I saw the official site yesterday.
Majimaaaaa~~~

Seriously though, they should stop at 5 already.
They're really starting to milk the series.
The great story can only last so long, so 5... make it a final one, atleast for the next 2 or 3 years.

Game is out on the PSN store btw.

Where you people on the hype train?!

Interms of my favs:

Yakuza 1 > Yakuza 2 > Yakuza 5 > Yakuza 3 > Yakuza 4.

Would technically have placed 0 above 5 actually, but eh... didn't understand enough of it.
5 is really good though, despite some weird flaws.

You gonna 100% this too?

I already asked Sega rep twice, they said no each time.

Possibility very low, since they've already stopped printing Yakuza 5 discs in the first place.

One thing that sorts of disappoint me in Y5 is... The HEAT actions. It's toned down, not as brutal as it was in Y4 and even Y3, weird. There's no blood, no bruises either... Again weird.

It may sound like a small little thing, but yeah.. Y5 doesn't feel as viscious as the other games, oddly.

This post has been edited by SSJBen: Dec 9 2015, 01:16 PM

Well.. It feels disconnected because the cutscenes has blood. So...

This, the original, the one that started it all. Man that nostalgic feeling!



EFFIN'G YES!!! Nishiki's story! Finally, that big stupid plot hole will be filled!
Everyone please, buy more Yakuza 5, buy A LOT of Yakuza 0 so this can be translated. This is too good, just too good!



As for Yakuza 6:



No story, nothing. Just showing off the new engine (with proper PBR now!), Kamurocho and Kiryu.

IIRC and rumor has it, Atlus helped in the translation. Y5 has the best localization yet in the series and that's what make it so good despite some head scratching flaws.

They took a million years to localize it, never even ported it to the PS4 before it was translated since they were more busy with Ishin than anything else. Then went full steam ahead with Yakuza 0, then made a new engine in tandem with remaking Yakuza 1(Kiwami), and now they are full steam ahead with Yakuza 6.

Sorry man, Yakuza 5 was never planned for the PS4 and most probably never will be remastered considering the circumstances.

Oh my god.



Day effin' 1.

Understand that this demo has a few story sequences that will not be in the final game. Heck, a lot of the stuff in the demo are actually place holders for Yakuza 6, since they ported many of the stuff from Y5. The final game will look even better basically.

Yes, the Yakuza games do have stories all interconnected with one another (except for 2) quite closely.

There is a story recap in Y4, it does give you a summarized back story of the main plot. They are however IMO, not deep enough. It's better to just go watch all the cutscenes on YT or something.
But many of the big side quests, of which returning NPCs all the way back from Y1 appears in Y4 (and 5, and presumably in 6 too). That's where new players will feel completely lost because their backstory aren't explained.

I personally don't think you should have started from Y4, rather should have started from Y3 instead (go find 3rd hand copy or something). Since Y1 and Y2 are more closely connected, Y3 on the other hand starts off on a "clean state" thus it is easier to understand the saga from Y3 to Y5.

No, not confirmed sadly.

Damn bro, you insane.

This post has been edited by SSJBen: May 23 2016, 04:18 PM

They already tried it in 4 and 5. No one liked the new characters except Akiyama.

The whole reason Y6 will primarily be about Kiryu (not saying there won't be other important characters, because there are) is because people were b!tching left and right with 4 and 5 having too little Kiryu presence.

TGS 2016 Demo.




Loss for words. This is just too good.

Apparently VF5 will be playable in Club Sega? Hot damn if true.

I spent like 20 hours on VF2 in Y5. Gonna spend like 100 hours on VF5 on Y6 then, that's my favourite VF to date.

Yakuza 6 running on PS4 Pro




This is from the demo that was released a few days ago on JP and HK PSN.
Game looks fantastic, but it's too bad that the team has decided to forget 60fps all together. This will be a jarring experience going from Y0 and Kiwami...


Also if there's one thing I really, really do not understand is... the non-critical cutscenes (sidequest interactions basically) are now very lifeless and dull. Just watch how Date and Kiryu talk to each other, their bodies barely moves an inch! Facial expressions are practically non existant too! This is a stark contrast to Yakuza 5! Really not sure why they went this route at all if they were going to voice most of the sidequests in the first place.

It's official. Kiwami and Yakuza 6 will be localized.

Make a day -1 edition for them please.