Sure thing! Added!
No matter who they are or how well fleshed out they are, Yakuza isn't a Persona game. They're not about going to school together or going off on dungeon-delving expeditions. It'd be extremely odd for grown-ass-adults to go everywhere together. You don't see anything odd about that possibility at all? A game in the Yakuza franchise where you freeroam doing sub stories, and you have a pack of your buds in tow just following around like it's Final Fantasy 8 or something?
And I'm still going to bawl like a baby even if I totally expect this to happen.
Yakuza is already in decline in Japan, so they're probably just trying to find something to reinvigorate the series.Yakuza is now turn based?
This is not going to sell well, even in Japan.
At first I was shocked but after thinking about it for a minute I'm not bothered about it. Since they had an eternity to make Yakuza combat good and never did.
He showed interest in giving a continuation to Judgment. Im pretty sure they will make more brawlers. For the main Yakuza series this was a big bold move and i love it, i love turn based RPGs and wished there was much more as almost all turn based JRPGs are now action RPGs. So very excited for this news. The story, judging by the trailer will probably be the same strong narrative but with more comedy in it. Only thing left to see are the kind of minigames they will put in this new saga.No offense intended at all, but you're the one who needs to understand that people are naturally going to be concerned about gigantic changes that completely alter the gameplay in one of the industry's last-remaining brawler series. I love turn-based, party-based JRPGs, but those gameplay videos fill me with unease. This is basically the death of a genre, and a very odd move for a series with an impeccable track record.
I'm still super excited for the game, but until I see reviews/have the game in my hands, it's hard not to worry that one of the best things in gaming is going to implode due to this move.
Judgment is fantastic, one of the best games they've made and the best game in the new engine by far.Might actually get judgement now instead, heard it was quite good?
This is a video game series where you can hire a chicken to manage your real estate company. The chicken is better than some of the humans you can assign to that position.
Totally. It's just big shoes to fill, and I haven't seen this character hook me yet.To be fair, Kiryu has had seven games, a zombie spinoff and two alt-timeline spinoffs. The guy deserves a break.
No matter who they are or how well fleshed out they are, Yakuza isn't a Persona game. They're not about going to school together or going off on dungeon-delving expeditions. It'd be extremely odd for grown-ass-adults to go everywhere together. You don't see anything odd about that possibility at all? A game in the Yakuza franchise where you freeroam doing sub stories, and you have a pack of your buds in tow just following around like it's Final Fantasy 8 or something?
I see what you did there.Action combat breaks my immersion so glad they're changing to something more modern
I mean, the idea of gangsters rolling together is pretty prevalent in gang culture and especially goofy Yakuza movies.
Right, and at the rate they put out games it won't be that long until the next one if this game is a dud.
Good point honestly, especially from Yakuza of all franchisesThis announcement revealed a certain weird and unjustified preconception I had.
So, we had turn based serious turn real time left and right and that was like "well, duh, expected at this point".
But doing the opposite feels so weird, almost alien like "is this even possible?", even though why shouldn't it be? LIke if turn based games can turn action, why can't opposite happen? But I guess this is so rare, it seems utterly baffling and unheard to me.
The whole fighting aspect of the game is turn-based now, there's no beat-em up action anymore.for a sec i thought the full game is only turn based, but i think its just a mode like the gang fights? I dont hate turn based so i dont mind but i doubt they'd change it so radically for the whole game
I mean this is a new chapter/beginning for Yakuza, new protagonist, new start, things are going to different, nothing wrong with changing things up after so many years.This isn't an argument based on "realism." It's an argument that the Yakuza series shines by having personal, intimate encounters with people in the world, and that it'd shit all of that up by having a big pack of people running around with you all the time. The chicken doesn't follow you everywhere, show up in every scene, and pop out from your pocket while you're at the love hotel with a hostess.
Try for a second to see past your hype for this game turning into your favorite genre.
Yes, I'm sure that the series' trademark substories with protagonists helping little boys buy porn mags, rescuing kittens, dating hostesses and helping fathers make amends to daughters wouldn't be ruined by that at all.
You missed Fist of the North StarRight, and at the rate they put out games it won't be that long until the next one if this game is a dud.
Japanese release dates-
-Ishin! Feb. 2104
-Yakuza 0 March 2015
-Kiwami January 2016
-Yakuza 6 December 2016
-Kiwami 2 December 2017
-Judgment December 2018
-Yakuza 7 January 2020
(That's not even including the PS4 ports of 3, 4 & 5)
The longest they've gone this generation is 13 months between titles.