You either quit yakuza on time or you grow to hate it

way ahead of u. I gave up after 6

>>715194287 (OP)
Most people try to grind the yakuza games out and get burnt out very easily. If you play one yakuza game a year it's easy to like nearly every game. That's how i've been doing it after I got fatigued playing Y0, K1, then Y6. By the time I got to Y6 I was burnt out and skipped the majority of side content but I picked up the series again with Y4 like 2 years later and liked it and told myself to not touch the next one until some time and it's worked, still haven't played 3/7/8 and judgement 2.

>>715195529
>dude if you don't play games you are gonna like them more
do you not realize how retarded this sounds? I shound't be punished for caring

>>715194287 (OP)
I like the arcade games. Wish there was a spinoff where all of Sega's old games are available and you travel to Arcades for tournaments while still getting in street fights between.
Throw in some slot car action and jerkoff parlors like 0. Kiryu can play his Sega systems at home too. Decent and based story, I'll pay $100
I quit after 0

>>715195707
You're either purposefully misunderstanding my point or you're actually just retarded

>>715194287 (OP)
This shit was always a soap opera, I don't know why people pretend it was some deep thing. The closest it ever got to that was 0 and the kind of people who say Yakuza is bad now all hate 0. Pic related shows it's just nostalgia.

>>715194287 (OP)
Kiryu's story ended with Yakuza 6, and the best one is the entry most people will start on, Yakuza 0.

Also doesn't help that people come back from the dead in later games. Completely stupid. There's no reason to get invested in a series with no stakes, especially a gangsta series.

i still like the games and can't wait for stranger than heaven

>>715196542
I'm really really hoping they're bring out as much talent and creativity they can for that game. They need to "grow up" so to speak and learn actual good game design and make something compelling and more serious.

a man can dream...

>>715196000
This is what Ichiban's games should have been

>>715196216
Not him but you literally said something similar goyim

>>715194287 (OP)
I hated it from the first game i played (Yakuza 0)
Game is dogshit, i question the intelligence of everybody who likes it.

>>715197816
There's a clear difference between "don't play the games" vs "don't grind the games out"

>>715197942
No it doesn't you retard. If you have to avoid the side missions just so you can enjoy the sequels, its a horrible series

>>715194287 (OP)
I've been playing since PS2 and I still like it. LJ was one of the best. JRPG stories suck but they're still fun

>>715194287 (OP)
underrated.

>>715196418
>pretend it was some deep thing
Who the fuck pretends Yakuza is deep? The stories are entertaining, the characters are likeable and the lore is consistent enough across games.

>>715198021
Do you have brain damage? Me skipping the side content in Y6 wasn't because they were bad, it's because I was on my 3rd game in the row and I was exhausted with all the content and just wanted to finish the game. I completed all of the meaningful stuff in Y0 and K1.

People like you ruin the internet because you have terrible reading comprehension. Absolute fucking ape of a human being

>>715198021
nta but you're clearly being retarded on purpose. Yes you shouldn't binge 21 game in a row. No that doesn't make those 21 games bad.

>>715198328
kek this is exactly what he said
>>dude if you don't play games you are gonna like them more

>>715198451

>>715198393
>>715198546
>Yes you shouldn't binge 21 game in a row.
for the sake of argument..why? Its not my fault they are releasing game so close to one another. You are literally saying that I should ignore them and pace myself which is a shit argument.

I've never finished a yakuza game yet I consider myself a fan of the series.

>>715194287 (OP)
>ESL growling
unironically just die

>>715198601
>why
Because they take about 400 hours to clear just the main story. With side story that would be 1000+ hours. Do you want to play the same game for 1000 hours in a row? If so, by all means go ahead

face it. you just simply aren't the target audience for the yakuza series anymore. pic related is now.

>>715198758
but THAT'S not my fault retard. Jesus Christ. Are you trolling me? How about you make a 20 hour game with 10 hours of side content that everyone can enjoy like it was the case with the very first game in the series? Go fuck yourself

>>715199145
Pic related isn't an audience for anything, they're just pretending

I stopped after 3 and have no regrets.

