keltickennedy
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Yep. No spoilers. But the reward for putting a bunch of time into it is well worth it imo. Amazing!
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Yakuza 0 |OT| Yes, you can start with this one!
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Yep. No spoilers. But the reward for putting a bunch of time into it is well worth it imo. Amazing!
lucebuce12
Member
Nope. They don't want to lose money to those behemoths either.
Also, the real estate missions are worth it for 2 reasons alone, everything else I consider a bonus.
The smirk Kiryu makes when he offers to buy a place with cash, and the complete domination screen.
lucebuce12
Member
Go to the options menu and check the bottom right.
Alternatively, just stand still in the game world and your character will light up a cigarette and reflect on what you're supposed to do next.
PsychoSoldier
Banned
Even though I already saw it on the GB Quick Look, when I did the pizza mission and the pizza guy gives a thumbs up at no one in particular at the end I still cracked up.
And when I have to play the game with the volume off, for someone reason my brain wants to make Kiryu's voice like Archer's during the submissions.
And when I have to play the game with the volume off, for someone reason my brain wants to make Kiryu's voice like Archer's during the submissions.
lucebuce12
Member
You can play Premium Adventure Mode, which is basically just free-roam. You continue your savegame only with no worry of the story, and can do any substory or engage in any minigame. Good to get 100% completion. You can also change outfits in that mode.
You can also play New Game+ but it'll be on the first 3 difficulties.
You'll also unlock Legendary difficulty but you have to start a new game for that.
Tried that. He just says "I need a place to go until [Blank] contacts me, but where?"
hosannainexcelsis
Member
If you are where I think you are in the story, you need to walk by the Kazama family office at the south end of Tenkaichi Street.
keltickennedy
Member
I had the same problem. You want to walk down to where the Kazama Family Office is on Tenkaichi Street and a cutscene will trigger. You then want to back entrance of the bar.
Thanks! That was a goddamn life saver. This is why I usually hate dropping games without completing them.
I'm no pro so someone might have better tips
1) I think the extensions are a bit RNG but 95% of the time it works for me when the customer has a winky face and the attribute that they have a preference for matches with the girl (either a O or a double O) but you don't lose anything by asking for an extension and getting turned down so might as well go for it if you're on the fence. Also, the words under the the customers expression (poor, average, etc) relates to how much money they have and doesn't correlate to their disposition as i had originally assumed. That being said, i've never gotten an extension to work on poor customers regardless of how happy they were. Once you start getting a mix of poor and rich clients, there's no reason to give the poorer people an extension anyway.
2) I think the customer's expression is the only real way to know who matches up best with them. If i have more than one girl who matches up well i start to look at other things like who has more HP or who needs the xp more. Also note that the timer stops when you're choosing your girls so feel free to take as much as you need when trying to make the best decision. There's also 6 different types of expressions:
The red winky face=Excellent
Purple smiley face = Very good
Orange smiley face = Good
Green so-so face = Satisfactory
Blue frown face = Less than satisfactory
Angry red face = Pissed off
As far as i can tell, you'll never start a meeting off with the red winky face regardless of how well they match up. It'll come from the R1 happy hour thing or if the girl needs help and you pick the right gesture and the customer gets a bump in their satisfaction level.
Try not to keep customers with girls who give them a blue frown face or red angry face for too long. In some cases, you'll have to do it based on the selection of girls you have working or whatever better picks are occupied but you won't be able to increase their mood unless it's with the R1 happy hour thing.
3) Training sessions do stop. I think each girl has 5 or 6 and they're not all conversation based
4) Apologize when you want to boost the customers mood before they leave to help improve word of mouth. I've only used this on customers who left with the green so-so face and the apology bumps them to the orange smiley face. But to be honest, i never really had to apologize all that often. Either my customers left very satisfied or they'd leave pissed because i didn't have the right girl to suit them in which case there was much i could do.
The battles are nerve racking because there's no real way to know how well you're doing until it's over. The last two battles were kicking my ass heavily and causing my customers to leave and destroying the levels of my girls and their performance yet i beat both of them by over 15 mil. Anytime you battle, make sure you have all you're platinum hostesses as healthy/happy as possible and don't rush into a battle if you don't think you're ready. You don't have to start the battle when the invite is given to you. You can keep leveling up your girls and expanding your roster until you feel comfortable
GinoFelino
Member
Finally done with the Hostess thing. Got a 1.1% trophy for finishing it 
As fun and ridiculously deep as it was, I'm sort of relieved to be done with it....I've spent more time on it than the rest of the game combined!
