Yakuza Franchise Discussion Thread

[Kazzy]

This thread is now the official discussion thread for any and all Yakuza games part of the franchise, most specifically PC.

Make sure to use spoilers when talking about events that happen in the games to prevent spoiling people

Current games missing on PC:

- Yakuza Ishin: Out Now!!
- Yakuza Kenzan: Unlocalised
- Yakuza Black Panther (Kurohyou): Fan Translation Available
- Yakuza Black Panther 2 (Kurohyou 2): English Patch Out Now!
- Judgment: Now Available on PC!
- Fist of The North Star: Lost Paradise: Only on PS4
- Yakuza Dead Souls: Only on PS3
- Lost Judgment: Now Available on PC!
- Like a Dragon 8: Out Now!!
- Like a Dragon: The Man Who Erased His Name - Out Now!
- Like a Dragon Pirate Yakuza: Out Now!

Updates will be made when official announcements are made by SEGA.

[xBGLx狂犬]

ak78ak eredeti hozzászólása:

In that summit they announced Ishin, Gaiden and showcased some of LaD8, and of course they shadow dropped the Judgment games for PC after the event

oh I've thought Ishin and Judgment news were after State of Play event. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aywlRsohBPY

[ak78ak]

xBGLx狂犬 eredeti hozzászólása:

ak78ak eredeti hozzászólása:

In that summit they announced Ishin, Gaiden and showcased some of LaD8, and of course they shadow dropped the Judgment games for PC after the event

oh I've thought Ishin and Judgment news were after State of Play event. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aywlRsohBPY

Yes Ishin was initially unveiled during the State of Play and RGG just mentioned about the additional character models that would feature in the updated version. Judgment ports were officially unveiled after the RGG Summit via Twitter/X

[xBGLx狂犬]

ak78ak eredeti hozzászólása:

Yes Ishin was initially unveiled during the State of Play and RGG just mentioned about the additional character models that would feature in the updated version. Judgment ports were officially unveiled after the RGG Summit via Twitter/X

thanks for clearing it out for me!

[Lar Dass]

Small note: the western rgg account seems to be posting a crap ton of yakuza 3 stuff, hoping its not a tease for kiwami 3 but worth noting

[Legato Bluesummers]

Lar Dass eredeti hozzászólása:

Small note: the western rgg account seems to be posting a crap ton of yakuza 3 stuff, hoping its not a tease for kiwami 3 but worth noting

yeah...I love Yakuza 3, but I'd rather them do something else than a Kiwami 3. Ofc, it would make sense because at some point they're going to go back to Okinawa, so it's definitely possible to see Kiwami 3 sooner rather than later. I was hoping to get a new spinoff game or Judgment 3, then a new Gaiden, and a port/remake of Kenzen, Dead Souls, or Fist of the North Star.

[xBGLx狂犬]

Legato Bluesummers eredeti hozzászólása:

yeah...I love Yakuza 3, but I'd rather them do something else than a Kiwami 3. Ofc, it would make sense because at some point they're going to go back to Okinawa, so it's definitely possible to see Kiwami 3 sooner rather than later. I was hoping to get a new spinoff game or Judgment 3, then a new Gaiden, and a port/remake of Kenzen, Dead Souls, or Fist of the North Star.

Well, I can agree that we don't need Kiwami 3 remake.

Though I am also sure that it will attract new players to the Yakuza 3 (because pc port has a bit rough fighting system with worse quicksteps than in ps3 version), plus they can still make Kiwami 3 remake + port of Hokuto ga gotoku for example (at least I am waiting this port for years)

[Legato Bluesummers]

RGGs entire X scroll is all about Y3, so it seems a bit of a foregone conclusion that we're getting Kiwami 3. What are some things you would like to see?

For me, there are two major issues that I would like them to rectify.
The first, they need to radically fix up the Makishi district of Naha, Okinawa. The real life place is bangin' and there's a great district right next to Makishi Public Market. There's also beaches too, but idk if we really need any other than the area next to the orphanage.

Second, I love the story but they dump half of the plot in a single cutscene. It could be much more spread out in a reasonable fashion. After you talk to the Diet member, that's pretty much it for what you need to know. I don't think anything needs to drastically change other in the story other than that.

I'm interested if they'll bring back Mack (aka Axel Foley), it seems like Y8 would have been the perfect place to have a cameo for him. Idk, but I half expect to not ever see him again. Y3 has some pretty good substories, I wonder if they're going to change most of them? Also, if you haven't 100%/plat the game, the cabaret club management is a nightmare. I wonder if they'll bring back cabaret from Y0/K2? I'd like to see a more in depth version. There's so many things they can do with this game, it's unreal. Personally, I loved the full golf experience too, so I'm hoping that's in there. I know a lot of folks hated it, but it was really fun for me.

Finally, the boss fights are the best in the series imo. Everyone has a schtick and that makes them memorable and difficult. Fighting Big K in the strip club was amazing, fighting Rikiyia the first time was the dark souls of the series. I hope they keep some of the tough combat and don't turn into button-mash-to-win.

