put a lot of people off due to how clunky it is. If you're willing to give it a go, don't do full 4-hit combos too much when surrounded, just do 2-3 hits then back off. Makes combat a lot easier when you're not just punching thin air, then getting punched in the back of the head. I say this because I've heard these complaints, and seen a few people on Youtube do it, and complain. Also grabbing can be a bit of a pain as you can easily miss your mark and be left open to attack.

A lot of people agree the second in the best of the franchise, and the combat is less clunky with lock-on improved. BUT of course if you're willing to start with the PS2 games, go with the first obviously. I find the first two games emulate well even on toasters. Also, the move from PS2 to next gen is quite breathtaking as the city comes to life so to speak.

In the end it doesn't really matter all that much as the recaps in 3 and 4 are really well done. People have started with the PS3 games and fallen in love, just to go back to playing the PS2 entries. Just have fun and thanks for supporting the series, granted your copy of Y3 isn't pre-owned. But you can get Y4 via PSN now.

ENJOY

>>275617184

Because they're new to the series, and a lot of games have shitty first installments and so forth.

So, I bought used copies of Yakuza 3 and 4 cause together they were about the same price as a digital copy of 4. Should I buy a digital copy of Dead Souls sometime down the line to make up for it?

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>>275619216

If you personally enjoy 3 and 4, then please do.

DS might be a spin-off, but it's a pretty fun run n' gun.

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>>275616752
>hope
go thank Gio Corsi for Y5

>>275617281

>I'm starting with 2, but I've watched the video summing up the first game

Now this is a unique situation. Why 2?

Did you buy it physically?

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>>275619494

>>275619525
I bought it a while ago at a recommendation from /v/, but stopped somewhere early on in the game. Now that it seems like series has a chance in the west, I'm getting back into it. I consider it pretty lucky that I have a complete in box copy of the game.

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>>275619705

Very lucky.

See >>275619040

Honestly emulate (or buy) the first. Then move into HD.

5 should be out by the time you replay 4 or maybe 3~!

Play the first then find the full Yakuza movie on Youtube.

Or watch this prequel beforehand.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAbVpthXaQ8

>>275619216
>Should I buy a digital copy of Dead Souls
Yes.
It's not perfect, but it is fun.

Isn't yakuza 5 like 2 years old?

>>275616970
3 is a fine starting point. You miss out on small subplots but there's a good 4~ hours of cutscene recap in the beginning of 3, so it's not like you'll go in blind.

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>>275620932

Ryu ga Gotoku is exactly two years old, but Yakuza 5 just got announced last week.

>>275619983
Is the live action movie any good?

>>275619040
Finally some good pasta to copy in Yakuza threads.
Thanks, even if you don't write it yourself and double thanks if you did.

>>275616752
Yakuza 5 and 0 were both announced.

>>275621887
0 wasn't... right?
Tell me, where was Y0 announced for the west?

>>275621825

I did in a thread about 10-12 hours ago.

The bottom bit is ad-lib.

>>275621887
>>275621935

It was not officially announced.

>>275621935
When they announced 5's localization at Playstation Experience they also showed the title card for Zero

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>>275622037

>>275616970
I watched the recaps that come with it, regret it now, play the first 2

>>275621935
At Playstation Experience when they announced 5's localization they also showed Zero's title card.

Should i buy Yazuka 4? it is fun?

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>>275622182

Why doesnt Kiryu guest star in some fighting games?

>>275622321
I'll let Kiryu answer you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2nzQi0X-ZU

>>275619040

It's completely up to you. All the games have menu options to recap each game, and while they're quite in-depth, we both know there's nothing like playing the actual games. It's highly recommended you play them in chronological order to truly fall in love with Yakuza.

The combat in the first game can put a lot of people off due to how clunky it is. If you're willing to give it a go, don't do full 4-hit combos too much when surrounded, just do 2-3 hits then back off. Makes combat a lot easier when you're not just punching thin air, then getting punched in the back of the head. I say this because I've heard these complaints, and seen a few people on Youtube do it, and complain. Also grabbing can be a bit of a pain as you can easily miss your mark and be left open to attack.

A lot of people agree the second in the best of the franchise, and the combat is less clunky with lock-on improved. BUT of course if you're willing to start with the PS2 games, go with the first obviously. I find the first two games emulate well even on toasters. Also, the move from PS2 to next gen is quite breathtaking as the city comes to life so to speak.

In the end it doesn't really matter all that much as the recaps in 3 and 4 are really well done. People have started with the PS3 games and fallen in love, just to go back to playing the PS2 entries (dissapointed that they didn't start with them). Just have fun and thanks for supporting the series.

>>275622353
>exaggerated phallic imagery

As espected of Japanese developers. They have no sense for misogyny.

>>275622845
The Japanese didn't invent the Xmas tree and make it look like a cock. McDonalds did. In AMERICA.

>>275616752
>Yakuza 5 will be released in your lifetime
I don't know about that. I might just die tomorrow.

>>275622845
Are there any jaopanese games where you can actually harm women?

>>275622465
thanks anon im gonna buy it now.

>>275623178
Rapelay

>>275623276
I mean real games not hentai rape simulators.

W-we'll never get Ishin, r-right?

