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If you absolutely must play Dead Souls then yeah I'd recommend it solely for Majima's role in it. He knows this is the only way a psycho like him will ever be playable in Yakuza and he goes 110% in it.
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The Daigo stuff was probably the highlight of the game for me. I loved the game in spite of how awful it played mostly because the writers kind of went crazy with the characters since they knew the story wasn't going to be canon.
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Dead Souls is fun when you remember that it isnt a shooter, its a beat em up with guns instead of fists.
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I watched a little bit of the Giant Bomb Quick Look for Y:DS. Someone compared it to RDR: Undead Nightmare, and it does come off like DLC for Y4. It's pretty cheap, and they said in the Quick Look that it's not really hard, so maybe I'll give it a shot. Incidentally, I found out that the Kamurocho in Yakuza is based off of the Kabukicho district in Shinjuku. However, there is a Kamurocho located in Gifu. Is there a reason why they didn’t just call it Kabukicho?
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Mar 4, 2014 00:33
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Ryuga Death posted:I don't regret my purchase of Dead Souls at all. Let the game aim for you and go crazy with doing cool manly stuff, but with dumb zombies this time! It's one of my favorites but really 5 is the best (at least of the ones I've played).
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Mar 4, 2014 03:28
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For those who've given up hope, Sega of Japan is discounting Yakuza 1 & 2 HD on the PSN. Price is 1886 yen (plus tax), starts today and runs for 23 days.
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I went and started reading today and discovered just how many characters in Isin are based on/named after real historical persons, which of course makes me wonder how many other allusions I've been missing in these games. Such dense games. Anyway, Sanders, is there a way to cheese the casino in this game to get mad ryo?
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Mar 6, 2014 00:33
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RICHUNCLEPENNYBAGS posted:I went and started reading today and discovered just how many characters in Isin are based on/named after real historical persons, which of course makes me wonder how many other allusions I've been missing in these games. Such dense games. I've been looking for the usual luck changing equippable items but haven't found any yet. Samurai Sanders fucked around with this message at 03:27 on Mar 6, 2014 |
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Mar 6, 2014 03:24
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Is there a reason a US PS4 release of Ishin hasn't been announced yet? It's gonna happen at E3 right? 
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Neo Rasa posted:Is there a reason a US PS4 release of Ishin hasn't been announced yet? It's gonna happen at E3 right? Right or wrong, that is probably what they are thinking. edit: one thing to keep in mind though is that Yakuza games have absolutely stupid amounts of voice and text that needs to be translated, even compared to JRPGs, and that isn't cheap. Even if it's just subtitles and no dub. Samurai Sanders fucked around with this message at 04:12 on Mar 6, 2014 |
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Mar 6, 2014 03:44
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Neo Rasa posted:Is there a reason a US PS4 release of Ishin hasn't been announced yet? It's gonna happen at E3 right? Sony Third Party Production is pretty much your only hope at this point. Just keep telling yourself TPP is coming... TPP is coming...
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Mar 6, 2014 04:01
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I'm embarrassed I have to ask but how exactly am I supposed ot go back to my cabin?
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Mar 8, 2014 17:39
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RICHUNCLEPENNYBAGS posted:I'm embarrassed I have to ask but how exactly am I supposed ot go back to my cabin? Anyway, there's a boat that launches from pretty close to your hotel, just walk out the door and take a right, and walk along the waterfront. You can tell it's the right one because it's free (the one that takes you to the bad part of town costs 500 mon).
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Mar 8, 2014 18:24
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Samurai Sanders posted:"Cabin"? That's not a kind way to talk about a pretty nice 19th century Japanese home. I couldn't come up with the word for bettaku. Anyway, thanks. I haven't talked to that guy since I gave the guy guarding the door some booze and he just lets you into Mukurogai for free.
