81f9cc No.14674680
Are you enjoying Yakuza 6 lads? I enjoyed it. Pretty self contained story except for very beginning and very end of it. It expects you to play 0 and kiwami more than it expects you to remember yakuza 2-4. With exception of 5's ending. I am amazed they got away with such politicized story though.
d5fd38 No.14674725
I'm still up to playing the PS2 original and 0. It's quite neat seeing the progress at play. Usually in vidya series there's something better with the original but here's everything is just much improved. Seeing the difference in Majimas was pretty jarring though.
>Bugfuck crazy fucker who looks he'd be killed by superior Yakuzas just to be safe
>Expect largely the same deal in 0
>Nope, he's pretty much the best businessman in video games?
>Sure, that works
I mean sure you can tell he's got wild instincts from his fighting style but fucking hell.
Overall I can certainly see why so many see this series as underrated. Not for everyone but certainly good.
931ab2 No.14674736
>current year
>still no PC release
What did they mean by this
2daaad No.14674823
It's still so much of a shock for me just how different the game is from every predecessor, the combat just feels so different. Also, why the fuck do I keep beating on the same guys as a boss fight? Is everyone in this game Kuze???
8ed203 No.14674900
I'm really enjoying Yakuza 6. So far the OST's fantastic (Bloodstained Philosophy in particular is such an insanely good track), the bosses are great and the substories have been really funny. The lack of closure with the characters from the previous games apart from Kiryu and Haruka is a bit disappointing but the new characters are all so enjoyable in different ways that it makes up for it I think. I wouldn't say that the combat is better than the system they had going in Kiwami and 0 but I do enjoy it all the same, it feels a bit odd at first but once you upgrade combo speed it's fine.
NICE TO MICHI
775b9a No.14674913
>>14674736
They mean you're a fucking faggot.
931ab2 No.14674921
>>14674913
Hhhmmm… but that cannot be. I am straight, anon.
9bdeef No.14675571
>>14674823
Honestly yes, the bad part of Yakuza 6 is how easy all the bosses are. Only crowds present any challenge, but even they can be easily controlled.
As long as you heat action right, its piss easy, and heat bar fills up incredibly quickly. But the worst if furniture presented on stage, they have some of the most broken damage in the game.
f4cef2 No.14675596
8-9h in, still on Ch2 (just got Troublr), because I cannot stop horsing around, getting into fights and trying to find every nook and cranny in Kamurocho (there's a unpleasantly large amount of dead ends). One particular adventure that started in Tenkaichi Street that led me to investigate all four floors of the building, then go jump through rooftops, find stairs and squeeze through the tight spaces between buildings had me thinking I was about to get one hell of a reward yet all I got was finding out my camera's possessed.
Also a lot of Live Chat, a lot of VF5 and some hostess action.
Incidentally, how exactly does the hostess mini-game work now? I'm still iffy on the details but I like the flow of it a lot more.
This also seems like a easy game to platinum as it looks like you don't need to 100% your completion list.
1da9ae No.14675618
>>14675571
I've found that just running around like a headless chicken and doing dropkicks or the running kick over and over works wonders against crowds. Takes some time getting used to doing that rather than fighting crowds as you normally would in the previous games. Also, the furniture/objects are the worst, I can't tell you how many fucking times did I get ragdolled the fuck out by some dick kicking a motorcycle towards me from off-screen. Luckily, it does shit for damage to you. By the way, why the fuck does Masuzoe have this goofy as fuck karate stance? I know Goju-ryu black belts I've sparred with who'd say that his stance is too wide.
>>14675596
>This also seems like a easy game to platinum as it looks like you don't need to 100% your completion list.
I'm not a trophyfag, but I checked and yes, I'm just 15 hours into the game and I already have more than 50% of the trophies complete. Though I've heard that you'll have to grind a lot for the 100% skills trophies, but you should get enough if you work for that 100 wins in Clan Creator because that's way more wins than you get just by doing the sidestory itself and additionally the Clan Creator missions give you loads of XP.
9bdeef No.14675632
>>14675618
>running around like a headless chicken and doing dropkicks or the running kick over and over
That's why they removed bowling. Its already presented in gameplay form.
330172 No.14675736
>>14675571
I fought that guy for the first time (in the ring) last night. He was by far one of the easiest bosses in the series.
I couldn't help but laugh, because he was really playing himself up. Big bad Jingweon man. Absolutely fucking trashed. Hell, Sodachi on the street is tougher than him.
I'm loving the game though. It's a huge difference in terms of combat, but I can see that they were going for more crowded fights and such (and it feels good wiping a bunch of enemies with a single sweeping kick). And once you get combo speed upgrades and things like regaining your stance quickly after being blocked, it starts to feel really good. I also managed to get Tiger Drop and its upgrade. I'm glad that's back in.
I still have no idea what I'm doing in the Baseball minigame. I don't have an inkling of how to play baseball, and doing this management minigame is like being thrown into deep water to learn how to swim.
I don't have any kind of love for the Clan Creator, though. Mostly indifferent to it. I'm kinda glad I got powerful cards through codes so I can just smash through it. Otherwise I feel like I might dislike it.
9bdeef No.14675825
>>14675736
>I still have no idea what I'm doing in the Baseball minigame. I don't have an inkling of how to play baseball
Its not about playing baseball exactly, its even more complicated.
The baseball minigame in Yakuza 6 is a parody on konami's pro yakyuu series, including both spirits and power pro. The reason i am saying this is simple, a gameplay mechanic of "waiting for critical turn and then give a control to the player", only konami included that gameplay mode in their games, i used to play a lot of spirits 2015 in it (it was one of the gameplay configurations), it was one of the main game modes in power pros 2016, the festival thingy, and its also the only game mode that isnt a visual novel training in free online version of powerpros.
So to explain this a little bit further, baseball minigame consists of stats of your player that play out in the back, your control input during "critical" moments (those are decided by AI, which moments are critical for you winning), you switching players during play if you must to, and luck. Whole lot of luck if your stats match with your opponents.
There are total of 16 matches, all of which require you to get certain amount of players hired, who you can find in open world part of the game. There also train tickets, that you win after completing a match to improve certain player's stats. The problem is that you must both perform well, and hire a lot to increase your chances to not luck out of hits. This game is even worse than konami shit because it rarely allows you to play last inning by yourself, resulting therefore by sudden miss. And most important part - not having the ability to pitch the ball by yourself. The result of having no manual pitching ability boils the whole game to stats, since even if you are in control of YOUR runs, during YOUR teams pitching you will have to watch in shitty basic management screen instead of affecting the game, and enemy can easily score when you the least expect it.
Basically its part gambling, part majima hostess styled hiring, part batting center. Its not a full game of baseball. And if it was it would probably be much easier than it is. And i wish management was more fun than "pay a million to hire this guy" or "bring this guy sushi".
2073cd No.14675835
>>14674680
>>14674900
>I'm really enjoying Yakuza 6.
Really? I thought I had heard that Japan hated it, that's why it wasn't so much on my radar.
I recently played Zero and Kiwami last year so I'm not exactly starving for another Yakuza game, but I don't know if I'd rather play 6 or Kiwami 2 when I do feel like it.
9bdeef No.14675861
>>14675835
Well, Yakuza 6 is the end of Kiryu's story, and has some neat moments to it. It isn't a bad game. But if japan hated it, its mostly because gameplay all around it was cut down significantly, "hate" is a big word when you as fan of a big series get disappointed in new release not being in some certain way better than previous one. Kiwami 2 is even worse in those cuts as a remake. In many ways Y6 is the next gen experimented version, Yakuza 3 of this day and age.
Honestly you should play it eventually for the story alone some day.
330172 No.14675963
>>14675825
Oh, I see. It's mostly grab new dudes, grind out stats and hope RNG doesn't fuck you over?
f4cef2 No.14676090
>>14675618
>Takes some time getting used to doing that rather than fighting crowds as you normally would in the previous games.
Probably because dash attacks have always been terrible until now besides Saejima's because that one can transition into a throw. But yeah, I noticed that too, dash attack is really strong here and, I admit, I love punting those assholes while they're down.
>>14675736
>Tiger Drop
I wonder how that will be? Already got the parry and that shit is really hard to nail. And I remember that getting TDs in Kiwami 2 was really hard, I imagine it will be harder in 6 given the frame rate is iffier.
330172 No.14676137
>>14676090
>Tiger Drop
I would say it's about the same. With the timing upgrade it's great, too. Parry also has an upgrade for its timing, and also a heat move connected to it.
>running up to downed enemies and kicking them like a football into other enemies
Feels good.
775b9a No.14676515
What's with Japs affinity for Rock Paper Scissors? Did they come up with it in the first place?
1da9ae No.14676548
>>14676515
I think the Japs got it from the Chinks.
8ed203 No.14676598
>>14675835
I'm not familiar with what the Japanese thought of 6 but so far I haven't found myself agreeing with much of the criticism I read prior to its release. I'm reminded of when I almost didn't buy Kiwami because of all the complaints I had read about it and then when I eventually did I ended up really liking it. I feel like 0 set the bar too high and as a result some Yakuza fans have a tendency to exaggerate the shortcomings of the games that have come out after it.
I think I'm about halfway through 6's story at the minute and my biggest complaints so far are occasional framerate dips (which Kiwami also suffered from) and the lack of an arena. Apart from that I don't really have any issues with it. I've heard that there are a couple of retarded plot twists later on but honestly I'll be shocked if there's anything on the level of secret twin brother who works for the CIA or rubber bullets.
f4cef2 No.14676620
>>14676598
>pic2
I didn't know there were pajeets in Kamurocho. That city has really gone to the dogs.
>I'll be shocked if there's anything on the level of secret twin brother who works for the CIA or rubber bullets.
Or 5 that just makes you stop caring altogether.
775b9a No.14676626
>>14676598
How hefty is the sidequest content? In Yakuza 0 it seems like you run into something around every corner.
1da9ae No.14676639
>>14676626
I think there's about 40 substories.
775b9a No.14676653
>>14676639
That's about half the amount in 0. I guess it makes sense when you only play one character though.
1da9ae No.14676663
>>14676653
And just like in 0, quite a few of them are linked to minigames, I've found 2 connected to darts and a bunch of them connected to baseball.
8ed203 No.14676669
>>14676620
It definitely doesn't disappoint when it comes to out of context screenshots.
>>14676626
There's 51 substories according to this guide:
https://guides.gamepressure.com/yakuza_6/guide.asp?ID=44196
For what it's worth I haven't done many but the ones I have done I've loved. The Ono Michio one might be might favourite in the series.
330172 No.14676686
>>14676669
There are like 3 Ono Michio quests, they're all great.
Also there's a quest about chasing up and beating down an obnoxious youtuber who disrupts and disturbs for views.
330172 No.14676692
>>14676686
>chasing up and beating down
Well, shit.
8ed203 No.14676714
>>14676686
>There are like 3 Ono Michio quests
Oh shit, good to hear.
>Also there's a quest about chasing up and beating down an obnoxious youtuber who disrupts and disturbs for views.
I think I found that one yeah, haven't done it yet though.
f4cef2 No.14676721
>>14676639
Awards section mentions 52, likely 51+Amon. And as already mentioned, some will be introductions to mini-games like Live Chat.
I'm on Ch2 and did 4, all of 'em in Ch1.
>>14676669
Everything being fully voiced makes taking screenshots a bit trickier though.
By the by, I've been finding photos of deceased characters (Nishiki, Yumi, Kashiwagi etc). Is there any purpose to them? They all seem to be tied to a place significant to that character as well like Sohei's being right at the door of the building where his office is. I've been sniffing around Tenkaichi St to see if I can find one for Reina but no dice.
330172 No.14676730
>>14676721
They're mostly just easter eggs. Try taking selfies around the general area that you found the picture.
1da9ae No.14676732
>>14676721
>Is there any purpose to them?
Yeah, you might find and photograph them when they appear as spooky ghosts
f4cef2 No.14676772
>>14676730
>>14676732
Ah! So that's what I posted in >>14675596 is. I thought the ghost appeared because it was a unsavory photo, I even tried taking a selfie in the very next room and no ghost appeared.