Actually been meaning get into the series, but the way Sega was treating localizations of some of the later games was making me worried that I'd be getting into a Dragon Quest-esque situation (in that the more I played and got into the series, the more annoyed I'd get at the publisher for not localizing the later entries/versions). That said, it is good to hear that Sega's taken their head out of their ass (if even momentarily) and be willing to localize Yakuza 5, and hopefully be willing to stick with bringing the other games the west hasn't gotten over.

On a related note, I found a complete copy of Yakuza 2 last night for $12, though I suppose I should start with the first game before playing that one, since it sounds like there's ongoing continuity or something that wouldn't make jumping in from whichever entry one chooses all that bright.

>>275622845

Which is why Japan is awesome.

Fuck off.

>>275622845

Considering modern Santa is just a Coca-Cola ad, who cares?

We're all getting fucked.

>>275622465
I wish i lived in the Yakuza universe.
>you will never witness the power of a double suplex

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>>275622465
Kiryu is so fucking cool.

>>275623664
We never got Kenzan so I doubt we'll get Ishin.

>>275625354
Kenzan is special since there's child prostitution.

>>275625893
Wut.

>>275622428
He's not that famous.
I wanted him to be in PlayStation All-Stars.
But no, of course not, have Isaac Clarke, truly Playstation Character!

>>275626018
Little geishas. Bakagaijins is too stupid to accept something like this that's one of the reason we never got Kenzan.

ITT:
>playing nip games
>sucking black cock for love
>letting your dog fuck you in the ass

>>275626018
It's a story element.
It's a big no-no in the West, even though it's historically accurate thing.

kiryu dies

>>275626747
maybe
probably not, even

>>275626695
What the fuck are you talking about?

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>>275626695

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>>275626695
I'm not americuck though.

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Kinda bummed about it being a digital only thing, but I'll take what I can get

>>275627028
>Those limited editions of 4 and DS
No I'm envy, thank you.

>>275627028
I have a physical copy of Yakuza 5. They could release the dub/sub as a DLC, but they probably won't

>>275627229
>Dub
Hiring voice actors to do a dub a few people want?

>>275627370
I don't know if there is a dub, I just said it to cover all the bases.

>>275627168
They were stupid cheap too. I know /v/ like to shit on Australia, but shit taste here means nice finds like this for me.

>Dead Souls
What was the fucking point? That shit almost ruined everything.

>>275628165
It was a test for Binary Domain

>>275628671
It's not the same without upbeat music.

>>275629982
>you can finally fap to Haruka and don't feel guilty

>>275628165
They really should have put 3 on the psn store instead.

>>275630963
Some anon hoped that they are restoring content so they can release definitive version on PSN.
I doubt it, but it's almost Christmas and a week ago we didn't even think that Yakuza 5 would be localized. Who knows what happens next.

>>275628671
>QTEs are okay when Japan does it!
kek

>>275631592
Actually, yeah. QTEs in Yakuza feels just right for some reason.

>>275626747
Just like in the end of 2 and 3

>>275631868
This time there was no confirmation after credits.
Soooo... we wait.

>>275631592
I wish western QTEs were as entertaining...

>>275631592
Yup.
Yakuza does them perfectly.

>>275631592

>QTE are okay when it's in a game I like

Hypocrisy, yadda, yadda, yadda. People will be more lenient of shit like that when it's a feature inside a game that's mechanically sound and that plays well.

Not that that excuses QTEs. They're still the same trivial shit in any game they've ever appeared.

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Why does this series have such GOAT soundtracks?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdjmyVp9JPk

>>275627028
>Yakuza 2 before Yakuza 1

10/rustled my autism

>>275631592
It's because in Yakuza every QTE is earned, and they're rarely instant kills. There's a whole lot of gameplay surrounding the QTEs in Yakuza, so they aren't a get-out-of-jail-free/press x to win mechanic.

Also they're all context sensitive and there are hundreds of unique Heat actions to do. Variety and good animations go a long way.

>>275632960
>whole lot of gameplay surrounding the QTEs
>they aren't a get-out-of-jail-free/press x to win mechanic
It's the same in God of War but /v/ hates it for this.

>>275633285
That doesn't mean everyone thinks God of War is bad. I've never complained about QTEs in God of War and I'm sure thousands of other people on /v/ don't give a shit either.

>>275632685
Sega always had great composers.
Even Dead Souls's OST was badass to say the least.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7p0l5_5FIY4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU_atKjbLkY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVySmO6e9Es
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQqKw7-IeH0

>>275633285
Because God of War also has fucking awful combat.

>>275634014
I love Yakuza and its combat, but game's battle system isn't exactly great most of the time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Yl8t6o85sw

>>275634952
I'm actually really excited for the Haruka storyline. It's so different from what I'm used to. And who doesn't want to wreck shit on stage and backflip during dance-offs?

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>>275631520
>Some anon hoped that they are restoring content so they can release definitive version on PSN.
That was me, twice in two earlier threads. One can only hope.

guess i better get started on this series

i heard the spinoffs are a waste of time?

how long does each game take roughly?

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>>275616752

S-source?

Will I finally be able to produce my cute little slut idol?

games are rad, but looking at yakuza and those "high school yankees" or whatever, its just silly

i can NOT take little asian boys seriously. i just cant. doesnt help i live in japan. anytime a jap boy in any situation starts trying to act or look tough, its like watching a big fluffy pink teddy bear make threats. its ridiculous

When do we play as Haruka? Which chapter?

>>275637615
No, Haruka part will be cut because it's too japaneese.

