Where is a good place to start in this series? Are the games

>>387166212
at the fucking first game in the series, you complete and total retard

Release order retard

Production order.

Some of the later games are designed as entry points for new players but you'll be doing yourself a disservice.

>>387166342
>>387166408

I know that is how you usually do it but I heard these games are like jap GTA and you don't need to go play GTA to enjoy San Andreas

Release order is always best, but starting with Yakuza Zero is fine too. The first game had a pretty weird English dub and you may just want to wait for the remake to come stateside.

>>387166621
when does the remake come out?

>>387166521
>I heard these games are like jap GTA
they aren't. the people who make this comparison are mouth breathing retards who have never played the games.

>>387166521
These games aren't similar to GTA in any way.

>>387166695
A couple of weeks out. August 29th.

>>387166521
Are you stupid or what? What make you think Yakuza was like GTA?

>>387168530
Are you stupid? I don't think that, that is just what I heard.

>>387166212
Release date. You'd be doing yourself and the series disservice if you start anywhere else other than 1.
Good luck finding Y3 though, not sure if there are still physical copies circling around.

>>387168530

>What make you think Yakuza was like GTA?

The first two games were marketed that way in the west. Also pretty much every reviewer at that time said it was Japan's answer to GTA. I remember some ads for Yakuza 2 having quotes from gamespot or something saying 'GTA in Japan' or something.

>>387168182
I still recommend playing the first game for those sexy english voices.

>>387168971
KILL THAT
STUPID


MOTHERFUCKER

>>387168729
You need to look really hard, but nothing really series relevant happens so you can safely skip it.

>>387166212
You start with the first game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnqOTOpinew

>>387169212
HEY YOU!

>>387170213
YOU GONNA RUN LIKE A LITTLE BITCH?

>>387166342
FPBP
Anyone who doesn't play series in release order needs to be euthanized.

>>387170315
YOU STUPID OLD FUCK.

STUPID

Just finished 1 on PCSX2 without issues, made me love videogames again, really recommend it, it has problems like damn random encounters, but the story is top notch

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>mfw essence of terror

>>387166521
>but I heard these games are like jap GTA and you don't need to go play GTA to enjoy San Andreas
Not really, you mostly play the same protag from the start till the end and don't steal cars or beat up civilians. Plus it's not an actual openworld, but you have a very detailed city with a lot of things to do if you're into that

>>387166212
That's simple
Release order if you're not a faggot
Not release order if you're a faggot
Also second one is still the best one

>>387166212
Start with Yakuza 1 on ps2 and work your way up from that.

You can skip 3 if you don't want to suffer through it.

>>387172007
>You can skip 3
Fuck you.

OP, you can skip Dead Souls and jap exclusive games, but play all main games.

I think if you have the time and want to commit to playing like 6+ games, start at the original version of 1 and go up from there. They're all pretty fun, and I think you gain a better appreciation of the series by starting at 1.

>>387172115
I liked Okinawa too, but the whole thing felt like a beach episode.

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>>387171851
>liked Daigo in 2
>every game since he's been nothing but an idiot, a fuck up, or an actual child

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>>387172394
I'd rather have Ryuji over him honestly

>>387173009
I think it's best that Ryuji stayed dead. I wouldn't want him to get the same treatment Daigo got.

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>>387173375
honestly, since 6 ended kiryu's line, i think it would be best if the next yakuza game is about ryuiji

>>387173918
>since 6 ended kiryu's line
>implying

>>387173918
>i think it would be best if the next yakuza game is about ryuiji
it'd be better to have an entirely new protagonist

Yakuza 3, you can watch the videos explaining what happened in the first 2 on the game disc and okinawa is comfy. Also CIA guy is a tough boss.

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>>387171962
>Also second one is still the best one

>>387174519
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYRrhPE0x7w
Which one is then, fag?

So I played 0 and I thought it was amazing, first yakuza game I've played. Should my next step be to play kiwami or the ps2 one?

>>387174784
I thought 0, 4 and 5 were all better. 2 is an impressive step up from 1, but the combat, side content and quality of life was all improved as the games went on. You might say 2 has the best story, and you might be right, but I don't think the story is significantly better than the other games or anything. I will say that it has the best final boss and antagonist with Ryuji.