775b9a No.14676798
>>14676721
Which Virtua Fighter did they include in this one?
1da9ae No.14676802
>>14676798
5 Final Showdown
f47a3f No.14677053
>>14674680
Is Kiryu the babby's daddy?
1da9ae No.14677066
775b9a No.14677532
The hell does Majima have that cutscene knife for if you cant even use it in gameplay. It should be an unbreakable permanent weapon like his baseball bat in slugger style.
3a89b8 No.14677543
>>14677053
You think he didn't impregnate that loli. Protection isn't free.
330172 No.14677556
>>14677532
You get to use it if you do a certain lengthy sidequest.
775b9a No.14677563
>>14677556
Does it involve upgrading every other style including the insufferable nigger monkeys who help with the dance style? I cant take that shit again. I havent upgraded outside of the sphere grid on that shit but one time.
330172 No.14677570
>>14677563
Nah, the sidequest doesn't require you to upgrade your styles. It unlocks the caged off parts of the styles as you go through them though.
c2d881 No.14677577
>>14674736
We can only hope that after Sega of Europe's is done with Shenmue 1 & 2 that Yakuza is next on the list of games to port to PC.
775b9a No.14677578
>>14677570
Where does it start?
4160ae No.14677589
>>14677577
Really excited for you fags to never invade this game franchise.
c2d881 No.14677601
>>14677589
I just want to one day play Dead Souls at a high and stable frame rate.
5917eb No.14677609
775b9a No.14677638
>>14677609
>Trying to push the cuck meme in yakuza.
Ken never had a relationship with any of the women, and their fathers are generally dead. He's just a caring dude.
775b9a No.14677644
>>14677638
>Ken
Wow meant Kiryu. I don't know why I get him mixed with Kenshiro sometimes.
330172 No.14677648
>>14677578
You're automatically introduced to it as you go through the main story. It's very time consuming, though.
c2d881 No.14677691
>>14677671
I don't know how it is on native PS2, but I didn't notice anything that bad when It came to cutscenes or loading times playing 1 or 2 on PCSX2.
775b9a No.14677706
>>14677671
I dont remember that about the original but I also haven't played it since 2006. I think I would remember that though. I went through the era of PS1 load times though.
1abe78 No.14677734
>>14677609
Taking care of someone else's kid is only cuckery if you never have kids of your own. Your legacy is passed on by your genes but also your memes, so being a father figure to a kid that doesn't have one isn't necessarily cuckery when you're imparting lessons and character to ensure they do not to act like a degenerate when they're older. Caring for other members of the superior races is a virtuous and noble act as it helps in the fight against the shitskin menace. Also, if you're a father figure to a girl they'll be psychologically predisposed to want to ride your dick when they grow older.
6d6b35 No.14677761
>>14674680
>NJPW guest stars
>Toru-Yano is in
>Not SANADA, Shibata or MINORU FUCKIN' SUZUKI
775b9a No.14677769
330172 No.14678411
Paul Lim (famous pro darts player) is in Yakuza 6. Met him in Bantam after a darts game.
775b9a No.14678716
It's a shame Tanimura wasn't brought back. Having a playable cop was a nice change-up and his moves were vicious.
1da9ae No.14679037
>>14678716
I thought Tanimura as a character was meh, but his fighting style was my favorite of the non-Kiryus. Also, regarding that, I heard that he was supposed to be in Y5, but his voice actor completely quit the business so they had to come up with Shinada.
775b9a No.14679212
>>14679037
Wonder why someone would quit a good gig like that.
1da9ae No.14679290
>>14679212
There were a bunch of rumors spread in various rags about him being a drug addict and a queer. He denied all of them and said that he quit because he felt betrayed by people in the nip entertainment industry.
775b9a No.14679328
>>14679290
Well that sounds like some jewish tabloid shit. Not much different than our media when they target somebody for whatever reason. Usually just because they're on the right politcally.
1da9ae No.14679373
>>14679328
Wouldn't be surprised if he got fucked in the ass (figuratively and literally) by some degenerate kike-tier big shot in nipland who took some pointers from kikes and then projected his homosexuality and drug addiction onto Narimiya. Who knows what actually happened though, if we had a Jap in here he could be able to find the actual truth, but for now it's all speculation.
7c1098 No.14679516
>>14677761
Anon, there are more japanese wrestling stars available through Clan card codes. Its hard to find them though. As far as i know they aren't even available to get ingame.
a9940c No.14680417
I don't want to use a guide but I am missing 5 cats in Onomichi and am completely stumped as to where they could be. Wandering around for an hour didn't help my cause.
f4cef2 No.14680617
Finally made it to Onomichi. Gotta say, I was so enthralled by the place I went full walking simulator for about half an hour. Felt so comfy it almost set me free from the weltschmerz that I'll never bury my face in Anri's cleavage. Almost.
I've no interest in the bar lady but I almost want to tap that just to cuck those two assholes. Start a new legend - The Dragon of NTR
Side note, I'd put the controller's sound on the low side in advance and still got a bit startled with the baby's crying. I pity the poor folks who had the volume set to default.
>>14679290
>>14679328
>>14679373
First time I'm hearing (well, reading) this. Still, wouldn't be surprised if it's true. Entertainment industries are the modern Lovecraft mythos, things better left unsaid and secrets better left buried.
330172 No.14680679
>>14680617
Onomichi is one of the comfiest places in the series, straight up, especially when you notice how small and rustic some of the houses are on the higher levels of the district. And also the tightness of the bar district. It's not the Champion district but it's great. I also really appreciate the apartment Kiryu gets.
Kiyomi is cute but the Mama-chan of Snack New Gaudi is on a different level.
After a while you don't have to deal with the baby, which is great.
a42221 No.14680695
>>14680417
Some cats are complete bastards and barely even show up, if you want though you can tell me which one you've found already and I'll tell you the general area of the other ones. Also apparently there are 10 cats in Kamurocho but I'm struggling to find 2 of them. Even resorted to looking the locations up in a guide and those toxoplasmosis-ridden bastards won't show up. From what I've read they apparently only appear in the finale, but I dunno how true that is.
>>14680617
I really like Onomichi too, it's the comfiest locale in the Yakuza games so far in my opinion. The only problem is that there's no convenience stores. They REALLY didn't think this through. You find Saigo (the bald military guy who was Akiyama's trainer in 4 and 5 if you can't remember him by name) in Onomichi and he tells you that you should give him a bento box… but the problem is that you can't fucking buy it in Onomichi. So I had to write down that I should buy the exact bento box he wants, then bought it when I got back to Kamurocho in Chapter 7 or 8 and now I'm waiting for Kiryu to get back to Onomichi so I can give him the dumb box. From what I've read he's similar to Sodachi back in Kamurocho in that you have to beat his ass in 2 trouble missions and then he shows up at a location so you can give him the final ass kicking to close out the substory.
2d682a No.14680721
>>14677589
Really excited for your tears when it inevitably happens.
860d7b No.14681279
>>14675963
Just posting a proof of huge involvement of RNG in winning baseball games. Scouted only 3 players, first time lost around 13-15, second time lost around 4-13, almost gave up and thought i should scout/train more.
But i didn't. Neither i had tickets for training so i couldn't do anything.
Play third time, same fucking team, same fucking stats, same fucking involvement of myself - win 11-0. I wasn't even surprised as much, because by 8 inning of opposing team not getting any runs i knew RNG decided to give me clean win like this. Its basically another gambling minigame.
931ab2 No.14681298
>>14677589
>Yakuza inevitably gets released on PC
>Anon commits suicide because his PS4 is now even more irrelevant
We are excited too anon
a42221 No.14681429
>tfw you're casually playing Yakuza 6 but then suddenly Anri Okita is talking to you and taking her clothes off
3d080f No.14681488
Where should i start with this series? whats 1 game, and only 1 at the moment, that i should start with? even if i dont understand the story.
32d37c No.14682076
YouTube embed. Click thumbnail to play.
>>14674680
Currently on Chapter 5/6, and it's satisfying to beat the crap out of the gook who is currently the owner of Stardust. So far the game is enjoyable despite some of the drawbacks like that god forsaken baseball game, finding keys for safes, and trying to get some of the cats to like you. As for the story, plot feels pretty heavy in comparison to 5, those three years really took a toll on everyone especially Kiryu, the clans, and the whole Kamurocho city, really liked the Onomichi side mission, and as much as Nagumo is a fucking country bumpkin idiotI hope he doesn't die,. Vid related, really took a shine on the Sora hostess, and the hostesses in this game are a bit of step up from Kiwami's hostesses.
f4cef2 No.14683098
>>14681429
>you'll never join the high ranks of the Japanese criminal underworld and pressure a JAV titty monster to motorboat you
It just ain't fair familia.
>>14682076
>the hostesses in this game are a bit of step up from Kiwami's hostesses.
The zombie hostesses in DS were a step up from the Kiwami ones.
Anyway, I think I might have overdid it on leveling up. Just fought the Hirose trio in the baseball field and two dropkicks were enough to take about half of health for each of them. I always thought the dash attack needed improvement but this is absurd, this is some Miyazaki bullshit tier hitbox. Good thing I started on Hard, I guess.
b9269b No.14683283
ad3285 No.14683317
>>14683098
Me on the center
303cb8 No.14683513
Just finished 6, what a kick in the balls. I'm fine with a bittersweet ending, but everything was so contrived from start to finish. Gameplay wise, clan creator game and baseball weren't very good. >>14675571
sums up the combat pretty well. Not really looking forward to Kiwami 2, and if Shin is just more of the same, I'm done with the series.
3abbd2 No.14684077
What did you guys think of Yakuza 5 AKA taxi driving simulator 5? I'm playing it right now and I think it's pretty fun so far and I like the sidequests. I have only played a bit so far though.
a42221 No.14684099
>>14684077
It was pretty good imo, gameplay-wise it ticked all the boxes for me. Shinada's really hit or miss though and the story didn't get any better and suffers from the same nonsensical crazy plot twists that 3 and 4 suffer from. I won't spoil it too much (and I really can't from the following description), but the ending basically boils down to IT WAS ME AND MY SON ALL ALONG, KIRYU!
2d682a No.14684194
>>14683283
>>14681488
Start with 1 and and 2
Then move to 0
a42221 No.14684230
>>14683098
>>you'll never join the high ranks of the Japanese criminal underworld and pressure a JAV titty monster to motorboat you
Why would she motorboat you?
2d682a No.14684242
>>14684230
>and pressure a JAV titty monster to motorboat you
Is that your Final Fantasy?
775b9a No.14684264
>>14684077
Autistic kiryu is best kiryu honestly. I found myself laughing alot.
775b9a No.14684299
Why does Someya look so much like a young Kuze? it's honestly freaky.
c2267e No.14684745
>>14684299
I thought he was a parody on Nishiki. He holds same place in the story as that guy did. Even battle with both happen at the top of millennium tower.
>>14683513
Well, Kiwami 2 probably makes combat for the better, there are like 5 amon fights, a hostess club management minigame from 0, Virtual On and they returned weapons. But i don't see why would you buy Kiwami 2 if you already played Yakuza 2 original though, this what's really devalues it though, because remake and original are very distinct, but story is in general is the same. Including the fact Y2 didn't really needed a remake.
The main thing is that the game as a whole seems to be more challenging than yakuza 6.
c2267e No.14684753
But hey, at least Yakuza 6 delivered some comfiest graphics for a change.
c2267e No.14684760
Just postan few more screenshots for no reason.
c2267e No.14684765
Also if you're interested in network match in clan maker, those are top two players last time i checked. One has motherfucking C tier kiryu instead of SR and will probably be got rid off soon, but second one has entire strike team consisting of DLC cards.
a42221 No.14684773
>>14684765
Are there any special benefits to online CC or do you just get a lot of XP like in the offline one?
c2267e No.14684779
>>14684773
I can't even tell since everything was overleveling me. I don't really like this minigame to be quite honest. I completed it for the story and that's all.
a42868 No.14684961
I wish they would release 1-2 Kiwami and 3-6 on PC.
I don't have money to waste on consoles
Played only 1 in PCSX2 thus far and I enjoyed it (except for repetitive battles).