>>275637615
Where have you been these last seven days?

>>275637615
http://www.siliconera.com/2014/12/06/yakuza-5-will-localized-sony-bringing-ps3-summer-2015/

>>275637865
When the game is digital only, there's no need to worry about censorshit.

>>275637667
>those "high school yankees" or whatever, its just silly
Those guys aren't criminals. They're rockabillies.

And most "yakuza" in Japan aren't really like they're depicted in fiction. They mostly operate gambling and drugs, without any violence involved.

>>275638091
>>those "high school yankees" or whatever, its just silly
>Those guys aren't criminals. They're rockabillies.
Or boso.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C5%8Ds%C5%8Dzoku

>>275616752
Yakuza 0 is already confrimed, some idiot made the mistake of listing that they will be localizing yakuz franchise (yakuza 5, yakuza0) instead of just yakuza 5.

THE CAT IS OUT OF THE BAG.

Now put up and buy it or shut up and never get a good game localized again

>>275638091
i never called them criminals, i just said i cant take them seriously

im aware of what the yakuza is. both in fiction from actors trying to look and act tough to real men, i cant take any of them seriously

>theyre rockabillies
welcome to japan. its the most pretentious and shallow group of morons on the planet. you cant even begin to imagine. literally (yes, LITERALLY) every thing any of them do or say is because "its cool"

>>275638330
I think many of them do understand, but don't care. In the west you have people saying lol in real life.

The TV drama prettyboys are for female audiences.

>>275638326
I plan on buying Yakuza 5 at least 4 times.

>>275638719
>I think many of them do understand
lol. Dude I'm just going to stop you there.
They don't understand a god damned thing they take interest in. I'm sorry, but they don't. They just don't have a fucking clue

I'm not trying to cause any offense to you, but its just incorrect

>>275637910

> third party

Hopefully they won't fuck up the localization as bad as 3 did.

Holy fuck playing through that actually hurt knowing how much shit they cut out.

They did it right with 4 and hopefully it will be as good with Y5.

>want to start the series
>Yakuza 5 is going digitalfag
>1&2 HD won't come to the US even though it'd be extremely easy to do (if you don't bring back the Y1 dub)
>2 is $40-60
http://change.org/p/sega-find-a-way-to-distribute-yakuza-5-for-ps3-as-a-physical-release

>>275638926
So it's just like america, then?

>>275639091
that much for 2? I got 1 and 2 for ~$60, and they're PAL versions, which is like an automatic doubling in price

>Platinum requires you to complete all bullshit minigames
kek forget it

>>275639421
need them plats to fuel my gamer cred, yo

>>275639421
>being trophywhore
the kekkest of keks

>>275617281
You know, outside of honorifics, the dub is actually pretty good. I wouldn't mind it if it was in the later games.

>>275638326
>Yakuza 0 is already confrimed
What? Really?! So, there's only Ishin left now.

Never played Yakuza before, is 5 a fine start or is there something I should go play now?

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>>275639421
The others aren't a challenge, but...
>the spaceship game

What were they thinking?

>>275622465
When watching these videos, I see how little I played Yakuza 3/4. I only played the main story, pretty much.

>>275639740
Pretty sure sega said they didn't want to release Ishin outside of Japan because it was so heavy on japanese history

>>275640016
That's like just running through the levels in a Mario game.

>>275627229
That would be nice actually, too bad they won't do it.

>>275639797
Billiard was pretty hard too.

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>>275639760
Atleast start with 3 and watch first two on youtube. Ideally, start with Y1. It's really story and characters heavy, so you'll need to know what the hell is happening and who all these people are. All games are awesome, so it's worth it anyway.

>>275640280
At least it's fun.

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One question, is there a 100% translation guide of Kenzan? Seeing as we'll probably never get that, and the entire setting is fantastic, I want to import it badly.

>>275640016
Yeah, that shit has insane amount of content. I spend like 60 hours in Y3 and there's still a lot of things to do.

>>275639421
>miss one of the heat actions that can only be done at a single specific place
>have to replay the game again just to %100

>>275640316
you can play as a girl in one of the yakuzas?

>>275640530
The one on Gamefaqs at least isn't, don't be fooled by it. It doesn't translate shit.

>>275640579
Yes. Also, one of the main characters is gay.

>>275640709
pretty cool, love playing as chicks.

id play through the yakuza series but i've got 4(?) games to play through, and I haven't got the time for it. I'd rather not watch it on yt either

>>275640530

n-nobody dies in the Yakuza games, r-right?

that guy will be shown grovelling with no wounds as you walk past him in the overworld, r-right?

Also too fucking bad Kenzan will never get localized. Game looks awesome with all the culture content such as cooking and the other events..

>>275637793
Third

>>275640709

> one of the main characters is gay

Who?

I finished 1, that was good but the battle system is pretty bad, not GoW or Batman bad as there IS some sort of depth to it, but it was really clunky and the buffer was especially annoying when you can't cancel shit

In the middle of 2 now, Kaoru a best, the plot is much better, so much that I lost interest in side missions completely, anyone know if it's okay to miss most of them?

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>>275641112

What in the world is missable in Yakuza 1? The only information I can seem to find is that the hungry kid in front of Purgatory is missable, but outside of that I have no clue what else is. I've ignored a couple of those hostess missions right now, but they're still on my list.

