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Yakuza KIWAMI |OT| Translator's Note: "KIWAMI" means "EXTREME"
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lucebuce12
Member
Get as close as possible, then press R3 (press the right analog stick) to go into first person view mode. Then look at the card and then camera will automatically center on to it and allow you to pick it up.
lordfuzzybutt
Member
You can press R3 to go in 1st person mode and look at it.
CannonFodder52
Member
oh yea, thanks
I think they explained it better in previous Yakuza titles.
Man, people keep recommending playing this after Yakuza 0 and it's bumming me out, because Kiwami is my first Yakuza game.
Having an awesome time with it anyway, ~14 hours in and only have two or three chapters left. Story is interesting, combat is fun, it looks nice. As someone not familiar with the series, I think it's a really great game all around.
So I bought all the anti Regen boss finishers but how are you supposed to know what style you need to be in? Also, at low levels should I be focusing on increasing max health and heat or something else? I also have no idea how to make money in this game since there is no real estate or cabaret club management mini games. I unlocked novea riche guys but haven't run into any.
keltickennedy
Member
The enemy will glow the color of the stance you need to switch to.
CannonFodder52
Member
That's fine.
In my opinion, the main reason to recommend Y0 over this is due to the large difference in quality. The fear that many have, is that someone may play Kiwami and then not be that interested in checking out a subsequent Yakuza game. But if you're liking YK this much, you'll love Y0.
The plot stuff will work going backwards, maybe not as well, but it'll still be perfectly fine.
I assumed it's for story reasons, but you're saying players greatly prefer Y0 to Kiwami? Can't imagine what that's like then, heh.
Only have this now though, most likely won't have a chance to play Y0 anytime soon.
If you like Kiwami, Zero will blow you away. It's basically the same game, but there's more of everything, and then even more stuff on top of it. And it has Nugget.
CannonFodder52
Member
Kiwami is a remaster/remake of a 12 year old game. It's way more of a budget side project than Y0, which was the mainline entree. It's still using a lot of the old game's framework. Many of the main quests seem kinda archaic in comparison, the writing is a lot less refined. Many of the plot turns and revelations feel kind of flaccid in comparison. The Yakuza team had 5+ games and a decade to refine all of this and it definitely shows in Yakuza 0.
Don't let me poison your well though, I love Kiwami. It's a great way to experience the 12 year old game in HD, on PS4, without it's very old, rigid combat.
I didn't dabble with side stuff or mini games much, so having more of that is not that important to me. I prefer my games concise and to the point, instead of having a billion uninteresting side quests. Maybe I should check out some side stuff in Kiwami before finishing it though since it does seem interesting. At least the Majima appearances. But they don't appear on the map so you gotta look up how to trigger them, as well as other side quests, unless you're patient enough to randomly stumble upon them.
If the core gameplay, story and graphics are even better though, that's great.
Damn, that sounds good for Y0.
Nocturnowl
Member
This cracked me up, despite the fact the only reason I used the machine was me thinking "what if Majima IS everywhere?" so it wasn't a full surprise but still got a chuckle out of me.
Charlouie Jonesman
Banned
There's a CP upgrade that lets you see most of the available sidequest on the map. You can get it really early on from the mysterious clown Bob.
The thing is, the sidequest in Kiwami are, for the most part, not terribly interesting and most of them follow the same pattern.
0 in contrast has some of the best and funniest RPG sidequests, they're almost the star of the game, and those stories all feed back into the main gameplay in various ways, compared to Kiwami were you just get EXP rewards.
Coming straight from 0, the side quests are probably the biggest, real disappointment, with very few exceptions.
Shadowman16
Member
I agree, but keep in mind that almost all the side missions from Kiwami appear unchanged from how they were in the original PS2 game 10+ years back, while 0 is basically the evolution of the series in terms of side stories. So its not surprising that 0's are far better.
I'm interested to see what peoples opinions on 6's side stories will be. You get far less compared to previous games but they are fully voiced. They also offer some really unique/bizarre situations that (in my opinion) made for some of the best side stories the game ever got. Plus a couple reference previous side story plots in the series and tie them off nicely.
How did I miss this? I probably don't have enough CP now but which one is it exactly?
And from a gameplay standpoint, it now sounds to me like Kiwami is absolutely the game to start with. So that you don't start with the best one, gameplay wise. Like how you wouldn't want to start MGS with MGS3 or KH with BBS.
Oh phew, that's more manageable. Thanks.
Charlouie Jonesman
Banned
Trouble Finder
Kiwami has a couple of new substories that are direct continuations from 0 substories and 0 gives more characterisation to a bunch of main characters from Kiwami than Kiwami itself does, so in a way, it can enhance the story of Kiwami in a way that MGS3 doesn't for MGS1 and 2.