>>387175131
The thing is, that video reminded me why I have some problems with 0 (just got unlocked 4th style on both characters on another playthrough) and other yakuzas: difficulty got dumbed down and especially in 0 the heat meter became some gimmick shit because of it the speed of your attacks depended for all styles
Also enemies stopped being that aggressive right after 2, haven't played Kenzan and Ishin, but in 3 most of them just blocked all of the shit and from 4 they became too much punchbags I'd say even on hard or extreme

>>387175548
Kiwami is hard, by the way.
Even hard is a bitch, don't even know what's it like on EX-Hard.

>>387175548
Forgot to say the most thing - flow of combat in other isn't that satisfying, even then with that much variety in 0
Sad that after 5 there weren't fights like this, where you have to beat around 30 or more fuckers

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>>387166521
>I heard these games are like jap GTA
STOOPID, OLD, FUCK

>>387175703
Wait till you get to the car chase, you will have to redo the whole chapter from the start. Also Jingu's homing missile grenade.

>>387175939
Well fuck.
Kiwami is so fucking stupid - it's still a clunky ps2 game, but with hi-poly models.

>>387175548
I can't say I remember ever having difficulty with any of the games, so that wasn't much of an issue for me. The flow of combat in 1 and 2 was just square, square, square, square, triangle and then either circle or triangle when I unlocked those moves, occasionally throwing in a Heat move alongside that. At least in the other games I felt like I had enough moves that I wanted to use a variety of them, if for no other reason than they looked cool. I also liked that the Heat gauge effected your speed, it encouraged you to not just build Heat, use your Heat move and repeat, it offered benefits for remaining in Heat mode, which there were few of beforehand.

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>>387173918
I want Tatsuya in a new game honestly. Either him or Akiyama since I think both facial features aren't based from a celebrity

>>387176686
I hope they'll fix and add more variety to 6 combat and make some spin-off or some shit with him or some character like this, Also it'd be damn cool if later they somehow let players do some shit like parkour and stealth segments sorry for my kind of shit taste, but it's still better than chinese pandering

>>387176686
SO UNUSUAL

>>387177207
Shenmue clone

Normal person answer: 0,then Kiwami if you liked it
Autist anwser: release order

>>387166212
Yakuza 0. Then play Kiwami on the 29th.

There, you started the series. Now you just have to wait like the rest of us to see if Yakuza 2 gets the Kiwami treatment.

>>387177628
So much this. I'm blown away by how stupid this whole fucking thread is.

>>387177628
>>387177870
t. reddit
You niggas even play games?

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>>387168971
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC-w6bJiVjE

>>387168530
>What make you think Yakuza was like GTA?

Are you retarded? He literally just said that's what he's heard.

>>387177926
Yeah, but I'm not the type of inconsiderate asshole to tell someone to play the entire 6-series of something to see if they like it when there is a prequel that is objectively the best in the series and specifically constructed to get newcomers in the franchise.

Also, him starting with Yakuza 0 is better for the series as that money will actually go to Sega rather than him buying a used copy of a PS2 game.

>>387177937
Well, you can certainly say that Sega gave a fuck about the localization.

should I get the PSP yakuzas? are they spin off or are the stories connected?

>>387178825
First - no english.
Second - spin-offs. They are sidestories of the Kamurocho.

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>never heard about the yakuza series
>someone gave me Yak0 as a gift
>started to like it
>realize I missed a lot of old games
>ordered Takuza 1 since my ps2 still works
>playing it to finish 0 so i can start from 1

i'll never be forgiven by you people, hope i still have time to redeem myself

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>>387178228
im glad people like you exist, its easier to know which is a brainlet or not when it comes to yakuza threads.

>tfw newfags will never feel the true yakuza experience

>>387179109
>no english
that sucks. i'll go look and see if there are patched

>>387179127
Just enjoy the series, man, it's okay.

>>387179127
the fact that you are willing to play the other games redeems you already, no worries.

the problem about starting on 0 is not finishing the rest of the series.