0bce94 No.14684987
>>14684961
Wait just one fucking second.
330172 No.14685436
Han is such a faggot. I enjoyed smashing his pretty face in.
He's just so weak but incredibly self-absorbed and confident, vastly overestimating his ability.
39fa56 No.14685474
I beat Yakuza 6 in 15 hours. Maybe I rushed it but it really felt short. It's a shame they dumbed down the combat so much, but I understand it's a new engine and shit. Maybe I should have played on hard since every boss fight was ridiculously easy to me. I enjoyed the story though. The little Hiroshima Yakuza family grew on me. Don't really care for the new minigames like clan fights or baseball. Troublr missions are usually nothing special. The camwhore minigame is pretty pointless too, although the randoms in chat can be somewhat funny. At least I can still invite a hostess to karaoke though, I guess. I don't really see myself playing much of Premium Adventure like I did with Kiwami. Maybe I should give more sub-stories a chance, but shit like finding cats isn't exactly peaking my interest.
b6cc39 No.14685494
>>14684745
>I thought he was a parody on Nishiki
A lot of characters just seem like an exact replacement of another character in the earlier games. I mean just look at Nagumo. A cocky prick who is a captain of some low tier might-as-well-be-street-punks yakuza family in a small town who ends up really respecting Kiryu and whose boss is this really laid-back guy? Really reminds me of certain characters from Okinawa…
f4cef2 No.14685563
>>14684077
Started out really good but then I took a break because the prospect of Haruka's party was scaring me (once I got to it I was relieved to know her rhythm are easier than karaoke), then gets good again because Shinada's a fun character (though arguably the worst in the series in terms of gameplay) but by Haruka's part until the end, the story completely falls apart and gets so absurdly convoluted, it's honestly difficult to keep interest. Also, the final boss is a total non-entity but then again, Kiryu hasn't had a real fight since Goda.
>>14685474
>Troublr missions are usually nothing special.
For the most part, they seem like a substitute to the gangs harassing or mugging you'd normally run into.
>>14685494
>Really reminds me of certain characters from Okinawa…
They even got a token fattie!
Anyway, already got treated to the ol' Yakuza tradition of "that guy who was a total asshole might actually be a good person" and met the boss. Very fun scene though I'm expecting this guy to not be as laid back as he looks. Right after that scene, I caught a whiff of freedom and went back to horsing around. The game gives you a lot of freedom at the start but once you have the baby, it feels like you're getting on the leash again. Also, that part where you're going to get milk for him is rather frustrating because either I have very bad luck or that thing is rigged for you to be unable to calm him down from the 3rd or 4th time he starts crying.
Caught some substories, Ono Michi was pretty funny but the others I got were either very odd or kinda sappy and sometimes both.
b6cc39 No.14685627
>>14685563
>Very fun scene though I'm expecting this guy to not be as laid back as he looks
Wow, you're a very perceptive guy, huh? It was kinda obvious, but without spoiling it too much, I also figured he had some sort of hidden depths to him, but when he actually showed what they are I was very surprised
b9ec6b No.14685845
>>14675825
>another sports autist
Same hobby, huh?
8ed203 No.14686458
>>14682076
I like the hostesses too, the karaoke videos they get are really nice this time around.
f4cef2 No.14686582
>>14685627
Yakuza 5 really activates the almonds when it comes to sniffing out twists to the point it gets ridiculous, honestly. By Shinada's part, your wild guesses will end up being entirely correct most of the time.
And that side, he's a old guard guy in a organization that kicked out the Omi. Even if the new bloods in his family are clueless jackasses, he has to have been through some shit in his day. Unless he's a slime ball like the running the Tojo atm, of course.
b97355 No.14686780
>>14675835
>>14675861
>>14676598
I think it's more to do with Kiryu and Haruka's characters being written poorly.
330172 No.14687658
Finished the game. I love it but it's definitely one of the more flawed Yakuza games.
They could've done an engine test game so they could put out a better product, but instead they felt like they decided to rush out this one as a big bang on their new engine. It feels short, the plot needed some more fleshing out (some of the twists could've been revealed over a larger timeline rather than just quickly one after the next). I don't mind the contrivances because Yakuza has always had contrived stuff for its plot.
I like the new EXP system (and the stomach meter) but I don't like how it's handled. I've never had to grind in a Yakuza game before to acquire skills; but in this one I had to grind/eat tons of Technique and Charm-EXP-giving food just to get most of the skills. And there wasn't even a lot of skills, it felt like. Understandably a small amount of heat actions as well.
After playing the Kiwami 2 demo, I found that the combat in that felt tighter and more evolved. Like you could charge light attacks as well as heavy. Charging light attacks in that gave you the Beast-style light attacks from 0 and Kiwami. So it seems to me that they're going to keep improving it.
One thing I'm incredibly sad about in the future is that we're probably going to never have Akiyama playable in the new engine, since they're shifting focus to an entirely ugly new dude who so far has 0 charm. I'm looking forward to see if my opinion on him will change, though. And how the combat will be in future games.
9bc2f7 No.14688080
copy pasted before I saw this thread
>When does the combat get good? I’ve played through all of 1 and now I’m partway through 2 and I have yet to see the appeal of the combat (I’m still enjoying the games on other merits.)
>Am I really just going to be mashing squarex4->triangle for 90% of the game again? Why are all the bosses still bullshit cocksuckers you have to cheese? I find it retarded that bosses will randomly decide to ignore your attacks in the middle of your combo and then just spontaneously run a fucktrain on you. Theres no point in doing anything to bosses other than cheesing out another heat attack. It’s fucking lame. Sorry to complain about this but I really am not seeing what people are talking about then it comes to combat being this franchises strong suit.
c9c843 No.14688154
>>14676620
The dude in the second pic is just chinese
c9c843 No.14688251
>>14677609
His daughter's son. He's a grandfather. If anything that's the least cucked position in the family.
c9c843 No.14688260
>>14685563
He IS as laid back as he looks, but there's a reason he's an old yakuza.
32d37c No.14688272
>>14687658
>We're probably going to never have Akiyama playable in the new engine
I would have settled for a game revolving around Akiyama, Majima, and Saejima instead of jew nose and a couple of conclusions to characters like Shinada and Taiga.
>Shifting focus to an entirely ugly new dude who so has 0 charm
Hopefully his current appearance is altered a bit to make him look appealing, but even if they fix his ugly mug and give him a nose job which is the result of his mom being a prostitute and her race mixing with god knows what, the fucker has some big shoes to fill in, and his backstory.
c9c843 No.14688290
>>14688080
You start out with a simple as shit movelist but unlock more shit as you go on and gain more attacks. Kiryu gets extremely powerful counters and the bosses are wrecking you because they're there to teach you that spamming the same shit isn't going to work, you need to dodge, combos should be ditched in those cases for quick hits.
If you get hit you lose Heat, if you hit you gain Heat, if you stall too long you lose heat.
If you don't explore and check around town you'll get beat the fuck up later because a lot of your EXP comes from completing sidestories, not fighting enemies. Also you'll get weapons, in Yakuza 1 you should use them. Later Yakuza games after 4 started to ditch weapons but early on they're a lifeline and should be used. In fact farming a certain weapon from the Coliseum is extremely helpful against Amon, who you'll fight last.
c9c843 No.14688313
>>14688272
He's supposedly the opposite of Kiryu, and I think I understand why they made him, Kiryu's too clean for a really gritty story and they didn't want to make him do out of character shit. Kiryu's connection to the Yakuza became looser and looser as the games went on and most games were basically "Someone fucks with his daughter, Kiryu looks for answers and fucks shit up." I think they ran out of ideas for the guy.
I bet Kiryu will be the new Amon.
9bc2f7 No.14688367
>>14688290
Such a counter intuitive lesson when literally all you have is spamming at this point. I did nearly everything in 1 and still had no moves beyond spamming.
Am I really going to fucked that hard if I only stick to the story? I burnt out hard on sidequests in Yakuza 1.
c9c843 No.14688532
>>14688367
Ah, but you can also
DODGE
and
BLOCK
And you do have other triangle attacks after squares that do good damage and come out quicker.
Also Yakuza 2 is much better and you don't get fucked if you do Komaki's training as soon as you get to him, he hands you the counters and game openers that'll carry you through the game, you don't just have spam moves. One thing that unlocks that's eternally useful is the omni-direction combo that allows you to punch in another cardinal direction to catch dodgers and do crowd control and let me tell you you'll fucking need that shit.
You'll unlock the underground arena in the process and it's full of boss fights if I remember. you'll get used to fighting there, you have to go there anyway to complete Komaki's training.
You should break up the binge with other games or something else, don't force yourself through Yakuza, it should be enjoyed.
9bc2f7 No.14688583
>>14688532
Yeah I use dodge and block but that doesn't change the fact that I do go for a hit the boss does a full combo on me on my 2nd or third attack.
>Komaki
Who is that and where can I find him? I'm on chapter 8 in the middle of fighting through shangri-la if that helps. Literally any counter right now would be a godsend.
>You should break up the binge with other games or something else, don't force yourself through Yakuza, it should be enjoyed.
I am enjoying it, I just don't feel like helping granny fight these thugs or doing host girl shit (which I never really understood the point of) right now.
I fucking crushed the UFO catcher game though I tell you.
c9c843 No.14688613
>>14688583
Don't bother with host girls, I don't think they count. Also Komaki is in the Champion District in an open area in it, the cramped square of city on the right side of the map. He's apparently an optional find in Yakuza 2, it's been a while.
775b9a No.14688944
>you can individually upgrade your heat actions again
>every faggot putting up a playthrough of 6 doesn't spend a single point in them
>only do the same dempsey roll attack throughout the game
I'm gonna have to do this shit myself.
8ed203 No.14689556
>>14688944
The shit you see on YouTube playthroughs is something else. One of the most viewed videos of 0's final boss has the guy take out a gun and try to shoot him and lose half his health for it as soon as the fight starts (Boss Fight Database I think it is). I've also seen a short review of Ishin where the guy played through the whole thing without knowing that you can cancel moves with a dodge in the sword+gun style.
5a626b No.14689695
Loved Kiwami. Gonna be playing 1, 2, 3, and 4 next since I can do that for free. Is there any point in playing 0 before I play the first four?
330172 No.14689745
>>14689695
It's good as an entry point but if you play 0 after most of the games (including 5), you'll pick up on the tons of references it makes to the rest of the series.
330172 No.14689901
>>14688313
I'm hoping Kiryu will be either a bonus boss like Amon or the trainer in disguise or something.
e880e4 No.14690038
>>14689695
It's your own choice honestly. You can play through 0 as your first game, but there's a lot of references to the previous games. Still, I recommend you play in release order so you can experience how the series evolved, in some ways for the better in some ways for the worse. Also, like >>14689878 said it's pointless to play the original, but not because it's shit. All the story elements are intact except for the whole Majima Everywhere crap which completely ruins his character and the sequencing involving Majima, but otherwise it's the same, with also the addition of flashbacks detailing Nishiki's fall, this is something that wasn't present in the original. Also all the classic substories are also there (the stand-out ones were voiced in Kiwami) and of the other ones none of them were removed to my knowledge, Kiwami just added new substories. I can only recommend it if you like the hostess minigame since you actually have 6 hostesses and they're much better than the boring, insufferable cunts that Kiwami graced us with. Also, the music is better.
>>14689901
I'd love it if Kiryu pulled a Somatero Komeki.
f4cef2 No.14690689
>>14687658
>One thing I'm incredibly sad about in the future is that we're probably going to never have Akiyama playable in the new engine
I'd settle for a Akiyama/Saejima game in the 0/Kiwami system. Still, I hope this new engine doesn't go to waste, preferably used in the Goda game they need to make. At first I didn't like how some dialogue scenes look very stiff but some of the later ones are much more complex and I'm honestly impressed at how seamless they blend with the actual cutscenes, the only thing that give them away is the X button prompt in the corner.
>>14688313
>"Someone fucks with his daughter, Kiryu looks for answers and fucks shit up."
This time "someone fucks his daughter".
