Yakuza 0 - Two Dragons | Reacting To Video Game Music! 

Yakuza 0 is the first game chronologically, but it was the 6th game made in the series. It takes place in the late 80s when Japan's economy was booming, which is why those guys look so swag.

Just a reminder that kiryu has never killed a single person, but did murder a dance floor.

YOU ABSOLUTELY MUST PLAY THIS GAME! ONE OF THE BEST STORIES EVER!!

"I AM THE DRAGON OF DOJIMA!!!" *Obliterates Shibusawa with Legend Style*

It's called Two dragons because this theme plays in the final battle where the protagonist and antagonist, who both have a dragon on their back fight to earn the name "Dragon of Dojima" The battle literally starts with them running and butting their shoulders so that both of their dragon tattoos face each other.

Yakuza is a series that can balance a serious plot with feels and all, and then have a sidequest where you have to help a shy dominatrix to overcome her fear and be a badass. This song is for the final boss and it does have a build up which sadly is not part of the official song, plus you know, the build up of the whole game on top of that so yeah, this one hits hard for me.

This boss fight is one of the manliest fights in gaming history. So brutal well choreographed.

I would hesitate to call Yakuza a "gta-like" game just because there is no option to initiate wanton chaos. It absolutely looks like that sort of thing if you're just kinda watching so I don't fault ya there or anything. It's just one of those things where the game very carefully gates what and when you do stuff. Like, the combat, you cannot initiate combat because the characters are not the type to pick fights, but they're very much the type to finish them in as brutal a beatdown as possible. By the same token, all the side stuff is stuff the characters would do. So you get this very fleshed out image of characters that are both Yakuza badasses that will beat down any punk that steps to 'em, but also dorks that get too into video games and slot car racing or karaoke. To quote Super Eyepatch Wolf, "It takes this Yakuza demon and makes them human."

So Jesse did Kuze and Shibusawa themes. That means he's now REQUIRED to listen to With Vengeance.

I'm waiting for the hero that gets him to listen to "destiny" from yakuza 6.

It’s hilarious watching Jesse struggle to explain in the live chat that the Jackie Chan Adventures game on the ps2 actually exists, especially considering it was something I played a ton back in the day lol I’m with you, Jesse Also, Yakuza 0 rocks, would love to see you play through it!

Yakuza games typically have a pretty serious plot that is played very straight with a bunch of side quests and activities to break it up. Yakuza is actually the soul successo of Shenmue

Yakuza is absolutely packed to the brim with martial arts, it's like, ridiculously hyper violent. Absolutely not a GTA like at all though. The games director actually had a whole talk about not wanting to glorify crime or violence, even going so far as to say "...I can't bring myself to promote the idea that killing, committing crimes, is fun." They're very emotional and story driven games that wildly oscilate between goofy antics, crazy fighting, and stoicly serious plots with tragic characters. That all probably kind of reads like a contradiction, because it absolutely is, but it's sooo worth playing. At the very least, glad you enjoy the music so much. I've been listening to this franchise's sound track every day since I got into it like...four years ago now.

I always get chills when the big solo kicks in. It kicks in during a brutal part of an important fight in game.

The Jet Li game in the intro, I think you're talking about "Jet Li: Rise to Honour" I have it sat on my shelf a few feet away from me. Lol

Even though Nier: Automata and Persona 5 also came out in 2017, Yakuza 0 is the game I've listened to most from that year. So many amazing battle themes, karaoke songs, disco songs, the cabaret, etc., with a lot of different styles. Some others I love: Misery Comes On Beat, Make You Free, Receive You-Tech Trance Arrange, Fiercest Warrior Version 0, Customer Creed, Tusk, Tiger Flute, Judgment, and somewhat unironically As You Like.

Yakuza 0 is the first canonical game, but was released in 2015 AFTER Yakuza 5. The gameplay is actually very fun, it's action beat-em up kinda game, and the main story isn't incredibly long. Yakuza is definitely relatively open world - you got the whole of a Japanese district to explore usually. Probably a map similar in scale to FF7 Remake with Midgar. Funnily enough, it feels like FF7 Remake took some ideas from Yakuza with the way the side missions work + the humour involved that wasn't in the original game. Yakuza 0 definitely has one of the best soundtracks of the series, but Kiwami and Kiwami 2 also have some great stuff. Can't wait until you get to more of the Yakuza requests!

