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[poipoipoi9]

Yeah, what is up with Ai Uehara. Not that I expected stellar voice acting from her, but when she's speaking in her actual movies, she never sounds as robotic as she does here. That fake laugh alone..."Eh - he - he".

Edit: Actually, she might have done that robotic laugh in one or two of her movies too, now that I think about it. Still nowhere near as bad.

Ai's voice is so bad, it's good.

 

[Nightz]

So I'm about to finish chapter 10. How many hours would it take to just go through the rest of the story? I'd like to finish before Horizon comes out.

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I spent most of my time the last 2 weeks on real estate and cabaret club.

 

[Ultimadrago]

Ai's voice is so bad, it's good.

I'm seriously in this boat. It's so bad that I kind of fell in love with it. lol

 

[Aki-at]

Not really, the Yuki in Gandhara and the Telephone cards are based off of the Yuki in Maharaja. The Sunshine Yuki is the only hostess who's not based off an AV actress. In fact, she's the only one voiced by a professional seiyuu, which is why her voice is miles better than the other hostesses in the game.

Well this is definitely something I didn't know, I presumed it was Yuki Natsume.

But this makes it even stranger, she's definitely the best female NPC model in the game besides Makoto, actually her model is like that of a major in game character whilst everyone else feels like the sort of cheap NPC feel to them despite being based on real people.

 

[nOoblet16]

So I played Yakuza 6 demo and man I am disappointed.

1) Only one fighting style for Kiryu
2) Roadblocks everywhere
3) Kiryu can't run, he can only walk or sprint and he starts to breath heavily like 1 second after sprinting and gets tired way too quick. This will probably be upgradable to infinite sprint but the fact is the default sprint distance is so low and lack of any jogging like in Yakuza 0 makes it feel very slow.
4) The framerate, I know the series has primarily been 30FPS but Yakuza 6 barely hits 30 and runs in mid 20s for the most part. Plus after playing Yakuza 0 at 60FPS this just feels wrong.

Seems like Yakuza 6 will be much smaller in scope compared to other games and definitely Yakuza 5 (which some might say was full of bloat). I was hoping for the final Yakuza game to be massive but from what I've read, heard and played of the demo it doesn't feel like it is that game.

 

[nOoblet16]

So I'm about to finish chapter 10. How many hours would it take to just go through the rest of the story? I'd like to finish before Horizon comes out.

Spoiler

I spent most of my time the last 2 weeks on real estate and cabaret club.

If you don't spend time on cabaret and real estate and only do some side missions here and there then you can get through the story in say a little under 10 hours...Cutscenes including.

 

[poipoipoi9]

So I played Yakuza 6 demo and man I am disappointed.

1) Only one fighting style for Kiryu
2) Roadblocks everywhere
3) Kiryu can't run, he can only walk or sprint and he starts to breath heavily like 1 second after sprinting and gets tired way too quick. This will probably be upgradable to infinite sprint but the fact is the default sprint distance is so low and lack of any jogging like in Yakuza 0 makes it feel very slow.
4) The framerate, I know the series has primarily been 30FPS but Yakuza 6 barely hits 30 and runs in mid 20s for the most part. Plus after playing Yakuza 0 at 60FPS this just feels wrong.

Seems like Yakuza 6 will be much smaller in scope compared to other games and definitely Yakuza 5 (which some might say was full of bloat). I was hoping for the final Yakuza game to be massive but from what I've read, heard and played of the demo it doesn't feel like it is that game.

Well, at least for 3) you can buy a beverage that lets you sprint without getting tired for a short period of time.

 

[Skulldead]

So I played Yakuza 6 demo and man I am disappointed.

1) Only one fighting style for Kiryu
2) Roadblocks everywhere
3) Kiryu can't run, he can only walk or sprint and he starts to breath heavily like 1 second after sprinting and gets tired way too quick. This will probably be upgradable to infinite sprint but the fact is the default sprint distance is so low and lack of any jogging like in Yakuza 0 makes it feel very slow.
4) The framerate, I know the series has primarily been 30FPS but Yakuza 6 barely hits 30 and runs in mid 20s for the most part. Plus after playing Yakuza 0 at 60FPS this just feels wrong.

Seems like Yakuza 6 will be much smaller in scope compared to other games and definitely Yakuza 5 (which some might say was full of bloat). I was hoping for the final Yakuza game to be massive but from what I've read, heard and played of the demo it doesn't feel like it is that game.

I heard they change the engine for everything, so it probably going to be smaller then any other yakuza. It take a lot of time and money to create a engine. I heard horrible thing about the demo, you don't seem alone..

