DLC

[Nin]

Is all the DLC just cosmetic and + level boost stuff? or is there a specific DLC i should actually buy??

[An Alien Vendetta]

Two of the DLC's are new classes.
Tennis Ace: Female only-class that possesses plenty of crowd clearing options
Linebacker: Male only class that serves as a Tank to draw aggro (proc rage) on foes

One of the DLC's contains a new dungeon, the Big Swell, a substory that features the whole party have fun in Hawaii, and access to the New Game+ and Legend Difficulty.

[Nin]

Originally posted by Cram Salesman:

Two of the DLC's are new classes.
Tennis Ace: Female only-class that possesses plenty of crowd clearing options
Linebacker: Male only class that serves as a Tank to draw aggro (proc rage) on foes

One of the DLC's contains a new dungeon, the Big Swell, a substory that features the whole party have fun in Hawaii, and access to the New Game+ and Legend Difficulty.

the DLC for new dungeon/substory/NG+, should i wait till i beat the game to do that DLC pack?

[Gaunter O'Dimm]

Originally posted by Nin:

the DLC for new dungeon/substory/NG+, should i wait till i beat the game to do that DLC pack?

doesn't really matter. might as well buy it now so you get access to the special costumes that are also included in that DLC

[Kazuma Kiryu]

I'd wait. The DLCs might go on sale by the time you beat the game.

[Gaunter O'Dimm]

Originally posted by Kazuma Kiryu:

I'd wait. The DLCs might go on sale by the time you beat the game.

that's maximum copium. unless OP takes an unexpected 3 month break, there is no chance they'll get discounted this early

[Baby❤]

copy pasting message I wrote before:
DLC is mid as hell, don't consider buying till it drops like 80%

Big Swell is literally just Underground Dungeon 3 with some small substory-eqsue cutscenes in between each segment. Cutscenes were entertaining but not anywhere near worth the asking price and the gameplay is nothing new or interesting. Just imagine the same dungeons as before but the boss floors are story boss refights.

NG+ is ♥♥♥♥ anyway, poorly balanced and underwhelming. They didn't improve it compared to 7 at all. And you can't really have much fun anyway. Party members still join when they do in the main game, you still don't get jobs till you do in the main game, etc. Wanted to mess around with Joon Gi for the first 2/3rds of the game or Ichiban's party in Japan? no lol

Best part is that you can potentially soft lock yourself if you don't know what you're doing. When a guy joins your party or your char changes class, they get hit with the class default weapon instead of whatever is in your inventory. So if you aren't smart enough to consider using rocket launchers or sure kill moves like arrest, you're stuck doing single digit damage in a tutorial fight lol

other parts are literal model swap costumes and cheat items.

[Legato Bluesummers]

Big Swell is cool for all the character interactions but they did go a little overboard on the goofiness. Still got a few chuckles out of me but not worth the price overall, yet you do need it for all teh achievements/trophies. It also massively dumps xp on you so you level up very quickly.

[Bababooie]

Originally posted by Legato Bluesummers:

Big Swell is cool for all the character interactions but they did go a little overboard on the goofiness. Still got a few chuckles out of me but not worth the price overall, yet you do need it for all teh achievements/trophies. It also massively dumps xp on you so you level up very quickly.

How long is the dungeon?

[Gaunter O'Dimm]

Originally posted by Bababooie:

How long is the dungeon?

5 sectors, each about 30 - 45 min.

[imag2OOO]

Originally posted by Gaunter O'Dimm:

Originally posted by Kazuma Kiryu:

I'd wait. The DLCs might go on sale by the time you beat the game.

that's maximum copium. unless OP takes an unexpected 3 month break, there is no chance they'll get discounted this early

to be fair normal ppl probably wont beat this game in a few days like us gamers :D

[valium]

Legend mode in this game is just not good, and the Big Swell isnt nearly as good as the True Millennium Tower from LAD7. I really liked the NG+ in LAD7, Legend mode was challenging enough to be more engaging than normal mode, which made me wish it was available from the start.

[Wingnut Mcmoomoo]

Originally posted by valium:

Legend mode in this game is just not good, and the Big Swell isnt nearly as good as the True Millennium Tower from LAD7. I really liked the NG+ in LAD7, Legend mode was challenging enough to be more engaging than normal mode, which made me wish it was available from the start.

Legend difficulty in 7 is way easier than normal in 8 tbh. Without any grinding it was hard to not one shot everything on my first playthrough blind. My biggest problem with 7 was there was zero engaging combat as most fights ended before they could begin. (but to be fair thats a yakuza problem, 99% of the fights in the yakuza series are brainless wastes of time, 8 does a better job of avoiding that imo)

I'm not saying 8 is hard but its less of an auto battler on normal than 7 was on legend.

(edit just to say i love this series and always have, i just know it has problems)