>>275640870
Neither Ishin

>>275641573
Majima is not gay, he's just weird

>>275641570
>anyone know if it's okay to miss most of them?
If you want to complete them all, missing them in the early games is really bad, because they disappear and don't return. I think from Y3 on, after you complete the game all the substories start popping up again so that you can complete them all.

>>275638326
>0 confirmed
Oh dear god yes, Young Kiyru and Majima tearing shit up on the rise has been a dream of mine since Yakuza 1.

Cannot fucking wait, I will both buy them day one and shill intensely.

>>275641760
And then they remove it in 5 and ishin again

>>275641760
>I think from Y3 on, after you complete the game all the substories start popping up again so that you can complete them all.
And boy are there many of them. I remember taking good care finding all the substories during the main run, but after I finished the final battle and continued the same save, an endless amount of substories followed.

>>275642218
What???

>>275639091
>Sega clearly states infinite times THEY won't do shit with the series
>it takes Sony stepping in to get sega to move their asses
>PEOPLE STILL PETITION FOR MORE SHIT AFTER IT TOOK A LITERAL ACT OF GOD TO GET 5 LOCALIZED
You fucking shits aren't happy with anything.

>>275639421
Git gud, n00b.

>>275642312
Well you can, but nothing you do in premium mode carries over anymore.

>>275639797
>the spaceship game
It's easy as shit if you know what are you doing.

>>275642324
I'd understand if something physically stopped Sega from doing anything with Yakuza, but it's primarily because they have their heads in their asses lately.
Hell, they could easily have Atlus handle publishing for Y5 as well as 1&2 HD, but no, Sanic is top priority.
I just want muh Rhythm Thief 2

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>SRW OG will never be released outside of Japan again
Well, I'm happy for you Yakuzabros anyways.

>>275640573
>>have to replay the game again
Just reload.

>>275642450
>nothing you do in premium mode carries over anymore.
What does that mean? No achievements?

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can someone explain the appeal of this series? I tried playing the first one on the PS2 when it came out and It was okay i guess, but I'm quite baffled by the hype this game gets.

>>275621753
I actually found it being good in its own way.

>>275641573
>Hating on manly backmassage
The only gay here is you.

>>275642529
Still costs money son, even if released digitally. For a niche as fuck series that doesn't sell well in the west. They have been slightly justified with the lack of faith over here. There is no reason to re-release the HD collection to a fanbase that is smaller than those that scoop up the shit that is sonic every year.

Emulate the first two, thank your lucky stars we got another shot at the series coming over. Especially when it is a fantastic entry, along with the rumors of 0 coming as well. We hit the literal jackpot on something other series haven't even gotten a chance at.

>>275642461
Aim at the center, yeah, but every fifth of the enemies still takes forever to get through.

>>275642719
Its a hybrid of GTA, and shenmue with some decent crime drama and a fuckload of over the top moments along with some serious japanese culture bullshit.

>>275642450
What the fuck, why did they change it like that?

>>275642719
>story
>characters
>atmosphere
>japan
>minigames
>combat

okay I just started trying to emulate Yakuza 1 on PCSX2 and holy shit the sound is going apeshit on this first intro video thing after I started a new game

what the fuck do I do

>>275642719
Manly man doing manly things for manly reasons.
Also music, nice characters you care about, great boss fights, lots of content.
First game is one of the weakest gameplay-wise.

>>275642864
When I was doing platinum in Y3, that mini-game was one of the easiest and fun challenges.
Now baseball and golf (and pool for some degree)...

>>275642719
can someone explain the appeal of video games? I tried playing them on the PS2 when it was popular and It was okay i guess, but I'm quite baffled by the hype video games gets.

>>275643074
There was some other game that happened to me, I forget what it even was, but I actually had to fuck with some graphics settings to fix it instead of sound settings. Just fiddle with that stuff until it works I guess.

>>275643254
Baseball's really easy for me. Golf, not as much.

>>275643326
Was it a Plugin setting or a Core setting though?

>>275643074
You should avoid game saves. If you've saved even once, format everything and start again with just save states.

>>275643254
>>275643378
Really? As soon as I learned about the wind I suddenly hit birdies and eagles on every hole

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>>275643419
Plugins, here's what my settings are if you wanna try that out. I haven't played Yakuza but this hasn't fucked up on any other game since back then.

>>275643570
We should combine our powers.

>>275643482
Wow when I deleted the memcards this fixed it.

Weird. Oh well I'll keep that in mind in the future, thanks a lot.

>>275642719
It doesn't even get that much hype really. It has a very small but relatively vocal fanbase, really.

I enjoy the series but I can appreciate that it's the sorta game a lot of people on here wouldn't like all that much.

>>275643987
really.

>>275643780
If you're playing at higher than native resolution, a transparent vertical line will appear at the center, and bizarre ghosting will happen everywhere. No one knows of a fix yet, except scaling down to native resolution.

>>275643074
Don't save the game on the memory card, use save states.

>>275644145
I didn't have such problems.

I've finished the 1st one today with the resolution upscaled to 1920x1080 and only had a small yellow line on the bottom of the screen during some cutscenes. Didn't have any other porblems though (saving in game was fine and had no problems with sound).

>>275616752
>DAT DETAILED BACKGROUND AND LIGHTING

My biggest wish is that SEGA makes a Yakuza game with a really high budget and development time to make it really huge, interactive and also improve on the combat to make it more fluid.