 

[Putty]

STILL aint finished this! BLoody HUGE! Need to get it done by the time Horizon lands...Fabulous game...

 

[nOoblet16]

I heard they change the engine for everything, so it probably going to be smaller then any other yakuza. It take a lot of time and money to create a engine. I heard horrible thing about the demo, you don't seem alone..

Yea it's a new engine but keep in mind Yakuza 3 was on a new engine too and it did a lot more than Yakuza 2. Yakuza 5 was sort of a new engine as well (though not completely) since they had to add a lot of new stuff to gameplay that wouldn't have been possible with Yakuza 3/4 engine and that game ended up being massive.

 

[DC1]

Gaf, I finally did it! I got all the trophies except for the legendary difficulty which I'm gonna stream this weekend!

Mahjong such a time sink figuring out what the hell was going on! Maybe 20 hours just trying to get all their CP points! But hell, atleast i'll never forget how to play Mahjong for the rest of my life.

C'min Platinum baaaaby

Congratulations man. And you're right, Mahjong is a solidified game that I'm more than comfortable playing with real humans.

Goodbye virtual world.

 

[The Artisan]

In Y3, Kiryu outright describes Majima as

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the one guy he has most trouble with

It's pretty much the battle between the unstoppable force (Kiryu) and the immovable object (Majima)

Kiryu > Majima

 

[Laevateinn]

Hey, thanks for running out and getting supplies for me. Here's a few hundred million yet. Get yourself something nice and pick me up a Phoenix feather.

*later*
Did you get the Phoenix feather?
Him: "The food was too spicy!"

 

[Megasoum]

All right, just installed the game and downloaded my saves from the cloud in my work PS4. My lunch breaks just got a whole lot better!

 

[ar4757]

It's vg.chartz (not a source) but Yakuza 0 charted upwards of 50,000. No clue how far off that is (significantly, I presume) but hey it's something!

 

[The Artisan]

So I played Yakuza 6 demo and man I am disappointed.

1) Only one fighting style for Kiryu
2) Roadblocks everywhere
3) Kiryu can't run, he can only walk or sprint and he starts to breath heavily like 1 second after sprinting and gets tired way too quick. This will probably be upgradable to infinite sprint but the fact is the default sprint distance is so low and lack of any jogging like in Yakuza 0 makes it feel very slow.
4) The framerate, I know the series has primarily been 30FPS but Yakuza 6 barely hits 30 and runs in mid 20s for the most part. Plus after playing Yakuza 0 at 60FPS this just feels wrong.

Seems like Yakuza 6 will be much smaller in scope compared to other games and definitely Yakuza 5 (which some might say was full of bloat). I was hoping for the final Yakuza game to be massive but from what I've read, heard and played of the demo it doesn't feel like it is that game.

thanks for playing it and giving feedback!

1. I can dig that actually, I'm actually slightly annoyed to learn that Kiwami will have the same fighting systems as 0, unless there are new moves and combos it's a whole nother game that'll feel gameplay wise like an extension of 0.

So I like that they're sticking to one style with 6 and I like a lot of the combos I saw, especially the one with Kiryu swinging dem punches with square.

2. That's always been annoying and it's a shame they never put priority into fixing that - if this supposed to be open world anyway. Mass Effect has a lot of roadblocks as well but that game isn't necesarily considered open world.

3. wtf, why would they do that?? if the x button isn't occupied that should make it to run, and then tapping it should be sprint, just like in GTA.

4. I was thinking a similar thing you know, after playing countless hours and hours of Uncharted 4 multiplayer, one day I hit up the campaign again and I was really annoyed at the framerate which was cut in half. Yes the graphics were much better and all but still...the gameplay just wasn't as...I don't wanna say as fun to play because it was still fun but it just didn't feel or look as pleasant to play.

 

[Dangansona]

I'm seriously in this boat. It's so bad that I kind of fell in love with it. lol

She's my waifu.

 

[hamsjams]

The Coliseum gets disappointingly grindy after awhile. I can barely play Endles Rout either because the constant repitition of the mini-cutscenes and accompanying sound clip make me feel like I'm going insane. It was fun while it lasted, but rank B is my limit I think.

 

[Die Squirrel Die]

I hate that there are no gambling cheat items in this game. I appreciate the flavour that having underground casinos brings but the actual mechanics of playing poker or blackjack? If I was looking for that there's plenty of other ways to get it. The cheat items worked as a recognition that in a world where there's save points and reloading gambling mini-games are mostly a gigantic waste of everybody's time.