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RICHUNCLEPENNYBAGS posted:I couldn't come up with the word for bettaku. Anyway, thanks. I haven't talked to that guy since I gave the guy guarding the door some booze and he just lets you into Mukurogai for free. edit: I'm surprised how unimportant Haruka's role is in the story this time. In Kenzan she was absolutely central. Samurai Sanders fucked around with this message at 19:51 on Mar 8, 2014 |
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Mar 8, 2014 19:49
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Is there any chance of Yakuza 5 or even the hd remakes leaving Japan? I actually own 1-4 but the first is hard to go back to after playing 3 and 4.
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I just watched someone livestream winning rock paper scissors against a geisha  This is never going to be released in the US 
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Mar 9, 2014 01:21
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abagofcheetos posted:I just watched someone livestream winning rock paper scissors against a geisha The strip rock paper scissors is hard, but the final game is cool. Samurai Sanders posted:It's not like its inherently a second home or anything, it IS Haruka's home, the one she grew up in and her parents left to her. The other guy reacted with surprise when Anyway how could they make her as central as normal? Oryô is the real-life wife of Sakamoto Ryôma, right? RICHUNCLEPENNYBAGS fucked around with this message at 03:03 on Mar 9, 2014 |
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Smornstein posted:Is there any chance of Yakuza 5 or even the hd remakes leaving Japan? I wanted to ask about this too. If Yakuza 5 does get translated, would it still be on PS3, or would they port it over to PS4 somehow? I can't really see SEGA translating it just for PS3. Ishin is available for both PS3 and PS4, but would they do the same thing if they localized Y5?
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Mar 14, 2014 04:44
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I doubt they'd spend the extra money on moving all the assets to PS4 even if they did get around to localizing Y5. There just aren't enough consoles in the wild for it to make sense, especially since 4 did really poorly despite the ps3 being pretty decently rooted when it finally came out. As much as I love Yakuza, I don't think I'd be willing to spend $400 just to play a slightly-better looking version of a 2+ year old game.
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Captain Novolin posted:I doubt they'd spend the extra money on moving all the assets to PS4 even if they did get around to localizing Y5. There just aren't enough consoles in the wild for it to make sense, especially since 4 did really poorly despite the ps3 being pretty decently rooted when it finally came out. As much as I love Yakuza, I don't think I'd be willing to spend $400 just to play a slightly-better looking version of a 2+ year old game. That'd sell me on a PS4 honestly, I really want to play a localized Y5 and Ishin. (And 1&2 HD). (And Shenmue 3 which will totally be announced for the PS4 at the Shenmue post-mortem at GDC next week!...okay no it won't.) But for now, I'll wait.
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Captain Novolin posted:I doubt they'd spend the extra money on moving all the assets to PS4 even if they did get around to localizing Y5. There just aren't enough consoles in the wild for it to make sense, especially since 4 did really poorly despite the ps3 being pretty decently rooted when it finally came out. As much as I love Yakuza, I don't think I'd be willing to spend $400 just to play a slightly-better looking version of a 2+ year old game. I don't really see that happening either. I'd have to think that if it were translated, it might make it on the Playstation Now service (provided that takes off without issue). I really want to play Yakuza 5.
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RICHUNCLEPENNYBAGS posted:Anyway how could they make her as central as normal? Oryô is the real-life wife of Sakamoto Ryôma, right? Samurai Sanders fucked around with this message at 05:40 on Mar 14, 2014 |
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Is there any way to cheese this game for money or is fulfilling orders at your cottage the best way? I grew a whole field of ginseng but it turns out Haruka doesn't get that many orders for it and Ebiyasu won't buy it for that much.
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MykonosFan posted:That'd sell me on a PS4 honestly, I really want to play a localized Y5 and Ishin. (And 1&2 HD).
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So I finished up Yakuza: Dead Souls a few days ago, and I have to say that it wasn’t too bad. The aiming system is kind of weird, but I found that it’s pretty easy to adapt to. The trick I found was to quickly tap L2 so you snap your aim quickly to the next enemy's weak point. Something that I did notice early on is that the game suffers from slowdown when there are too many things on-screen, which can be annoying in spots. Having played Y4 & Dead Souls, I was thinking about picking up either Y1 next, as I’d like to play through the rest of the series in order.