>>387179202
Nope.
Some cool dudes worked on a patch for the first game, but it has too much text, so it's in development hell.

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>>387179197
>tfw newfags will never feel the true yakuza experience
please teach me

>>387179282
my weakness about series games is that if I get hooked at any random number (because i stumbled on it). I later want to play them in the release order. Is weird, i know

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Kiwami 2 when?
HD tiger punching when?

>>387179394
playing these games each by each in order feels really good watching it progress. especially the jump between 2 and 3

overall, you're gonna enjoy the series, dont forget to play kenzan and ishin. JP only but translation guides exist.

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>>387179531
HD baby sidequest when?

>>387179569
i read about them, aren't those spinoff by the same team but instead of yakuza is samurais?
wait, PS4 is region free?

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>>387174373
you think? this sleazy fucker gave me way more trouble.

>>387179672
Yes and yes

tho i gotta warn you. Kenzan isn't 100% translated so if you want to 100% complete that game, its almost impossible

>>387166342
FPBP as usual. Secondaries who started with 0 and want to spread their filth around need to die.

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>>387179531
Never, they swaped engines.

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Posting best track
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEAnpB0ea4Q
Also friendly reminder that Tanimura's final boss fight on millennium tower is THE WORST fight in series history, prove me wrong.

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>what's a good place to start?
>regular people: the beginning
>faggots: well actually you should play this prequel the first game isn't really important, i didn't even play it i just started with 4 because i heard of all the cool heat moves an shit

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>>387179887
im sure after the shitfest that is 6, they would improve it right?

>>387180079
Nah, they're canning the series.

>>387166521
>jap GTA
Wrong, try sleeping dogs

>>387180028
>hey guys remember that horrible tanimura final boss?
>well guess what? HERES THE EXACT ONE BUT 10 TIMES WORSE
>oh and the boss regens health and throws grenades that takes 40% of your health
>and theres tons of mobs to fight before him

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05qmoncVy2o

>>387179531
At least we have the bear fight.

>>387180128
Doubtful. Yakuza sells well and one fuck up isn't enough to sink the franchise. 6 didn't even sell badly and it wasn't exactly panned by Japanese critics either, just fans.

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>>387180041
this is the same thing when it comes to jojo bizarre adventure
>regular people: the beginning
>faggots: start from 3 because that's where the story catches on and has stands unlike the past 2 that have boring hamon also the styles are ugly lol

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>>387180128
>canning
>literally announcing a new yakuza game in a few days

>>387180303
same with MGS too.

>>387180215
But that was developed by canucks as a sequel to an american series

>>387180079
I think they would skip 2, sadly. (It's my fav game)

>>387179771
>its almost impossible
why?

>>387180313
It's going to be a new Jet Set game. RGG Team is comprised of old SmileBit devs, screencap this.

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>>387179672
Kenzan is a PS3 game about Miyamoto Musashi and basically introduced a bunch of stuff that would become standard in 3 onwards. It has multiple styles of combat, but I think it's still one of the weaker games in the series in that regard.

Ishin is on both PS3 and PS4 and it's about the Sakamoto Ryoma and the Shinsegumi, and it also has multiple styles, and I think it handles it a lot better than Kenzan and even 0 because you can switch between them pretty quickly and they're all pretty fun and useful.

>>387166212
0
PS2 games are shit ignore the fags.

>>387180478
multiple minigames that require knowing japanese, and the requirements of Amon is so fucking high you're forced to make multiple saves in case of a fuckup

>>387180523
How to get a Goda look-a-like bf?

>>387180586
low effort bait

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>his favorite karaoke isnt GET TO THE TOP!

>>387180614
Become Kiryu

Remind me, was it Y1 or Y2 that had Kiryu jumping onto the chandelier in Tojo HQ?

why did they remove the bruising after Y4? usually after roughing up dudes they show bruises and broken teeth but i dont see that in Y5

is it back in Y0 or Y6? or its gone forever?
>>387181029
2

>>387181029
Yakuza 2, it was at the Omi HQ.

>>387180841
Well yeah, because Machine Gun Kiss and Judgement are clearly better.

