Is the port good?

[AisSora]

Hey guys, I'm a PC gamer mainly, but I do have a PS4 for a limited time now (I'm using my brother's PS4 until he comes back from traveling). I've been wanting to get into the Yakuza series for a while now since I saw a streamer play it on Twitch and it seemed awesome. I do want to get the game on PC rather than PS4 because of the limited time I have access to the PS4.

So the question is for the people who already got this game: Should I risk it and buy it for PC or just play it safe and buy the PS4 version?

PS: the reason why I'm reluctant is that I saw many bad reviews about it being buggy.

And thank you.

[General Plastro]

Buying a game for a platform you have no long term access to seems quite a bad deal.

Not even gonna go into detail here.

[LostSoul15]

87 Hours into the game. 1 Crash (a known Bug with a Substory that has been solved with the Beta Patch), no other Bugs occured until now.

Specs: Intel Core I7 4790K
16GB DD3 Ram
GTX 1080

But it seems the game performs very different for people...so i´d say, buy for PC, test 2 Hours, if not to your liking, return it

[Arisato]

The port is not good nor bad, it's acceptable with few bugs. Hope Sega will release the patch soon. Not recommend to buy the PS4 version if you don't have a PS4 for a long term.

[Duckilous]

The port is playable and performs pretty well.
It just has a few issues but not too major that would affect the playability of the game and it's best to be played with a controller.
If you do have any issues, check out PCGamingWiki[pcgamingwiki.com] for any fixes, tweaks or improvements.

[Arrite]

It's kind of weird. People have reported many gamebreaking bugs, while I managed to play bug-free for 74 hours until I activated the inventory glitch by using the buggy save anywhere mode. Though this was easy to fix, since all you have to do is make a new save file and reload that save file.
Performance in the port is pretty good, and the graphics settings are kinda customizable, to the point where you can play with a rendering resolution that manages to get even lower than a Playstation 1.
The only major flaw I've seen so far in the port is that SEGA managed to somehow make the arcades harder for some reason and got rid of the classic scanline filter they had.

[The GhØst]

I haven't crashed a single time and the game runs super well.

[AisSora]

I think I'll get it on PC then. They'll probably fix the glaring issues anyway.

Thanks for the responses guys :D

[LostSoul15]

Originally posted by AisSora:

I think I'll get it on PC then. They'll probably fix the glaring issues anyway.

Thanks for the responses guys :D

I guess so yeah. They are taking everything in the Bug Tracker quite serious, and i hope and guess this is a good sign they want to release more than just Yakuza 0 and Kiwami for the PC. Although i might buy Kiwami 1 and 2 for my PS4 cause i cant ♥♥♥♥♥♥ wait so long to play further :D

[AisSora]

Originally posted by LostSoul15:

Originally posted by AisSora:

I think I'll get it on PC then. They'll probably fix the glaring issues anyway.

Thanks for the responses guys :D

I guess so yeah. They are taking everything in the Bug Tracker quite serious, and i hope and guess this is a good sign they want to release more than just Yakuza 0 and Kiwami for the PC. Although i might buy Kiwami 1 and 2 for my PS4 cause i cant ♥♥♥♥♥♥ wait so long to play further :D

This is the first Yakuza game I'll be playing, so I hope this gets me into the series as a whole. I heard this is a good entry point, and I'm quite excited to start the journey and enjoy it.

[LostSoul15]

Originally posted by AisSora:

Originally posted by LostSoul15:

I guess so yeah. They are taking everything in the Bug Tracker quite serious, and i hope and guess this is a good sign they want to release more than just Yakuza 0 and Kiwami for the PC. Although i might buy Kiwami 1 and 2 for my PS4 cause i cant ♥♥♥♥♥♥ wait so long to play further :D

This is the first Yakuza game I'll be playing, so I hope this gets me into the series as a whole. I heard this is a good entry point, and I'm quite excited to start the journey and enjoy it.