Anywho, played my first baseball game. Someone please tell me that shit was rigged because I had twice the score then they catch up and score a extra in the very last bit (sorry, I don't know shit about baseball) and the whistle blows. I can only describe the experience as harrowing.
Started to cruise the town for players, a couple of them ask me for shit I can only buy in Kamurocho. A anon already mentioned it in regards to Saigo and this adds more fuel to the fire - this shit was not properly thought out.
Hirose dudes are now total bros, I was surprised to see Naoto's such a technical fighter. I was expecting a recycle of the generic fat fuck moves. Matsunaga is a KanColle fag but prolly my favorite of the gang.
Was going to copy some fun screenshots but hit delete instead of copy (force of habit). Life is hard.
e880e4 No.14691312
>>14690689
>Anywho, played my first baseball game. Someone please tell me that shit was rigged because I had twice the score then they catch up and score a extra in the very last bit (sorry, I don't know shit about baseball) and the whistle blows. I can only describe the experience as harrowing.
You mean your introductory baseball game? Yes, that one is rigged for you to lose, I was ahead 10-9, but then they got 2 miracle points in the last inning. Otherwise the substory wouldn't really have a point since you're building up a loser team into a less-loser one.
e880e4 No.14691452
>>14679516
You can get all the extra NJPW guys who aren't the ones featured in the substory itself through codes. Here are the codes for all characters that I was able to find, I ordered them by rarity, also if a character has another version, I'll list it.
<SR:
>Akiyama
0INTHEREDAKIYAMA, his R is AdreamingAkiyama
>Daigo
kiryusavemepleaz, his R is the6thheadofTojo and his C is M5BXOKQRSIELV19D
>Kiryu
ATPERCENTDRAGON, his R is NoRestForKazumaK and his C is S66X7BAQN4ECAEE9
<R:
>Amon
TheSecretJoAmon, his C is 7R30M9ZDUH0MJIA1
>Date
detectivemanDate, his C is UVHVD2H7WI95GHNL
>Sodachi
BestCoachSodachi
>Joe
HeaintNoJoeShmoe
>Masao
shouldertoleanon
>Bartender
AMasterbartender
>Ono-Michio
OHNOONOMICHIOKUN, his C is 3QXI6YIGSH03DETX
>Satsuki
MYSTRYMANSATSUKI, his C is PNJTEF9STVONK4U9
>Okada
RainmakerMrOkada
>Kushida
TheSupernovaRana
>Naito
ELingobernable00
>Tanahashi
MisterTokyoDome0
>Shibata
shibatagotosleep
>Komei
BLACKPANTSKOUMEI
>Toru Yano
BinwanProducer00
>Nagata
NagataLockNagata
>Bushi
FirebirdSplasher
>Capt. NJ
PURORESUNEWJAPAN
>Evil
0Banshee0Muzzle0
>Nakanishi
0HERCULESCUTTER0
>Gedo
ITSTHEGEDOCLUTCH
>Super Strong Machine Hirata
STRONGMACHINEDDT
>Taguchi
MasterofDropkick
>Ishii
00IshiiDriller00
<C
>Majima
T2OMQ7FM5KBJPOUR
>Saejima
VRJR9A7SX9Z6MMTV
b97355 No.14692667
Didn't they turn Haruka into a slut in this one?
b97355 No.14692680
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>>14691452
>Capt. NJ
WHY THE FUCK IS HE IN?
88bf9a No.14695463
Hmph, I see how it is old man. You finally conceded that you're way below me in strength, skill AND looks. I saw what you're doing now that you're looking for your daughter's son's father. Your martial prowess is abysmal, I mean what the hell are you even doing? Those wooden-looking attacks aren't Komaki style, they're USELESS OLD MAN style. Figures you're too pussy to even come close to the Hotel District, knowing full well that my grandpa's dojo is located there and that I'd give you that ass kicking I owe you that's way overdue.
1v1 me and my grandpa, old man.
5e58ca No.14695566
>>14689745
>>14689878
>>14689901
Thank you for the info
At this point I think I'll play 0 before and after I play the rest of the series. It sounds like there's a bonus to both and no real drawback to either
f4cef2 No.14696135
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>>14691452
Thanks. Doing Ch5 atm and cashed these in. Have no clue how things are gonna go after that introductory fight but I put Saejima, Majima and Amon on my line-up. They're all C so I don't think it's too much of an advantage. Wasn't as bad as baseball but I can't say I liked it. Same feeling of overall confusion. Was disappointed that we can't give the clan a custom name; Welfare Pimps will remain a yume.
This chapter opens up a lot of stuff - clan creator, the bar (which in turn leads to the next Ono Michi quest) and the deep sea fishing rail shooter which I was pleased to find enjoyable since the theme stuck with me when I first heard the OST. Ch5 also seems to introduce a difficulty spike, enemies are overall more aggressive and yakuza mobs are now packing heat.
Also had my very first death and a remarkably embarrassing one at that - was at a pier as a mob comes running at me and one of them knocks me into the water.
84faa4 No.14696152
>>14696135
Falling into fucking water was the only kind of death i ever had in yakuza 6 on hard.
8ed203 No.14696384
>>14696135
I've just gotten to chapter 10 and I've died a fair few times to bosses in particular, but part of that's because I never use healing items during bossfights on my first playthrough of Yakuza games. I've also died on purpose to two specific bosses a few times so that I could listen to their soundtracks a bit more before moving on, one of whom you'll meet at the end of chapter 5. Absolutely top tier music.
Even if a lot of the bosses are generally a bit on the easier side this time around I still think they're good regardless. The music, animations and atmosphere of each fight so far have all been really well done and the variety between them in terms of movesets is also pretty good.
88bf9a No.14696430
>>14696135
>They're all C so I don't think it's too much of an advantage.
The C versions of special characters are all quite good actually, better than most of the guys you recruit through substories or the gutter trash you recruit by beating them up.
32d37c No.14697609
Finished the game, and wasn't all too satisfied with the final bosses especially with the fact four eyes is just going to prison, and Sugai took the easy way out by killing himself. The conclusion itself is bittersweet, but it leaves more of a sour taste than anything. Kiryu deserved a better ending than becoming an unperson.
330172 No.14697698
>>14697611
I liked the ending a fair amount. Iwami isn't supposed to be some super strong buffed up dude like Aizawa or Goda. He DOES play himself up as one of those, but Kiryu just basically shows him how weak he actually is once Kiryu knows Haruka and Haruto are safe, by blocking one of his punches and then calling him a little baby before showing him how outclassed he actually is. I don't think they were going for a super buffed up final boss for the game, but more like a beatdown of revenge.
As for Kiryu's ending, I think it's better that he became an unperson and disappear. This way he can return in other games as a person behind the scenes or as an NPC or bonus boss. Plotwise he's basically scrubbed his connections to the yakuza, preventing him from being drawn back into plots involving them which is something he's always hated but gets involved in anyway. And being an unperson keeps him and Haruka from being harassed by the government given the shit he uncovered.. Dude's rich too, he can go somewhere and retire in peace.
e617e9 No.14697718
>>14691452
>Captin' fookin' New Japan
>Not BONE SOLDIER
>Or Sanada
>Or fuckin' Taichi
But having Ishii, Bushi and EVIL makes up for it
32d37c No.14697804
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>>14697698
>They were going for more of a revenge beatdown
Fair point, but that's disappointing given the fact that the final bosses from the past games were exciting. Heck, even the kpop fag's battles, Hirose's fight, and Sodachis' extra fights were more worthwhile than that pissant. Hopefully the new game with the new protag, Ichiban, improves on this.
>Kiryu's final fate
When you put it that way, it's probably was for the best he became an unperson as way of keeping Haruka, Yuta, Haruto, and the rest of the orphanage safe and sound, and to also keep him in the next games.
>Dude's rich too, he can go somewhere and retire in peace.
And probably settle down with a QT in a cozy town setting that's equivalent to Onomichi. Seeing that there was a option of him saying he wanted to get married once everything was done and over in Sora's substory mission.
330172 No.14697858
>>14697804
Yeah I understand what you mean about the final boss. For me it was super satisfying just to see Kiryu get SO FUCKING PISSED and just unleash that rage during the boss fight
I really hope he does find someone and settle down. He's been wanting to be left alone since the 2nd game
38bbb0 No.14699115
Just finished 6, along with subtories/amon. Amon was pretty annoying this time around on hard mode but rage mode and a lemon drink knocks him down pretty fast. Wanted a little more out of the final boss but obliterating him was satisfying. You think this woulda burned me out especially since I replayed 5 before going into 6 and played 0/kiwami last year but now i'm just itching for kiwami 2 and whatever Shin is going to bring. Lotta people are shitting on ichiban but I'm willing to give him a chance. in before kiryu shows up at the end and kicks the fuck out of the player or something similar. I hope they bring back fight styles if they're going to go back to 1 character games now
38bbb0 No.14699119
>>14697858
>does find someone and settle down.
maybe he can go find kaoru again. We all know they wrote her out so they could keep hostess dating intact
13c0c7 No.14699197
>>14684779
>He bought the shitty overpriced DLC.
Look, the game's alright, but you should be ashamed for feeding the Jew. You're part of the problem.
13c0c7 No.14699250
>>14688313
>Kiryu's too clean for a really gritty story
That's part of his charm, though. His incorruptibility and slight naivete makes him a sort of a robin-hood type character, who at the very least makes it easier to empathize with… but mostly just allows for some semi-believable light-humor in side-stories which are one of the big draws to the series. It lets you go completely off the rails for entertainment purposes without completely breaking his character, because he's genuinely the kind of nice guy who wants to help out others and lives a principled life according to a moral code.
Also, not a big fan of the idea of making the new guy basically just a pallet swap of Kiryu with a crazy face and mussed up hair. Yeah yeah, yang to Kiryu's yin - it's all very zen and asian and shit. I still think it's fucking stupid and boring, and if they fuck this up, they'll have to deal with it for several sequels afterwards or tank the franchise. Hell, they even had to tone down Majima substantially when he shared the spotlight with Kiryu in 0 - which, made his whole character in later games weaker since the "mad dog" just seemed like a conscious act put and forcibly perpetuated on by an otherwise pretty reasonable and likable guy.
If they could pull off a Mifune/Kikuchiyo - type character, that'd be amazing, but I'm not expecting miracles.
88bf9a No.14699458
>>14699197
None of those characters he has are DLC though.
>>14699250
The problem is that all of the main characters are too perfect and never do anything extremely bad. That's why I'd like a prequel with Kazama. He was the yakuza Jesus before Kiryu (and Kiryu surpassed him in that), but he has a lot of skeletons in the closet. I'd like for Kashiwagi to be playable in that game too because in every other game he's in he's got the personality of cold wet noodles and don't tell me that there's someone who doesn't wanna know how he got that massive scar.
b97355 No.14700312
>>14697609
>>14697698
The ending still seems like a big fuck you though. Despite what people think Yakuza was always on the optimistic side of the criminal genre.
d2a3ff No.14700331
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>>14699250
>>14688313
One thing i can confirm though. They aren't going to change his design because he's already in Yakuza Online (a game nobody cares about).
I am pretty sure Shin Yakuza will fail money wise, especially if they market it like a reboot or something. This guy doesn't look like he's going to sell.
We may yet witness a death of Yakuza series as a whole and Yakuza 6 despite all its flaws is the last good game in the series.
b97355 No.14700338
>>14700331
Even 6 has that ending which makes 0 the last good one.
b97355 No.14700347
>>14699458
Yes, Saejima, who attempted to murder 18 dudes, is perfect. Same with Majima basically.
323277 No.14700367
>>14674680
>politicized story
I haven't played 6 yet (I bought it to show financial support, but I have to finish 5, finish 0, and start/finish Kiwami before I even think of getting to it). Is there a spoiler-light version of how it is politicized and what "side" it skews towards?
d5fd38 No.14700408
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>>14674680
>Interview with the producer of the series
>Says 0 and Ishin are his favorite
<Then proceeds to say you need to know about the Meiji restoration to appreciate Ishin so he's not sure it should go west
Oh, fuck you, do you think we never saw Rurouni Kenshin?