>>715199145
I watched the OP video and thats exactly his point although it takes 30 minutes to get there

>>715199145
also, reminder that yakuza 7 is quite literally about beating up on nationalist conservatives who talk about how "immigration bad" and that japan should be "bleached" as in, wiped clean of undesirables that aren't of japanese descent.

they give the guy in charge of said political group the most ugly, bug eyed evil look possible to show just how "pathetic" he is and point it out to the player how you should be laughing at him and such political ideals and think they are stupid and retarded.

>>715199597

>>715199301
>ughh games should be smaller
No they should not be. You should have more free time, wagie

>Yokoyama be like: We ask our English speaking localizers to read the game's script then tell us what in it would be considered offensive or unacceptable in their country so that we can change said thing at root level in the OG Japanese script itself.

>>715199597
>>715199683
>>715199778
Yakuza threads are dead buddy, stop seething. It's just the two of us

>>715194287 (OP)
Yakuza is and always has been a franchise for Japanese women

>>715196473
7G is a better ending though. The final boss really feels final, series might as well end right there. 6's final boss is a bit ass

>>715194287 (OP)
I guess it became too popular like Monster Hunter and started trying to appeal to a wider audience. Although I haven't played any Yakuza games that came after 3 and altogether played only 3, K1, 0 and 6. So maybe the series still holds up, but pirates looks ridiculous.

I played up through 5, I've had my fill
Don't care for JRPGs so I won't be playing 7 or 8
Keep me posted if this shit ever gets better

>>715199950
>a bit
Whoa now, that's high praise for a character barely in the game. Someya held up 6 on his back that nobody else could compare.

>>715200069
>Although I haven't played any Yakuza games that came after 3
I meant after 0

>>715200084
Hey, I'm not the guy who made the vid but I watched it and i'm curious if you had patience for it. You are literally THE yakuza retard on this board and have been for the past 5 years at least that I know. I only see your name in the Yakuza threads kek

>>715194287 (OP)
Yakuza ended at 4

The only Yakuza game I played was the first one the other week. I played it on PS2 on a CRT. It was pretty fucking awesome except the combat was repetitive. Should I continue playing them?

>>715200080
>I quit just before the ending
..ok

what's the best yakuza game to replay

>>715200664
The one you haven't played for a decade. That's when you forget the story

>>715194287 (OP)
Last good Yakuza game was Judgement.

>>715200664
anything other than ps2 games should be avoided. The bloat is unbearable ps3 and onward

>>715200887
LJ was good too. 7G's story was good, the game just didn't have much content in it

>>715200942
>7G's story was good,
fuck off retard

>>715200940
3 isn't any longer than 2

Anything past 2 isn't worth playing
It's just the same shit over and over again

>>715201021
its twice as longer. It has 100 subquests

>>715200664
>>715200940
sorry Kenzan is great and the original ishin was ok

>>715200847
i'm a 0fag so i played them all within the last five years i think. i might just replay 0, although i was having fun with the english dub of y1 for ps2. just got too busy to finish it.
>>715200940
i'm a 0fag, so.

>>715201016
What didn't you like about it giant faggot

>>715194287 (OP)
By the time the mandated name change and dubs came, it was beyond over
The first sign was god awful K2/Y6 combat style

>>715201153
Dead souls was fun.

>>715198601
>>715198601
>Its not my fault they are releasing game so close to one another
They release roughly one a year. Playing one a year is reasonable. If you're trying to play 20 years of games in one year you're going to get burned out and that isn't the fault of the game
>t. guy who started with 0 last year and got to 4 before taking a break

>>715201094
Who's forcing you to clear all the substories. How would they be in your way of enjoying the game exactly

>>715199597
Bleach Japan was always about getting rid of soaplands retard

>>715201287
again
>dont engage with the content bro
like pottery kek

I generally like the series and don't mind the Yokoyama era much, but I think the first time I looked at this series and genuinely felt awful over the direction is that new cutscene in Y0DC that directly references the watch and ruins the emotional gut punch of the ending.

