Because for a game like this... it feels right to have the voices in Japanese but I'm new to this series. Is that the general trend?
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Is it better to play Yakuza in Japanese?
- Thread starter Uzumaki Goku
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You can only play it in Japanese except for Like a Dragon (and Judgment, which is a spin off). I'm so invested in the Japanese dub after playing 0, 1, 2, 4, and 6 that there's no way I'm switching now.
I've played the recent ones with English dubs (Judgment and Like a Dragon) and found the dubs excellent. Really though it's up to you on what you prefer.
you can only play most of them in Japanese
but the two games dubbed in english have amazing dubs that stack up to their original versions especially like a dragon
but the two games dubbed in english have amazing dubs that stack up to their original versions especially like a dragon
You can play 4 of them in English, Yakuza 1 PS2 only in English in the US with its hilarious original dub. Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise is the other one people usually forget, but yes it too has an excellent dub.
I mean it's deeply embedded into the aesthetics of the games. They have japanese written all over. It goes with the experience.
Nah. The English version of Like a Dragon is good, but the Japanese dub is superior (Ichiban is killing it in Japanese, especially during the last chapters).
OP, i'd suggest you to go Japanese, and maybe try the English dub on New Game +.
I liked Like a Dragon more in English personally. If you liked the Persona games in English you would probably like these ones dubbed too. They take a similar approach where they keep the honorifics and the dub cast really sells the game. Kaiji Tang as Ichiban and Greg Chun as Nanba are my favorite.
I played the entire series (except PS2 Yakuza 1 years ago where it wasn't an option IIRC ) in Japanese audio and playing Judgment or Y7 in English would feel wrong for me. Always weird when I see clips in English.
If you want to play in English though just do it. No wrong way to play.
If you want to play in English though just do it. No wrong way to play.
I disagree, the english version is just as good
and my example involved Ichiban in the last chapters 2. The way his portrayed Ichiban during the big finale was something else
yeah, they even bring some voice actors from 1 back and they shine under actual good voice direction
After playing so many of the games in Japanese (Y1 dub is pretty funny and it has Mark Hamill), I can't play it in anything other than Japanese. To be fair, dub is pretty good from the brief time I listened to it in Judgement Eyes and 7.
No, play it in japanese.
For me, it sounds so wrong with the english dub. Plus the whole japanese flair is gone.
For me, it sounds so wrong with the english dub. Plus the whole japanese flair is gone.
You can't go wrong, and for most of the games you don't have a choice. I will say that Yakuza 7 and especially Judgment have two of the finest English dubs you'll ever get to experience IMO. I don't regret using them whatsoever.
heck yeah. finale English dub ichiban is maybe the most moving VA performance I've ever heard
heck yeah. finale English dub ichiban is maybe the most moving VA performance I've ever heard
Honestly as an advocate for subs over dubs most of my life, it doesn't really matter.
The dubbing quality in video games these days are so superb that I don't think you'll be short changed of the experience if you pick one language or the other.
The dubbing quality in video games these days are so superb that I don't think you'll be short changed of the experience if you pick one language or the other.
Japanese is the best one.
I assume you will play Like a Dragon right? I heard the dub is good for it but I don't know as I skipped the game.
With that said, the voice acting in japanese is excellent with this series. When I first played Yakuza and they stopped dubbing them I went from "no dub no play" to "the voice acting is so damn good I prefer this".
I assume you will play Like a Dragon right? I heard the dub is good for it but I don't know as I skipped the game.
With that said, the voice acting in japanese is excellent with this series. When I first played Yakuza and they stopped dubbing them I went from "no dub no play" to "the voice acting is so damn good I prefer this".
Play the series until you reach the ones with dub then try it. You can continue the future titles with what ever you prefer after *shrug*
Neither are better than the other as they're both good in their own right. It all come down to personal preference in the end.
Neither are better than the other as they're both good in their own right. It all come down to personal preference in the end.
For a while it was all that was available so I got used to the characters speaking in Japanese...but the dubs in Judgment and Like a Dragon are quite good.
From what I have seen the dubs are really good. That being said I find the Japanese VA makes the game more authentic. Everything about the game is incredibly Japanese and using the Japanese VA only adds to that. This is coming from someone who chooses dubs over subs 99% of the time.
The Eng dub is good (I played Judgment with the dub and loved it), but I really recommend people to play Like a Dragon in Japanese. Ichiban's JP VA is just phenomenal.
The dubs for Like a Dragon and Judgement are great. It's more culturally synchronous to play them in Japanese for obvious reasons but I do retain the more nitty-gritty details much better as a native English speaker when playing the dub, but that's not at all an issue I think most people will have.
You do you but there are things that are just more fitting in specific languages. Like Yakuza in Japanese. And Cowboy Bebop in English.
The English dub is really good. Having played other titles in the series. I didn't think it minimized the story at all.
The English VO is good but I personally can't stand it. The game's set in Japan and the characters look Japanese so naturally you expect them to speak Japanese.
The dub is great, the only reason to ever not pick the language you actually understand is you personally hate the way it sounds after trying it.
There wasn't.
Y7 is the first mainline Yakuza game since the original Y1 to have an English dub.
I'm 99% a dubs over subs person, but Yakuza (and Judgment) are my 1%. It's gotta be Japanese. Even Persona I'll play in English because it's stylized, but tried half an hour of Judgment in English and it just felt horribly wrong.