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Max Wilco posted:So I finished up Yakuza: Dead Souls a few days ago, and I have to say that it wasn’t too bad. The aiming system is kind of weird, but I found that it’s pretty easy to adapt to. The trick I found was to quickly tap L2 so you snap your aim quickly to the next enemy's weak point. Something that I did notice early on is that the game suffers from slowdown when there are too many things on-screen, which can be annoying in spots. You may reconsider when you actually try Y1 
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No way, Y1 is still sweet as hell. I just played the HD version a few months ago. Basically the only way its inferior to the newer games mechanically is how Kiryu won't track enemies that move side to side during combat, necessitating keeping your combos shorter.
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Also the load times are absurd on an actual PS2, but other than that it totally owns. Yakuza 2 is even better, arguably the best in the series.
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Neo Rasa posted:Also the load times are absurd on an actual PS2, but other than that it totally owns. Yakuza 2 is even better, arguably the best in the series. That's why you install the game to your PS2's hard drive. Your PS2 does have a hard drive that you install games to, doesn't it?  I think that the opening of Yakuza 1 and the ending are really effective but the game play improvements that the series went through over time make the middle kind of rough to go back to. On the other hand, if someone is coming off of the dead and hasn't played any of them, it's a fine place to start. Random Stranger fucked around with this message at 06:00 on Mar 22, 2014 |
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Random Stranger posted:That's why you install the game to your PS2's hard drive. Sorry no I'm not a serious enough gamer for that I guess. 
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Can't really be helped; PS2 network adapters (and for that matter original-size PS2s) and IDE hard drives are both in short supply and adapting them for SATA properly will basically ruin the network adapter for sale. Early Slims had power and signal to the IDE pins but no actual connections; there were solder kits around to put a hard drive bay under the PS2. Later than that and you're stuck with USB 1.1, which is fun* with FMV. ... Actually, the very latest PS2s couldn't be softmodded, only chipped. At least PCSX2 is in a pretty good place now.
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I played through both Y1&2 on an old hdd-less ps2 about a year ago and I can't recall long load times. Y2 is a fantastic game.
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Sir Unimaginative posted:Can't really be helped; PS2 network adapters (and for that matter original-size PS2s) and IDE hard drives are both in short supply and adapting them for SATA properly will basically ruin the network adapter for sale. You can just buy a (off-brand) SATA network adapter from Dealextreme.
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Samurai Sanders posted:No way, Y1 is still sweet as hell. I just played the HD version a few months ago. Basically the only way its inferior to the newer games mechanically is how Kiryu won't track enemies that move side to side during combat, necessitating keeping your combos shorter. I found the combat really tedious and I didn't end up finishing it. Annoying Ishin thing: I got a 10-star sword for clearing all the substories, a 5-star one for eating all the meals, and a 7-star one for clearing the first cave, but the stupid leader of the sword dojo wants me to show him a 6-star one. RICHUNCLEPENNYBAGS fucked around with this message at 16:27 on Mar 22, 2014 |
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Goddamn it Steam! I almost had a heart attack before slowing down and noticing what it REALLY says
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Gutcruncher posted:Goddamn it Steam! I almost had a heart attack before slowing down and noticing what it REALLY says
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Sir Unimaginative posted:At least PCSX2 is in a pretty good place now. Has anyone here tried running either game via emulation?
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Max Wilco posted:The compatibility list for PCSX2 states that both Y1 & Y2 work fine. Maybe that's the route to go, since it doesn't seem like the HD collection is going to get a translation. I emulated the beginning of Y2 just so see if I could. It looked amazing
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Max Wilco posted:The compatibility list for PCSX2 states that both Y1 & Y2 work fine. Maybe that's the route to go, since it doesn't seem like the HD collection is going to get a translation. They work fine except for some weird bloom-blur bug. You can turn on some gpu hw hacks to get rid of the bloom-blur but this'll cause a few textures to be black and tv screen/ads around Kamurocho won't show up.
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