I have a high tolerance for stupid shit and bad writing, but holy fuck, rewriting something after the fact to ruin the payoff of an ending while also making a character survive the epicenter of a fucking *car bomb* is something else.

>>715201439
This is what the series will have more and more of from now on. Scenes that blatantly just explain everything to you and lay it straight down in your face how you should be feeling about each specific story beat since that's what the people in charge of the franchise now thing of you. They think are you retarded and need constant handholding. They do not see you as human and able to form your own opinions or even able to understand they story they wrote, so they feel the need to point things out to you and tell you exactly what they mean and what's the "correct" way to feel about them.

>>715201390
>I don't want to engage with optional content
>then don't
>WHAT DO YOU MEAN DON'T
huh

>>715200251
Nope. I don't care for watching Youtube videos about Yakuza at all. Challenge videos aren't interesting outside of small snippets like certain low level fights in 7, speedruns are the most boring thing ever from every angle, and I'm not big on combo MADs whatsoever. I watched a 7 challenge run once (I think it was Ichiban only) and it was not only so boring but the guy himself seemed like he only ever played 7 and was playing with the English dub on top of it all. That's the worst part of the challenge run videos because everyone uses the English dubs.

>>715200664
I would say 0 for sure. It's got alright pacing, lots of side content, and a nice distribution of substories and upgrades. I've replayed it twice already even if I don't think it's the best game in the series.

>>715201153
I would argue Kenzan is terrible for replaying unless you are strictly doing the story and it has some of the most infuriating gameplay of the series thanks to the obscene blocking issue. Two of the styles (2H and Unarmed) aren't even usable at any point in the game and 1kat is completely pointless once 2kat gets combo chain increases. The story and bosses are the best part but 90% of the fights are you getting to their back and nothing else really because you can't do damage to their front without being blocked after one hit. As soon as you want to do any substories or side content it becomes a guide game thanks to the missables.
Ishin holds up on replays since general progress of the game is fun and the styles are all fairly well balanced outside of Wild Dance. Ishin Kiwami is another story.

>>715201728
Nagoshi already overexplained everything in J1 though

what exactly are the new scenes in 0's director's cut?

>>715201773
>just dont play the game bro
You are unironically retarded. I want to engage with the side content. Its you saying DUDE DONT OR YOU WONT APPRECIATE THE SEQUELS

>>715201959
Yes, just don't play the optional content in the game if you don't want to play it. Walk me through why you find that impossible to do

>>715201808
what happened to the guy translating kenzan? I was following his blog TEN FUCKING YEARS AGO

>>715195529
There's just literally no reason to play another one after 0. Kiwami, 3, 4, and 5 are all just grossly inferior versions of 0. All the dragon engine vomit games are just lolzzz slapstick no one genuinely wants to play more than a couple of hours of. You can play 2 if you can stomach PS2 crap I suppose. The god awful JRPGs are not even worth mentioning.

>>715201874
probably something to do with nishikiyama

>>715202035
But I do want to play it. Read the therad

>>715201808
what DO you think is the best game in the series? for me it's probably 4

>>715202123
Well then do play it
huh?

>>715201874
Billiken (The old detective dude in Sotenbori) is revealed to have survived being shot in the heart.
Lee survived an explosion despite sitting in the seat that housed the explosion but is now permanently crippled.
Kuze had his final fight extended or something like that by a bit with a cutscene.
The Peace Finance guy says he's going to start up a company called Peace Finance.
Majima specifically looks at the watch and says he's going to fix it for Makoto.
Those are the ones I know of, I don't own a Switch 2 and only read the threads here at launch. I think there's also some new short scene with Shibusawa?