[Lar Dass]

Legato Bluesummers eredeti hozzászólása:

RGGs entire X scroll is all about Y3, so it seems a bit of a foregone conclusion that we're getting Kiwami 3. What are some things you would like to see?

For me, there are two major issues that I would like them to rectify.
The first, they need to radically fix up the Makishi district of Naha, Okinawa. The real life place is bangin' and there's a great district right next to Makishi Public Market. There's also beaches too, but idk if we really need any other than the area next to the orphanage.

Second, I love the story but they dump half of the plot in a single cutscene. It could be much more spread out in a reasonable fashion. After you talk to the Diet member, that's pretty much it for what you need to know. I don't think anything needs to drastically change other in the story other than that.

I'm interested if they'll bring back Mack (aka Axel Foley), it seems like Y8 would have been the perfect place to have a cameo for him. Idk, but I half expect to not ever see him again. Y3 has some pretty good substories, I wonder if they're going to change most of them? Also, if you haven't 100%/plat the game, the cabaret club management is a nightmare. I wonder if they'll bring back cabaret from Y0/K2? I'd like to see a more in depth version. There's so many things they can do with this game, it's unreal. Personally, I loved the full golf experience too, so I'm hoping that's in there. I know a lot of folks hated it, but it was really fun for me.

Finally, the boss fights are the best in the series imo. Everyone has a schtick and that makes them memorable and difficult. Fighting Big K in the strip club was amazing, fighting Rikiyia the first time was the dark souls of the series. I hope they keep some of the tough combat and don't turn into button-mash-to-win.

Defo would wanna see a small character saga like majima saga, it could be majima again but id prefer someone like mine, akiyama or someya.
Seeing onomichi in 6 was stunning and id love to see okinawa on dragon engine (technically we have in 6 etc but it doesnt *really* count) - definitely added cutscenes of just more characters like how k1 did with nishiki, certain story missions tweaked and minigames, more emphasis on haruka and the kids (which would make playing 6 and gaiden that much more hard)

[Legato Bluesummers]

Yes i hope we get a gaiden. Its been awhile since we had any news, 11 days to go. Mine would be cool, but something about Akiyama in 8 makes me think hes getting a full spin off or a gaiden.

[Lar Dass]

Yakuza Wars got leaked, a mobile game with questionable ai looking art of random people. Basically the "yakuza 9 infinite health" ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ is a real thing

[xBGLx狂犬]

I will wait for rgg summit, but at this point I think I would just buy Metaphor probably and already pre-ordered silent hill 2( haven't played original back in the days, only played 3&4, so I will not notice differences).
Plus I am working on the fan translation of Yakuza 6 from Japanese to, lets call it language X, to avoid any unnecessary discussions, and I also have English text before my eyes and its quite peculiar that main story is pretty much fine (I only remember few times where translator forgot grammar and translated it in not perfect way, but overall main story is ok), but in substories its much worse, I've noticed that they have 2 names translated wrong , because Y6 had everything voiced over and its easy to notice ( substory 6, English: Tsutsui Hiroshi, Japanese: Tsutsui Yu) and in baseball substory they've mistakenly wrote Moritsuka, and it must be Morizuka. And some weird translations like: in Japanese - bright sunny day, in English - partly cloudy, like why lol. And etc. Also I've noticed some mistakes in items, but thats not as much concerning as substories.

[Legato Bluesummers]

Lar Dass eredeti hozzászólása:

Yakuza Wars got leaked, a mobile game with questionable ai looking art of random people. Basically the "yakuza 9 infinite health" ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ is a real thing

that had best not be the big announcement.

[ak78ak]

Legato Bluesummers eredeti hozzászólása:

Lar Dass eredeti hozzászólása:

Yakuza Wars got leaked, a mobile game with questionable ai looking art of random people. Basically the "yakuza 9 infinite health" ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ is a real thing

that had best not be the big announcement.

I would not be too concerned about Yakuza Wars, it’s being developed by a different studio

[Legato Bluesummers]

Upcoming RGG leaks according to vile filth of the internet:

QRD: Some kind of Pirate Themed game. One Piece? no one knows, might not even be related to RGG, but sounds like it could be if the leaker is to be beleived.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/a9vg-chinese-leaker-teases-some-game-announcement-at-tgs-perhaps-a-new-like-a-dragon-or-ninja-gaiden-reveal.977925/

[ak78ak]

Legato Bluesummers eredeti hozzászólása:

Upcoming RGG leaks according to vile filth of the internet:

QRD: Some kind of Pirate Themed game. One Piece? no one knows, might not even be related to RGG, but sounds like it could be if the leaker is to be beleived.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/a9vg-chinese-leaker-teases-some-game-announcement-at-tgs-perhaps-a-new-like-a-dragon-or-ninja-gaiden-reveal.977925/

Yes, just saw this earlier, apparently this was from a Resetera leaker