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[ProtoByte]

That was one of the worst trailers I've seen in my life. We get it, he's naked and in America. Move on to the important part, please.

 

[Dr. Claus]

That was one of the worst trailers I've seen in my life. We get it, he's naked and in America. Move on to the important part, please.

 

[YukiOnna]

That was one of the worst trailers I've seen in my life. We get it, he's naked and in America. Move on to the important part, please.

Bet you just jealous of Ichiban's weewee

 

[ProtoByte]

Bet you just jealous of Ichiban's weewee

Right. It's probably not even been rendered.

 

[NanaMiku]

For those who are still wondering if this is Yakuza 8, the Japanese trailer confirmed this is Yakuza 8



Hopefully we'll get gameplay trailer in RGG Summit

 

[Fabieter]

Right. It's probably not even been rendered.

It would kill the rendering budget of the series s tho.

/jk

 

[Thief1987]

Right. It's probably not even been rendered.

Not even modeled, yes

 

[supernova8]

Same problem I see, in terms of the Ichiban character model being relatively high detail and then everything else being a total afterthought. I mean look at the super low-effort water rendering.

 

[mrmustard]

Give me turn based combat and i'll buy.

 

[jonnyp]

Cannot stand Ichiban or the boring ass turn-based combat. Guess this will be the first Yakuza game I won't play.

 

[Laieon]

Give me turn based combat and i'll buy.

Yep, loved the combat in Like a Dragon.

 

[struggler_guts]

For those who are still wondering if this is Yakuza 8, the Japanese trailer confirmed this is Yakuza 8



Hopefully we'll get gameplay trailer in RGG Summit

Weird, it's just called 8 there but we get this strange alternate title

 

[LordCBH]

That was one of the worst trailers I've seen in my life. We get it, he's naked and in America. Move on to the important part, please.

You must not have watched that shitty Hellblade 2 trailer.

 

[ProtoByte]

You must not have watched that shitty Hellblade 2 trailer.

I did say "one of".

 

[oji-san]

Kinda cool ummm trailer, not into the turn-based Yakuza tho i had about 50 hours in Yakuza 7, will try it if it's someday on Game Pass/PS Plus.

 

[Fbh]

Having at least part of the game be set outside of Japan would definitely be a breath of fresh air for the franchise

 

[Doczu]

Guess I was just confused because the first teaser we saw was of Ichiban and Kiryu together in Kamurocho and all of their behind the scenes stuff showed most of the old crew coming back. It's very tonally different.

Remember the PS3 exclusive Yakuza zombie game? Now that was tonally different

 

[jshackles]

This is the series in which a city like Kamurocho was reused over and over and over again. Setting at least a part of it outside Japan would be a welcome change.

Like A Dragon (7) was like 90% set in Yokohama. So it's already kind of established that Kasuga's story already takes place mostly outside of Kamurocho.

 

[YukiOnna]

Weird, it's just called 8 there but we get this strange alternate title

They kind of messed up by making "Yakuza" the subtitle of 7 over here lol. So have to commit in a way.
That and I think they pushed the numbers out so that people don't feel intimidated whereas in Japan, it's an established IP.

 

[NanaMiku]

Weird, it's just called 8 there but we get this strange alternate title

What really weird is that the Japanese title usually have a subtitle. Now it's just called 8

 

[NanaMiku]

Welp, we only get a new cutscene from the RGG Summit:

 

[Team Andromeda]

It nice to see that at last SEGA is taking the game to a new location, but the sea effect is one of the worst I have ever seen.

 

[Thief1987]

Welp, we only get a new cutscene from the RGG Summit:

Kiryu looks like a clown, absolutely terrible. I despise ending of Y6, but if it's how they course correct that abomination of an ending, then he should have stayed "dead".

 

[YukiOnna]

Welp, we only get a new cutscene from the RGG Summit:

Yeah, they also confirmed that Yokohama will make a return, this foreign country beach, and supposedly many other locations for a grand epic story. Which is okay with me then.

Also, they more or less imply Kiryu isn't going anywhere so I can rest at ease.

 

[YukiOnna]

What really weird is that the Japanese title usually have a subtitle. Now it's just called 8

The studio addressed this. Basically, completely ridding of the Yakuza name:

 

[GymWolf]

What the fuck is this?

I'm starting to get confused here...

So we have yakuza 8 with ichiban and white hairs kiryu

Another yakuza with kiryu doing the bodyguard

And now this thing?

 

[NanaMiku]

What the fuck is this?

I'm starting to get confused here...

So we have yakuza 8 with ichiban and white hairs kiryu

Another yakuza with kiryu doing the bodyguard

And now this thing?

Yakuza 8 is the next sequel. Yakuza Gaiden is a spinoff that set in between Yakuza 6, 7, and 8

 

[GymWolf]

Yakuza 8 is the next sequel. Yakuza Gaiden is a spinoff that set in between Yakuza 6, 7, and 8

So what is this infinite wealth?

 

[Thief1987]

So what is this infinite wealth?

It's what you called "Yakuza 8"
It's the next mainline Ryu ga gotoku 8, just with weird naming in the west

 

[NanaMiku]

 

[SkylineRKR]

It took me some time to realize but yes this is RGG 8, or, the proper sequel to Like a Dragon. Insta hype. LaD was incredible and I felt the turn based and party system actually helped improve the character development since they were around all the time. There was some room for improvement and I hope 8 does just that.

 

[reksveks]

So what is this infinite wealth?

Rotate the infinity sign 90 degrees

 

[Isa]

I watched the RGG Summit before work the other day lol, it was good. Very glad to get confirmation of this being the next installment. My GF hasn't let up on asking when the next game is going to come out, she got down on Like a Dragon more than me and its my favorite in the franchise. Can't wait to see what they do with the next one.

 

[Gambit2483]

I don't care what they call it just give us a damn physical version

 

[NanaMiku]

I don't care what they call it just give us a damn physical version

For 8, most likely there will be physical version.

 

[Pimpbaa]

The combat in the previous game was tedious and slowed the game down too much. I mean I love jrpgs but we already got tons to choose from, we don't have a lot of 3D beat 'em ups. Lost Judgement was a better Yakuza game than LIke a Dragon.

 

[Thief1987]

January 26, 2024

 

[LordCBH]

January 26, 2024

Sega releasing two long ass massive RPGs a week apart. What the fuck are they thinking?

 

[NanaMiku]

Geez, I need to save up from now on

 

[BaneIsPain]

26 Jan. So close. i'm hyped again.

 

[YukiOnna]

Welp
RgG 8 - Jan 26
Granblue Fantasy Relink - Feb 1
Persona 3 Reload - Feb 2
FFVII Rebirth - Feb 29

 

[NanaMiku]

Welp
RgG 8 - Jan 26
Granblue Fantasy Relink - Feb 1
Persona 3 Reload - Feb 2
FFVII Rebirth - Feb 29

Yup, GBF Relink was delayed because the original release date was near TOTK and FF16. Now they got screwed again lol

 

[YukiOnna]

Yup, GBF Relink was delayed because the original release date was near TOTK and FF16. Now they got screwed again lol

Sucks for CyGames, all the other have their audience so Relink is going to get cannibalized hard I think.

 

[NanaMiku]

Sucks for CyGames, all the other have their audience so Relink is going to get cannibalized hard I think.

TBF, GBF already have a big fanbase, the question is are they gonna buy a console just to play it?
GBF is really big in Japan, but the fanbase are of course mobile game player.