(Solved) So what is this game....

[b9thirty99]

....i hav never played it, and watched some gameplay. In 1 hour playthrugh there was litterally 45min of talking and cutscenes. In all 3 playthrough i watched. So i think it is better to ask someone who knows this game, and have played it. Why should i buy this? Is this some japanese B-film type of game. And i dont really dig japanses art, mostly anime/manga, besides the ones in Virtua Fighters or Mario. (Sorry if its offensive) Thanks :) I am trying to find out through civilised discussion.

[Mazdalopitek]

Yakuza, it's a scenaristic brawler-RPG with tons of side activities.

Expect to find a lot of cutscenes and dialogs with plot twists from the moon and badass moments, a lot of violent and terribly fun fights, and a huge content of mini-games. The world you evolve is really small (district size), but there always something to do.

As my english's pretty bad, I think this guy will explain better than me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJVJX6G9cCA

And if you want a longer gameplay trailer of this Yakuza 0:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QirwHAliyJU

[b9thirty99]

Alright let me check. Thanks buddy :)

[Unaimed Player]

Another review you could watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1cFBtr-ryU

[A Regular Italian Plumber]

It is the single most japanese thing you can do aside from slaughtering dolphins or having blurry genitals.

[b9thirty99]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von HeWhosKnownAsIAm:

It is the single most japanese thing you can do aside from slaughtering dolphins or having blurry genitals.

LMFAO!!!!

[Maratka-Indwa]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von MehKind:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von HeWhosKnownAsIAm:

It is the single most japanese thing you can do aside from slaughtering dolphins or having blurry genitals.

LMFAO!!!!

you can watch JAV porn. enough reason to play this game

[A Regular Italian Plumber]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Bushworld Marthy:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von MehKind:

LMFAO!!!!

you can watch JAV porn. enough reason to play this game

I like the sidequest in Yakuza 4 where you berate a single mother for not selling her body to make ends meet for her child, or the one where you have to convince a business owner to indiscriminately fire employees so his profits will go up with the mission wrapping up with the moral of "If it increases profits who cares if you ruin a few lives". Mind you neither of these are played for yucks and are legit "this is how you should live" kind of moments.


These games are ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ crazy.

[Mhmmm]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von HeWhosKnownAsIAm:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Bushworld Marthy:

you can watch JAV porn. enough reason to play this game

I like the sidequest in Yakuza 4 where you berate a single mother for not selling her body to make ends meet for her child, or the one where you have to convince a business owner to indiscriminately fire employees so his profits will go up with the mission wrapping up with the moral of "If it increases profits who cares if you ruin a few lives". Mind you neither of these are played for yucks and are legit "this is how you should live" kind of moments.


These games are ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ crazy.

in 0 you can buy 12yo boy a porn magazine :D

[A Regular Italian Plumber]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Mhmmm:

Ursprünglich geschrieben von HeWhosKnownAsIAm:

I like the sidequest in Yakuza 4 where you berate a single mother for not selling her body to make ends meet for her child, or the one where you have to convince a business owner to indiscriminately fire employees so his profits will go up with the mission wrapping up with the moral of "If it increases profits who cares if you ruin a few lives". Mind you neither of these are played for yucks and are legit "this is how you should live" kind of moments.


These games are ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ crazy.

in 0 you can buy 12yo boy a porn magazine :D

I find that way less crazy than the weird Japanese morals of some side missions. Its kind of a shock how they are always presented like the end of an episode of happy days where everyone gathers around and talks about what they learned.

"I learned something today, I shouldnt let the financial stability of one of my employee get in the way of increased profits"

♥♥♥♥'s wacky yo.

[Yuga-Suggah]

Basically, the plot of a Yakuza game is about a guy(ussually Kiryu Kazama) interacting with the Japanese adult underground world. For the most part, you are a former Yakuza superstar trying to live a normal life, but the Yakuza keep dragging you back to the criminal world.

What makes this different from games like Sleeping Giants and GTA is that you are not blanetly a criminal. You sorta can't kill people (i.e. "Kiryu didnt kill anybody meme") , you don't steal cars, and you can't use/sell drugs. Rather you are a guy that does things that are not done by the general public, ranging from frowned upon by Japanese society, to criminal. Basically the point of the game is to do the right thing in a seedy Japanese criminal world. Sometimes the results are sad, brutal, weird, interesting, mundane, serious, or hilarious.

The game itself is basically a beat em up. I wouldn't call Yakuza a very technical beat em up, but the actual fighting is fun, easy to learn, and engaging.

The real meat and potatoes of this game is just doing stuff. Beat up some random thugs, go through the story, maybe do some bowling, or gambling or video gaming. Mix and repeat. All in the service of learning to be the greater man in a low world.

[Kippu-Kun]

I was always curious, since there seems to be a large number of NPCs walking around. Can you attack innocent civilians, or is combat locked only for enemies?

[Mazdalopitek]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Kippu-Kun:

I was always curious, since there seems to be a large number of NPCs walking around. Can you attack innocent civilians, or is combat locked only for enemies?

No you can't attack civilians. Fights begin like RPG: you meet thugs thugs/hooligans/yakuza in the street, they call you for a fight, and a sort of "closed battle arena" is formed by civilians watching you beat them all.

Like in this video: https://youtu.be/1pavSCrA_pI?t=26m25s
(as you can see, a crowd of watchers is blocking the exits during the fight)

[b9thirty99]

So people, does this game get repetitive? And also can you turn off those multicolor effect on fist and kicks and all those flashing when you are in brawl?

[Gale Erick]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von MehKind:

So people, does this game get repetitive? And also can you turn off those multicolor effect on fist and kicks and all those flashing when you are in brawl?

Depend on what you mean by repetitive.

For the main story gameplay is pretty straightforward, get to the destination, watch custscene, might be a fight or two with mobs or boss, go to another destination, see another cutscene... and so on and so forth.

The side content however, has a lot of variation in it. Different kind of minigames, funny subtories to experience, random mobs to fights and torture, real estate business mission, managing cabaret clubs.

So yeah that would depend on what you do in the game yourself, focusing only on the main story will make it seems repetitive. Take some time with the side content for variations.

For the color effect that cannot be disabled I'm afraid, those are the staple of the Yakuza series. Especially the aura that indicates you're currently in HEAT mode.

[b9thirty99]

@GHale, thanks man. I will buy when it comes out, and see if I like it. Thank you all :)