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Yakuza 5 |OT| Rage Your Dreams

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bishopcruz

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Only about an hour or so in, but I am LOVING the opening so far. Kazzy is just the absolute best, there is just something about stomping on young punk faces.
 
gamerforever

gamerforever

Banned
Cess007 said:
Yes, you just need to set the time on which you PS3 will turn on and if the download is on queue from the Webstore, it will start the download.
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Thanks, i had forgotten to turn on game downloads on automatic updates. Lets hope sony fix this by lunch time in the uk!
 
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KyleCross

Member
I've waited so long for this, I never even played much of Dead Souls, not because I hear it's bad, but because I accepted it'd be the last Yakuza I'd get to play and didn't want it to end so I didn't...

But we back in business, boys!
 
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Tirod

Member
Happy to hear there are recap videos to watch to gain familiarity with the franchise; thanks for that info in the OP, cj. I bought Yakuza 4 ages ago after hearing people gush about it, and while I enjoyed my time with the game, never finished it.

Pre-ordered/Pre-loaded to show my support for the franchise going forward. Will immerse myself in this game once I wrap up Rise of the Tomb Raider.

The notion of Hi-Speed Taxi Drifting is super tempting though!
 
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Trace

Banned
I'm only like 25 minutes in, but god damn it's everything I wanted and more.

No games I've ever played quite like it :(
 
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JEKKI

Member
shout outs to Amazon Prime for getting me a new hard drive in 1 day

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too bad I need to go to bed now :(

back up old HD, install new one, restore old HD, download game,

guess I'll finally get to play over the weekend ;_;
 
Lapidus' Beard

Lapidus' Beard

Member
The download was finished when I woke up this morning.
Booted it up and played a bit... 3 year old memories resurface.
This is a great entry in the series and I'll gladly play it again.
Now... off to work :/
 
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oneida

Cock Strain, Lifetime Warranty
Tirod said:
Happy to hear there are recap videos to watch to gain familiarity with the franchise; thanks for that info in the OP, cj. I bought Yakuza 4 ages ago after hearing people gush about it, and while I enjoyed my time with the game, never finished it.

Pre-ordered/Pre-loaded to show my support for the franchise going forward. Will immerse myself in this game once I wrap up Rise of the Tomb Raider.

The notion of Hi-Speed Taxi Drifting is super tempting though!
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there arent in game recap videos, you should finish 4!
 
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Dominic_Shade

Member
hermitpurple said:
I sent 20k yen to the orphanage. These kids ain't starving on my watch.
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My man.

Started on Hard, got to the third forced encounter of Kiryu's Chapter 1, and died on my first attempt.
Holy shit, if I had known these low-tier yakuza punks could counter my charge combos, I would've bought more healing items.
 
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aravuus

Member
A new Yakuza is out? Nice!

I wonder which Yakuza it was that I dropped earlier this year because of time constraints, 3 or 4. Anyway, I should probably play through both of those before 5, right?
 
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raven777

Member
Is there easy way to see the street names on the map? I have to put cursor to each streets to get the name... and they don't seem to be on the list menu either.
 
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5taquitos

Member
Oh man, this game is like your favorite sweater.

What do the special items you get for Y3 and Y4 saves do? Any bonus effects beyond the stats?
 
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Tirod

Member
oneida said:
there arent in game recap videos, you should finish 4!
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Nah, I can live with out of game digest videos. Between 2 jobs and preparing for going back to school for teaching credentials, I have to make sacrifices to get shit done.

Maybe one day, in an uncertain future, I can go back and finish Yakuza 4. :p
 
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oneida

Cock Strain, Lifetime Warranty
Muntu said:
A new Yakuza is out? Nice!

I wonder which Yakuza it was that I dropped earlier this year because of time constraints, 3 or 4. Anyway, I should probably play through both of those before 5, right?
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definitely at least play through 4 as its story is important to 5 and its one of the best games in the series.
 
Tizoc

Tizoc

Member
These are my last 3 days at work. At best I may have the next week off while my new workplace gets all my stuff in order for me to start working with them.
That means Y5 all day erry day~
 
DeVeAn

DeVeAn

Member
Great OP. I messed up and just started downloading...😩 The wait is making want to punch a Tiger.
 
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Trace

Banned
Jirotrom said:
Are all of these games available on PS3? Because I'll buy a PS3 to play them if so?
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Yakuza 4, Dead Souls and 5 are available digitally on PS3.

Yakuza 3 is only available physically, but it's considered to be the worst of the mainline games.

Honestly, if you just play 4 and watch the recaps it has, and then go into 5 you're fine. I haven't felt like I missed anything important.
 
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Akibared

Member
Playing Taiko Drum Master that gift is going to have to wait!

Trace said:
Yakuza 4, Dead Souls and 5 are available digitally on PS3.

Yakuza 3 is only available physically, but it's considered to be the worst of the mainline games.

Honestly, if you just play 4 and watch the recaps it has, and then go into 5 you're fine. I haven't felt like I missed anything important.
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Yup this is what I've been telling all my buddies starting with 4 is fine!
 
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aravuus

Member
Weird question, but do these games tend to have long loading times, or a lot of loading in general? I've got an extra SSD hooked up to my Wii U for Xenoblade X, but after I'm finished with that game, I could format it and throw it inside my PS3

Wondering if I'd get anything out of it
 
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Trace

Banned
Muntu said:
Weird question, but do these games tend to have long loading times, or a lot of loading in general? I've got an extra SSD hooked up to my Wii U for Xenoblade X, but after I'm finished with that game, I could format it and throw it inside my PS3

Wondering if I'd get anything out of it
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Not really. The load times aren't extremely frequent or especially long.
 
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Big_Al

Unconfirmed Member
Trace said:
Yakuza 4, Dead Souls and 5 are available digitally on PS3.

Yakuza 3 is only available physically, but it's considered to be the worst of the mainline games.

Honestly, if you just play 4 and watch the recaps it has, and then go into 5 you're fine. I haven't felt like I missed anything important.
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Fuck no, best game in the series after 2 for my money. I liked it more than 4 BUT I would agree 4 is probably a better introduction point. The orphanage part of 3 is one of my favourite things of the whole series and that's due to seeing Kaz finally getting a break after the first 2 games/loving the character.

Really hope Sega/Sony get the price sorted out on the PSN store today so I can get it going remotely whilst at work.
 
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Trace

Banned
Big_Al said:
Fuck no, best game in the series after 2 for my money. I liked it more than 4 BUT I would agree 4 is probably a better introduction point. The orphanage part of 3 is one of my favourite things of the whole series and that's due to seeing Kaz finally getting a break after the first 2 games/loving the character.

Really hope Sega/Sony get the price sorted out on the PSN store today so I can get it going remotely whilst at work.
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3 isn't really a good jumping off point though, since it's basically the end of the "Kiryu" saga. 4 with the intro of all the characters is better, unless you really want to play the older games, and if you do you might as well start with 1-2. I just don't feel like I missed anything starting with 4.
 
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Nowhere Man

Member
Ahhhhhh it's SO GREAT to finally be back in this universe again, especially after having once given up in despair of 5 or any others getting localized.
 
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smuf

Member
Wasn't there supposed to be a 10 or 15% discount for PS+ members in Europe? It shows up at full price for me.
 
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