>>275642719
Sorry mate but you must be pretty dense to not understand the appeal. You play as an ex-gangster who goes around a city beating people up in curazy ways while a hotblooded crime drama unfolds.

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>>275644647
You must have lucked out. I'm having horrible ghosting problems, during certain missions the right and bottom of the screen become pure, blurred yellow, and this transparent line is always there. It's between the ピ and ン in the sign there.

>>275622428
better question was why wasnt he in Sega All Star Racing

If this thread is up in an hour or so I'll post all my settings to run Yakuza 1 near perfectly on PCSX2 when I get the time. I can run it without any ghosting that wasn't there when running on actual hardware. Only problem is a very faint line that exists during some cutscenes but is hardly noticeable.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV9RrdIUpTI

Does the music in this video exist in the game or for download anywhere? I play this video just to listen to it.

>>275646067
Yeah. It's from Vol. 2 of Yakuza 5 OST.
You can find it here.
http://forums.ffshrine.org/f72/ryu-ga-gotoku-yakuza-original-soundtracks-collection-95649/

Why does Kiryu leave the orphanage in 5? Seems like kind of a dick move if he wasn't forced.

Does Yakuza 1 have side missions like the rest of the series? Thinking of going back and playing from 1-3 befor

>>275646904
Yes, it does

>>275646904
It does, but they're missable as well, and the only thing I can find that tells you what is and isn't is this FAQ:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/ps2/929568-yakuza/faqs/44300

>>275616752
If only...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV9RrdIUpTI

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These are the settings I use for Yakuza. It runs extremely well, and the only ghosting I've seen is also present in the original when play it on actual hardware. Can't seem to do anything about the faint line in the middle, but honestly you hardly notice it when you're playing, and it's not always there anyway.

Yakuza 2 may or may not run well with these settings. I believe a few changes need to be made but I haven't gotten around to playing it yet.

Also I forgot how much I hate the camera in Yakuza 1, especially when fighting in-doors in crowded places like that god damn Go parlor.

>>275648090
That's amazing. Too bad you need CFW to do it probably.

>>275616752

https://www.change.org/p/sega-increase-the-number-of-pc-releases-segapcports

>>275649398
If Sony had to step in just to get 5 over here, they're not going to let Sega port it to PC.

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>>275649183
Your settings actually made my game look worse, and now it has a permanent line on the right side that's slowly moving up and starts back from the bottom again.

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>>275649960
Here's the same thing without AA or Hardware Hacks on. Everything else is the same and I'm using the 11 plugin instead of 9.

>>275640695
bullshit

>>275649183
>>275649960
>>275650329
I think you should disable Texture Filtering - it blurs the game

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>>275650921
Doing that makes everything look even worse.

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>>275649960
>>275650329
Not really sure what to tell you, must be a hardware difference or something. Game runs and looks great for me. I'm looking over all my settings and just don't know what to tell you. Post a screen of your settings or something maybe. Or go to emulation general on /vg/, they're helpful sometimes and might be able to fix it for you.

>>275650921
Yeah it blurs it a bit, don't know why it was checked, I normally only half-check it - so it's a blue square instead of a check mark. I didn't even notice the filtering when I was playing, since it looks much better in motion than in screens.

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>>275651305
Texture Filtering should be ticked with square.

>>275646770
Basically a character persuades Kiryu that these kids, Haruka in particular, would most likely never leave Kiryu's side if it were up to them
which would be stifling their development and ability to "dream" (get used to hearing that word by the way, it pops up a fucking lot in this game) and Kiryu needs to be the one to push them out and so on

There's a bit more to it than that but this is the gist of it.

>>275651783
>>275651808
Switching to the 9 plugin did the trick, same deal with the square. The settings are fine then, even with my ATI card.

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>>275651808
Yeah I should fix my image from >>275649183 I don't know how it got checked.

>>275651907
So it's working now? Should've copied my settings completely from the start to test!

>>275651808
You running at native res? Don't notice a line on yours.

>>275639797
I didn't have much of an issue with that. But fuck Golf. And fishing got boring fast.

>>275652278
It's 3x Native

>>275652529
Hm, makes more lines across the screen and makes them much worse. Oh well, I'm happy with how I've got it set up. I couldn't find any settings that get rid of the faint line in the middle. Some other anon was trying to give me his settings last week and we couldn't figure out why I've got the faint line and he doesn't.

>>275642529
Localization is probably one of the most expensive facets of Japanese gamign.

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>>275652145

>>275652762
All the pedestrians look like PS1 models in Yakuza, only the named characters and any characters you can fight get decent models.

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>>275652145
I'm still having a problem with a line on the right side, I honestly have no clue how to fix that.

>>275652752
Well, yes, but in the case of 1&2 HD they already have all of the text and dialogue and such, and thus have a good chunk already done

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>>275652725
Do you have HW Hacks enabled and you're using MSAA? If you do try to disable MSAA and see how it works.

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>>275652896
>tfw you will never team up with a cool chick cop with a Kansai-ben accent again

>>275653684
Didn't mean to quote, reply box wasn't popping up and had to click a random post.

>>275653684
>She leaves to America at the start of Yakuza 3
Fuck that writer!

>>275653954
She was emailing Kazuma after that, though.