>>715202042
It was two guys and they're the guys in charge of all the restoration patches. They were having issues with translators constantly flaking on them after seeing the work they'd have to do. There were one or two times where they specifically told us here in these threads.
They just updated us on their blog not too far back that it's going smoothly and we know it's going to happen now because the guy who just finished the Ishin translation is doing the Kenzan translation so there's no chance they have a translator flake on them now since he has a track record of completing a project.
https://yakuzapatch.tumblr.com/post/774493490631589888/hello-there-been-a-while-wasnt-it-new-fans
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/730575-ryu-ga-gotoku-ishin/80928724

>>715202132
For me personally it's Kenzan followed up by JE. Kenzan because it was an insane improvement over 2 and felt amazing along with having enjoyable characters and a story I liked far better than 1 and 2. JE because Yagami and his crew were a nice change of pace, I really liked the story, and I liked how Kamurocho was expanded.

>>715200559
So would I like 6? The ragdoll in kiwami (or was it 2?) was ok

>>715194287 (OP)
The biggest issue with the entire yakuza series after the first game (even before 0) has been that it's not edgy at all despite being a series about criminals.
I'm fine with Kiryu "never having killed anyone", but the fact that even Majima got completely neutered after Yakuza 1 and that the protagonists are never allowed to actually do immoral things ruins the dark atmosphere they're trying to build with the main story.
The second biggest issue is that the same plot points get repeated game after game because the writers have no creativity.

>>715202086
>0fag pretends to know what other games are like
How many reruns of this episode are we getting

>>715202561
I loved 6, it's a melancholic story about an old man walking off into the sunset as the world leaves him behind. Gameplay wise it's a bit barebones but Onomichi is comfy and substories are fun. People whine about silly plot twists but I didn't care, emotionally it hit all the right points for me

>>715201860
to be fair it was alzheimer's

>>715202750
Right up until the ending which makes you feel like the devs went insane and completely reversed the game's moral

>>715202498
huh thats actually pretty funny cause the guy that made that video in the OP also made a video about calling out fake translators who take 10 years not to make anything. Although its related to some obscure ps2 game.

Regardless I thnk that kenzan is the best non ps2 game

>>715202750
You would think taht in the game where his foster daughter ends up in coma, he would go off the wall and actually do some criminal stuff bot NOOO

>>715202618
NTA but I agree with him. Yakuza 0 is the best overall experience and I have played from Y0 to Y6.

>>715203197
the only problem with y0 iz that it has no balls. WHen it comes to the gameplay is the peak of the series

>>715194287 (OP)
I am someone that is plaything the entire mainline Yakuza series from the PS2 original to currently working on Pirate. Below are thoughts. 1-10 scale with 5 being meh. 6 is good and 7 and beyond is great.

>Yakuza 1 (PS2)
Start of a franchise. Oozes style. 7/10 but is half nostalgia

>Yakuza 2 (PS2)
Perfection on the original. 10/10

>Yakuza 3
HD step up and a transition for Kiryu's character. 6/10.

>Yakuza 4
Four times the heroes. 40/10.

>Black Panther
Def Jam/10. Lotta bullshit though.

>Yakuza 5
A deeply enjoyable yet massively bloated capstone to the franchise. A worthy finale. 7/10

>Yakuza 0
It's had its dick sucked straight off its pelvis by fandom, but it's still a rock solid game. I hate how much I enjoy it. 8/10

>Yakuza Kiwami
The story was a step up from original with Nishki stuff, but the game was worse to play. 5/10.

>Yakuza 6
Massively understated and better on second playthrough, but also rock start to Dragon Engine. 7/10

>Kiwami 2
Right up with original. 9-10/10

>Judgement
Fucking perfection. Seriously, peak of franchise. 12/10

>Like a Dragon
Ichi was great. Very fun game with the most broken pacing of any game. Final grind was excruciating. 8/10

>Lost Judgement
Inferior story but superior gameplay to Judgement. 7/10

>Kaito Files
Better than Lost Judgement by a country mile. 8/10

>Man Who Erased His Name
7/10 on first playthrough, but I think a 10/10 if paired with Yakuza 6. The ultimate one two punch.

>Infinite Wealth
Superior gameplay to 7 but inferior story. 7/10 but still had a damn good time.

