The Resurgence of Yakuza 

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yakuza 0's biggest flaw is that it's better than the next 7 (soon to be 8) yakuza games. That and no akiyama.

The irony is that there would be no playing "1 through 7" without 0. I heard 0 was an "aww fuck it" game for RGG / SEGA. The series was in a weird in a weird spot after the meh 3 and 4 and their "GTA San Andreas" project 5 (2012) and the Kenzan (2008) and Ishin (2014) spin-offs. Kenzan is important because its battle system chances ruined Y3 with enemies blocking everything and / or having tons hyper armor moves you cannot do much against. They fixed it significantly for 4 (2010), though it still had plenty of the issues remaining. 0 still had the issue of having no way to break a block, a thing that was eventually solved by adding a chargeable block-breaker move. OT: the particularly annoying part of 4's fighting is the dedicated grabbing enemies. They will keep grabbing you to the point you cannot get a jab in before they are already re-grabbing you.

@@harrylane4 EDIT: The hours - 350 to Y Zero (100%, took six weeks), sub-200 on Y1 Kiwami (perfected), a little over 100 on Y2K and almost 100 on Y3 and Y4 each. The funny thing about 0 is that is a lot like Y3 in its environment design - no underground, rooftops or in-building spaces that Y4 (2010) added even though it uses the tinkered Y5's engine. In many ways 0 was a step back feature-wise. Luckily they relented on the trashy political nonsense plots that ruined the premises of Y3 and Y4. Y4 is basically a collection of plot holes. So considering the steep downhill plot-wise the series was going, I don't know how they managed to make up a plot that was decent for a change. The last time they had a great plot was Yakuza 2. 3 and 4 have terrible plots and character portrayals.

How many hours did you put into all these games? It’s so daunting for me to even think about it 😅

It is because of Majima-chan :)

Did you play 0 first or did you play it after 5?

Shouldn't you say the "later" games?

@@frenchfriesfan2005no as OP is probably referring to yakuza 1-5 which released before yakuza 0, ie they were previous to yakuza 0

@@tomokolover I know, but the quotation marks make it seem like the previous games actually came out later

i think they meant that they released previously, but due to the chronological storyline, the stories are not "previous"@@frenchfriesfan2005

yooo a fellow disco queen enjoyer. I know people know Friday Night the most (it's still a good bop) but Koi no Disco Queen is my personal favourite.

Like I said on the 10-minute upload: Bold of RGG to expect I'd be scrambling to find music CDs in Y7 when they left the best one on the piano for free.

Koi no Disco Queen is upbeat from start to finish. It rules. I mean what is the point of a 90-second disco song if only the last 20 seconds have anything going for it (I’m Gonna Make Her Mine) or has super brief upbeat segments (Queen of the Passion).

My first was a woman but I suppose it's okay to love whoever you want to love :)

I hope you enjoyed your food

What did you eat, King?

i mean the rest of the series is still spectacular

Newer games meet those expectations. It's just 1-5 that are consistently mid

@@amitojsingh7583 4 and 5 are classics in the series wdym

I hope you never complained about anything in any other Yakuza game.

Fax

Yakuza 1 on the PS2 exists.

@@descendantofartorias2067 Mike jr wouldn't have been a fan if he started there.

@@descendantofartorias2067 Literally why in 2023 would you start a franchise with the oldest. That would be like getting someone into Pokémon with the original games even though games like Black and White/Black and White 2 literally exist…

@@GugureSux um how the fuck??? It's not remotely tactical it's just a pain in the goddamn ass that you're fucking slow if you're not at max heat I end up just not using any heat moves because it gets so annoying for me

Have you played the other games yet or still playing 0?

I've played the others. Yakuza Kiwami 1 & 2, 3, 6 and Like a Dragon Issin. They're all good games.

​@@gullyweaver17147??? :(

@@helpme9339 Oh, I missed one. Yes, I've played Yakuza Like a Dragon as well. Easily one of the best stories of any video game.

