That was never going to happen. Its insanely difficult for any game to break that 90 barrier, and seeing how past games (even 0 and Judge Eyes) were received, I knew 7 wouldn't hit that. Doubt they ever will, not that it really makes a difference or matters.
Whew that was my biggest fear. It looks like there are too many long ass flashy animations.
Yup - many of the AoE attacks are incredibly useful and overpowered. The best one is if you unlock a optional character - she has an attack where she throws a handful of tacks/pins at enemies. First time I did it I laughed my ass off how it shredded the entire group of enemies. Fight over in one attack! Its also got an absurd range/reach to it, so unless enemies are really spread out they are basically DOA the second you use it.
Thanks for the information. It's not that I hate cutscenes or anything, I am very much a story first kind of game player, but there are definitely games that I've had to put off for a good while until I actually had time to sit through them haha. I figured they wouldn't be drastically different here so I'm not that surprised. I'll still absolutely get it, though it sounds like I'll be waiting until around Christmas before I can actually really dig in.
I'm gonna enjoy it a lot regardless, but it's more of a recognition thing. I think if your game break into the 90s more people will give it a try and it could become bigger (like Nier Automata for example), so my hope is that one day Yakuza can do that too.
Has Yokohama been in Yakuza before? I thought it was brand new.
Last I checked 0 wasn't better than Kenzan ;) (or 5 for that matter).Currently sitting on the same OpenCritic score as Yakuza 0, the best game in the series.
What do you want compared? I'm no reviewer, just some guy that imported the game back in January but its got a damn good plot. Really dark especially in the second half (definitely one of/the most dark plot in the series). Its a rather lengthy plot as well since it sets up so many brand new characters (almost all of which are excellent), though it's slightly more humorous in places due to Ichiban being a more laid back protagonist (who by the way, is easily the best thing about this game, he's so damn good)
Yes and free upgrade to PS5 version if I recall correctly.
Yea but saves are not cross-gen, which defeats the entire purpose
Don't think hard/new game plus+ is in the game itself. You have to pay for it in Japan in a dlc.
Basically - no - its not worth the extra cost. The extra two job types are cool but ultimately not really needed (plus upgrading the weapons for both is pain) and the rest of it is just fluff you don't need.
Guessing you have no info on when/where EX Hard mode is? It was DLC for the Asian version and drastically increases the challenge to the game (its really fun, at least I thought so - the optional boss is amazing on the higher difficulty).
Double the trophies!
Thanks! I'll likely just go for the standard version in that case, as the jobs (and the Kiryu costume!) were the main things making me want the deluxe version - but if the jobs are a bit of a pain then I may as well save the cash towards another game to go along with Yakuza.
About 50 hours, 80-100 if you aim for 100% Part-Time Hero completion (the completion list changed for LaD) and what not.
50 hours for the main quest? The other games were beatable in 20 except 5.
30ish hours if you mainly focus on the plot I think. Though I did everything in the game, so it took me a good 150+ hours (don't worry, the completion list is optional this time). Took me another 40 odd hours for EX Hard mode, though I did mess around at points so not like I solely focused on the plot.
Those commercials you get at points cracked me up, the love and attention that went into that mode was ace. Way better than Kiryu's thing in 0.
It's a pretty long game and you most likely won't be able to just rush from main story marker to main story marker. Most people run into one specific wall and then you do have to do some side content in order to level up and get better equipment.
The RPGSite review mentioned some things being 'iffy' - are some things going to land badly in regards to social issues?
No idea, its gonna be funny seeing the reactions though, as that's gonna be a notably harder plat than the Asian one which is one of the easiest. But then again, I know I'll do all the trophies anyway so I don't care. Its not the first time that localisations/remasters messed with the lists though - 3-5 got reductions on certain requirements while the Yakuza FOTNS game changed some requirements to remove some of the evil grind that the game had (and trust me, that's for the sanity of players, the Japanese plat on that game is a bastard to get - I speak from experience!)
Its funny reading an interview with Nagoshi and co. about that particular part where some people got stuck. His response was basically that the recommended way was to basically do most of the side stuff as you go, plus its not really that hard to level up for those fights with all the big XP chances the game gives you either. Its totally gonna catch a few people out here I think!
I can imagine that especially the
Some reviewers are saying the game is too easy. If you don't grind the difficulty is normal I guess?
Yeah, looking back, it even is kind of obvious, as you unlock one of the best ways to earn exp and equipment right before it.
There is one difficulty spike where enemy levels jump like 20 levels at once IIRC, and no matter how "smart" you play, if you don't level up your characters you will simply get destroyed there.
Nah, there's a couple of points that if you rush ahead grossly underleveled you'll probably get stomped. But I'm talking really underleveled here, because as mentioned above, your given so many avenues of improving your gear, leveling up etc. right before it that its really not a problem. Plus if you correctly spec out your party you should be fine (give all the characters several elemental attacks, have one as a dedicated healer etc.)
