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 NO SPOILERS.  The Yakuza series is a series of action games/JRPGs developed and published by SEGA that was born from series producer Toshihiro Nagoshi's desire to tell a story that would illustrate the way of life for the yakuza, Japan's organized crime syndicates. The games themselves feature a wonderful juxtaposition of a serious crime drama mixed with absurd, yet heartwarming side stories full of charm that also allow players to explore incredibly detailed cities and districts inspired by real life Japanese cities, such as the Kabuki-cho district of Shinjuku, Tokyo. This series is incredibly popular in its home country, but has only recently seen a spike in popularity overseas after a long history of mangled localization attempts. This game is the sixth main series title in the franchise and is a prequel to the entire franchise, set 20 years before the main story of the first game. It was released to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the series, the game offers a look at how two of the most popular characters, long-time series protagonist Kazuma Kiryu and fan-favorite supporting character Goro Majima, in the series developed into their modern day versions. Kiryu is generally a very level headed character, but here, he's a much more brash and inexperienced child by comparison, for example. As a prequel, this game does not require any knowledge of any of its predecessors and serves as a fantastic starting point for the series; in fact, providing a new introduction to the franchise was one of the goals for this game, as the series was up to its fifth main series entry, which made it hard to attract new fans.  This will be an informative LP where I show off the main story and as much content as I can manage. I'm joined by my No spoilers, even for Kiwami. We have a lot of ground to cover here, so I'll try to put out two updates a week, but that's a pretty brisk pace, so I apologize in advance if I end up slipping from time to time. Chapter 01 - Bound By Oath         Chapter 02 - The Real Estate Broker in the Shadows                Chapter 03 - A Gilded Cage           Chapter 04 - Proof of Resolve             Chapter 05 - An Honest Living                   Chapter 06 - The Yakuza Way             Chapter 07 - A Dark Escape              Chapter 08 - Tug of War     Chapter 09 - Ensnared   Chapter 10 - A Man's Worth               Chapter 11 - A Murky Riverbed                 Chapter 12 - Den of Desires   Chapter 13 - Crime and Punishment     Chapter 14 - Unwavering Bonds        Chapter 15 - Scattered Light     Chapter 16 - Proof of Love     Finale - Black and White         Premium Adventure        Hostess Training   Bonus Star Citizen Free Fly - Please Give Me a Menu Other Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio LPs we've done Yakuza Kiwami Judgment ChaosArgate fucked around with this message at 18:06 on Jul 28, 2020 |
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Jul 25, 2019 21:50
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Jul 25, 2019 21:51
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Jobbo and I are also doing an LP of Judgment that has also started this week, if anyone needs more RGG Studio in their life!
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Jul 25, 2019 21:56
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Woo!
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Jul 25, 2019 22:16
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Ah, so Kiryu learned how to train his fighting style from a mysterious foreign stranger.
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Jul 25, 2019 23:40
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drat, I loved this game. Looking forward to vicariously seeing it for the first time again through Jobbo.
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Jul 26, 2019 02:52
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In December 1988 the exchange rate was 123.63 yen to $1.
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Jul 26, 2019 08:38
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ChaosArgate fucked around with this message at 11:16 on Jul 30, 2019 |
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Jul 30, 2019 00:27
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The uncut link doesn't work.
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Jul 30, 2019 08:38
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Xander77 posted:The uncut link doesn't work.  Should be good now.
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Jul 30, 2019 11:17
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Who'd have thought Hat Kid would grow into such a punchy young man after escaping the cat metro.
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Jul 30, 2019 13:27
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Now the uncut link leads to a 404 error. Had to watch it by clicking the cut one then going to the main YT page.
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Jul 31, 2019 02:13
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VolticSurge posted:Now the uncut link leads to a 404 error. Had to watch it by clicking the cut one then going to the main YT page. Did you click the quoted link or Chaos' post? They all seem fine to me, aside from the quote.
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Jul 31, 2019 02:16
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VolticSurge posted:Now the uncut link leads to a 404 error. Had to watch it by clicking the cut one then going to the main YT page. Did you click the link in the quoted post? Because I can't do anything about quoted text. 
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Jul 31, 2019 02:16
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Huh, works now. Don't know what the problem was earlier. 
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Jul 31, 2019 02:20
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Aug 2, 2019 00:40
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Hey Argate, do you know about all the secret tricks to this game? Mainly just the Heat Action list if you hit triangle on the upgrade menu.
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Aug 2, 2019 04:11
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RareAcumen posted:Hey Argate, do you know about all the secret tricks to this game? Mainly just the Heat Action list if you hit triangle on the upgrade menu. I know about the Heat Action list, but I'm sure there are many secrets to this game that I don't actually know.
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Aug 2, 2019 23:45
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It never fails to weird me out that this game starts on my birthday. Somewhere around the time when Kiryu was partying with Nishiki and getting framed for murder, I was being born.  Anyway, best of luck to you two
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Aug 4, 2019 04:51
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ChaosArgate posted:I know about the Heat Action list, but I'm sure there are many secrets to this game that I don't actually know. Faaaantastic. Because there are some rare ones that I wouldn't expect going into it.