Exactly why the game was a 1 and done for me

I don't think i can say it any better than that exactly how i felt

Dude, being thrown into a multi-hour hunting side game out of nowhere after playing 0-4 was quite a trip.

god that’s so cool

How is that a fun fact?!?

Reading comments like yours sincerely makes me feel " weird " as i have tried Judgment Games but could not like them as much as the Yakuza Titles and much less " Love them " as everyone seem to 😅 I have just never been a fan of the Detective genre bur gave the First Judgment a try because after all I am not a Fan of Japanese Culture but Yakuza 0 was also a " Try " i viewed as an experience to know if i would like those titles or not ( and it is one of the very best game i have ever played in my life ). I gave up the original Judgment after 2 Chapters, As i did not connected to Yagami ; i recently bought Lost Judgment because i kept reading and hearing statement as strong as yours and , i did like it better from Story to Gameplay but again i am still not into the Judgment as much as i was a Fan of Yakuza 0 or Like a Dragon 🐉.. i played those Games More than any other vidéo games in my life ( 140 hours for 0 and 7 ) and it took me since August of 2020 and March of 2021 ahah 😅😜 It is very rare i find someone like me who prefere the Yakuza titles over the Judgment ones or just do not enjoy the latter as much as in my case ... Since August of 2020 i only Finished 2 Yakuza titles i mentionned above, like a dragon Ishin ( although similarly to Judgment Games, i was not à Fan of the Era but i never played a Game set in that Era and i ended playing it more than Judgment but not as much as the Yakuza 0 and 7 titles ). I also feel weird because i found à lot of people not liking Yakuza 7 for its story and mainly for its combat but i loved it as mentionned previsouly, it made me fell in love with turn based combat so much i bought Dragon Quest 11 last year ( just could not really start it yet because i have many games to finish but i dont play very much , not every day or week ). But i read a comment about someone who enjoyed the Kaito Files Dlc more than the Lost Judgment main story , so i wondered if i could give it à try since i am more into Yakuzas than detectives ( Well , the strange thing is that i enjoyed LA Noire 😜 for example and one detective movie but yes it is definitely not my Genre 🙂 ). Sorry for my very long comment, i just wanted to share my opinion and feelings 🤪

Judgment but I was trying to make it seem like Super Monkey Ball had the best story lol

@@SnowiestAngeman a man of culture. Super monkey ball does beat out judgment slightly. But only slightly. Judgment is my second favorite as well

​@@SnowiestAngemanthats actually a very good pick haha

​@@SnowiestAngemanJudgment was such a ride from.start to finish

Awesome

average Yakuza fan

Yakuza deserved popularity earlier and gravity rush deserved a chance

the climax battles had me going into fits of rage constantly but completed them all eventually lol

The title definitely threw me for a loop when I played the game only to actually be a yakuza for like 3 minutes and then for 99% onward just a civilian lol, I kind of wish they changed it sooner because it definitely made me a bit disappointed when I would've never been if they called it "like a dragon"

@@JimMilton-ej6zi Not sure why but they changed the name to “Yakuza” to try and market it better to the west.

I just hope they don't pander too hard to the west due to the increase in fans from there, I'm all for games that have stuff made in the west in them, my profile pic is even from a literal western game, but the charm yakuza has comes from its japanese roots, so hopefully those roots will stay in japan.

For me it was because every single aspect of the game looped into each other. You wanna do main missions? You can get stronger beforehand, to get stronger you need money, to get money you can do the real estate, and to get better at the real estate you can do side stuff that either gives you armor/good weapons or helps you in real estate which then gets you stronger. Every single thing you do in the game is working towards something, and even the other games can't seem to top that.

Daisaku

Sort of. It's all in the timing.

How foolish they where that the fan base wouldn't crave every single thing yakuza related heck even I got a copy of kenzan recently cause I'm not gonna wait another year to not experience new like a dragon stuff to me