>playing yakuza 0
>electronic king wants you to beat him getting 5M or more points in Out Run game
fuck this nerd, I rather lose my 10% and get it back from real estating

>>387181192
I don't remember seeing it in 0 and I dunno about 6. Kurohyou still has bruises though which is also weird because the second one released after 5

>>387181513
nigga, that's easy win, just go fast and control carefully

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who here /recoveredfromY3poolgame/

>>387181739
i let go of the gas at every curve but i can't measure how close i can be from a car so I end up bumping them. right now he gave me a second call since I recovered my shares and close to hit my 100%
What am I in for?

>>387180303
Nobody says that about JoJo. Part 2, in the West at least, is much more popular than SDC, and PB and SDC are pretty close in popularity.

>>387180228
jingu may have been cancer in the original too but at least you didn't collapse every single time you get shot

>>387181837
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLe24SgisO8

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>>387182362
literally PTSD-inducing

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>>387166212
Yakuza 0 and then Kiwami.

I kinda regret not starting with the first game and starting with 0 instead. It's not that going back to the older less refined and more clunky gameplay bothers me or anything, I can adjust to that. It's fucking Majima. I came to really fucking love him in 0's story but just can't stand him in the rest of the games, while I know he's a fan favorite.

Sorta sucks, it slanted my view. If I could I would have started with the first or just waited until Kiwami.

I started with Yakuza 0 and will play the first remake. They said they plan on remaking 2 and 3 eventually so I'll just wait for that.

>>387182656
I really hope Japanese fans were exaggerating when they say 6 was poor, but I'll go with low expecations in case. Cant be worse than 4 or Dead Souls

>>387183770
its worse, i have the game

>>387183661
>They said they plan on remaking 2 and 3 eventually so I'll just wait for that.
Nice talking out of the ass, fag

>>387183873
shhh you'll break the newfags' delusions. let them dream

>>387180521
The keyword for their new game was 'chinpira' this made me vibrate like crazy. I hope it's really gonna be about underlings and all that hype shit.

>>387183813
Fuck, because I tried the demo and the slow movement compared to 5 and 0 was enough to turn me off despite the technology improvements. I still maintain 0 looks good on PS4 and plays like a dream so I dont get the engine change.

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>>387183873

>>387184271
Im not sure considering is the same as actually planning.

>>387183431
I had this same problem but I've been a fan of the series for a good while now. I've always liked Majima for being well.. Majima, but in 0 he was an actual character and that makes me kinda sad we haven't seen him be that way since.

>4, 5, 6 is essentially a reboot plot of 1,2 and 3

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>>387185214
let me guess, 0 is your first game?

>>387185557
He's not completely wrong. 4, 5, and 6 are call backs to 1, 2, and 3 respectively.

>>387185214
Does 6 involve the CIA, government deals, black market arms dealers, and secret twin brothers, too?

>>387185829
You forgot "BEAUTIFUL EYES" as well.

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>>387185829
BTFO. putting newfags in their place

>>387186079
It was more of a legitimate question, because 4 does have some callbacks to 1, with Akiyama being related to the money explosion from 1, and some of Saejima's prison scenes being ripped straight out of Kiryu's prison time in 1.

>>387186079
>>387186235
Also 5 has a focus on a war breaking out between the Tojo Clan and the Omi Alliance, much like 2. but I was also barely able to follow 5's plot

>>387185950
the VA did a really good job saying that for a Jap

>>387166212
1

>>387166212
0 is undeniably the best entry point for the series, it is the absolute apex of the series from a graphical, gameplay and storytelling perspective. It is only downhill from 0, whether you are looking at the series future or the past. Play 0 then decide whether or not you want to delve into the rest of the mess that is the series.

And before you spout "newfag" I've been playing the series since it fucking started. There's just no denying the masterpiece that 0 is when compared to the rest of the franchise.

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>>387188043
newfag

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>>387188043
>autistic AND a newfag

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>>387188043
newfag

>>387188230
>>387188276
>>387188356
Go ahead. Just TRY and compare any of the other games storytelling to what we experience in 0. You can't. There's literally no competition.