 

[Aki-at]

I'm playing Yakuza again lol

Within the context of 0 (because I don't know anything else beyond that) who would win in a fight: Majima or Kiryu? That is probably hard to answer for the vets of the series lol.

Spoiler

The ending scene where they run into eachother on the street had me thinking about it.

I pick Majima. I think him being lowkey nuts gives him an edge. I do think Kiryu is stronger though.

Kiryu's fight record has show he has

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constantly beaten Majima. It's not that hard but Kazuma has a record of like 5 victories to 0 losses... actually more if you count the spinoffs too

Yea it's a new engine but keep in mind Yakuza 3 was on a new engine too and it did a lot more than Yakuza 2. Yakuza 5 was sort of a new engine as well (though not completely) since they had to add a lot of new stuff to gameplay that wouldn't have been possible with Yakuza 3/4 engine and that game ended up being massive.

Both Yakuza 3 and Yakuza 5 had in between games (Kenzan and Binary Domain) which helped offset the development costs of the engine to be fair.

I'd rather they have stuck with their b tier budget they've stuck with Yakuza but sacrifices had to be made. Wished it was used in a game in between but seems Yakuza 6 will be the stepping stone for the next major game.

 

[ShadowgeistX]

Yeah, what is up with Ai Uehara. Not that I expected stellar voice acting from her, but when she's speaking in her actual movies, she never sounds as robotic as she does here. That fake laugh alone..."Eh - he - he".

Edit: Actually, she might have done that robotic laugh in one or two of her movies too, now that I think about it. Still nowhere near as bad.

Love Ai to death, but that laugh is 100% terrible. Drives me nuts lol.

The dynamic between Majima/Yuki and Kiryu/Marina makes me like those 2 girls the most in this game.

 

[Shadowman16]

Both Yakuza 3 and Yakuza 5 had in between games (Kenzan and Binary Domain) which helped offset the development costs of the engine to be fair.

I'd rather they have stuck with their b tier budget they've stuck with Yakuza but sacrifices had to be made. Wished it was used in a game in between but seems Yakuza 6 will be the stepping stone for the next major game.

Yep, it would have been better in a way to have another side game made as a stepping stone to Yakuza 6. Most of my minor issues with 6 in terms of content is just that its a landmark title (last Kiryu focused game) so it kinda deserved to have even more content than it did (though I do always point out how much actual new content they put into the game, while I miss certain main stay mini games I do love the new stuff put into the game). Even with the lesser (I guess?) amount of content it still took me 100+ hours to almost 100% the game (Puyo Puyo and fishing completion list challenges messed me up in that regard).
I think the next Yakuza game that uses the new engine will be something very impressive indeed.

 

[The Artisan]

The Coliseum gets disappointingly grindy after awhile. I can barely play Endles Rout either because the constant repitition of the mini-cutscenes and accompanying sound clip make me feel like I'm going insane. It was fun while it lasted, but rank B is my limit I think.

the underground one?

you can't use items in there so fuck it.

 

[eyeball_kid]

I woke up with Rouge of Love in my head. Hi, my name is eyeball_kid, and I have a Yakuza problem.

Congratulations man. And you're right, Mahjong is a solidified game that I'm more than comfortable playing with real humans.

I don't really understand Mahjong, but I don't think I care to. The design seems convoluted and over-complicated. I'd rather they have put Go in the game.

Did anyone notice that dice game is basically the same game that's in Suikoden 1? The Suikoden version is actually a bit more fun because you can control the throw.

 

[lucebuce12]

Did anyone notice that dice game is basically the same game that's in Suikoden 1? The Suikoden version is actually a bit more fun because you can control the throw.

That's probably because it's the same thing. It's also named Cee-Lo or Chinchirorin.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cee-lo

 

[Laevateinn]

I woke up with Rouge of Love in my head. Hi, my name is eyeball_kid, and I have a Yakuza problem.



I don't really understand Mahjong, but I don't think I care to. The design seems convoluted and over-complicated. I'd rather they have put Go in the game.

Did anyone notice that dice game is basically the same game that's in Suikoden 1? The Suikoden version is actually a bit more fun because you can control the throw.

EVERYBODY SAY ROUGE OF LOVE

 

[Out_Of_Ammo]

Finished the game yesterday. Play time 92:18, with a completion percentage of 81,55%. This was my first Yakuza game and I absolutely loved it. That finale chapter was so hype. This may become one of my favorite game series and I can't wait for Kiwami.