One of the most hype final boss themes in the series. Two Dragons is indeed symbolic as the two dragons are Kiryu the MC and the final boss. The Yakuza series has quite a few composers, but the music director Hidenori Shoji is considered the main one, as he composed a lot of the series most iconic tracks.

for someone who enjoys story driven games you would probably like yakuza 0 a lot.

Hell yeah, looking forward to more reactions to Yakuza music!

Finally a new Yakuza video! Keep up the videos.

Main composer of Yakuza has been Hidenori Shoji since the beginning, and he did this song as well (and Kuze’s theme). Each game also has its own set of great co-composers though

Yakuza 0's OST is amazing but my favorites are Yakuza 5, 6 and Lost Judgment when it comes to the soundtracks. Would love to see you react to more Yakuza tracks!

“You’re not the only one with a dragon on his back, boy.”

Enjoy your reactions, the soundtrack in yakuza really sets the mood. Yakuza 0 is one of those games that are an experience that I wouldn't compare to other games, unfortunately, it is a long play but it has some of the most amazing cinematic sequences, they put huge effort into the facial expressions.

The Yakuza series was initially marketed to the US as a GTA-like experience, but it didn't do too well here. It wasn't until much later, when Yakuza 0 was sold as a fresh entry point to what had become a very convoluted series of plots, that it really exploded.

I just finished Yakuza 0 last week and it’s now in my top ten all time favourite games. I think you’d really enjoy playing it.

Your Yakuza/FFXIV videos give me LIFE man - esp with Yakuza where its VGM is still heavily underrated outside of its dedicated communities I hope you'll give it a shot, especially Y0 which is the prequel to the entire saga that also propelled its fading popularity in the west back to relevance since it's also the 6th entry -- due to its amazing plot that don't require any prior knowledge of previous titles & also being very accessible gameplay-wise it's an amazing pick-up game even if you have zero plans to finish the entire series, a rollercoaster of 20-30 hours gameplay!

I don't think I've ever listened to this song outside of the final battle, because my head is inserting Kiryu yelling while he's doing stuff like kicking the boss down stairs or slamming his head into railing. I got into the series like 5 years ago and it's great, 0 being my favorite. The stories are generally pretty serious, even though it can have some stupid plot points like someone having a secret twin brother in the CIA, but there's also amazing moments like Saejima's speech in Yakuza 4, talking about how killing has haunted him. The seriousness gets balanced out by the numerous side stories and activities you lighten the mood pretty much any time you want. Those side things are what trap most people into the series and have people going "There's a main story?" I could go on all day, but no one would bother reading that. Yakuza is great, and I'm glad to see it getting so recognized now.

If you ever needed any indication that this series is incredible and worth every dollar, let me just say this: My very first Yakuza game I ever actually played was Yakuza: Like a Dragon (yes, really. I didn't touch the series until Yakuza 7). I enjoyed it so much I bought and played Yakuza 0 because I'd heard it was just as good as the incredible game I had just finished. I subsequently enjoyed 0 so much that *I proceeded to buy and play through Every other mainline game in the series because "if they were even half as good as LaD or 0 then they'd still be incredible and worth the price of admission".* If that doesn't say basically everything about how good these games are, I honestly don't know what will. I mean, those two games were so good that they convinced me to just straight up purchase every other one because its world was such a well crafted masterpiece with amazing stories, twists, and some of the most batshit-insane silly side content I've ever had the joy of playing. I legitimately cannot praise this series more other than saying that You will Not regret playing (or at least watching a Let's Play of) this game. You will remember this game, because the Yakuza series takes the often-applied (wrongfully in my opinion) moniker of "gta-like" and kicks it out of the way so that it can tell its incredible story with its world of colourful, vibrant, dirty, honorable, violent criminals acting like the human beings they are in a truly fantastic world.

Yakuza is really immersive, mostly because the city you're in feels alive. You can do whatever you want and if you ever get tired of one activity you can just do something else. And that's not even mentioning the story, which is always insanely well written. Especially with Yakuza 0

A few other suggestions from yakuza 0: reign, archnemesis, receive you tech-arrange, purgatory, ultimate roadrage. They're so good

Jackie Chan Stuntmaster on PS1, that was a gem too.

Yakuza is basically a JRPG with a beat-em-up for combat. Also something that is sadly missed with listening to track like this is that it's dynamic with the fight - the boss goes through three phases and there's also parts each for the beginning, each phase transition and even the end. The player and the boss each have three fighting styles and the gameplay encourages the player to match the boss' switching (and the music in turn).