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>>387188447
motherfucking 2 you nigger
>this is what 0fags believe

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>>387188447
>no competition

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>>387188447
>what is yakuza 2?
you foolish little boy

>>387188447
For argument's sake let's say your right.
In that case, isn't your advice the worst possible advice?
Play the one, single great game in the series and then never enjoy any of the others because they're all a step down, if not a whole flight of stairs?

Shouldn't you play the older games first, and if that is good on its own then 0 will be a real treat?

>>387166342
The first two games are too expensive to try to get into a series that you may or may not like...3 is cheap and has a plot summary movie of the first 2 games...not that it matters much anyway since the plot is mostly boring real estate shit that no one understands anyway.

You play the games to punch dudes in the face, the plot doesn't matter.

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>>387188658
NOOO YOU MUST START AT 0.

DELETE THIS!

>>387188658
So you should slog through 6 mediocre games to treat yourself? That's retarded.

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>>387188747
>6 mediocre games

everyone stop replying, this is 100% bait, just stop right here

>>387173009
>play yakuza 0 for the first time
>never played 1 or 2
>meet this fucking kid
Was it ever explained? Was it just a random growth spurt?

>>387188747
if the other six are a slog then you aren't going to enjoy 0 anyway.

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>>387188747
>calls himself oldfag
>calling previous yakuza games bad
>calling 2 mediocre

good bait

>>387180397
I doubt anybody is telling people to start with Metal Gear 1 for the MSX2

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>>387177564
REAL SHIT?

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>yfw you didnt start at 0 like a faggot

>>387188737
>The first two games are too expensive
Anyone can emulate PS2 these days, and you won't be able to buy it in any way that actually supports the devs anymore so why not?
The first two still play really well, and are worth it

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>>387179660

>>387180841
>tfw really liked the idol version the most
>but also like the remix too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1G_EuTu6-w

>>387189073
My PC can't emulate PS2 games since I don't have a graphics card, but that's just me. I boot up the emu and it tells me I need pixel shader support. I find it funny, since I can run PC games that look better than PS2 shit.

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>>387188982
I started with 3.

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>>387188982
>tfw your parents weren't cool with a bunch of violent games when you were a kid
>most you got to play on the PS2 was the Jak and Daxter series and a couple off-brand RPGs which you later re-played and learned they were golden
>Missed out on the story for San Andreas, Vice City, and the Yakuza Series
>play them now on PS2, realize how much i've missed
It's an abstract kinda feel.

>>387185829
are discussing yakuza or mgs?

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>>387177937
>the haruka slap
>the door kick
>"I suggest you listen"
>"I suggest you BLOW ME"

11/10

>>387189354
emulation requires like 10* the power of the orignal hardware you dimmy dingus

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>>387189354
Run the game at low specs. I'm using intel hd graphics, I do get slowdowns but I am using the disc.

Fuck what has happened to the Yakuza threads? So much shitposting. Everyone was a kyoudai, didn't matter what Yakuza game you started.

>>387190118
0 happened.

0 brought in alot of newfags, and got even worse when they started recommending newcomers to start at 0 instead of release order

>>387190118
>didn't matter what game you started
Everyone has said to play in release order for as long as these threads have existed. Only with the release of 0 did we start getting retards saying to skip around.

>>387166212
1-2-3-4-5-6-0
or
1-2-3-4-5-0-6

>>387190460
I mean, I started at 4 cause it looked fun, but I went back and played everything but 3

Yakuza 0 > Yakuza Kiwami (soon....) > Yakuza 2 (PS2) > 3,4,5 (PS3)

>>387190651
>Y0>Kiwami
i guess
>Kiwami>2
STUPID OLD FUCK

>>387190118
We are all subsidiaries of the Tojo Clan in our hearts.

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>>387190651

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>>387188982
One one hand, I'm definitely glad I worked my way up from 1, but holy shit did I nearly burn myself out hard. Played 3,4, and 5 over the course of about 5 months, then 0 took another 2 on top of that.

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>>387190651
>kiwami over 2
>hasn't even played kiwami basen on the (soon...) bit
you're in for a rude awakening

>>387190751
>>387190840
What's wrong with chronological order?

