Yakuza series producer Toshihiro Nagoshi presents his serious thoughts on the differences between west and east. He believes they both got things that cannot be imitated.
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Includes Yakuza: Like A Dragon and the entire Kazuma Kiryu saga.
I already own all these digital+physical.So good to see more people will get to enjoy them.
Wonder why Fist of North Star isnt being added
It's early days but this new service is looking better and better. The full Yakuza series! And with the monthly games this month too. Fantastic month
That was the only Yakuza game I was missing. Might be the best month of all time for me.
With RGG in the mainstream spotlight, about to complete their first simultaneous worldwide release, let's take a look back and rank the Yakuza games.
I just could not get into like a dragon I love Yakuza series but when they went with turn based combat it just was not for me. I hope future entries go back to its original roots or at least every now and then have a game where is real Time brawler combat
We do have judgement so at least there are other similar games being made by same developers
I’m sorry but no way is like a dragon better than Yakuza 0, 4,5, or 6. It’s different with a lighter hearted tone a lot of times. Plenty of slapstick and jokes. It literally feels like a DLC compared to the main Yakuza games. Unless you simply don’t like action games maybe… but going through the underground arenas, fighting the mini bosses randomly on the streets on different games for money or exp (like the guy in the gold suit for example). Not to mention the mini games, which Like a dragon has some too, but not as good as most other Yakuzas. Maybe it’s because I’ve been playing Yakuza from the beginning. It’s like the metal gear rpg/card collector that was on PSP or Vita. It was a cool game and a lot of fun, but it wasn’t a METAL GEAR. It was fun for what it was. I don’t believe this person actually played through all the Yakuzas. Probably gamepassed like a dragon and dabbled in the others to get an idea.
There are a few I haven't played so I am replaying and playing through them now on GP.
I did like Like a Dragon, it kept the feel of the games, but I got bored of the combat about halfway in. It was the easiest RPG I've ever played.
If I remember correctly - Eri, lower defence move for all. Ichiban - Mega bat. Every fight over in seconds.
I'm currently playing Yakuza 0 and so far it's the best game I played this year.
The producer talks about having confidence because of the Yakuza series and I wonder, why haven't they announced any release date for this game on the western front? (Yakuza 3)
Do this Sega, do this now!
After playing the demo, I was first and foremost amazed by the sheer content it had. Sure, it was somewhat big in size (about 1.2gb) but it had a bunch of things that you were able to do. At first, I didn't like the combat system (mainly because I didn't understand it/it was in japanese) but once I started learning little by little by getting owned by that sword wielding dude, I started to like it a lot.
The mini games, like the singing Kareoke, dating, buying new attires etc really add a lot of replay value and more depth into that open world.
Played the demo last night and was surprised that a majority of the dialog is just text. The cutscenes have dialog but any interaction with other characters is just text. Maybe that's the way they like it in Japan? From a western perspective it seems out dated.
Alright IM MAD why... the guy talking to producer should ask question when will game be relased U.S !!! that is all just want to know want game badly ahhhh