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Yakuza 5 |OT| Rage Your Dreams
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Sickboy007
Member
Yet another reason 4 is better!
of course 4 is better than 3.
I too think 3 is the weakest (yet great). I wonder how many people who like 3 more than 4 do so because 3 was their first game in the series?
I've been playing since 1, so here's how I see it:
1: Great story, establishes series
2: Amazing new characters, maybe best story, good refinements
3: Good refinements, big graphics upgrade
4: Gigantic content shift, huge variety
5: So far seems like the biggest yet
I've been playing since 1, so here's how I see it:
1: Great story, establishes series
2: Amazing new characters, maybe best story, good refinements
3: Good refinements, big graphics upgrade
4: Gigantic content shift, huge variety
5: So far seems like the biggest yet
UnluckyKate
Member
dman this opening is chill as fuck
ViciousAnchovy
Member
Can't wait to get home and play!
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
This is going to be me all day.
Of course, my PS3 did NOT automatically turn on and download the game. Glad I can put the PS3 in storage after this game. Just picking up a DS3 again was a terrible experience after so many hours of playing with a DS4.
Well, I won't be playing today considering it's a 22GB download. Stupid SCEE and their incompetence in everything.
Well, I won't be playing today considering it's a 22GB download. Stupid SCEE and their incompetence in everything.
MichaelFassbender
Member
"Ha ha, fuck you," says Shogi. "All your pieces are already captured, and I've got super pieces running around the board."
"It's only turn 10!" says I.
"It's only turn 10!" says I.
hermitpurple
Member
This game's a lot hard than 4 was.
Yeah, but no rumble kind of sucks
i had to use a healing item in the club fight ;(
SolidSnakex
Member
Thanks. I'll make that my next target.
Thank goodness i'm not the only one that took a beating there. I was surprised because the previous few fights were a breeze, but those two goons would make sure to position themselves where if you were attacking one the other could interrupt it.
hermitpurple
Member
I thought it was easier, or at least feels so over time. If you're still right at the beginning there are moves you learn from trainers that feel overpowered almost. If you still feel it's difficult make sure to do the Gourmet King sub-quests for each character. You'll get powerful buffs from food items that way.
You playing on hard? I chose normal and Ishin was kicking my ass a lot more.
Kinda wish I had gone with hard but I'm sure once a boss comes around it'll be fine.
Burgess_101
Member
Just out of curiosity how many times did you guys die in Yakuza 3 and 4? I noticed yesterday it was only(?) twice in both games for me (playing on normal).
Me too
Glad I'm not the only one! I've played every Yakuza game on Normal and I was like, WHY AM I GETTING WORKED. xD
Did a bunch of fights outside afterwards to get my groove back.
hermitpurple
Member
I'm not complaining, mind. I actually prefer 3 to 4 because it was a harder game.
Yep.
3 retries in Y3 but i think at least one of them was some non-death thing. my only death in 2 was the failed QTE at the last moment in the game lol.
don't remember how many times i died in 4 but it was probably a lot as it was the game i started with.
PensivePen
Member
Only a short way in but it just feels great to be playing another English Yakuza game.
That really sucks to hear, I'm borrowing this PS3 from a friend and my only controller option is the DS4. Hopefully it won't be too much of a downer.
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
Really? Doesn't seem like it to me. Plus enemies no longer aggressively chase after you like in previous games. They basically just stand still until you get extremely close to them. And even then you can hold R1 to walk by them and they won't even notice you (if they haven't yet). It feels like 5 is way more lenient on you as far as random battles go. And hell, one of the early substory rewards is an item that reduces random battles if you equip it.
I guess this is me. I always wanted to give Yakuza a try, but i couldn't until Yakuza 3. Maybe that's the reason i like Yakuza 3 a bit more than Yakuza 4.
hermitpurple
Member
Whoops, I accidentally sold one of the items I got for having the previous games' save files and now I can't buy it back.
Lightning Count
Member
Welp, got signed out of PSN before the download finished, still 50% of go.
Shadowman16
Member
Now my download has finally finished I'll be playing on Hard, I usually find normal to easy.
Ishin is a strange one though, that game was pretty brutal difficulty wise early on. Plus the battle dungeon stuff (later levels) were hard, even with the difficulty set to easy!
5 is still harder than 4 though, which in my opinion was far too easy (on normal difficulty). Outside of a few fights the AI was incredibly relaxed, barely attacking me at all.
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
Save your turbo and heat actions for the end of the race. I haven't lost one yet.
Shadowman16
Member
Are you upgrading your taxi as you go? I always tended to do all the other taxi related events to get XP to purchase upgrades before doing the races.
I think I didn't understand the encounter bypass mechanics at first. After
drinking with my boss the first night
Edit: Also I'm sure this will come with time, but it was super easy to pick out enemies in Y4, since they'd stand still amongst the crowd. I know that the bad guys in Y5 get red speech bubbles, and I'm starting to recognize them a bit more, but they definitely blend in more than previous games.
I'll try that. Might be able to get two turbos out but yeah, guess I'll try saving the heat action this time.
edit: NOPE. the slowing down of the taxi for seemingly no reason (did it at the start of the race) just screws me over
. Guess I need to upgrade the taxi or somethingI haven't gotten very far in Ishin (4th chapter I think), but yeah it's pretty brutal, especially the boss battles. It also had me running from street mobs way too often, lol.
Lapidus' Beard
Member
Too bad that some of the songs are once again omitted.
I kinda miss the one that is used during the opening taxi ride / title display.
I kinda miss the one that is used during the opening taxi ride / title display.
I'll try that. Might be able to get two turbos out but yeah, guess I'll try saving the heat action this time.
edit: NOPE. the slowing down of the taxi for seemingly no reason (did it at the start of the race) just screws me over
You using a DS4 for it? I'm not entirely sure but I seem to remember someone saying that taxi races with the DS4 resulted in some sort of problem. This sound familiar to anyone?
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
You're definitely right about enemies being super easy to pick out in Y4. And while they do blend in a bit more in 5, I'm starting to be able to pick them out after only a few hours of play.