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>>387190995
not again, not gonna bother anymore

>>387166212
I started with 3, only because it was on sale. I really had a blast with it, for some reason never picked up anything else.
This was about 4 years ago.

Combat system feels sluggy at first and then gets much better.

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>>387190843
Yeah, you really gotta take breaks in-between these games. I started 5 directly after beating 0 (JP) and it was jarring as fuck to go from 60 FPS to 30 with tons of drops. Thing is I actually loved 5, but I couldn't touch another Yakuza game until 0s western release.

>>387191327
5 was good and had the most content in the series. why is it mildly hated?

gotta admit that haruka chapter was so fucking bad

>>387166212
Yakuza 0 is the best place to start
Then play the remake of the first one that comes out later this year

Yakuza 1 is the best place to start
Then play the sequels then the remake that comes out later this year

>>387191459
for me:
>haruka chapter only having three songs
>pacing in saejima's chapter
>final boss, while an entertaining fight thematically, is an absolute asspull and too easy
>too easy in general (still enjoyed the combat)

Aside from that, I feel the game could have been trimmed up in places (see: saejima vision question to Hokkaido TWICE), but is otherwise a solid entry.

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>>387170415

>>387191459
For me it was too much content. Things felt loose and I didn't really give a shit about the story for a long time. Even 3 got my attention sooner.

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>>387191917
>too much content
>flaw

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>>387191459
I'd say it's a combination of the piss poor plot, the main villain, and Haruka's chapter. At least after Haruka's shit, you get to play as best boy.

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I dont know what to play first

>>387192123
>Musou shit

just play kiwami first

Is Yakuza 2 worth the price tag?

>>387192391
it's 10 quid on ebay you nonce

>>387192391
It's only $40 on amazon?

>>387192530
>>387192663
I'm in a PAL region. Is it worth going to the effort of getting swap magic or whatever + NTSC Yakuza 2 or would I better off shilling out a hundred for a PAL copy?

>>387192098
It's funny, I immediately liked Shinada from a character standpoint, but despised playing as him until his fighting style came online.
>those filthy resets via snapping turtle/forcible ascension

>>387192123
Damn son, just wait for Dynasty Warriors 9 and play Kiwami

>>387192873
I'd say just emulate it

>>387166521
Ahh I love this bait.

>>387191459
Haruka chaper, the clusterfuck lot,
and DREAMS

>>387191459
I liked it more than 4. Shinada had the best chapter despite being so displaced in the story. Too bad his hand to hand combat is ass compared to Tanimura

>Yakuza threads before 0 came out
>Everyone's hyped, some of the people go back to play the earlier ones in preparation, series veterans welcome new crowds, recommend older games with the caveat that they might feel dated, fans both new and old are excited that Yakuza might finally earn traction in the West
>Yakuza threads after 0 came out
>Everyone treats it as singularly responsible for 6 being shit, people who start with 0 are labelled as secondaries, people are told to play them in release order and to do otherwise is halal and should be punishable by death
I don't know why I keep coming here.

>>387192917
>resets via snapping turtle/forcible ascension
Pls elaborate

>>387192873
Damn. Chances are forking over cash for swap magic and importing it might cost the same as a scalped PAL copy.

>>387193178
Same thing happened when MGS5 came out as well.

>>387193178
if you want to start at 0, thats fine but dont drag everyone else with you, otherwise this shit happens

>>387193301
>MGS5
>Same thing

no, this kind of thing happened with MGS3 when faggots started there instead of 1 and 2

>>387191459
I loved 5 too, I remember back when it came out all importers said it was one of the greatest videogames ever made, it even got that rare perfect score from Famitsu.

Does the city get much more fleshed out in the second game? Cause in the first one, it's feeling very empty.

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>>387193409
>Famitsu

they fucking gave Dead souls 39/40 and 99% of jap games.

>>387193469
yes, quite a bit actually.

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I have been getting back to playing Dead souls and i'm having surprising amount of fun with it. Here is how you can enhance you experience.

1) Upgrade shop/skill points to have access to stronger weapons
2) Do underground mission to get Goda's anti-knockback gear
3) Prioritize leveling up weapon skills for auto target
4) Obtain golden gun

Congratulations! Dead souls now is playable and has become the closest thing to a yakuza musou.