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Aug 4, 2019 08:16
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Aug 5, 2019 23:45
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This accountability poo poo always drives me up the wall. I see it a lot in Japanese media where someone apologises or has to 'take responsibility' for something they're only vaguely involved in just for appearances' sake.
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Aug 6, 2019 22:41
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Smoky Bandana posted:This accountability poo poo always drives me up the wall. I see it a lot in Japanese media where someone apologises or has to 'take responsibility' for something they're only vaguely involved in just for appearances' sake. This one at least makes sense. He was willing to take the fall at first but then people started being weird and shady about it and then it turns out that the guy died from getting shot so that definitely wasn't his fault. And then once they start going after Shintaro Kazuma because of this, Kiryu starts desperately trying to dive in front of that bullet because Shintaro's awesome and if they're trying to undermine him then it can't be for any good reasons. Plus, if Shintaro gets dragged down because of this, so do Nishiki and Kashiwagi.
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Aug 7, 2019 07:41
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Viola the Mad posted:It never fails to weird me out that this game starts on my birthday. Somewhere around the time when Kiryu was partying with Nishiki and getting framed for murder, I was being born. I think its about time I reveal that we are, indeed, sworn LP brothers.
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Aug 8, 2019 15:26
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Jobbo_Fett posted:I think its about time I reveal that we are, indeed, sworn LP brothers. This is the part where you're supposed to dramatically tear off your jacket and shirt in one smooth motion and reveal your back tattoo!!!
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Aug 9, 2019 02:50
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ChaosArgate posted:This is the part where you're supposed to dramatically tear off your jacket and shirt in one smooth motion and reveal your back tattoo!!!
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Aug 9, 2019 07:28
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What caused the economic crisis was appreciation of the the yen relative to the American dollar after the signing of the Plaza Accord in 1985. It's why those ninjas kidnapped Ronald Reagan.
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Aug 9, 2019 09:07
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ChaosArgate posted:
You might be shocked how decent Brawler is against Mr. Shakedown. It can actually block a hit, surprisingly! And the charge will never get through you if you're blocking. Same strategy, stay locked onto him, sidestep and go in for a short-to longer combo and back off. Slimy Highschooler, Gang Goombah, Low-Level Yakuza. I feel like the localizers might not have been willing to put the effort in for one off side quest intros. ChaosArgate posted:This is the part where you're supposed to dramatically tear off your jacket and shirt in one smooth motion and reveal your back tattoo!!! C'mon Jobbo, you gotta get your top off so you and Argate can push your arms against each other and show how both halves of your tattooes look when it's complete!
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Aug 9, 2019 09:35
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RareAcumen posted:You might be shocked how decent Brawler is against Mr. Shakedown. It can actually block a hit, surprisingly! And the charge will never get through you if you're blocking. Shakedown's go down easily to zip guns, but we're not quite able to get one yet.
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Aug 9, 2019 11:13
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I beat my first Shakedown in Rush style. It took almost 30 minutes but was very satisfying. After that I usually went Brawler for the Heat moves.
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Aug 9, 2019 12:51
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Jobbo_Fett posted:I think its about time I reveal that we are, indeed, sworn LP brothers. ChaosArgate posted:This is the part where you're supposed to dramatically tear off your jacket and shirt in one smooth motion and reveal your back tattoo!!! This better be heading towards some sort of emotional confrontation/heart-to-heart/shirtless fistfight over what it means to be a real LPer. I expect at least one heartfelt kyodai mixed in there.
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Aug 9, 2019 19:51
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Its not outside the realm of possibilities. Chaos needs to set up the Patreon for our live-action rendition of this game's story.
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Aug 9, 2019 21:28
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Who are the Dojima Lieutenants of the LP subforum?
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White Coke posted:Who are the Dojima Lieutenants of the LP subforum? I'm gonna say Fedule, Crow and Sally since they're the mods here. Jobbo_Fett posted:Its not outside the realm of possibilities. Chaos needs to set up the Patreon for our live-action rendition of this game's story. Hey, don't go spoiling the plans ahead of time!
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Aug 16, 2019 00:52
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I showed the Stop and Search Officer a weapon the second time we met, just to see what happened. Spoilers- Kiryu passes it off as a kinky item of some kind- he doesn't actually use it as a weapon or so he claims- and all is good. Surprised you didn't know, what with the title of your LP. Show it off if you have the ability.  The main sidequest shown off in this video cracked me up when I first played through it. Still chuckling about it today. It also gave me knowledge I did not have before. One of the more memorable and best written Yakuza substories in my opinion.
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Aug 16, 2019 01:27
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Oh man, Yakuza substories.  I think Nagoshi once said that the Yakuza series is about doing stupid things seriously. Over the years, this series has mastered the art of tonal whiplash by segregating the drama and the comedy into the main story and sidequests respectively, and Yakuza 0 is one of the best examples of that mastery.
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I've been meaning to ask, are you always going to pick the "right" answer when you do the substories? The game doesn't really punish you for picking the wrong answer, and some of the wrong answers are hilarious.
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Viola the Mad posted:I've been meaning to ask, are you always going to pick the "right" answer when you do the substories? The game doesn't really punish you for picking the wrong answer, and some of the wrong answers are hilarious. I won't always, especially when I know for sure its a dialogue choice that will repeat, but for the most part, yeah I try to stick to the "correct" answers most of the time.
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