Kuze is a ♥♥♥♥in joke

[bugc VETERANSMONTH]

First boss,
Everyone fighting him would be a beginner,
Super ♥♥♥♥in' hard,
No idea at ALL how to beat him.

Brawler mode does not work, 100%
I'm in Rush mode, spamming E, getting a 4 hit combo in,
Working a lot better, game never really told me what mode I should be using,
I can get him to half of his second bar then die.

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40 minutes of trying, I beat him,
probably spammed E/evade at least 150 times cheesing the match until he combod then went in for a couple of attacks.

[Game McGee]

It's a tough fight. I felt like i had to cheese the fight to beat him the first time as well. Rush mode came in handy and that fight is the first time you learn that evading is very useful when your enemy is overpowered. Don't worry too much you'll get better and your character will unlock another style that will mop the floor with bosses.

Oh yeah, and after that fight i moved to a controller, it's not something I had to do but when i did the Combat got easier. Even the game says "Real Yakuza Use a Controller"

[LArc7thHeaven]

It's tough fight but you're given time to get better for yourself. i use brawling to block and give him good punishment but when he pop heat i changed to rush for evasion. This game is all in creativity in combat you can switch style which work best.

[Lar Dass]

Controller will help for sure. I used beast on kuze mostly and stocked up on toughness before
Rush is the true underdog of this game and expecially kiwami

[Cybergoth Raccoon]

I didn't find it hard the first time at all, he barely hit me, try using a controller instead the game simply isn't designed with keyboard and mouse in mind.

[Jouchebag]

He hit me a bunch... I just compensated with about half of my 15 healing items...

It's also probably the first fight where managing your Heat is important. Those little rush jabs can fill your Heat, then you can switch to Brawler with full heat for faster punches that actually stun Kuze. While your Heat is at 2-3, remember to finish your combo in either style with a Triangle (Heat) attack to knock him down and follow up with another Triangle (Heat) attack while he's on the ground for heavy damage. Brawler will do a lot more damage to him, faster, but without Heat it's too slow to be effective.

You're gonna hate Chapter 5 when the random street punks start fighting like rabid wolves and regularly threaten to overwhelm you.

[bugc VETERANSMONTH]

Originally posted by Ælfred Se Greata:

I didn't find it hard the first time at all, he barely hit me, try using a controller instead the game simply isn't designed with keyboard and mouse in mind.

Thanks, but no, I'm not purchasing a controller for a PC game.
Its fine with a keyboard.

If I buy a game from a PC store like Steam and it's a rush job not designed for PC but use for a controller, or it's unplayable with a keyboard then it's negative review I leave is justified.

Yakuza 0 is fine, just a dodgy camera which is expected.

[bugc VETERANSMONTH]

Originally posted by Jouchebag:

, remember to finish your combo in either style with a Triangle (Heat) attack to knock him down and follow up with another Triangle (Heat) attack while he's on the ground for heavy damage.

Thanks for your comment.
I use a keyboard. I know what you mean though.

[xBGLx狂犬]

my friendly advice to you - never buy japanese game if you don't have controller

[CHAO$$$]

You can pretty much only hit him once and then reset because he will randomly dodge or hyperarmor your attacks mid combo - i finished him on hard or sth with no healing items.

If you can get behind him you get at least 1 free combo.

At the end of the day the combat is just really poorly designed compared to the industry standards these days. All the later bosses are exactly like him.

And as someone else said rush mode + dodge while left clicking helps after you can unlock that. But it never really gets to the point where the combat is tolerable.

Healing items break the game. Stack up on those and you'll win everything first try.

[CHAO$$$]

Originally posted by Bug:

Yakuza 0 is fine, just a dodgy camera which is expected.

Unrelated to the topic.. but the guys who made Ys 8 nailed the camera controls with mouse and keyboard (and they also have better combat for that matter).
So no - not all asian console games have to have ♥♥♥♥♥♥ controls on PC.
Ys is an AA title at most in terms of budget. You can and should expect more.

[Coco HC träveller]

No idea what you talkin' about. Beat the game with keyboard + mouse fairly easy.

[bugc VETERANSMONTH]

Originally posted by elhumanoid:

No idea what you talkin' about. Beat the game with keyboard + mouse fairly easy.

Same bro, keyboard and mouse is easy.

Don't think I've complained about that, this was about a hard boss.

[Jouchebag]

Originally posted by Bug:

Originally posted by elhumanoid:

No idea what you talkin' about. Beat the game with keyboard + mouse fairly easy.

Same bro, keyboard and mouse is easy.

Don't think I've complained about that, this was about a hard boss.

As the game goes on you will learn how important footwork is.

Even to the point of looking ridiculous while running in circles around bad guys.

I think I beat the chubby guy in the Rush (dodge) training by literally running in circles and never had to actually dodge an attack.

[bugc VETERANSMONTH]

Yeah I've heard about that,

I've also read a guy stood still while holding block, (beast mode maybe)
And he didn't even move an inch the whole match

[Jouchebag]

In order to arrange or space out enemies when they start throwing 4-7 a time at you, you need some kind of plan.

For Majima, Breaker sweeps these guys pretty nicely from I've seen.

For Kiryu, if you don't have pick-ups or are too tightly grouped with the enemy to get something picked up, then you're stuck with Rush poking or... running around like a chicken with your head cut off until an opportunity arises.

I feel honestly pretty stupid running around looking for a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ bike to pick up and break over my enemy's face, but it works... it works well.