>>387193178
Embrace the cycle anon.

>>387193248
The timing is strict, but it's possible to throw an enemy mid-combo with speed of light catch (or just down them at end of a combo with explosive finish), stand them up with forcible ascension, then throw and regrab with turtle, repeat until satisfied. Unlike Kiryu/Saejima, forcible ascension actually lets you maintain the hold instead of just standing them up, so you can immediately start the cancer cycle again. Doesn't work well on bosses (obviously), but it's good fun for trash. Pity his throws have kinda terrible range for actually hitting others.

Bonus fun: combine with essence of heaving (I think that's the one he gets for downed enemies), which also keeps the enemy grappled very briefly if they survive.

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>>387192962
Postan some emulation settings

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>>387194281
part 2, majaan next

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>>387194474
>in order to play mahjong i have to read a fucking novel of instructions
>all i really need to know was tiles and combinations since AI are so dumb you can win easily

>>387194474
Nice, tried to found some shit like this long ago
Thanks man

>>387194160
Interesting. I wish Shinada's combat does not revolve around grabs so much because its pretty much useless against bosses

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>make a testbed for a new third person game
>market the game with characters from said game
>forgets the most iconic feature of one character

>>387194762
You can grab bosses during their attack chains, or if you get behind them. You've just got to know exactly what you're going to do with them and do it.

>>387194762
Funnily enough, Baba is actually super vulnerable to getting meteor tackled into a wall. But aside from that yeah, he's kinda trash compared to the others, especially Tanimura and his god-tier armbar. Other option is to invest into getting sturdy weapons and doing all of his training, which I found to be too much of a slog to 100%.

I'll soon be able to play every Yakuza except 2. Should I bother with the series if I can't get my hands on it?

>>387195112
The first two games emulate really well, even on toasters.

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>>387195057
>tfw no binary domain 2

>>387195194
Even a laptop?

>>387195382
There's really no harm in trying.

>>387170346
I'm not gonna start SMT with the fucking famicom games dude, same goes for many other long running series that started back then.

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I'll never understand the infatuation with these games. The games fucking bombard you with cutscene after cutscene in the very beginning of the game are so horribly paced it gives me a migraine. While I actually love cutscenes in most instances, the way the Yakuza games do it is completely fucking wrong. I tried playing Yakuza 3 and the game is just a boring mess for the first three hours. Fucking Sega has it backwards, you entice with the gameplay, then lead in with cutscenes once the player is hooked.

Also tried playing Zero and once again it's cutscenes to the max with scripted walking sections out the ass

>>387195382
Yes. I was able to emulate them both on my old shitty Toshiba with an integrated graphics card using a slightly modified version of the settings posted above (picked a weaker DX hardware, kept resolution low, just mess about with it). Only issue was that it looked like the screen was coated in vaseline during the cutscenes in Y2, but no serious performance issues.

>>387195546
then its not for you.

>>387195546
>with scripted walking sections out the ass
So you played 0 for less than an hour, because you get to the first boss an hour and a half in.

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>>387195508
>not working your way from Megami Tensei to Apocalypse
>including the spinoffs
>including the Japan-only games and If...

>>387195980
You don't start a video game with scripted walking sections. It's like beginning an action movie with a dance scene

>>387196973
You can run right through the walking section, there's nothing stopping you. It's not even that long.
>It's like beginning an action movie with a dance scene
Someone's never seen Kung Fu Hustle.

>>387196973
You sound like a real intelligent with good knowledge of game design and person with a wicked sense of humor

>>387195987
>not reading the original novels before even touching a game

>>387195987
Shut the fuck up goblin

>>387198238
>not starting from talking to developers about the game and their ideas about it and only after buying them

>>387198238
>not reading all the original myths/legends the demons are based on

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>>387179725
>That knuckle rush mang
>All that DAMAGE

>>387166521
>I heard these games are like jap GTA
t. Arrogant mo-ther-fu-cker

will kiwami have the english dub just for shits n giggles?

>>387200721
Yeah they confirmed it's a special feature cutscene theater option.

>>387201056
so only cutscenes? well good enough