694d16 No.14700433
>>14700367
Well, to tell you the truth it puts screws into already existing Kyodo-kai yakuza syndicate is based in Onomichi, except it calls it Yomei alliance. On top of that it mentions WW2 briefly and their ties with politics, that includes real Kyodo-kai having actual ties with politics.
Yomei alliance having a political secret that if disclosed puts in danger certain politicians and the yakuza syndicate itself. Which forced Yomei alliance remove people constantly.
Certain politician is involved with unfavorable ending for Kiryu as a result of disclosing that secret, but his identity is not shown.
Korean mafia is being a fucking kpop band consisting of hostess dudes in makeup who are being heavily ridiculed and achieve nothing.
And last chinks being chinks, degenerate, desperate, calling japanese blood inferior and having fat fuck who fetishises knifing people. Chinese changed for more realism too, compared to how they are portrayed in Kiwami, since old little asia was burned down and new one built on top of it, with new leadership.
And Kiryu gives them all punches until they get killed by someone else.
330172 No.14700446
I think Shin might be okay. I was really apprehensive about Akiyama when I first played 4, but now I'm actually kinda salty that he's probably not going to be playable as a main character anymore.
Although I think they're playing it a bit safe with Ichiban. Dude's already 40-something. It's easier to write an old character out if he's not that popular.
8ed203 No.14700892
>>14699250
>not a big fan of the idea of making the new guy basically just a pallet swap of Kiryu with a crazy face and mussed up hair.
I'd have less of an issue with him if he looked more like his concept art, I think he looks fine there. Something about his in-game model just looks off, though.
330172 No.14700906
>>14700892
In his model, his face looks incredibly tired, his smile looks forced, more like his grimacing in pain. His hair also looks pretty nappy rather than just being unkempt.
309503 No.14700911
>>14700347
>implying muh rubber bullets didn't completely ruin Saejima's "badass tortured hitman" character and turned him into a completely goody two shoes
>implying "IT WAS ALL MERELY AN ACT" didn't completely ruin Majima's wildcard character
f4cef2 No.14701536
>>14699458
>The problem is that all of the main characters are too perfect and never do anything extremely bad.
I know I say this a lot but Goda. DS mellowed him down a lot, ironic considering he has a gatling gun arm there.
>>14696384
>one of whom you'll meet at the end of chapter 5
Just did that part. Got a bit of a scare when the game froze after one mob fight, the save state went all the way before the sequence starts so I took the opportunity to make a second save slot just in case.
Before that, I decided to spend some time with Clan Creator. Looks like those C ranks I enlisted are actually really good, cleared every Onomichi mission without problems, for the most part I only got killed by Amon whose super can damage allies. I don't follow wrestling so I don't anything about these guys I'm facing, I'm assuming they're all heels or something judging by how they act and figured those unique gestures they spam must be something they're famous for. They brought my first complaint about the localization - Naito uses some spanish words but they added a whole lot more to his translated speech, can't say I agree. To those unaware, CC gives some good cash, a ton of Charm points and opens up some things like a black market dealer introduced by the La Pente bartender who, in turn, sells a very potent fishing spear that makes the rail shooter a joke. And on that note, the deep sea fishing mini-game left me wanting more, it's short and doesn't have much variety to it and I'm disappointed that every boss attacks the same way by flinging mobs at you, they should have taken a hint from House of the Dead and have the boss attack in other ways and you have to shoot a specific part enough times to stop the attack.
Did that conversation mini-game in the bar; it's kinda tough, you have to really pay attention to the conversation. Rule of thumb - never try being funny. Also meant to chime before on darts and karaoke, they're both in a odd place, like they're simultaneously easier and harder. Karaoke's a lot easier to hit the notes but the scoring is brutal while darts is harder to make the shot but easier to consistently hit the target you're aiming at. Along with hostesses, I think these classic mini-games got better overall.
I said before, I wanted to bang Kiyomi to cuck Nagumo but seems there's no need for that. I'm not sure if it's the last scene of Ch5 or the first of Ch6 but you see the exact point is soul is torn in two. Poor guy. I don't even know if that's a thing - clairvoyant cucking?
330172 No.14701556
>>14701536
I'd still fuck Kiyomi to be honest.
82f539 No.14701589
>>14700892
It's fucking staggering how much better the concept art looks. In it he looks like a rough, but still suave thug, in the in-game render he looks like a sleazy Jewish mobster.
>>14701536
>Rule of thumb - never try being funny.
It's not being funny per se. The responses I think you're thinking of are humorous, but off-hand remarks which don't advance the conversation in any way. That's why they're bad responses.
>I said before, I wanted to bang Kiyomi to cuck Nagumo but seems there's no need for that. I'm not sure if it's the last scene of Ch5 or the first of Ch6 but you see the exact point is soul is torn in two. Poor guy. I don't even know if that's a thing - clairvoyant cucking?
Best thing was when Someya also confirms that they have a daughter.
That's also why I kept my mouth shut when you mentioned wanting Kiryu to cuck Nagumo, but dropped a hint that Hirose is more than meets the eye. It's pretty obvious for any veteran of the Yakuza series to figure out that a guy like Hirose would have some skeletons in the closet, but the way the former ended up happening was too unexpected and too hilarious when it actually happened.
330172 No.14701737
YouTube embed. Click thumbnail to play. >>14701734
Interview in question.
I'd gladly pay for 5 again. It's my favorite one
330172 No.14701752
>>14701536
I also really like the Mama in Snack New Gaudi.
Her "arara" when playing darts gives me life.
1f168d No.14701761
FUCK THIS PUYO PUYO MINIGAME GOD FUCKING DAMMIT I JUST WANT THE WAR TALISMAN, HOLY FUCKING SHIT
f4cef2 No.14701806
>>14701761
I played it for a bit. Got completely steamrolled on the very first enemy. Seriously, what the fuck is with that game?!
The other games have difficulty settings but I don't think Puyo Puyo has it despite having 3 machines.
>>14701752
I think the only grill that caught my eye so far was the fishwaifu. And, OK, once I went there the hostesses don't look as bad as they first appear. The graphics engine is a bit odd, some characters are very well done and others not so much. At least it doesn't have the inconsistency of 3-Kiwami where randos all look like they're 2 or 3 system generations behind.
82f539 No.14701819
>>14701761
Puyo Puyo is downright sadistic.
2e7649 No.14701876
>>14701806
How in the fuck do you suck at Puyo Puyo? It's easier to fucking play than Tetris for fucks sake, you just dart L-shapes into stacks and line them up for combos, you just suck ass.
1f168d No.14701910
>>14701876
I've been stacking full towers to the right 3 times and then working from there
b97355 No.14702347
>>14700911
Saejima's character is still fine calm the fuck down.
f4cef2 No.14702939
Just a small PSA - there's a sale on weebshit/made in grorious Nippon (aka the reason you bought the damn thing in the first place) on the store. Yakuza 0 and Yakuza Kiwami are for about 25 and 15 smackers respectively.
Will also take the moment to shill a bit for Odin Sphere Leifthrasir and Gravity Rush 2, both priced at 15.
2fa003 No.14702954
>>14701819
get to poppin'.
>>14702939
all great games
330172 No.14702986
>>14702939
Store hasn't updated for me I guess. Leifthrasir is still 60$ and GR2 is still 20$
Super fucking salty that there's no PS4 port of Muramasa. Goddammit. I only played the inferior Wii version
38bbb0 No.14702994
can you get the legend difficulty trophy by going through on NG+ I might fancy a replay sooner than usual but I don't wanna unlock all my moves again
f4cef2 No.14703272
>>14702986
I'm a Eurofag. Normally we get things last, if we get them at all.
My kokoro too feels that zetsubou. I'm still fanny flim-flammed about DC Pro but I'd gladly goy for a straight port of Rebirth.
>>14702994
I think that rule of thumb, you need to start fresh for Legend difficulty though if I'm not mistaken Kiwami lets you do NG+ in Legend. Not sure about 6 though.
Anywho, cruising the Kamurocho night with these two hicks. These guys are a riot. On that alone, big kudos to the writers.
Also had the decisive fight with Sodachi and he did catch me by surprise, tougher than most bosses. Another surprise was that glimpse at Amon whom I'm suspecting is this 'Battle Master' who keeps messaging Kiryu.
57a9fd No.14703278
>>14702939
no Odin Sphere for me sadly, still at $60
I ended up getting Kiwami for $18 as well as Tales of Bersaria, because I thought it looked okay, and Tokyo Xanadu ex+, because I like falcom rpgs and there's no way it'll get a fan translation patch in the next century
Just got back to Kiryu after Majima's section in 0, really liking the game a ton so far. I wish 3-5 would come to PS4 since I never got to finish 3 before my ps3 bricked itself
1602d6 No.14703285
>>14702939
off-topic but is purseowner 5 worth 35 ding dong dollarydoos?
57a9fd No.14703289
ecb4d5 No.14703294
Is it actually possible to beat Amon without weapons in 1? Playing the same tournament and just getting kodachis is frustrating.
38bbb0 No.14703299
>>14703285
it's alright, better general mechanics than 3/4 but still flawed in a lot of regards (woefully padded dungeons), anyone hailing it as a masterpiece is fuckin delusional just remember that
330172 No.14703309
>>14703272
Oh, are those the prices on Euro region PSN, then, rather than US?
Sodachi is probably one of the toughest enemies in the game too. You can find him wandering around afterwards and he gives decent EXP so it's worth taking the time out to fight him.
>>14703285
Yeah it's pretty good. Does a ton of things better than 3/4. It's not perfect (latter half feels rushed, one or two social links are meh and some characters are forgotten about), but it's a pretty fun ride.
b2ce4d No.14703370
Yakuza 6's combat feels so clunky and bad so far but I love how comfy it is to explore Kamurocho now more than ever and I like the changes made to leveling up and restaurants. Such a mixed bag right now.
330172 No.14703378
>>14703370
Get the Combo Speed Upgrades as fast as you can, as well as the Dash Attack. There's also an upgrade to regain your stance faster after you've been blocked. They do wonders to make it feel less clunky.
38bbb0 No.14703383
>>14703370
>Yakuza 6's combat feels so clunky and bad so far
focus pumping your combo speed back to normal and that will pass, I felt the same way when they started using combo speed upgrades. don't be stingy with your rage mode either because you can max out your bars pretty quickly with things like the grab-throw in a crowd
41c7cc No.14703547
Yakuza 6 runs alright on the regular ps4 right? Does it still get 60 fps?
57a9fd No.14703566
>>14703547
0 has been running pretty smooth for me on my regular ps4, I assume 6 isn't a gigantic leap in texture or model quality so it should probably run fine
e1dea0 No.14703596
Can I just buy 6 to play Virtua Fighter with my friends? Do I have to start the story to unlock it, or can I keep away from it as I have not caught up to the plot.
41c7cc No.14703620
>>14703566
cool, just ordered Kiwami, going to preorder kiwami 2 tomorrow, and I'll get 0 on my next paycheck. Excited to play through the remakes of my favorite games. Also, any idea when the next Playstation sale is? I still need to pick up 5 at some point.
2fa003 No.14703623
>>14703566
0 only has mild drops (to about 50) during exploration, never during combat even with a dozen enemies on screen.
>>14703547
6 targets 30 iirc but I could be wrong about that. Haven't played it yet.
88be27 No.14703673
>>14703547
6 does 30 on both pro and normal.
adc127 No.14703713
>>14674725
>Bugfuck crazy fucker who looks he'd be killed by superior Yakuzas just to be safe
That would be true, but he didnt make his bones as a crazy guy. He was even tortured for a year straight and still didn't break. Majima's insanity is purely by choice.
e73d7d No.14703725
>>14674725
>Nope, he's pretty much the best businessman in video games?
You'd have to play through 4 to understand why. I mean they tell you why in the cut scenes, but to really understand it and see the big reveal that's gonna happen in 4.
41c7cc No.14703751
>>14703673
>>14703623
Cool, glad I'm not missing out on anything. Hopefully Kiwami 2 is the same way.
