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Any word if Baseball Guy's side quests will have him showing up/beating up real-life Japanese baseball players? I only know Matsui Hideki because he played for the New York Yankees for a time, but I feel like it'd be in keeping with the tone of the game to have the protagonist beat him at the batting cage. Anyway, just got Dead Souls from Gamefly. The trophy for Ex-Hard says "true ending". Is there more plot to be gained from beating Ex-Hard? It's more tolerable than Dead Souls difficulty I hope.
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Armor-Piercing posted:I couldn't find a video version featuring all the characters, but here's a little something from Taiko no Tatsujin Portable DX [/timg] Oh god Majima's face here is priceless 
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Jun 11, 2012 04:17
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I did it for Yakuza 4 and I had mostly fun times. Exception: gay massage game. I hated gay massage game. e: should probably clarify gay massage game wasn't literally gay, just ~homoerotic~ in a very typically Yakuza way. Captain Walker fucked around with this message at 06:39 on Jul 8, 2012 |
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Jul 8, 2012 05:35
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Holy fuckmuffins yes. The only two games I haven't played! Don't be dumb about this Sega of America, this franchise is the only reason anyone likes you guys at all.
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Jul 13, 2012 18:23
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OmegaZultan posted:they already have the scripts and translations for those two games completely done so they have no excuse not to localize this for super cheap. You're half right: They used to call Kiryu by his given name, and the older games call Kazama and Nishiki "Fuma" and "Nishikiyama" respectively, which could confuse newer players used to the better localization of 4 and Dead Souks.
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Jul 15, 2012 18:11
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Policenaut posted:Sega could be really cool and, you know, translate Yakuza 1 properly instead of putting "gently caress" in every sentence. That'd be nice. Yakuza 2 was fine. Counterpoint: "I did feel like hitting a few balls today...I suppose yours will have to do." Also the part where Kiryu tells a hostess that he'll gently caress anything with 2 legs.
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Jul 15, 2012 20:24
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I picked up Way of the Samurai 4, but it's really nothing like Kenzan. The sense of jumping into a Yakuza-style battle and immediately being as awesome as Musashi is totally absent, of course I suck at reading so I don't know what the gently caress I'm doing but Kenzan would let you get away with that and still destroy everything.
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Sep 7, 2012 21:46
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Coughing Hobo posted:Why would you expect WotS4 to be like Kenzan? I saw samurai and I just assumed it would be similar. Ignore me I'm an idiot.
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Sep 7, 2012 22:15
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Kalsco posted:Finally decided to get into the Yakuza series, so I bought Yakuza 3 today. I've already watched the two catch-up videos (in addition to the LP of 1 Jamesman did ages ago, as well as Egomaniac's Kenzan LP) so I've got as much of a grasp of the characters and story dynamics as I would imagine I could get short of actually playing the original two games. I'm just wondering if there is anything I should know before I get into #3? This is exactly how I did it, and IMO the most important thing on a first play through is to have fun. Complete whatever side quests you want and do story whenever you feel like it, and don't worry about 100% because you can do anything you miss in Premium Adventure when you're done.
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Sep 20, 2012 23:49
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So now we have D2, Idolmaster, Crazy Taxi, whatever crazy baseball franchise Sega publishes, and I forget what Akiyama is supposed to b doing, in addition to the robust man-beating sim. If only Sega published other games this good I might pre-order (instead of just buying it day one at GameStop, of course).
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Oct 19, 2012 07:39
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Gaz-L posted:Now on to Dead Souls, and more of Akiyama being smooth as ice. I'm a huge Yakuza freak and I too felt compelled to play Dead Souls, but definitely do so on an easier setting. Don't do the mini games, or any of the optional stuff besides weapon crafting, side stories and maybe Amon. Also, the optional quests you have to do to reach Amon are randomly generated grinds and some equipment only drops there. You get a pretty silly weapon for beating Amon though.
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Oct 26, 2012 02:46
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Technically it always was, Yakuza was 2005. Maybe they were focusing more on the bleeding and bruising facial animations as opposed to how the dude feels about you ruining his modeling career.