>>715202086
4 and 5 has you play as multiple characters. 4 is kino because it heavily expands on kamurocho, with each character covering different parts of the city giving you 4 different perspectives of the same city.
5 has every character play in different cities with different "primary" mini-games and again it's kino.
7, love it or hate it, tackles a completely new cast in a completely new, very large city so there's a lot to appreciate.

>>715203494
>the only problem with y0 iz that it has no balls
Sorry, I don't recognize the Switch Edition, so you will have to use the "It has no balls" argument somewhere else.

>>715203084
If you only look at their public statements on their blog they might come out as if they were just saying they were translating it to prevent others from claiming it.
If you browse here you'd find them occasionally letting people know what's going on like with >>474811701. They're both cool dudes from when we've talked on here (Usually to correct me on something I either forgot or got mixed up on).

It's just someone who doesn't have the whole picture commenting on a situation.

>>715203697
>>715203697
>4 is kino because it heavily expands on kamurocho
My fucking man.
>>715203697
>5 has every character play in different cities with different "primary" mini-games and again it's kino.
Oh fuck yeah.
>>715203697
>very large city so there's a lot to appreciate.
It's Ichi's city. As much fun as I had with Lost Judgement, I feel like Ijincho just works better in the RPG setting.

>>715203983
Well I dont wanna accuse anyone of being a fake nigger, it goes without saying. In fact back in the day I was able to complete ishin thanks to his guide but regardless I dont understand this .If you have no resources just give it up .

I played 1 then like a year later I played 2, then some months after that started doing each game every other month. I stopped at Judgment over a year ago and am only now starting to want to go back and do LJ and then end with Gaiden.

>>715204616
That's honestly the best way to do it. These games hit harder when you let 'em breathe a bit instead of marathoning. LJ is a banger with probably the best combat in the whole series, so you're in for a good time. And Gaiden is the comfy little epilogue you didn't know you needed-super short but pure fanservice kino. Just don't expect Gaiden to reinvent anything, it's more like dessert after the main course.

>>715194287 (OP)
I just play one or two of each series and I'm still looking forward to more. I played 0, Judgment, Lost Judgment and I'm now excited for Stranger than Heaven. Doing it this way actually feels like they evolve significantly between each entry.

>>715203689
>>Kiwami 2
>Right up with original. 9-10/10

>>715194287 (OP)
kino

>>715197816
It’s funny that jews can post racism on here all fucking day but if i do it i get banned. Oh well idc, you’re a subhuman cunt and every non jew here wants you dead moishe.

I played every RGG game on pc between march and June and thoroughly enjoyed every single game. I'm dying for Stranger than Heaven to come out. I wish there were twice as many Yakuza games, they're just downright fun video games despite their issues.

>>715205484
cope

>>715205069
I think the reason why I enjoy it is because it doesn't take away from Yakuza 2. It's clearly the superior version and sits in my top 3. So I'm evaluating it exclusively as a companion piece. Kiwami 1 on the other hand just pissed me off on a fundamental level. But yeah, I'll admit that Kiwami 2 is a nostalgia evaluation.

>>715203689
Yak 4 is miserable. The only good things it does - establishing Saejima and Akiyama - are either completely ruined by 4 itself (Saejima and his fucking unbelievably bad sister character and plot) or just squandered over and over for the rest of time (Akiyama).

>>715204210
>but regardless I dont understand this .If you have no resources just give it up .
The idea is that in fan translating there's a small amount of people even willing to give their time to contribute to such projects so any amount of people you can spread to other games is preferred to having two groups do the same game. No one wants to pick up the exact same project because either the other project will overshadow it, it becomes a race to see who releases it first to "get the gold" so to speak leading to poorer QC, or people feel it's not worth all that effort to translate the same thing twice, especially something as wordy as a Yakuza game.

If you want to see something like this in practice but not from a fan translating aspect look at 2ship2harkinian vs. the recomp. Even though 2ship2harkinian is technically the objectively better version the recompilation coming out first overshadowed it as a version for a solid year before people started pushing 2ship2harkinian as the best version.

It's an understandable complaint because it's "Either shit or get off the pot" essentially.

