Help with the disco stuff (please)

[Kazoulet]

Hello there

I know, I know. There had been many people complaining about this already, but I couldn't find something really helpful among the dozens of threads I've read.
I'm currently facing Ogita in the substory, and I've been trying (really, really hard) at least 20 times to beat him, but never got close to his score (my best is ~3500 on easy, wich is a 3 star rating according to the game). The other 2 previous dancers didn't give me much trouble, I've beaten them in 1 or 2 tries.
I want to beat him, and I just don't know how. Spare me the "git gud" and "just don't do it".
I really loves this game, and pretty much everything it has to offer. I'm kind of a completionist, and this game really got me. But this, this minigame, the fact that you have to beat the AI to this minigame, is one feature that goes to my list of things I never want to see ever again in a video game.
So if anyone got any idea, or a "mod" that could help me, I'll be thankful for sure.

[LArc7thHeaven]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1640441119
Agreed Ogita is the hardest because the song choice is quite hard (miracle Johnson song) but in the end it's kinda RNG you'll get him make mistakes but the true key is the combo. try pull as many combo number while number of steps certainly can help but more combo the better. I don't remember my last time play vs ogita, but beating Miss Isobe is piece of cake, just the same tactic raking up combo. Disco queen my best score so far 8720 lol

[Jwsto]

Originally posted by LArc7thHeaven:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1640441119
Agreed Ogita is the hardest because the song choice is quite hard (miracle Johnson song) but in the end it's kinda RNG you'll get him make mistakes but the true key is the combo. try pull as many combo number while number of steps certainly can help but more combo the better. I don't remember my last time play vs ogita, but beating Miss Isobe is piece of cake, just the same tactic raking up combo. Disco queen my best score so far 8720 lol

It's just so damn hard to get good combo on the song against Ogita. It's way too fast and the timing of the button press needs to be so damn accurate! And it doesn't help that some of the things spawn at almost same time so it's quite hard to tell which of them disappears first!

[BradHabits]

this is the only part of the game that prevented me from attempting a 100% finish of this game on ps4.. its freaking impossible!! that aside this is one of my favourite games of all time and I have just bought it again on PC

[『Banshee』]

Here's to necro'ing this post hard, but I really hope that it will be useful to someone who ends up with the same problem.

- It has been mentioned, but ALWAYS go for the hard difficulty setting. It's counter-intuitive, but will actually improve your chances. The AI will mess up significantly more often and steps will matter less.
- Don't focus on doing a ridiculous amount of steps. You're very likely to screw up that way. I've always aimed for 1 step a beat, since it'll make timing WAY easier and combos are just as valuable as steps (and that has always been enough for me, even with minor screw-ups).
- Don't panic when the AI gets way ahead of you at the start. I've found that to be practically unavoidable. You should be able to gain a lot of momentum through combos.
- If you're not that good at the minigame and you know it, don't spam your Fever, but time it so that you can use it at the part(s) you are having trouble with. You're much better off with your combo intact. Don't make the game any more difficult for yourself than it needs to be.

Good luck, try to enjoy yourself and don't lose hope, you got this :)

[LArc7thHeaven]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1649410018
Steps vs Combos, you can see the difference here

[Mhmmm]

Don't play on easy, go at least for medium, but I would recommend going hard, because, you know, AI makes mistakes too.

[klowx]

For those interested, I edited a script with python to play for me. It took me some time to manually write the right time and move sequence, time I could have used to train and improve myself to this, but where's the fun in it?

To use :
1/ install last Python version from https://www.python.org/
2/ copy/paste py script and timestamp file below with notepad or equivalent and save in same directory.
3/ edit py file line 6 "file = "ogita_challenge.txt"" with the name of the timestamp file.
4/ run Yakuza 0 and speak to Ogita. Select Hard difficulty and wait. (IMPORTANT: don't press "E" when Kiryu says "Yeah!")
5/ Alt+Tab and run the script, you have 2 seconds to switch back to the game window (you can edit line 73 if you need more time).
6/ enjoy Kiryu's moves

Py script : https://pastebin.com/NHs18Pqg
Timestamp file : https://pastebin.com/uYWFRVNk

This is not 100% accurate due to loading sometimes taking a few more frames. But it worked fine for me with a constant 60fps (it might be an issue if not).

Here's the video of Ogita getting totally REKT (17,466pts) !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3Bx4dIuUGE&feature=youtu.be

It should work with other songs, provided you create the appropriate file. I recorded the song with OBS and advanced frame by frame to write the correct time and random steps. BTW 9 steps is the maximum you can score, so no need to walk on every tile everytime (it's funny tho but increases the chances of a desync).
If you do so, please share.

[van_bunder]

What's the timestamp file?

[Smash]

I was stuck with the last two dance substories like the rest of humanity, browsing for tips while doing some attempts, until the AI started failing everything for an entire try, after a few defeats.

First with Isobe, always on hard, I was scoring around 6k on each try while she was scoring 7-8k, then unexpectedly she only scored 4k. Same with Ogita, after 20 tries or so, he scored very low and I was able to win.

So the thing is to keep trying until the AI decides to let you win.