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Nov 16, 2012 18:14
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I am literally ok with paying $60 every year for more of the same, as long as "the same" never ceases to be amazing, hilarious, and jam-packed full of content. See, unlike the yearly installments of Call of Duty which is six hours of story-based manshoot and a online component that lasts four months, Yakuza never ceases to amaze with the amount of polish and effort that goes into things other than the intricate simulation of utterly ruining the future modeling career of hundreds of underworld mooks. The loving fishing minigame in 4 is better than whatever Cabela's crap is out now, not least because it occasionally provides rewards for the 'punch many faces' part. Even the zombie shooter spinoff Dead Souls barely took itself seriously, and certainly didn't expect the audience to. I still love that stupid game, loving Majima having the time of his life in Kamurocho's zombie season. also, allergy season apparently
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Nov 27, 2012 06:48
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Additionally, CoD has to compete with Battlefield, Medal of Honor, every lovely shovelware military FPS/TPS on the market. The only thing like Yakuza is Yakuza, and maybe Sleeping Dogs.
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Nov 27, 2012 07:12
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mikeycp posted:It's even harder in real life...I've never won anything from that one. (You shoulda bought 10 Luck when you were born.)
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Nov 27, 2012 17:19
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rupturefunk posted:If spending all your hard earned cash on a handbag for a hostess that she doesn't end up liking isn't one of gaming's finest moments then I'm going to take up fishing instead.
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Dec 5, 2012 18:15
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pre:CONTROL Kamuro Air 893, hazard on the runway, pull up! Kiryu, you've got to save them! CUT to TOP OF CONTROL TOWER, with KIRYU in a hang glider. KIRYU On it. KIRYU jumps off the tower and performs a glide kick that makes Batman look like a Buzz Lightyear in the first Toy Story into the plane, knocking it out of the hazard's path. As he's falling 100 feet to the ground, the emergency door is kicked open and MAJIMA jumps out with a bungee cord, catching KIRYU inches from the ground. KIRYU I always knew you'd be the one to take the fall for me. MAJIMA Don't flatter yourself, Kazzy, our love can never be. FADE TO BLACK.
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Dec 7, 2012 16:55
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I'm sure it would be treated with the same legendary utter lack of respect that the franchise has always had for homosexual men.
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Dec 7, 2012 17:16
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Personally, Jamesman's LP of the first game, ridiculous English dub and all, was what got me into the series. I went out and picked up 3 and watched its recap videos of 1 and 2. The problem is that 2 is considered to have the best story in the series...so you could wait for the HD collection if you're feeling crazy patient.
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Dec 17, 2012 16:21
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Use the Japanese dub like with every other game. Problem solved. Plus, the scalpers on eBay get to keep selling the Mark Hamill's Yakuza edition at ridiculous prices.
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Dec 17, 2012 19:58
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I don't even remember how I beat Kiryu, I had to continue a couple times but I didn't get too frustrated, mainly because well it's loving Kiryu how did you think this was gonna go down. I second the poster who said that you can't out-punch Kiryu though. Grabs are probably better. Remember how much trouble Kiryu has with the big grab-happy sumo guys? You are the big grab-happy sumo guy.
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Dec 23, 2012 18:56
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Dead Souls takes place after 4 narratively, not that it really matters since Saejima and Tanimura are only briefly referenced. And most of its story callbacks are from 2. Play the other games sequentially though; slog through 1 so you can enjoy the combat improvements in 2 and 3.
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I wish they would at least localize a PSP game that was any good, like the Persona 2: Eternal Punishment remake.
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Jul 16, 2013 17:27
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Oh god don't toy with my heart Sega 
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Jul 17, 2013 18:01
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Well, Binary Domain was made afterwards; Dead Souls is really sort of a trial run for that game and it shows.
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Literally everything I know about the Bakumatsu period comes from the Shinobi chapter in Live a Live. Early 19th century, right? I think I broke Sakamoto out of prison. He was a pretty cool dude then, especially when he helped me take out Musashi's berserk ghost resurrected by a demon lord. E: after TGS and whatever news occurs there I might spring for a new thread, if Policenaut is ok with it. I'm hoping to bring new people to the series so they buy more copies and aren't immediately put off by how very Japanese it all is. Captain Walker fucked around with this message at 05:49 on Aug 21, 2013 |
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Jamesman posted:The story in the Yakuza games is most of the appeal for me. The combat and wacky stuff is loving amazing, but what keeps me compelled is the story that holds it all together. Fix that one day. Hell, fix that today  .
