Ah, true. Hope that system turns out better than the Persona equivalent (I'm sure Dragon Quest is a better analogue, but I ain't finished one with marriage in)
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Yakuza: Like a Dragon - Review Thread
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I mean, they are harder. Thing is, in Japan those were post game DLC so I couldn't play them off the bat. EX Hard mode (the only one I touched, never tried hard mode) requires you to have finished the game once before though - as enemies get more health and do exponentially more damage to you than on normal difficulty. If your basically level 99 with decent job levels (as the game explicitly recommends when you select the difficulty) you'll be fine. But starting outright? I'd assume its completely impossible. No idea how possible a naked hard mode run would be.
That bit on EX Hard I think was one of my choke points - one of the few fights that took me a couple of tries to beat because of the base damage it could do! Likewise another similar fight in chapter 6 took me a couple of tries for the same reason (plus I'm not sure I'd spec'ed out my characters properly at that point).
Also, curious to anyone who's played on Series X - what's the initial load like? From game menu into the game map? Its a couple of minutes on the PS4, and pretty long as well when you go from an arcade game back to the main game map, so wondering just how much quicker it is (please say loads!)
Its pretty unexpected, I really thought it'd be paid for over here as well, but they smartly decided against it much to my surprise. Only cost me 7yen on my import copy but glad that's not the case over here!
Hard mode was NG+ exclusive in the japanese release, I think.
It's not.
Can you spoil what happens? If you can't it's fine.
The series certainly isn't that good with it's female characters most of the time (I wish that would change) so I am wondering if it is even worse than some of the stuff in the games.
The final substory is literally the Persona Valentine's Day event, if you chose to date multiple characters. "Romance" boils down to a single substory related to that female character and you must have completed all of them in order to unlock this final substory.
Read above.
Yeah I was mostly interested if the story is as captivating as ZERO. Kiwami1 + 2 were not as strong for me.
Thanks.
I wish Japan would stop with this trope. It never was good in anime nor is it good here or in anything.
Our review isn't up yet, since Sega moved the embargo up, but if anyone has any PC centric questions, let me now. Also, the PC version is damned good.
We also have some 4K footage, but it's been encoding for 14 hours so far.... wtf YouTube.
We also have some 4K footage, but it's been encoding for 14 hours so far.... wtf YouTube.
That was really strange. I mean, the entire lot of side stories for that were odd but I at least hoped we'd have gotten a fight out of it (I honestly thought that's what they were setting up, but of course they wouldn't do that). I think those are at least completely optional? Not even sure there's a trophy tied to them? I know there's not one for doing all side stories at least.
7 has the advantage of being a newer game (compared to the plots of 1&2, which are over a decade old now) so its way, way more fleshed out. Granted that's no guarantee you'll love the plot, but I personally really enjoyed it.
Let's not act like the series has good combat in the first place. I love the series to death but the combat system is, in most episodes, fucking awful.
Turned based is gonna be a welcome change.
People still take their shirts off, and a couple of the fights are indeed one on one, though keep in mind most of the game has you fighting in a party of 4.
Did anyone review the Windows store version? Trying to figure out if this game has cross-save with Xbox
There actually is one trophy related to it, but as the western version may have changed up the list, they may have removed it.
Will buy on a deep discount, not a fan of the delayed PS5 version as well as the new main character.
Really great to see that in the west this game may end up fulfilling the goal of reaching a new playerbase and widening the series appeal. In the import OT I was very vocal about my issues with the gameplay changes, mostly because there is so much untapped potential here, but I really hope more people give this new direction a chance and then whenever the next one releases, it will be the one to crack 90 on Metacritic.
Great to hear. Thanks. Where would this one rank in your all time favorite Yakuza stories?
do we know if they will provide a free upgrade to PS5, and also whether they support import of the ps4 save?
game looked great in the iGN review, combat looked fast paced and full of action elements like attack timing and guarding
game looked great in the iGN review, combat looked fast paced and full of action elements like attack timing and guarding
Somewhere near the top. Though I don't rate 0 as much as others personally, but loved both Samurai plots (especially Kenzan).
Definitely true about issues the game has. A sequel that refines things ala RGG1-2 could be something amazing, I just hope they get the chance to do that.
Yes, there will be a free upgrade, but as far as we know, you can't import save data.
Yes, it is very much designed to be a starting point.
Yes, this is a jumping on point story wise as it's a brand new cast and story.
You should definitely play the old ones though, and the combat here is entirely new- RPG as opposed to real time brawlers of the past.
It seems like you need to beat the game first before you can play on EX Hard difficulty.
ah ok thanks I will get the PC version then give me something to play while waiting for the UK ps5.
Thought my eyes were playing tricks on me but the good/bad are reversed in this review.
Thanks for pointing that out! Should be fixed now.
I know. I have them all from 0 to 6 and even judgment. It never had the time yet. I might go for this one first.
are you able to run it at 4k60 without drops? what are your specs?
Yakuza is my favourite series this gen but I can't get excited for this one. I just can't. I tried the demo multiple times, the battle system and the characters turn me off so hard.
I'll probably play it at some point, I just hope I will manage to get into it. But in any case, I really hope RGG studio continues to release real time battle games, maybe through Judgment or other spinoffs.
I'll probably play it at some point, I just hope I will manage to get into it. But in any case, I really hope RGG studio continues to release real time battle games, maybe through Judgment or other spinoffs.
FYI, it's a play anywhere title on Xbox Store, so you get both with one purchase.
Count me in the group that is unconvinced by the switch to turn based combat. From some of the reviews it sounds like there's a lot of boring grinding which is annoying and not what I expect from a Yakuza game. I've only played 0 but I never felt the need to grind and usually threw money on the floor to avoid enemies.