41c7cc No.14703762
also I'm picking back up Yakuza 4 and I after playing it for 10 minutes I just realized… I have basically forgotten everything. Would somebody mind giving me a rundown of the important plot points up to this game?
de9fcd No.14703764
>>14703294
It certainly is possible, but it's extremely hard, the original's Amon is probably the hardest in the series.
ecb4d5 No.14703798
>>14703764
Managed to get 2 cursed swords from the burning arena, had to beat him without weapons in his 3rd phase. Even just one phase cost me 2 full heals, only managed to hit him with counters and a couple punches. The timing window for countering attacks seems pretty small, are the other games more forgiving?
de9fcd No.14703833
>>14703798
What you mean the Tiger Drop? Yeah, it gets easier to do both mechanically and you'll get a lot of experience on when to use it. I think it's the easiest to do in 5 when you get the Max Tiger Drop from a certain character's grandson.
ecb4d5 No.14703860
>>14703833
Don't really know the name, circle just before the attack connects. Playing the original ps2 version not kiwami if that makes any difference.
de9fcd No.14703867
>>14703860
Oh yeah, I know what you mean, I think that one's called the Komaki Parry. The window for that one gets easier just like the Tiger Drop's, I think both of them have the same window for timing in all games except 5 because the parry doesn't get a Max version.
b97355 No.14704095
>>14703762
You can do that in game. Yakuza has the revelation system that summarizes the stories in the main menu.
da00e4 No.14704128
Christ, the kid looks so uncanny
41c7cc No.14704194
>>14704095
oh sweet, you're right. Nice to know the devs planned for people to forget stuff between games. I want to say I last played through the series for the first time 3 or 4 years ago then quit half way through the first part of 4. Feels nice to get back into it, though I will say I lost something in the time I hadn't played as know I don't know Kamurocho as well as I used to.
513bdf No.14704242
>>14704128
Not to spoil too much, but his dad is a Chink so the uncanny look goes with the territory of being la creatura de la Asia
0cd179 No.14704556
Can we talk about stupidity of certain copy-cat story connections?
Tsubasa Kurosawa + Shigeru Nakahara = Toru Hirose
I am not going to spoil why i mentioned Kurosawa, they both had same ending, try to guess which, it even felt lazy.
Tsuneo Iwami is just young Keiji Shibusawa with some Hiroaki Arai's traitor character
Rikiya Shimabukuro and Yuta Usami have same voice actor and same position in their respectable family.
Ryudo and Hirose families are basically same shit.
Takumi Someya is basically Nishiki of this game
And Katsumi Sugai being visionary of people like Isao Katsuragi and Seishiro Munakata. Even ends like Munakata.
513bdf No.14704715
>>14701876
That's because the problem with the Puyo Puyo minigame isn't Puyo Puyo itself, it's the fact that some of the rivals never seem to show up. I've read something about how they only get a chance to show up at a high enough winstreak, but when I get a good streak going sometimes it's like the JCC minigame in 0 and the game decides that you're just gonna lose the next match no matter how good you are, and sometimes I'd get tired of waiting for those faggots to show up and stop playing.
330172 No.14704820
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<Don't watch if you don't want some Yakuza 6 spoilers
The guy who does all those rad no-damage/legend difficulty boss videos on youtube seems to have taken a shine to Yakuza 6's combat system.
f4cef2 No.14705294
He's probably not gonna add much to the story unless he drags Kiyomi into his manwhorehouse to cuck Nagumo even more but gotta say Han's introductory scene was the first big "OH SHIT!" moment in the game for me.
de9fcd No.14705306
>>14705294
It's kind of staggering how much of a pushover he is. I didn't upgrade any of my stats from the 2nd fight against Masuzoe up until the start of Chapter 7 and I had a harder time against both Masuzoe and Someya than this gook over here.
And by harder time I mean when Masuzoe and Someya managed to land a hit on me it did more damage.
f4cef2 No.14705323
>>14705306
Final form Someya's no joke. The guy hits like a truck, it might not be huge chunks of HP a la Amon but he really piles it up with his jabs and next thing you know, you're in the red.
I've been playing on Hard with the Celebrity Photo got have to admit I ditched the photo. It's getting too hectic and I don't want to rush mobs with throws but start getting those Tiger Drops. Incidentally, I wish getting those would earn Technique points if not just because that's the hardest stat to build (seems mini-games are where you go level it up).
de9fcd No.14705339
>>14705323
Also, another thing that Someya and Masuzoe (and pretty much any other boss) do is actually evading, ESPECIALLY Someya who evades even when you just start your string. Fagook just stood there like a retard and kept blocking, the only thing I did when I was in Extreme Heat was do the Heat move off of that charged kick that you unlock, you know what I mean, the one you activate by holding down triangle for a second and then Kiryu does it when you release triangle. Dumb shit just stood there and ate it every time. Serves the Jingweon loser right for buying Stardust off of my boys Yuya and Kazuki and turning it into a jewish blood libel den.
c9c843 No.14705351
>>14700408
Generally you're not a good story writer if you require prior knowledge to be known for the first story in a series.
Most people would understand that there's a restoration going on when people comment on what they're building after a war or having something like "We're still rebuilding after the last war" or something. Japan isn't mysterious or anything, everywhere you go the same shit happens and people understand the consequences and results of war.
Besides, the Meiji Restoration would still only be background to the actual story, which would be "Samurai Kiryu goes and fucks stuff up because people dug up his past and want to kill him for it" which is pretty much the same as any Yakuza game. Yakuza isn't known for a complex plot with dozens of intricacies, All of it's stories are pretty straightforward because there's very little RPG type story breakup between cutscenes and NPCs.
In a normal RPG for example you might come across an NPC or two that outlines a villain's motivations or backstory in an optional place, but in Yakuza the stories in optional places are either irrelevant to the story or outline motives and characters from past games. So in a self contained story like Ishin and Kenzan, which deal with different characters (Sakamoto Ryoma from the Tokugawa Shogonate era, and Miyamoto Musashi from way before that) It really doesn't make sense why he'd say that.
Especially since fan translations show no narritive difference or extra quality different from prior Yakuza games outside of a darker story.
>>14699250
I honestly think they're going to use the new guy as a cross between Shinada aka the baseball lovin', hooker for a girlfriend constantly in debt Yakuza 5 guy and a competent person.
c9c843 No.14705366
>>14705306
Han's a joke boss. He's noticeably easier then anyone else in the game, after his second form where he goes into his heat state you can just pull an extreme heat into the basic punch combo and knock him on his ass instantly. There's much harder bosses in the game and I think he actually is supposed to be a joke considering his grandiose entrance.
8ed203 No.14705767
Reminder that Kiryu is a good boy.
330172 No.14705799
>>14705306
>>14705294
I think Han being a massive pushover is fantastic. It's completely opposed to his introduction and how he plays himself up, and his death scattering the remaining Jingweon just goes to show that the front he puts up extends to the Jingweon.
He may not be a particularly threatening but he's so satisfying to crush after his theatrics.
>>14705323
Final Someya's one of my favourite fights from the series I think. That cutscene in the middle really makes it. Fuck your sword, fight with fists.
I found the fastest way to build Technique is to buy a shit ton of those Burner items from RIZAP and then eat like a glutton at the Sushi place next to Yoronataki.
de9fcd No.14705824
Also, I forgot to mention, but I played a bit of this, as much as a gaijin can anyway, and holy fuck is it good. Namely, the combat is top notch. You can switch styles (though not mid-battle like in Kiwami and 0) and theres apparently over 20 of them! OVER TWENTY! The boss fights are also really good I feel, they take a long time, but when the opponents pop heat then it really turns into something else.
330172 No.14705841
>>14705824
Developed by the dudes who made Def Jam
I should try that sometime. I've never seen a fan translation of it though.
de9fcd No.14705843
>>14705841
There's barely any info online about translated stuff, for a lot of it I had to play by ear or ask my friend who knows moonrunes for help.
f4cef2 No.14705885
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>>14705323
>>14705799
Dang it! I'm a stupid asshole. Meant Sodachi, not Someya. Too many nip games, too many nip names.
>>14705799
>I found the fastest way to build Technique is to buy a shit ton of those Burner items from RIZAP and then eat like a glutton at the Sushi place next to Yoronataki.
Will keep that in mind. The RIZAP stuff is pretty expensive though. I'm probably gonna burn my cash on the hostesses before I get to that. Then again, still on Ch6 and already got most battle and heat upgrades and I've noticed the stats lock at 200 though the trophies confirm they can go up to 300. Reminds me of Zero and the upgrade roulette for the Legendary style which is just roid-raging on stats; I read you could max several of those but I only invested on 2 or 3 slots in one roulette.
>>14705767
They got better, I'm sure.
Side note, music discussion of this series usually ends up being shedding tears for the criminal underutilization of Trouble Shooting Star but I think it bears underlining that this series music makes one hell of a workout playlist.
330172 No.14705918
>>14705885
You can grind Clan Creator a bit for a good amount of cash.
11e201 No.14705920
>>14705843
>>14705841
Only info I ever found of an english translation is that someone was working on it years ago and I suppose never finished.
adc127 No.14706719
>>14705918
Can you actually develop your gang into a suit wearing yakuza group? I see what Kiryu is trying to pull with the "-Clan" name, but can you actually do that?
adc127 No.14706731
>>14704556
One of these things is Takeshi Kitano.
Your argument is invalid.
He should have always had a character in the series.
330172 No.14706737
>>14706719
Not really. You can fill your special fighter slots with suit-wearing characters, but your generic units will always look the same.
I think the generic gun dudes wear suits though.
f4cef2 No.14706932
>"I don't know how to play darts so go easy on me ~teehee"
>scores a Ton 80
Fuckin' hustlers!
>>14706719
As >>14706737 said. Fill your upper ranks with Kiryus, Akiyamas and Daigos and only call out gun mooks. That's the closest.
38bbb0 No.14707176
>>14706932
darts is pretty easy in this one though, just play 301 and you can get it over in 2 rounds each time
adc127 No.14707420
Do you think anybody ever tells Kitano that he has "retard hair"?
a7303d No.14707541
b2ce4d No.14707874
>>14703383
>>14703378
Thanks for the heads up guys, now combat feels loads better than at the start. That said I'm a bit worried, I'm only 3 hours in and I already somehow unlocked 15% of the trophies compared to how long it took to even get 33% in Yakuza 5, also finding side quests, or even those fucking cats, seems difficult. Granted I'm still on chapter 1 right now.
>>14703596
From what I gathered so far after clearing a bit of the story, like maybe an hour tops, you can go to one of the SEGA arcades, it should have Puyo Puyo Pop and Virtua Fighter 5 ready to play and you can select it from the main menu after that I think. That said even if you're playing Yakuza 6 as a game regardless of plot, you'll have fun with it.
25d19d No.14708207
>>14707874
>I'm only 3 hours in and I already somehow unlocked 15% of the trophies compared to how long it took to even get 33% in Yakuza 5
That's because this game is the easiest to platinum. The only difficult parts are the 2 CC trophies where you have to get someone to lvl 99 and where you have to get 100 wins. And those aren't really difficult, just tedious. The Legend trophy is easily won through an exploit Make a save before the point of no return, beat the game, unlock Legend difficulty, reload that save, beat the game again and you get that trophy
330172 No.14709081
>>14706719
The trophies are incredibly easy to acquire. You mostly get them by just doing what you're supposed to be doing or dicking around.
In fact it's so easy I might just try to Platinum it. I usually don't go for Platinum on games unless it's stupid easy to do.
694d16 No.14709122
>>14707420
Hirose is supposed to be autistic, man who is psychologically younger than his actual age, but experienced Yakuza.
>>14705323
>Final form Someya's no joke.
What? You mean the fucking katana Someya? Am i not mistaking what you are saying? He had furniture on stage. Every boss with furniture on stage is piss easy because of broken furniture damage in Y6.
This was the only boss i actually completed without getting hit once on hard. He had enough furniture to erase whole lifebar.
Fucking bar stools man.
2cd0f6 No.14709566
Man, Harukas got some serious dick sucking lips in 6. If she wasnt already pounded in, id hit that shit. After i proved to Kiryu im a worthy and respectable man.
f4cef2 No.14709570
>>14709122
>What?
I meant Sodachi. I mistook the names.