Yakuza as a series actually hides a lot of characterization and storytelling within it's music. The fact that, with almost no context, you got most of the circumstances of the encounter around this song is testament to that. For that reason alone, I think you'd get a lot out of this series. That said, they tend to be big time sinks (especially 0 and 5) so if you find that too much of a turn off, I recommend the analysis series by TehSnakerer for a really comprehensive look at each game (up to 0 so far) from both a mechanical and narrative standpoint.

You’ve actually already done Reign, Pledge Of Demon and Baka Mitai all from 0. And all some of the best songs in the game along with this one. I would love to see you do “24 Hour Cinderella” also form Yakuza 0

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Two Dragons refers to the main protagonist, and the final boss, each bearing a dragon tattoo on their back, clashing for the title of true dragon. so that sort of back and forth you were joking around with referring to the guitars was probably intentional.

Since you mentioned movies, I would say the games take a lot of inspiration from Japanese Yakuza Movies, even having IRL actors primarily (IIRC) known for their roles in said movies being the face models and voice actors for some of the characters. A prime example of this is Hitoshi Ozawa and Kuze.

this is the final boss theme

So this is my favorite track in the game and the title does have meaning behind it. It's the track used for the final boss fight in the game and both characters have dragons tatooed on their backs, hence Two Dragons. And at least for the antagonist, it's a fight to determine which dragon is strongest. It's been a while since I played them, but if I recall there's an implication that getting a dragon tattoo is a bold statement because it implies the person wearing it is the strongest, so there can only be one. And this comes up a second time in Yakuza 2 with the Dragon of the East vs the Dragon of the West, and now the new protagonist from Yakuza 7: Like a Dragon has a different spin on it where the tattoo starts off as a Koi Fish jumping out of the water and beginning to transform into a dragon. And just as a fun fact, the series original Japanese name is Like A Dragon. It was retitled to Yakuza in the West and now with Yakuza 7 they pulled a Resident Evil 7: Biohazard and officially merged the two names.

If you like Yakuza soundtracks, I have one to recommend: Receive and turn you, from Yakuza: Like a Dragon. That ost is dope af

I don’t know if you’ve stopped doing Guilty Gear music but I’d love to see a Big Blast Sonic reaction, one of my favourite songs in the series, hella fantasy metal

After going through your playlist and seeing what you've done in the past, I can say there are a lot more pokemon songs you should consider giving some time. Right off the bat, I can say Ho-oh's theme from Heartgold and Soulsilver, Dialga's Fight to the Finish, and Ultra Necrozma are all worth a listen.

Yakuza 6 also has a few absolute banger soundtracks!

Hey, not sure this is the best place to make a suggestion or if you take from here or even at all, but The Witcher 3’s ‘The Trail’ followed by the dlc’s ‘Blood and Wine’ is a wonderful transition.

It was jet Lee rise to honor! That game kicked so much ass

I hear that Soviet Connection in the intro's background.

You gotta hear Scattered Moment from either Yakuza 2 or Kiwami 2

cant wait for someone to request the karaoke songs after doing a few actual bgms 😭

Friday Night will always be my favorite and Disco Queen

We need more Yakuza!

I'd really love watching you react to the "Suite: Star-Conquering Traveler" from Kirby Star Allies, all 5 movements hopefully, it's only like 15 minutes. (Might upgrade this to a patreon request eventually if I get the dosh)

far cry 5 now he's our father reinterpretation 👌

Bro, you'll absolutely love Yakuza series if u try them. Believe, you're not gonna regret playing Yakuza 0

Some recommendations for sound track music you could react too. The Outer Worlds - Hope. This song is what I think of when I think of adventure Halo wars 2 - Cratered. Amazing title song WoW - Trueshot Lodge. Another great adventure song

you should check out cagliostro's theme from granblue fantasy versus !