EDIT: Zero Puctuation did a review

 

[IrishNinja]

so to follow up from last night's question: if i beat the game on hard, go back & mop up all the substoreis/amon/CP stuff and make a new game plus or whatever, does that carry into my legendary playthrough? just making sure i'm doing things right for an eventual plat, i should really just check a guide for this stuff

 

[xezuru]

so to follow up from last night's question: if i beat the game on hard, go back & mop up all the substoreis/amon/CP stuff and make a new game plus or whatever, does that carry into my legendary playthrough? just making sure i'm doing things right for an eventual plat, i should really just check a guide for this stuff

I believe for normal difficulties you can NG+, but Legendary difficulty specifically requires a clean save start.

 

[lucebuce12]

so to follow up from last night's question: if i beat the game on hard, go back & mop up all the substoreis/amon/CP stuff and make a new game plus or whatever, does that carry into my legendary playthrough? just making sure i'm doing things right for an eventual plat, i should really just check a guide for this stuff

You don't need to do a new game plus, just premium adventure mode is enough.

Legendary difficulty is new save slot only.

 

[IrishNinja]

I believe for normal difficulties you can NG+, but Legendary difficulty specifically requires a clean save start.

You don't need to do a new game plus, just premium adventure mode is enough.

Legendary difficulty is new save slot only.

ah, okay - so it doesn't really matter when i get stuff done, legendary is its own thing like in other games. gotcha. thanks guys.

 

[Megasoum]

How do you know which properties are available for sale?

 

[Laevateinn]

How do you know which properties are available for sale?

I just walked near buildings that looked interesting and when I got down to one or two properties missing I followed this guide.

 

[DC1]

I woke up with Rouge of Love in my head. Hi, my name is eyeball_kid, and I have a Yakuza problem.



I don't really understand Mahjong, but I don't think I care to. The design seems convoluted and over-complicated. I'd rather they have put Go in the game.

Many of us have a Yakuza problem, typically lasting 3 to 6 months over a two year period.

With respect to Mahjong: It's very much like (Tunk/Poker)*PigLatin

Once you understand the basics paring concepts and a couple of rules on when you are able to call your hand for a win, everything else takes care of itself.
The Yakuza series as a whole does a good job of removing a number of the small procedural nuances.

 

[grimmiq]

Just cleared out my 1st UFO catcher(both sides of the machine), is there any point in clearing them all out?

 

[Imp the Dimp]

Pretty sure my IQ is too low for Mahjong

 

[Laevateinn]

Just cleared out my 1st UFO catcher(both sides of the machine), is there any point in clearing them all out?

You can get a CP for collecting all of the toys.

 

[davidwhangchoi]

i'm playing legendary for a bit, up to Chapter 2, fighting Kuze was not so bad...

but i did stock up on drinks lol

 

[SirClinksAlot]

I just got conned out of cab fare from some jerk. I feel so used.

 

[toastyToast]

Can I find all the non-platinum hostesses walking around the world or do I have to use CP?

 

[Ultimadrago]

Can I find all the non-platinum hostesses walking around the world or do I have to use CP?

A mix of both. There's a guide to the specific ones on KHHSubs guide (under Hostesses).

 

[Laevateinn]

Can I find all the non-platinum hostesses walking around the world or do I have to use CP?

I think some require CP.

 

[gfxtwin]

With the success of this and (I'm guessing) NiOh, what are the odds of Ryu Ga Gotoku Ishin! being released stateside I wonder?

 

[Megasoum]

Fuck... Just finished Chapter 6....

 

[ianpm31]

Just beat the game. Loved every second of it

 

[Mediking]

I've spent CP to change the interior design for both Club Sunshine AND Kiryu's office and I barely see any changes. Am I going crazy?!

 

[eyeball_kid]

I've spent CP to change the interior design for both Club Sunshine AND Kiryu's office and I barely see any changes. Am I going crazy?!

You have to talk to Yamanoi in Kiryu's office to change them, or a new hostess at Sunshine after you beat the first club. I haven't gotten that far in Sunshine yet, but the real estate office changes are significant enough that you couldn't miss them.

 

[esmith08734]

Substories don't become available until Chapter 2, right?

 

[Mediking]

You have to talk to Yamanoi in Kiryu's office to change them, or a new hostess at Sunshine after you beat the first club. I haven't gotten that far in Sunshine yet, but the real estate office changes are significant enough that you couldn't miss them.

... The game doesnt even explain this lol thanks though

 

[Laevateinn]

So I just beat Jo

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Amon

. Did he

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replace all my Staminum Sparks with Staminum Sporks

? Also, I love how they arbitrarily say

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they will wait 17 years to fight you again.