Incidentally, he kicked my ass a couple of times. Seems like he changes fighting styles too. I'd be salty if I didn't think turning a token stooge into the new badass in town wasn't a great idea.
f4cef2 No.14709591
Oh yeah! I knew that booty call substory would go sour but I'm still disappointed. It should have had the option to teach that bitch a lesson.
And moved on to the second hostess. I like the flow of the new system but it looks like it's always the same cards for everyone and the only unique thing is the dialogue in the end. It also has the problem of some conversations not making sense like Kiryu or the hostess acting like they've known each other for a while despite being the first encounter.
adc127 No.14709712
>>14709122
No, you misunderstand. The man himself actually has retard hair and I wonder if anybody ever has the balls to tell him.
330172 No.14709751
Does anyone know if there's a way to tell which cat will like which food?
I've been thinking that it's matching the colouration of the cats to the pictures of cats on the labels of the tins… but I don't think that works.
>>14709591
I love that kabedon substory.
f4cef2 No.14709776
>>14709751
Don't think so but I normally start with bonito flakes which seems to be favored by most though I did get two who didn't like it.
Missing 3 atm; 2 in Kamurocho I'm yet to find and 1 in Onomichi that I know is by the shrine near La Pente but hasn't reappeared. On that note, dunno what triggers their reappearance but it does take a lot of time, especially for Yakuza games.
eb7fb7 No.14710325
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Dude makes the Yakuza 6 Amon fight look like a joke.
7efda1 No.14710427
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>>14710325
Been done eons ago. But yeah, if you wanna feel like you suck at Yakuza just look up DanteDevil or jimmyqballs.
Side note, 6 has my favorite version of Amon's theme.
eb7fb7 No.14710455
>>14710427
I'm gonna fucking cheese it, I don't give a shit. Gonna max out my stats at 300 and use sodas.
389dfd No.14712527
Holy shit 4 is so good. It's a giant step up from 3, the story is gripping, the characters are interesting, and it's like they took extra care with the animations.
Also, question about 6, does Date show up and does the game do him justice? People talking about the writing for the characters being "off" is a tad worrying.
eb7fb7 No.14713447
>>14712527
Yeah, Date's in 6. He's fine. I don't think the writing is off for the characters they're referring to (mostly Haruka and Kiryu), it's just that things have changed so much, shit happens and Kiryu is sick and tired of everything.
fb9571 No.14713632
>boxer
>kind of a pushover
>fights Kiryu back to back
Is this guy the Korean Kuze? Also, just goes to show how much of an ass-reaming Kiryu gave the Jingweon in 2 if THIS guy somehow managed to become boss of it several years later.
7efda1 No.14714020
>>14710455
I'll try Tiger Dropping him to death which I still think is cheesing. Sadly it seems to be impossible to have a "honest" fight with Amon, he'll back way the moment you land a punch, TD you if you whiff a heavy attack or melt half your HP in two hits of his etc.
A few more random observations:
- On the note of TDs and tough opponents, I noticed from my fights with Sodachi that TDs don't do all that much damage and hitting him a bike (regular attack, not Heat) will do a lot more damage. Looks like both TD was nerfed and object attacks got buffed.
- If you pick a food or drink card in the hostess mini-game, do NOT cancel the order. You'll waste your talk turn. Also, drinks add nothing to a conversation chain.
- Date is probably one of the best characters in the CC mini-game because of his 10 second invincibility buff not only for its obvious use but because you can pair it with Amon's super to negate the damage to allies. The Kamurocho side of the CC story is very short which was kinda surprising.
- Played mahjong…kinda as it was the only thing missing for the mini-games trophy. No idea what I was doing doesn't begin to describe it. Anyway, point being that with most of the fluff mini-games removed and 100% completion no longer being a trophy, this might be the easiest game in the series to platinum though it will take a very unpleasant grind for stats and CC.
- There's a safe at the top of the New Serena building, you can't find a key for it because it opens with a password. For the western release that password was in the online comics - KP56VFA9MX2B7LH - to claim a million yen and a rainbow bun which gives you a shitload of points for all stats (which I immediately burned because everything requires Technique but barely anything awards it).
eb7fb7 No.14714088
Goddamn Anri Okita. She's one of the three JAV stars that are just insanely hot to me. The others being Hitomi and Julia.
6574b3 No.14714116
>>14710455
I did it on hard mode by cheesing him with a lemon soda around 230 natural attack (without soda it was doing piddly damage), and getting the front kick and running kick rage heat actions in on him. I'd feel dirty for cheesing him but you almost have to lock yourself into heat animations/rage mode to avoid his OHK move with the mystery hitbox range
6574b3 No.14714141
>>14714020
>- Date is probably one of the best characters in the CC mini-gam
Pocket fighter is really good too, send him out first and immediately use his skill for some big deploy numbers and zerg rush. I never found an "ideal" strategy in CC but i never failed any of the missions in it either. Just keep a healer guy on roster and some one who can do one of those AOE stun attacks
7efda1 No.14714177
>>14714141
>I never found an "ideal" strategy in CC but i never failed any of the missions in it either
Kinda in the same boat though I always do the same thing at the start: 3 gun guys+Date / Onomichi+3 grunts / 3 big guys+Saejima and then it depends if I'll call Amon or Majima but it's usually Majima+knife guys. Then call mooks just for the heck of it, never felt cornered and most of my casualties are from goddamned Amon and his rocket launcher but now I use Date to circumvent that.
That said, I imagine this might be hard if you stick to the dregs the game gives you.
6574b3 No.14714192
>>14714177
>That said, I imagine this might be hard if you stick to the dregs the game gives you
nope, i beat the story of it before learning about the codes and the guys you can find through playing the story/recruited through substories were plenty enough. the most annoying thing was that when you got the wrestlers they'd join you at level 1 and you'd have to burn some of your own XP to get the up to snuff.
7bad4c No.14714305
I'm on the penultimate chapter of 6 now. Anyone else who's got to this point/beaten the game kind of annoyed that Joon-gi Han dies? Assuming that Shin RGG and other future games are still going to take place in Kamurocho I'd have really liked to see him turn up again, he and Someya are my favourite new characters so far.
>>14712527
Date has a decently prominent role in 6 and it treats him fine, yeah. There's one moment early in the game (specifically the dynamic intro for the third boss) where Kiryu's behaviour strikes me as a bit odd, but it makes more sense when you consider that he's getting old and tired of stuff getting in his way as the other anon said.
For what it's worth I've read a handful of comments on a bunch of gameplay videos where people have said that the characters' behaviour isn't as weird as they first thought now that it's been translated and they can properly understand the context. In particular there's a moment involving Yuta late in the story which was probably really confusing for people who played the Japanese version and couldn't understand what he or Kiryu were talking about.
6574b3 No.14714496
>>14682076
> finding keys for safes
I actually like those, but i found all 10 in no time at all
6574b3 No.14714519
>>14714305
> I'd have really liked to see him turn up again,
I feel that they wrote themselves into a bit of a corner on that one. I was bummed out that Aizawa didn't show up in some manner and that despite this being the end of kiryus saga, I didn't get to fight majima one last time.
fb9571 No.14714975
Found an easy way to farm Technique points, since you can only get those from minigames and the returns you get are quite low for how long you have to play some of them. You need to be in Kamurocho. Go to RIZAP and buy the thing that drops your stomach meter a lot, I think it's called Burn+, RIZAP shit is expensive, but you can do a few CC missions because they give you a fuckload of money. Now, go to either of the sushi joints in town, the classic Sushi Gin that was there since the beginning of the series is in Showa st. as always, Sushi Zanmai is in Taihei, the street in front of Millennium Tower, on the easternmost side. The sushi joints all have food which raises technique by quite a bit and after you're done eating you can just pop the Burn+ to empty your stomach meter and eat more. I recommend you also buy the upgrades which give you more XP from eating.
I think the oyster joint in Onomichi also gives a lot of technique, but I'm not 100% sure, but it's preferable you're in Kamurocho since you can't buy the RIZAP supplements in Onomichi.
6574b3 No.14715012
>>14714975
Should also note that a lot of the RIZAP supplements give half your health back or full health which are good for the amon fight and probably legend difficulty as well, since you can carry a lot of them.
>tfw 6 made me wanna replay 0
>would like to do a legend run of 0 but don't want to get my legendary fightstyles back
eb7fb7 No.14715067
>>14714975
Yeah, did this on my first playthrough for technique points. Will probably do it again just for points to inject into clan creator so I can level up someone fast for the trophy.
e3674e No.14715180
Is this a reference to the ending of Yakuza 2? Found it amusing either way.
Bacchus is a great character.
e3674e No.14715222
>>14714519
Throwing Majima in prison all throughout the game was retarded.
6574b3 No.14715596
>>14715222
at least it made sense because theres no way someya and his old fart friend woulda done anything they tried to do if majima and taiga were still in the picture
7efda1 No.14716297
>>14714975
Doing this atm. I recommend Zanmai because if you pick the two tuna meals you get a meal combo or whatever it's called which nets you a bonus 30 Technique points.
eb7fb7 No.14716722
On Legend difficutly the fight in Theater Square almost destroyed me. Just constant attacks from all sides, non-stop.
6574b3 No.14716830
>yakuza 6 didn't scratch my itch enough so i went back to 0 debating on a replay but ended up doing the climax battles i hadn't done yet
I'm on the second ultimate battle, where as majima fight lee, nishitana, then sera. I don't remember sera being this much of a hassle at all, more punishing your mistakes than shakedowns
e3674e No.14717094
>sections where Nishiki runs around with you
>Cant join you in any of the minigames
I just wanted to play some darts.
bb2043 No.14717914
FUCK! Now while grinding for those 300 stats, I've seen that I'm out of Charm points. So far the fastest method I've seen is to go to Bantam, drink the 3 30-year-old whiskeys, sober up, rinse and repeat. Does anyone know of a faster method?
eb7fb7 No.14717925
>>14717914
I believe hostess and livechat minigames give a bunch of charm.
Stuff your face with Cafe Alps food too.
7efda1 No.14718414
>>14717914
Livechat and if you want to line-up your pockets on the way, CC. Hostess gives some Charm but I think you'll get more Technique out of it.
Speaking of CC, just hit quite the wall. The post story missions are freakin' hard, courtesy of a certain someone who's synonymous with difficulty spikes. I don't even need to give names, if you know the series, you know who I'm talking about.
Btw, something I keep forgetting to ask about CC - are Joe and Komei celeb cameos like the wrestlers or just story OCs?
eb7fb7 No.14718583
>>14718414
Yep, I hit that wall too. Unfortunately you can't stomp through them with the stuff you get from codes like that 100 cost Kiryu.
You might just have to grind up units to max (or at least very high) in order to win, which doesn't give the CC points. I don't see much strategy other than stunning enemies (like with Majima's spinning slash) and then wiping them out as fast as possible.
e3674e No.14718634
What happened to weapon dealers in 6?
You can't even get anything at the pawn shops from what I've seen.
Did Kamiyama fucking die?
bb2043 No.14718635
>>14718414
Yeah, but those two require effort and I wanna do it quick like with the sushi technique exploit. Also have more than enough money seeing as I already have over CC 100 wins.
When it comes to the super secret challenges in CC, the only tips I can give you is to get Date, Satsuki or Kojima somewhere in the lineup, they have skills which make your guys invulnerable for 10 seconds, 20 seconds for Kojima. Also, skills which up your deployment points are good, Diago's gives you 150 while Pocket Circuit Fighter gives you 70. Other than that, it's pretty luck-based, especially the last challenge. Joe and Komei are just randos.
eb7fb7 No.14718677
>>14718634
You can't buy/carry weapons anymore. You can only get armor/accessories. You can only grab weapons if they're on the ground.
e3674e No.14718683
>>14718677
But why?
Who thought that was a good idea?
c685ee No.14718723
>>14716830
I just resorted to hit and run tactics with Thug. Sera's such a cheap fuck in that challenge. His side sweep counter changes everything. One run, I had him on one HP and the AI decided to spam that punch that stuns you until I died
eb7fb7 No.14718739
>>14718683
I dunno, perhaps they didn't have time to do weapons and heat moves specific to them.