>>715205517
I am right there with ya man. Both the Project Century and Stranger than Paradise trailers got me hyped out of my mind. I'd consider getting a next gen system just for that title lol. Interestingly, I'm replaying the GTA series to serve as a contrast for Yakuza and it feels so barren in comparison.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hihuPFku9I&pp=ygUXcHJvamVjdCBjZW50dXJ5IHRyYWlsZXI%3D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L3XVVzsmHE&pp=ygUXcHJvamVjdCBjZW50dXJ5IHRyYWlsZXI%3D

>>715205594

>>715205648
Yakuza 4's map raises it to a 6/10 just by itself. It had so much character and the separate stories each provided a different look into Kamurocho none of the prior titles have come close to replicating. I think the closest was probably Judgement but it still wasn't perfect.

Looking back on my rankings, I think the fact I played in release order had a big effect on how tolerant I was for certain titles.

>>715201874
1) Homeless guy stops Majima to tell him Lee's alive but looks like a mummy now and is confined to a wheelchair, then they talk about Makoto's wristwatch to set up the ending because the player is a fucking idiot.
2) Kiryu finds the loan shark from the beginning of the game in Sotenbori, Shibusawa faked his death and is keeping him around as leverage to throw Kuze under the bus for the cops and become the Dojima clan captain, shark says he's starting up Peace Finance from Y1 and shows Kiryu respect.
3) Final fight with Kuze and Kiryu is extended, just Kuze and Kiryu showing each other respect as men to one another.
4) Majima phones the hospital and finds Billiken is still alive, but Nishitani bit it. Billiken says Nishitani's successor will be named Nishitani II to set up III, then cries over Nishitani's death. Actually the best new scene on a pure voicework level.
5) Kiryu and Nishitani drive through Kamurocho together and recap how dumb and insane the entire game was before the credits roll.

>>715206691
lmaooo wtf

>>715197905
>I hated it from the first game i played (Yakuza 0)
Game is dogshit, i question the intelligence of everybody who likes it.

>>715206631
What's great about Yakuza 4's map is that the running game in Yakuza 3 has a better home here. It's basically a parkour mini game before parkour became a global sensation. Kamurocho feels more of a living breathing city because of these multiple elevations that were sadly dropped.

>>715194287 (OP)
I grew ti hate Kiryu and the general lack of storytelling quality

>>715210154
I'll freely admit that Kiryu is a self sacrifcing man with a martyr complex the size of Kamurocho. On the story side of things I love the constant through narrative of a 13 game extravaganza

Yakuza 4 is so damn good.

>>715212624
It's less the self-sacrificing stoic, it's more than he's an invincible wall and kills everyone around him through sheer hilarious incompetence.

>>715210154

>>715214037
The title "Like a Dragon" and his tattoo say it all if you know anything about dragons in jap mythology. They represent the forces of nature, both good and disastrous. Black dragon is a water dragon, associated with tsunami, floods as well as normal rain that prevents droughts. Kiryu is walking disaster that sometimes improves someone's life while causing enormous collateral damages.

>>715214339
I'm aware, I just wish those damages weren't directly his fault for leaving a gun next to the guy he just beast up, or from falling for the rooftop fight trap for the second time in a few years.

>>715215119
His biggest fuckups aren't even that. Keeping Nishiki out of prison caused 3 games worth of Nishikiyama family fucking up entire Tojo. Passing the throne to Terada. Fucking up Kazama's and Shimano's hit on the gooks. Acting obstinate about a beach contested by two domestic ministries, USA's DoD and several criminal organizations, to the point of getting the next chairman nearly murdered and putting his pet orphans in danger. His fuckups can escalate to international scandals.

>>715195412
fpbp

Uninstalled at this point. I tried to ignore the 40 year old man child, I tried to ignore the 60 year old man larping as a pirate, but this really made me drop the series. The direction of the story after Y5 really went to shit.