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>>275653954
>Kashiwagi dies for no reason other than shock factor, which only the people who played the older games will get anyway
Yeah I agree, fuck that writer

>>275654258
Oh god I hated that. Yakuze 4 doesn't even mention Mine or him, or practically anything that happened. Besides a few things needing to connect to it, its like it didn't even happen. And Yakuza 5 does the same.

Oh and of course in two words: Twin Brother

I don't know why they hired a new writer after the previous writer did a fantastic job with 1 & 2.

The problem with Yakuza story is how every game is expand story from Y1 again and again. It's too bloated.

>>275654724
I guess the writer who did 1&2 got tired of games.
He's a crime novelist.

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>>275654724
I'm fine with each game having it's own main cast but I really don't like this writer's habit of shooting random characters for shock factor.

Y5's final boss/antagonist made no fucking sense and was a blatant hypocrite, it really pissed me off. The fact that he doesn't die/kill himself like every other final boss in these games do was interesting though.

>>275655004
There are some things that are just really weird in the way that they're handled though. Like Yayoi Dojima, the lady who is acting leader of the Tojo for a while until Daigo comes in. She is actually very briefly mentioned in Y3 to be helping Daigo out yet is never actually seen or even mentioned again - you think she would be seen though with all the fuss over clan leadership and stuff though, right?

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>>275652918
Another anon helping coming trought
You already fixed a lot.
Use a x3/4 native resolution
Enable Texture Filtering
Enable HW Hacks: Half-Pixel Offset and Nvidia Hack if you have one.

The Half-Pixel is only used to fix ghosting and the x3 resolution should make for every black lines that would appear if you used the Pixel option.
Pic related is how i played Yakuza 2 on my pc.

>>275646067
http://youtu.be/mnpEVitf-gM

>>275656274
My computer is barely handing 1920x1080 custom resolution, so I can't go any higher(I think 3x is like 15xx by 7xx?), texture filtering is squared and looks way better but I did that earlier, and Half-Pixel Offset has been ticked since the start. Can't use the Nvidia hack, so I'm not sure what I should do to fix this thing. I tried 4x resolution but the game grinded to a halt and I basically had this giant + across the entire screen.

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>>275656792
>I basically had this giant + across the entire scree
That was the bug i was talking about.
It change on every pc, it's pretty hard to find a optimal idea to the game.
Like i wasted 2 hours to find an optional resolution to fix this cross bug for GodHand and found it was a game fix manually inputted that was causing that mess
Can i have some screen of the game looks?

>>275641684
Kevin Spacey weird

>>275655638
Jesus tell me about it, so many characters were killed off in 3 & 4 by gunshot.

>>275657267
Majima has a decent actor though.

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>>275656658

Thanks bruh.

>>275653684
>Kazuma will never eat out the Yakuza eater

>>275656658
>mfw
I want to play it so bad now.
Playing Yakuza 3 but goddamn that bitch Haruka doesn't want to do karaoke and she keep begging to play Golf.

>>275657221
Same one as the post you originally quoted earlier, the only problem left is that line on the right. I think it's tied to resolution but I'm not sure, changing any other option doesn't fix it.

Thanks for all the help though, you guys are really great, been loving this game so far, just wish ti didn't have missable missions so I have to worry about every chapter. Thankfully I'm still early on and I wander around talking to people every chapter so I haven't missed anything.

>>275657572
Implying he didn't eat the shit out of her during the end credits of Yakuza 2.
>SIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILEEEENT NIIIIIGHT
>HOOOOOOLYYYY NIIIIIIGHT

>>275654724
The presentation of the games are so good they kinda hide the shitty writing, at least for a while. 3 had that thing you said, but it also the stupid as shit terrorism plot. It's a game about the Yakuza, and you're fighting fucking terrorists and CIA agents. To top it off, Wesker, the guy that was a CIA agent and the leader of the terrorist group, had no idea that the whole military base thing was bait, even though his partner knew.
4 is kinda better because they tone down the scale, but it fucks up with the sheer amount of coincidences the game had. Like Saejima drifting exactly near Kazuma, and that other guy doing exactly the same, one week later. There was other stuff. Seemed like really lazy writing.

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>>275653506
That actually fixed it.

>>275656274
This thread really helped me improve my settings even more, game is perfect for me now. Going to test out Yakuza 2 in a bit to see if I'll need to make any changes.

>>275658106
Forgot to mention another thing i hated about 4. RUBBER BULLETS

>>275658169
Make sure you stick in there that you have to use the D9 plugin, the D11 one gives you different kinds of bugs. For example, in the D9 I get no invisible line down the middle, whereas in D11 I do.

>>275658106
I thought Akiyama started off well, but it kinda floundered after with Taiga, besides his prologue without standing and his fight with Majima, like with the whole Kido business and Tanimura in general. And Kazuma's was way too short. Without the side quests I thought I could have finished his route in less than an hour flat.

The climax was a great pay off.

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>>275657660
That's strange, it usually like the white line in the middle of screen, subtle.
I hope you enjoy it.
Also, i give a little help for Yakuza 2.
After a determined chapter, i will appean an error related like "error_dvd_something" and the game stop.
Save the end of the chapter like the game ask you, the error will appear. You just have to switch the dvd with the next and load the save like you were playing normally on the ps2.
A lot of people seems happened and didn't tried that.
I did and it worked.

>>275658230

The plan was so convoluted. What if Saejima hadn't "succeeded" and knocked out every guy?