Yeah, it is a good entry point. My only concern is the Sales Numbers in the West for Yakuza 0 (and Kiwami 1 and 2) are not good enough for SEGA to make them bring the PS4 Remasters for Yakuza 3 4 and 5 to the West, let alone for the PC....just glad i have Yakuza 3-5 for my PS3 :D

[AisSora]

Originally posted by LostSoul15:

Originally posted by AisSora:

This is the first Yakuza game I'll be playing, so I hope this gets me into the series as a whole. I heard this is a good entry point, and I'm quite excited to start the journey and enjoy it.

Yeah, it is a good entry point. My only concern is the Sales Numbers in the West for Yakuza 0 (and Kiwami 1 and 2) are not good enough for SEGA to make them bring the PS4 Remasters for Yakuza 3 4 and 5 to the West, let alone for the PC....just glad i have Yakuza 3-5 for my PS3 :D

Yeah, I can see that being a problem for sure :/ I'm planning to get a PS4 eventually because there are too many exclusives to pass on.
On that note, I wanted to ask about the other games in the series: do you need to play them in order? What I mean is, do u need to play 5 for example to understand 6?

[Ghigi]

So far, a lot more than I expected from a 2015 PS3 title "pimped up" in 2017 for the PS4. The port is great. My only complain: can't play with a mouse due to the camera tilting when you try to mouse look. Much better to use the J and L buttons, but you can't really fight that way. Also, the LOD on Ultra should be a lot better. Honorable mention for the SMAA filter and the uncapped cutscenes.

[LostSoul15]

Originally posted by AisSora:

Originally posted by LostSoul15:

Yeah, it is a good entry point. My only concern is the Sales Numbers in the West for Yakuza 0 (and Kiwami 1 and 2) are not good enough for SEGA to make them bring the PS4 Remasters for Yakuza 3 4 and 5 to the West, let alone for the PC....just glad i have Yakuza 3-5 for my PS3 :D

Yeah, I can see that being a problem for sure :/ I'm planning to get a PS4 eventually because there are too many exclusives to pass on.
On that note, I wanted to ask about the other games in the series: do you need to play them in order? What I mean is, do u need to play 5 for example to understand 6?

Yeah...i was lucky and bought Yakuza 3 as a young guy in my local Software Store, and got Yakuza 4 and 5 via PS Plus Subscription a Year ago....

And yes: Since you are mainly following Kazuma Kiryu´s Story (besides the multiple Characters you have in the later Games, in Yakuza 5 you also play as a little Teenage Girl that wants to come out big as a dancer :D ) it is much advised to play them in order. I dont know if the Storys of the other games are more or less complex, but you might get a know in your brain when not playing them in order :D

[AisSora]

Originally posted by LostSoul15:

Originally posted by AisSora:

Yeah, I can see that being a problem for sure :/ I'm planning to get a PS4 eventually because there are too many exclusives to pass on.
On that note, I wanted to ask about the other games in the series: do you need to play them in order? What I mean is, do u need to play 5 for example to understand 6?

Yeah...i was lucky and bought Yakuza 3 as a young guy in my local Software Store, and got Yakuza 4 and 5 via PS Plus Subscription a Year ago....

And yes: Since you are mainly following Kazuma Kiryu´s Story (besides the multiple Characters you have in the later Games, in Yakuza 5 you also play as a little Teenage Girl that wants to come out big as a dancer :D ) it is much advised to play them in order. I dont know if the Storys of the other games are more or less complex, but you might get a know in your brain when not playing them in order :D

I see.... thank you for the heads-up. I'll definitely keep that in mind.

[LostSoul15]

Originally posted by AisSora:

Originally posted by LostSoul15:

Yeah...i was lucky and bought Yakuza 3 as a young guy in my local Software Store, and got Yakuza 4 and 5 via PS Plus Subscription a Year ago....

And yes: Since you are mainly following Kazuma Kiryu´s Story (besides the multiple Characters you have in the later Games, in Yakuza 5 you also play as a little Teenage Girl that wants to come out big as a dancer :D ) it is much advised to play them in order. I dont know if the Storys of the other games are more or less complex, but you might get a know in your brain when not playing them in order :D

I see.... thank you for the heads-up. I'll definitely keep that in mind.

Welcome. If you wanna get really invested into the Series, you´d better have a lookout for used PS3 systems and yakuza 3-4-5 then. i dont count on SEGA bringing all the remasters to the west....