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Aug 22, 2013 21:24
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Jamesman posted:I'm working on it, slowly. I have this fantasy of a Yakuza 4 LP where you, Egomaniac, and Geop each play through one of the chapters. I don't know who gets Tanimura yet. Probably Proton Jon.
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Every time Samurai Sanders posts about how much fun he's having over in Nippon with his copies that don't have to be localized, translated or imported, I shed a single tear, and I wish it was the manly, burning spirit kind.
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Nov 11, 2013 09:51
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Samurai Sanders posted:I don't live in Japan anymore, haven't for years. Sorry dude, I thought I saw you post once about having done so. I'd be jealous if not for the fact that the only reason for a fair-skinned Gaijin to go there is for the games, and I don't speak a lick of Japanese.
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You think anyone from Sony TPP reads this thread? We should probably make ourselves useful and brainstorm something that would actually help those dudes, like finding a localized title for English ISHIN. I feel like anyone who knows the series will get the game anyway, so maybe put the franchise in the subtitle: Shinsenigumi: Restoration of the Yakuza Which is not only a faithful translation but a slick meta reference to how long we've waited. Plus then they have no choice but to bundle it with Ronin: Arrival of the Yakuza
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Nov 16, 2013 19:35
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Random Stranger posted:Dawn of the Yakuza is a bit more poetic. Ooooo much more better
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Cyra posted:Sony, if you're reading this: Announcing a localization of any Yakuza game will cause me to buy a PS4. Yes, even if it's Yakuza 5. I'd take loving Black Panther at this point.
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Nov 17, 2013 09:53
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Holy poo poo that's Akiyama back there on the left! And Goda in front of him! Curse your rotten name, SEGA of America.
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Nov 22, 2013 20:20
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Samurai Sanders posted:The end of the game for him is literally his favorite prostitute calling him and saying "Good job! Come by for your reward, a free 45 minutes, no condom, anything you want!" and he is like "Woo hoo!" I haven't played 5, so maybe I'm supposed to be more creeped out by this. I feel like I should be on some intellectual level. But having been hardened by years of exposure to the internet I can't help but feel like Shinada is the gooniest Yakuza hero, in a harmless, adorable way. Like, he's spent his whole post-baseball career failing spectacularly to hit on women, leading him to study under Kiryu in the ways of manhood, and eventually rear end-kicking. So he goes from being this dork straight out of a 90s sitcom to Action Baseball Star. It's like if Travis Touchdown had a character arc or actual positive traits that redeemed him as a human being. fake e: eagerly waiting the collision of both series in Ryu ga Otaku
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Nov 24, 2013 00:30
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Why was the theory that the division specifically set up produce and publish niche games for digital/budget release intended to do so for 5 a dumb one?
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On a related note, I don't know if you can buy it anywhere but there's compilation album of the karaoke songs from 3 and 4 called Song of the Dragon  God dammit now I want to play 4 again. Why the gently caress can't Sony release the insane obscure games I really want on the PSN? It's almost like they want me to support Gamefly or whatever.
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Jan 22, 2014 17:35
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Look just let me spend hours and millions of yen at the UFO catcher going after stupid Jack Frost dolls already SEGA
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Where is the TPP website/blog/whatever? I want to be first to know when its list of lovely VNs are announced instead of face punching/Sakamoto/tactical anime WW2 sims. Also, I'm playing Ryoma Sakamoto by way of ISHIN! in a bizarre D&D game in TG. Is there a list of badass Kiryu quotes I can refer to? I'm a fan of the line that's usually translated as "Come and face me if you wish to die!" but was localized in 1 as "Step the gently caress up, it's time to die!"
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Policenaut posted:KENZAN!, ISHIN!, and the standard Yakuza games (sans Dead Souls) are all part of the same canon. If I'm remembering things right, this implies that Musashi's love interest in KENZAN/Arrival is Kiryu's maternal great-great-great-great-great and so on and so forth grandma, which would mean that (Arrival early game spoilers) he and Majima are pretty much cousins, which explains a lot about their relationship.
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