As fun and ridiculously deep as it was, I'm sort of relieved to be done with it....I've spent more time on it than the rest of the game combined!
lucebuce12
Member
As I was also going for all the substories, it did get a bit tiring near the end lol. Still a pretty fun mode.Finally done with the Hostess thing. Got a 1.1% trophy for finishing it
As fun and ridiculously deep as it was, I'm sort of relieved to be done with it....I've spent more time on it than the rest of the game combined!
FallingEdge
Member
lucebuce12
Member
The one good thing about catfighting is that the music is pretty darn good.
RampagingSoul
Member
I didn't see the Quick Look until later, but yeah, that pan to Pizza Guy at the end with his thumbs up was just the perfect ending for that side mission. Especially since the title pops up with the chime with the "End" stamp on it. Just made me burst in a light laugh.
davidwhangchoi
Member
anyone replaying on legend mode? i started last night, just at the beginning so i don't know how hard it is.
lucebuce12
Member
The Pizza mission, the phone club mission (the one with
) and the one with the merchant with the secret password are some of the funniest substories in the game.
the caller that's seemingly scaring away customers
Out_Of_Ammo
Member
Ah, thanks for explaining. I thought the difference was the orchestra that was playing in the Grand, but the Oddessy didn't have anything like that going on so I got confused
Man the localization team that did this did a fantastic job. I don't speak Japanese, but it seems like they were able to capture the little moments of humour or absurdity really well.
The postcard substory in the Real Estate office is hilarious, particularly Kiryu stressing to the secretary to not read his postcards.
"Can you mail this postcard for me later?
"Oh, of course. Are postcards your new hobby?"
"Not exactly. Just don't read it.
"I won't."
*dramatic camera zoom*
"Never, ever read it."
The postcard substory in the Real Estate office is hilarious, particularly Kiryu stressing to the secretary to not read his postcards.
"Can you mail this postcard for me later?
"Oh, of course. Are postcards your new hobby?"
"Not exactly. Just don't read it.
"I won't."
*dramatic camera zoom*
"Never, ever read it."
The pizza guy cameo at the very end had me dying. Just perfect lmao
xviper
Member
i just had the weirdest glitch ever
my controller stopped working IN the game, i can press the PS button and it works fine in the dashboard but in the game it doesn't work, so i turned my controller off and on and it worked until the next loading and it stops again, did the same thing and it happened again, turned off the game and still the same, then i turned off the ps4 and it worked
WTF ? did any one had any glitch like this ??
i'm cursed with glitches, Witcher 3 started the curse
my controller stopped working IN the game, i can press the PS button and it works fine in the dashboard but in the game it doesn't work, so i turned my controller off and on and it worked until the next loading and it stops again, did the same thing and it happened again, turned off the game and still the same, then i turned off the ps4 and it worked
WTF ? did any one had any glitch like this ??
i'm cursed with glitches, Witcher 3 started the curse
Admiral Woofington
Member
My favorite throwaway sub story was the guy who is looking for his daughter and thinks he sees her out in the streets
I lost my shit
when it's revealed its not his daughter and he says it's OK and he's fine with getting to know this girl and starts asking her to call him daddy in that weird way
lucebuce12
Member
Red Blaster
Member
gotta give a shout out to the strength of the supporting cast:
more fleshed out nishiki, kuze, awano, oda, tachibana, sagawa, lee
best set of side characters in the series
more fleshed out nishiki, kuze, awano, oda, tachibana, sagawa, lee
best set of side characters in the series
lucebuce12
Member
And they've given more depth to characters that appear in Yakuza 1, even if it was rather brief.
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and
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Shinji
Sera
Dojima
RampagingSoul
Member
Oh yeah, I remember that one. I was just like "What the hell?" while laughing at every little part near the end of that sub story when the realization happens.
This game... Glad the weekend's near and I don't have much homework/projects with college so I should be able to play it quite a bit.
ASilentProtagonist
Member
This is the Gintama of Video Games. When it's funny, it's hilarious, when it gets serious, hype levels are at 1000.
i finished the real estate sidequest. question:
the new fighting style, what is this exactly? if i buy upgrades, they apply to all styles. but i can also select it as a seperate fighting style, which seems like a best-of mix of all other styles? there is also no move list for the legend style.
RiderKairuu
Member
Add me to the "I hate the cat fighting mini game" list
Add me to the "I hate the cat fighting mini game" list
its the worst. takes forever to finish a match and the results depends on pure luck.
lucebuce12
Member
The new
fighting style is Kiryu's fighting style from the previous games (his future, you could say hence why it's called Legend).
with a white icons on the heat meters are the ones that are exclusive to this style.