>>715214258

>>715217216
women would like to argue otherwise

>>715215763
Yeah, but those fuckups are grey areas, where they could have gone either way. There is precisely no future in which it is a good idea to leave a grenade or a gun next to the unconscious guy that wants you dead. The JINGWOEN mistake is the honest mistake of a stupid child, leaving grenades next to Shimano, a gun next to jingu, a gun next to the guy that shot RIKIYAAAA whatever his name was, a gun next to police commissioner mole TWICE, aggreing to the most retarded rooftop battle in the world, all of these are black and white decisions.

>>715217321
People argue about leaving guns next to villains, but the root cause of the issue is being a moralfag who refuses to kill his enemies. The only time sparing a boss did any good was with Mine, if only to save Daigo because the piece of shit Kiryu propped up Daigo in front of himself instead of shielding him from harm. Kiryu isn't nearly as selfless as it seems, you never see him eating bullets to save someone else, while people like Yumi and Rikiya pissed their lives away for his sake.

I've played 0, 1(K), 2(K), and now 3.
It's insane how fucking awesome Yakuza 0 is and how absolutely shity 1 2 3 are. The writing is just so bad.

>just got back into the series cuz i found the majima game's demo fun
and got the y3 plat

>>715218116
He ate a bullet for Haruka/whatshisname but it literally doesn't matter because Kiryu can be shot twenty times and be fine because he's immortal.

>>715218198
Branch off to Judgment, it's where the writer of 0 went.

>>715198328
Aye, too right.
The advent of internet connected mobile phones unironically ruined the internet.
Now every barely literate third-world mongrel and his six cousins are swarming the net and driving down the quality of everything.

>119 substories
why did they do this?

>>715219440
I liked the one with the kid simping for every woman in Ryukyu. The only time in the whole series I felt motivated to date and bang a hostess, because I knew the creep would follow her around and watch, then bawl his eyes out.

>>715206019
play Sleeping Dogs if you haven't. it will hit the spot much better than GTA

>>715219440
It had to match Kenzan which if I remember right had somewhere around 80 substories, 20 Kakemawari missions, and 20 bounties.

>tfw rgg modeled chitose's navel and lower midriff in her base outfits but her pants are normally too high up to see it

>>715200080
0-5 are honestly the only worth playing, everything else is not even Yakuza anymore. With Y6 they started pushing the mass immigration good and even got Haruka pregnant by some loser chink. They really jumped the shark going all far leftie and it has only gotten gayer and gayer after that with Y7 and 8. People are not wrong to call Yakuza ultra woke now.

I was always a fan of beatemups and this series seemed like a modern beaten up so I started with Kiwami 1 in 2018 but dropped it in under 30 minutes before even tracking down the ring. Really boring first impression that put me off the series for a long time.
I tried 0 in 2020 and loved it. Something special about it for me though is that I wasn’t aware that there was an item that would turn on substory markers. I spent pretty much the entire game running into sub stories organically just by bumping into things while traversing the map. Also the story was kino and I became one of those people that plays these games for the story unironically.
Played Kiwami 1 again after and liked it a lot more but it was carried for me by being a continuation of 0. Some of the sub stories being continuations of 0’s but over 10 years later was really cool, like the pocket racing one. So yeah not as great as 0 and not a great place to start either but really cool when paired with 0.
Played Kiwami 2 after and really appreciated the new engine and the story and combat were great but being able to see all the substories on the map triggered some kind of autism where I felt obligated to make my rounds every chapter to get rid of all the markers in the map. Accidentally missing that item in 0 saved me from myself and so I’m still really biased towards 0 but still loved Kiwami 2. Definitely gonna go back and play the ps2 versions of 1 and 2.
I didn’t like 3 at all. Nothing really unique I can say about it that hasn’t been said though but I slipped a lot and Judy beat it in 15 hours.
4 was pretty kino but hated the saejima underground stuff. I’m going through 5 now and it’s the best of 3-4-5 trilogy so far. Opening was kino. It’s been a few years since I started playing the series bc I slogged through 3 over the course of 2 years even though it was only 15 hours. Really looking forward to 6 and the new engine but not sure what I should do after-gaiden,7,Ishin,or Judgment?