I personally don't mind it, I never used weapons unless it was a spur of the moment thing. I've always loved the raw combat systems without weapons. Even in 5 with Shinada's focus I found myself playing more with his unarmed style especially against bosses.
bb2043 No.14718752
>>14718683
Because Y6 is obviously rushed. Kiwami 2 apparently improves a lot of the bad things in the Dragon engine and the way some things are thought out, like the pointless grinding for XP, but we gaijin will have to see in a few months if there's truth to that.
eb7fb7 No.14718769
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>>14718752
Kiwami 2 has weapons.
7efda1 No.14718788
>>14718583
I've got everyone around Lv40, just doing the missions as they appear. The first of those last 3 is manageable but the second is insane and I expect the next to up the ante to three Amons.
>>14718634
There's a black market dealer you're introduced to by means of the La Pente bartender as you do CC missions but he only sells defensive equipment, high tier healing items and some random stuff like a extremely potent speargun for fishing.
>>14718635
My line-up has been Saejima, Majima, Amon (C), Date (C), Ono Michi (C) and Joe. Dunno if I want to start grinding the R or SR characters but I kinda wanna ditch Joe for someone who can bring grenadiers or just someone more useful in general like Daigo or Akiyama.
>>14718683
They probably wanted to force players to be more resourceful especially with how you can know carry fights across and into places. Also note that everything has very low durability now.
>>14718739
Shinada's unarmed style is better. Most of his weapon moves have very odd hitboxes that occasionally whiff even at point blank and overall do terribly low damage.
bb2043 No.14719134
>muh CIA niggers
>muh rubber bullets
>muh cancer
So, what's 6's retarded plot point according to you?
For me, it's muh ship I really got those Y3 flashbacks when I saw that one come up.
520197 No.14719224
>>14719134
In many ways Y6 is just reimagined Y3. Thinking about it they are both standpoints when SEGA redone the engine completely.
eb7fb7 No.14719390
>>14719224
I think I like Y6 way more than 3, though. I only played 3 once and never felt like playing it again. Yet I played pretty much all the others at least twice.
6574b3 No.14719708
>>14718723
I'll give it a try, I can stunlock lee and nishi to death pretty quickly but sera was making a mess of me.
>>14719134
>muh i can definitely beat kiryu in a fight. The boat was kinda dumb, in a way moreso than hidden ninja death castle in y2 because you don't even get to fight on it.
bb2043 No.14720182
>>14719708
To be fair, that's been a thing throughout the series. Also, if you have trouble with Sera in that ultimate battle, I've done it by baiting out his sidestep sweep with a single punch and then dodging. You have to be a REAL good judge of the distance if you don't wanna get hit. The objective with my method is to make sure you're just out of range of the sweep and not get hit by it. Whenever he does his full attack string is also the time you should counterattack. Another method which is very time-consuming is to get to low health, go slugger and then just run away like a pussy until your heat fills up, then do a heat action on him and repeat. That's what a friend of mine did, but it took him about 20 minutes to beat Sera using that method.
6574b3 No.14720258
>>14720182
>To be fair, that's been a thing throughout the series
yeah but the villains in this one felt like they poised the least physical threat, It's another reason i'm sort of accepting of the character change in shin because it's reached a point where kiryu is so strong that it's tough to introduce a character who seems formidable to him. Kinda why i was hoping aizawa would show up in 6 because i can see him becoming strong enough to tango with kiryu (granted he got beat by taiga who is just about as strong as kiryu)
>You have to be a REAL good judge of the distance if you don't wanna get hit.
it's the level of tracking on it that kept getting me, chances are i was probably just not focused enough and it'll be one of those things i fail 10 times then take a break and get it first try
e3674e No.14720817
>tfw spent the whole day grinding out Majima's hostess club minigame
e3674e No.14720824
and I've only defeated that fat strawberry looking motherfucker.
6574b3 No.14720864
>>14720824
I accidentally started against one of the hardest clubs when i first did it because i wasn't paying attention to their difficulty progression so i had to grind like a mad cunt to beat them, then the rest were a breeze at least
eb7fb7 No.14721402
Maxed out that C-Ranked Majima CC unit for the trophy.
I think the only trophies I have left are the Legend Difficulty, Amon battle, All Substories, and 100 victories in CC
Working on the last hostess now. I think Saki and Sora are the best hostesses. Riona feels a little bland, and while Hikaru's rooftop scene is pretty cute, otherwise her voice, naivete and being "too innocent" kind of annoy me.
Working on Erina now and she seems to be alright.
6574b3 No.14721479
>>14721402
you can cheese legend by changing the difficulty near the end, it may have been patched though
eb7fb7 No.14721511
>>14721479
Yeah I heard about that. I decided on doing a full playthrough on legend just to see how tough the various fights are though.
Some of them are pretty vicious, especially when you're surrounded by tons of more elite enemies.
6574b3 No.14721516
>>14721511
>especially when you're surrounded by tons of more elite enemies.
i would imagine so, on hard mode i'd rely on grab into the super armor throw to crowd clear but that still eats health even if it keeps you standing, makes you miss essence of terror for crowd-clears
389dfd No.14722030
>tfw your copy of Kiwami arrives in the mail today
>open it
>theres a light scratch vertically along the disc
I'm pretty darn disappointed. Will this affect the game? I heard ps4 just installs the games and the discs are little more than verification, but it's going to suck if I get far into the game and it freezes or something. Also, already had a small frame drop in a cutscene once.
7efda1 No.14723511
>>14720817
That's the Yakuza experience for ya. You never horse around too much.
Couple of days ago spent my entire session in Y6's Ch7 just doing hostess, work out, clan creator etc stuff. But it's better if you get that stuff done because the chapter's story elements can be surprisingly short and not give you a break to resume side activities. With Yakuza 0, I tended to do two rivals (real estate and cabaret club) per chapter or, at least, one and a lot of progress on another.
>>14721402
>Riona
She freaks me out. It's like that face of hers is a wax mask that's gonna fall off at some point.
Hostesses are in a weird spot for me, I get the feeling you always rank up regardless of how it goes so it's done in 5-6 sessions, the talk is also reduced a lot so I get the feeling they got wind of people not wanting to spend a lot of time on that. The problem is that now their stories feel very underdeveloped. Sure, it's nice you're hearing them winging about stupid shit or put up with insufferable cunts like the ones in Kiwami but looking back, I kinda liked the hostess stories in 5 since a good amount of them felt like real shit going down.
eb7fb7 No.14723869
>>14723511
I know what you mean, both about Riona and the Yakuza 5 hostesses.
I finished all the Y6 ones just now. I can safely say:
Saki > Sora > Erina > Hikaru > Riona.
41cc73 No.14723951
Since we're on the topic of Y6 hostesses, Riona's problem is not only that her in-game model looks really uncanny valley-like, but that her personality is extremely boring since it basically boils down to "being responsible". When it comes to power rankings I agree with >>14723869 it's just that Hikaru's my number 2 because I'm a sucker for girls like that.
Also, another thing I noticed is that when you finish their storylines there's no implied fucking and even when talking to each hostess there's more of an emphasis on marriage and each of the hostesses would really like Kiryu as her husband. Now that Kiryu is dead on paper do you guys think that Ichiban will run into some guy who looks and sounds very familiar and is now a family man?
eb7fb7 No.14724003
>>14723951
I'm really hoping that it's just Kiryu under another name. Maybe he'll be an NPC in a substory or a trainer.
41cc73 No.14724035
>>14724003
Making him an NPC in a substory was what I was thinking of too. Also changing his appearance in a more significant way so it's not too obvious like it was with "Sometaro Komeki" in 0, though judging by the description of one of the coliseum opponents in Kiwami made it seem like Komaki's shitty fake identity actually worked.
063782 No.14725344
Someya's third fight is fucking awesome.
e3674e No.14726011
>>14723951
I think Majima will get out of prison and you'll play as him again.
eb7fb7 No.14726049
I can't get a substory to trigger. It says at night on Shichifuku street near Theater Avenue.
I went there and ran around several times at night but nothing happened. It's like the only one I'm missing next to the Amon fight.
7efda1 No.14726627
Holy shit! I beat that last CC mission with 2 seconds on the clock. Talk about luck!
I noticed that the organization has two slots that give a bonus EXP gain - Chief of HQ and Chief Advisor. Using those to speed up the max level leader as well as having Akiyama catch up with everyone else from Lv1 to Lv50.
>>14726049
Maybe you need a NPC with you to trigger it? Is it called "Swipe Right" or something to that effect? I remember getting one around that area where the phone rang with a Troublr message. It happened as I was doing the Troublr mission to save someone from falling off the batting cages roof.
eb7fb7 No.14726787
>>14726627
>>14726049
Managed to get it in Chapter fucking 11 when Yuta runs off to go kill Lo and burn down Little Asia
Weird as hell. All the guides say it's available from Chapter 6 at night in Kamurocho.
e3674e No.14726867
Alright done with Zero, onto Kiwami.
Is it me or does Kiwami seem like more of a sequel to Y0 than a direct remake of Yakuza 1?
57e111 No.14727370
>>14726787
I got it in chapter 6, I think the problem is that it's extremely anal about the location you're supposed to be in and since you just get a message on your phone there isn't anyone who just stands around. I walked around the area for 10 minutes until I finally got the text on the sidewalk in front of the buildings that are just south of the batting center.
496be5 No.14727377
>>14726867
Kiwami uses a lot of things from 0 for convenience reasons. It was also the foundation of the remake, it's a mix of good and bad things.
514ede No.14729729
>>14727377
kiwami 2 is going to be on the yakuza 6 engine.
496be5 No.14729730
>>14729729
worth it alone for virtual on 2 player VS at 60fps.
514ede No.14729735
>>14729730
wait, is yakuza 6 60fps?
does it have 2p versus fights?
57e111 No.14729745
>>14729735
Yakuza 6 is 30 FPS, but VF5FS in the game is 60 like it should be.
514ede No.14729753
>>14729745
>VF5FS
im not up on the lingo…
57e111 No.14729765
>>14729753
Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown
514ede No.14729768
>>14729765
oh shit yea, i was shocked that was in the game like that. but how do you play this with another player? i thought it was single player only.
57e111 No.14729772
>>14729768
From the main menu
514ede No.14729791
>>14729772
i havnt fucked around in the menus much. awesome to know though. thanks. do they let you get to other arcade games like puyo puyo from the main menu?
thank you very michi
57e111 No.14729871
>>14729791
Yes, you can play 2 player Puyo Puyo from the main menu as well
On a somewhat related note I can't way to see muh Yakuza 2 waifu in grorious Dragon engine.
7efda1 No.14730223
>>14730191
>not sending "wanna get drinks?"
Oh well, he probably doesn't answer but would funny if you could fuck with him via emojis.
eb7fb7 No.14730237
>>14730223
He doesn't, otherwise I'd spam him with stickers
57e111 No.14730247
>>14730223
For some reason he only responds if you send stickers to his "battle master" persona
e3674e No.14731615
shit prediction but maybe the Yakuza 0-2 they spoke of once will be an exclusively Majima game.
7efda1 No.14732259
>>14731615
They'd be crazy to not make it the Goda game.
Just finished Ch8. Shit's starting to get crazy.
I've been going at it at a snail's pace and can't help but wonder if I'm not gonna end up with a shitload of points and a lot of this grind was a waste of time. I'm missing 1 battle skill, 1 heat skill and about 11 others while stats are mostly at 220, besides HP that's maxed and evasion that's around 270.
eb7fb7 No.14733679
>>14732259
Don't pump your stats too much unless you're playing on Legendary.
7efda1 No.14734658
>>14733679
But I want the trophy, I think I might even platinum this one, get everything but the Legend trophy in one run. I'm refraining from upgrading attack until I'm at the very end.
Also, lol
eb7fb7 No.14736625
>>14734658
AFAIK you can get the legend trophy in one run, by loading a save before the final fights and switching it to legendary. Don't know if it's patched though.
So I suppose if you want all the trophies in one run, it's a good idea to grind stats.
I personally had fun playing it again though, because I ignored a lot of stuff the first time around, and it was fun experimenting with the combat from the very start with everything unlocked.