And the
upgrades for this style affect the character as a whole but they're done in small increments that add up.
Same applies to Majima once you complete his Cabaret club sidequest.
RiderKairuu
Member
Trying to get through the
Gambling King mission
lucebuce12
Member
And that's just one match.
To get the trophy, you need to win 10 full tournaments, which consist of 3 matches each. Shoot me.
i said fuck it and lost. no big deal. in the end you need to invest a bit more money but you dondt have to deal with that shitty minigame.
RampagingSoul
Member
Add me to the "I hate the cat fighting mini game" list
Yeah, it doesn't help there's a trophy associated with the mini game if you want to get a platinum.
I really actively don't want to do those mini games. I'm fine with the others, but the cat fighting mini game is just luck based it seems. I came to the last round one time and ended up losing right when the opposing cat fighter had a sliver of health left.
Just sucks.
RiderKairuu
Member
I've already come to terms with the fact that I won't platinum this game. That's unfortunate, though. The majority of the mini games so far have been pretty fun.
ShadowgeistX
Member
No joke, I love almost every exchange between Kiryu and his secretary. Interview substories are also hilarious.
RiderKairuu
Member
Key_Notes88
Neo Member
Watching youtube movies of Yakuza 1&2 right now to get involved with the characters. Love the story telling and presentation, will definitely be getting into the series as a result.
RampagingSoul
Member
I figured I wasn't going to platinum it. I'm just going to do what I want to do in the game. I never actively seek platinum trophies unless I'm willing to play the game to the extent of the platinum trophy or more. That's why my platinums are mostly visual novels like the Danganronpa and Steins;Gate games. It helps that I haven't been too addicted in achievements and trophies compared to some. I like them as an incentive to play a game I enjoy more, but not as something that makes the game less enjoyable.
The Artisan
Member
still having trouble finding liquor for the hobos...I still need champagne and that sweet potato shit. is there another word for champagne in this game?
edit: just got the champagne...now where are the sweet potato drinks
edit: found it! finally these helpless hobos can now indulge in their addictions
edit: just got the champagne...now where are the sweet potato drinks
edit: found it! finally these helpless hobos can now indulge in their addictions
ChamplooJones
Formerly Momotaro
Just beat the game and damn near bout to fall out of my chair.
Now that's what I call an ending!
Now that's what I call an ending!
can you finish the Real Estate Royale thing without actually buying all the properties? I got 100% in the 4th area and I'm moving to the next one but I haven't bought the bowling building yet.
I noticed all those girls have different voices and bikinis (only three different colors though? There are like 10 of them) but I feel like it's still gonna be annoying and extremely boring to find all of them.
then again I can just give up on the 100%
I checked at the shop but they didn't have it. unless you have to unlock it somehow I don't think they sell it there.
I noticed all those girls have different voices and bikinis (only three different colors though? There are like 10 of them) but I feel like it's still gonna be annoying and extremely boring to find all of them.
then again I can just give up on the 100%
ryanfadholi
Member
Hoo boy, how does the telephone club minigame actually work? Can you get the same girl twice? Is there specific girls for specific session length? How many girls is there?
Any guides?
This is how the telephone club went for me:
Any guides?
This is how the telephone club went for me:
First I tried the long package, always getting through the first caller. I get three different "bad" options in a row.
So I assumed that you need to pay attention to the answer of "body" and "face" question, and I took a long course once again. I'm almost certain that ALL the girls calling answers the same way as my previous "bad" callers. I spent one long session for nothing.
So I was like, well fuck it, I'll went with the medium package and just roll with whoever calls me. And boom, three different girlfriend in a row. I'm pretty sure their answer to the "body" and "face" questions is similar to the "bad" ones.
If you can only get any girl once, then I'm going to bruteforce it lol. I can't understand how it works.
So I assumed that you need to pay attention to the answer of "body" and "face" question, and I took a long course once again. I'm almost certain that ALL the girls calling answers the same way as my previous "bad" callers. I spent one long session for nothing.
So I was like, well fuck it, I'll went with the medium package and just roll with whoever calls me. And boom, three different girlfriend in a row. I'm pretty sure their answer to the "body" and "face" questions is similar to the "bad" ones.
If you can only get any girl once, then I'm going to bruteforce it lol. I can't understand how it works.
Admiral Woofington
Member
god damn do I suck at the disco mini game. More than any other one. Trying to get the girl you can get from doing a bunch of them will be tough.