>>275658782
I dont remember much about 4 story but maybe since he had Majima's help, he knew Saejima would not fail on the hit

>>275658230
That was beyond stupid. Almost as bad as Dojima having a twin brother.

>>275621753
Good and cheesy, don't expect a blockbuster, but it still is "Yakuza"

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>>275658638
>filename

>>275658230
What's even worse it made the emotional break down of Taiga meaningless. That was one of the best moments in the game, he truly thought he killed those men and hated how everyone thinks he's amazing for it when he didn't feel proud of it at all. And in the end, he still has to live out his sentence for 5. What?

>>275659339
I need to improve it, any tips?
Probably did a mistke with the grammar but i'm not an english native

>>275659498
It is mentioned that it's a shortened sentence he's serving in 5
whatever the hell it's for

>>275659615
Should be remembers, not remember.

>>275658631
I feel like Kazuma wasn't even suppose to be in 4, he feels shoehorned.
The climax is always awesome, but i feel like it didn't had as much of an impact as Nishikiyama in 1 or Goda 2. Those characters were introduced early in the game, and you could see their relations with Kazuma developing. In 4

You fight Kido with Saejima, which i don't know, felt kinda flimsy.

Arai with Akiyama, which was actually cool, because they had along relationship before.

Kazuma fighting Daigo, which again, felt kinda flimsy. You don't see much of Daigo at all through the game. But the fight was so awesome I'm willing to let it go.

But the worse of all was Tanimura. The police chief hardly knew him, thought he was dead, and they had no relation. And the fight was kinda lame too. I just hate guns in brawlers i guess, and after you fight all his guards, the fight is basically Tanimura comically chasing a senior citizen and kicking the shit out of him. Also, he can't fucking secure a suspect for shit, put handcuffs or him or something, specially if he already tried to shoot someone.

Who else cried at Rikiya's death

>>275659498
It doesn't really ruin it, though.
He felt truly guilty for the hit, that says a lot about the character, even if the reveal was stupid.

>>275659339

>IKUZE

>>275659498
There was also Arai, a fucking cop, shooting his boss and not realizing it was a rubber bullet. He didn't even checked his pulse or anything.
>>275660012
It ruins the scene at least. It was so awesome seeing Saejima with a gun in his mouth blasting fools. But then jklol they're alive.

>>275659795
how about
>Kazuma remembes when he visisted the nintendo thread

>>275659875
Kiryu definitely was shoehorned into Y4, and it feels like he's sorta forced into "taking the lead" amongst the main cast
It feels the same way with Akiyama in Y5

>>275659875
I thought that Kido Fight was something like "Saejima facing his younger self", since they have a lot in common. But Kido is rotten guy who just wants to be famous, that's why he loses to more noble and honorable Taiga.

With Daigo I agree.
Tanimura - well, I didn't mind the fight, since it made a good use of his parry skills.

>>275659875

Honestly the final battle should have just been all four vs Arai. They spent the whole game setting up Arai as the big mastermind, and then don't even give any insight into his backstory or motivations besides "I just want justice".

Daigo especially felt really shoehorned in. It's like
>"Daigo, what the fuck are you doing here?"
>"I need money, lol."

>>275659875
>I feel like Kazuma wasn't even suppose to be in 4, he feels shoehorned.
Yeah that's what meant, properly use him or don't put him in at all.

>>275660291
>That spoiler
Uh oh.

Does the camera/combat get better in 2? I'm loving the first game so far, it's pretty amazing. But I have a lot of trouble in fights with lots of enemies because I'm always fighting with the camera or trying to lock onto enemies proper, and it's a huge pain in the ass. Nothing worse than taking a ton of hits because your aim is off due to camera bullshit.

>>275660291
Original japanese title is Heir to the Legend, so Kityu had to be in the game to give new characters some sort of blessing with his fists.

>>275660456
>"Daigo, what the fuck are you doing here?"
>"I need money, lol."

It was an interesting point, actually, since Kazuma is kinda responsible for Tojo's money losses.

>>275660602
Yep, it gets a little better.
But it was Yakuza 3 that nailed both things.

>>275660602
2 gets a lock-on feature.

The Japan-only HD Remake of Yakuza 1&2 apparantly adds this to Yakuza 1, coincidentally.

>>275660940
>>275661015
Damn I wish we'd get the HD collection then. I'm really getting frustrated with these controls in some fights. Almost makes me want to skip to 2 and watch one of those Yakuza 1 summary videos.

>>275661116
Don't, fight through the pain.

>Yakuza Dead Souls is a measly 14 bucks on Amazon
I hear it's not a great game, but damn 14 bucks isn't much.

>>275622845
>They have no sense for misogyny.
>women in japan have equal opportunity to enter and rise in the workplace, are addressed as -san, -kun, or -dono in the workplace to remove any potential stigma of being a woman, and are evaluated by the merit of their performance

you're right. they have absolutely zero sense for it

>>275661304
It's not really a good game, but I still really enjoyed it. It had some hilarious moments and scenes. If you enjoy the series you could easily get $15 worth of enjoyment out of it.

>>275660602
Do you have evade yet? It was around the time that I got that ability that the combat got way better. The only thing I can complain about now is the stupid lock-on. It continues to lock onto people who are already beaten instead of shifting to someone else.