Two things I wanted to say: 1. To explain the gameplay a little bit, the Yakuza games have a lot of DNA from Shenmue 1 and 2 in them (if that means anything to you). There's a lot to love about the Yakuza games, and I do love all of it, but one of the big things that it does that no other game I can think of do is act as virtual tourism. Every game features, usually prominently, the same few city blocks in modern day (at the time) Tokyo, so you really get a feel for area, while also seeing it evolve and change alongside real-world Japan. 0 is the one exception, because it's a prequel set in the 80s, so you really get to see Japan in the height of their economic bubble. I would absolutely recommend playing them if you ever need something to play, and 0 is a fantastic onramp for it, since it is a prequel. 2. My favorite Yakuza tracks are A Scattered Moment and Outlaw's Lullaby, both from Yakuza 2. They're very different tracks, and both are absolutely phenomenal.

kiriu kazuma (the one in white) is known as the dragon of dojima not sure who the second dragon they are referring to is but this is the theme of the last boss so must be him

Need some Madworld/Max Anarchy stuff

I recommend you to listen to Ground Control 2: Operation Exodus Soundtrack- Track 8 or if you want something more metal try Star Wolves Soundtrack 32.

Just play 0. It's fucking great, still my second favorite game ever (ff14 being the first)

Yaaaaaesd Yakuza music is fire

Yo, just wanna drop the request for more Warframe music. Smiles from Juran. A short two minute piece that is just poetic.

Would love to see a playthrough of this not gonna lie it's probably the best in the series

Random viewer here, I'll suggest you to listen to Fortune Favours the Bold by Chipzel from the game Dicey Dungeons. I think you'll enjoy it. Keep being a cool dude!

Could you listen to more songs by DAGames? He’s the one who made Instrument of Cyanide. If you want to listen to one of his more popular songs, Left Behind is one of them.

You definitly have to play it. For real

1:00 Just throwing another guess to the list, were you maybe thinking of Stranglehold? That game was over-the-top 🙂 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-5i4yoAfMj7Q.html

Hello! I love your reactions and how good you analyze things, you always seem to get the context behind the songs pretty well! I wanted to suggest a few songs that you may enjoy as well from a game called 'Pathfinder: War of the righteous' which is a fantasy rpg where your character goes through the process of becoming (or rejecting) a mythical being like an angel or a demon. My personal favorite one is called 'Mythic power' - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-uITaghKWMMM.html But there is also a myriad of themes for each mythical path your character can take, here's a list of them if you are interested in listening! ru-vid.com/group/PL5LsN8A6ix5qmFLYtrjWxP7zZOoffuuDr

yakuza's music is great, as are the games themselves

😁

I haven’t seen anyone properly break down Receive You, and it’s numerous variants throughout the series. It’s an extremely signature character-defining piece and is reiterated with a new spin in almost every game

This is the final boss theme btw, that's why it's sorta repetitive.

please play this game

Yakuza does give that impression due to its most popular clips. Everyone loves memeing its craziness. That's why I stayed away from the series for so long. After a friend of mine sang its praises, which was surprising to me, I decided to try Yakuza 0. And that is how I ended up binging all eight games in the series over a month. It is at that point you realize why the original name of the series is Ryu ga Gotoku or "Like a Dragon" and that the translated name "Yakuza" does not quite do it justice.

You should ABSOLUTELY Play/Stream Yakuza 0, you might be reacting like "Meh" just by looking at the tidbit of gameplay that didn't show much of the story and just the optional minigames but i think you will be absolutely hooked if you played it, your expectations will be shattered i can promise you that.(it also has one of the best endings of any videogame i ever played.)

I still haven't finished Yakuza 5 because the later games sort of drag on imo, but 0 is an absolute banger of a game

also you should definitely check out "One-Eyed Slugger" from Yakuza 0, it's a theme for a fighting style for one of the main characters, and the first time i heard it when i unlocked said fighting style i was like "oh... this is definitely going to become my favorite style" and it did

JESSE, listen to the Yakuza series OST!

You should react to Yakuza 6 The Song of Life Destiny

As someone who started with 2 then replayed 1, this series has god tier music and gameplay. The Jet Li game you're thinking of is Jet Li: Rise to Honor. It's legit good game with great mechanics. I hope you'll review God Hand music someday. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TJ6Tl8EjVMc.html

React to Yakuza 0 Last vengeance ost

I would hesitate to call Yakuza a “GTA-like” game. I love both series for very different reasons

Jesse if you read this , react to STREET FIGHTER V RING OF POWER , I know you’d like it

I just realized he hasn't listened to Xenoblade Chronicles DE's version of You Will know our names

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Always remember that scene Kiryu: "You can keep the cute nickname, but... there can be only one dragon" Soejima: "Yeah. I couldn't agree more" Kiryu: " I'll give your fight. And I'll end your war!" Yakuza 0 is a masterpiece

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