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>>275624904
>you will never be kazuma kiryu
>you will never be a badass movie yakuza in a world filled with real yakuza

>>275661304
It's very janky and the first section of the game where you play as Akiyama is pretty dull, but I still enjoyed it.

I think I paid less than $14 for it at the time though, so there's that.

>>275661304
The ability to kill tons of zombies with Majima and Ryouji is worth 14 dolaridoos

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Whoa this thread's still alive?

Fucking neato!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vH9LFu1C1lw

>>275626548
Sony really dropped the ball on All Stars. What makes Smash work is it's opening up a toy chest full of nostalgia.
Sony just threw in this guy, that guy, the other guys, and whoever wanted to promote their new thingy. While access to Crash and Spyro would be tricky at best, they still have tons of first and second party properties to draw from that they didn't think to touch. Legend of dragoon characters or even Cloud Strife would be damned solid additions that would represent the playstation brand (cloud because many people bought a ps1 specifically for ff7)

>>275660291

He and Shinada is definitely feel shoehorned in.

Game should've just been Kiryu and Akiyama.

>>275661883
>with Majima and Ryouji
This!

>>275662317
>Game should've just been Kiryu and Akiyama.
You meant Saejima.

>Played demo of Yakuza 3 or 4 (been a long time so I don't know which) on PSN
>Combat felt extremely button mashy

I've played bad demos for games that turned out to be great but that experience soured my view on the series. Are there more indepth mechanics in the combat?

It's not like I expect it to play like Devil May Cry or God Hand, but Yakuza didn't feel as fun to play as The Warriors for PS2.

>>275662212
I feel like Crash wouldn't be that hard, he's definitely not successful right now. Gex and Croc were other good choices.
Who do they choose? Big Daddy. A character from a game that wasn't even initially released in the Ps3. Oh yeah, and Donte.

>>275662432
Bosses don't tolerate button mashing, for one thing.
And while Yakuza is not as complex as The Warriors, fighting still feels great.
There are plenty of cool moves, throws and finishers.

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>>275662420

I did lol.

>>275662432
Maybe you should play games that you want to play and not force yourself to play something because few people on /v/ are exited for a game they waited for to be localized?

>>275662432
Yeah, trying to button mash in these games above normal difficulty will lead to death. Have fun trying that on the bosses.

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>>275662432

>The Warriors for PS2.

Yakuza is way better.

Of course the demo felt button mashy, you didn't level up and get any moves yet, y'know because you couldn't.

>>275662432
You can get by button mashing random street punks, they're hardly threats on any difficulty since they're just kids. But any tougher enemies like Yakuza, especially ones with weapons, and bosses will slap your shit in if you try mash your way through. You actually need to evade and use different combos, even certain weapons are bad to use against certain enemies/bosses.

The demo you played was for 3 and it wasn't a good representation of the full game. 4 never had a demo.

>>275662317
I was fine with Shinada because he atleast had a story (and admittedly he did grow on me a lot as a character by the end) whereas Akiyama was really just sorta there to be a stand-in Kiryu within the plot

Saejima should be there too but his story was all over the fucking place in Y5, imo

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Is there an undub for Yakuza 1? I don't like these voices.

>>275662432
since it runs well enough on PCSX2, give the first one a solid try. if you don't like it at least you won't be out cash

>>275663273
Nope.

>>275663049
Even on normal in 1 I kept getting massacred the first couple hours. Chapter 3 or 4 was a nightmare.

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>>275663187

Akiyama went to KAmurocho to support Karuka.

Shinada went to Kamurocho because ????????

>>275663273
>WAT DA FUAAAK

>>275663273
Nope, it was the first thing I looked for. Just get used to it, Kiryu is the best voice followed by Date and Shinji. The rest range from acceptable to awful, some of Haruka's lines are so badly done.

>>275663273
Every fucking thread there is this fucking retard who is either asking if he can jump to Yakuza 5 and perfectly understand everything like it's a bad thing that he has more good games to play and that one guy who complains about the dub in the first game and can't download or import japanese version of Yakuza 1.

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>you will never find a M65 jacket that looks like Kazuma's

>>275663273
Why? dont you like Mark Hamill's Majima?

>>275663410
I'm pretty sure it was just "helping Daigo" or something at point.

What I meant was that Shinada had an actual story, yeah he is only tangentially connected to it all but he still is atleast. Akiyama had his story in Yakuza 4, not to say he can't have another story but they botched it in this game where he was just here to be turned into Kiryu 2.0.

>>275664624

Haruka: World's greediest child.

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>>275663604
Sadness and despair.

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>>275663604
>M65 jacket

2 seconds in google.

I think Yakuza 4 might be my favorite.
The story isn't perfect by any means, but it does everything else so well.

>>275665476
I feel the same. I also really like the new characters and their fighting styles.

What if in Yakuza 6 you play as 6 guys. At the same time

>>275616970
Yes, it's fine, don't let v bitch you out of it. Playing one and two after three was still a ton of fun

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>>275622465
Shit, I thought Yakuza games were something like Sleeping Dogs set in Japan, what the fuck is this? Looks like some kind of arena bullshit with cinematic camera

>>275619036
So we'll be able to beat dudes up as Haruka in Yakuza 6 right? That'd be some fun shit.

>>275654078
If you frequently read her character bio it gets revealed she starts going out with an American cop over there ;_;

I've never played Yakuza and I want to.

Where should I begin?