But yeah, qualitywise jumping from Kiwami to 0 is a huge upgrade.
Aenima
Member
Who had the brilliant idea to request Otomotal My Life at 950 points? Getting 900 points was already hard enough. WHY 950??? WHYYYYY????
The pool game against the expert AI was actually easy to me as im a decent pool player in real life, so i did it at my second try with 100% acuracy, but this Otometal at 950 points is the biggest bullshit in the series i saw so far. AT least i know if i cant do this, thers no reason to complete any other minigames.
The pool game against the expert AI was actually easy to me as im a decent pool player in real life, so i did it at my second try with 100% acuracy, but this Otometal at 950 points is the biggest bullshit in the series i saw so far. AT least i know if i cant do this, thers no reason to complete any other minigames.
hermitpurple
Member
Oh, hello. I wasn't expecting a video for completing a hostess.
Aenima
Member
Lol just scored 940... WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYY????
Holundrian
Unconfirmed Member
Keep at it I know your pain had 2 940s before I got my 950.
It's something you just get better at with more tries(all the runs I had towards the end were in the 900s stark contrast to my first 10 tries being around low 800s). I think I played that song 30+ times.
Edit: I absolutely despise climax battle melee 5. That stuff user is such a big asshole. Yakuza is so fun with bullshit stun locks from enemies and unblockable attacks /s. And you just gotta love how the game tells you to mash x when you're downed but it won't really work in any of the battles were it would be important as if to mock you. urgh.
Aenima
Member
Already scored 940 2 times too, but im actually getting worst now droping to 910. Yes the improvement is there compared to the 1st 10 tries. But i still miss alot in a part of the song and near the end too.
Yakuza 0 was actually the easiest to plat for me. Only a dance battle in the disco needed some tries, but nothing ridiculous hard as this. Even the climax battles was all doable in a few tries each.
If i dont get 950 points today, i just shelve the game, and admit defeat. I got plat trophy in Yakuza 4, 5 and Zero, maybe this one is too "Kiwami" for me. And the sad part is that feels its one of the easiest one to plat as it have less minigames u need to master.
Boy do I feel stupid for not realizing this.
Muffin1611
Banned
Anybody know which setup I can use to beat Pocket Circuit Fighter?
Aenima
Member
Nailed it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
At my 22th try, scored 960 pts. I dont want to touch this song again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TNIkI2MkGE
At my 22th try, scored 960 pts. I dont want to touch this song again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TNIkI2MkGE
This has been used by many, myself included:
https://imgur.com/a/mfqkO
I had to tweak it once due to not having the right part but IIRC I just picked the second best part of the same type. Credits to whoever made it and originally posted it.
Muffin1611
Banned
Thanks, will try it!
Holundrian
Unconfirmed Member
Congrats. Report back in how chapter 9 legend will be for you.
Aenima
Member
It will still take me some time before i will start my Legend run. Still need to finish all the minigames requirements and Climax Battles.
So I just beat Amon.... wow, that guy is a fucking beast.
He also gets super super super fast when he is about to die.
I did go "WHAT THE FUCK?" when he
I had all but one slot of my inventory with Stamina Royal items (the one slot had a reward I forgot to put away in my item box >.>) and I had to use every health item in the fight.
Without Tiger Drop, I would not have won that at all.
I hear this guy is in every Yakuza game (or at least many of them) but this is the first time I've fought him and man. that was something.
He also gets super super super fast when he is about to die.
I did go "WHAT THE FUCK?" when he
recovered all of his health and switch to Mad Dog style
I had all but one slot of my inventory with Stamina Royal items (the one slot had a reward I forgot to put away in my item box >.>) and I had to use every health item in the fight.
Without Tiger Drop, I would not have won that at all.
I hear this guy is in every Yakuza game (or at least many of them) but this is the first time I've fought him and man. that was something.
I dunno... it's pretty hard to be worse than the win 10 tourneys of JCC bullshit.
RiderKairuu
Member
Man, Majima can't handle Rush style at all lol.
every time I hear the Christmas music I think I should hold off til November/December to play this
most bosses can't
if kiwami 2 has it then the hardest fight in series history(Hayashi) will be gg ez
most bosses can't
if kiwami 2 has it then the hardest fight in series history(Hayashi) will be gg ez
Completed Kiwami with all substories done and all abilities/etc learned. Also did all lockers, got most of the cards (maybe one or two I didn't get).
Most I've done in a Yakuza game in one playthrough. Helps that I've completed it once before (well twice, EN PS2, JP Kiwami) so I wasn't rushing to complete the story like I usually do. (in Zero, I did a lot of substories but still under half of them iirc but eventually I got impatient and wanted to see the story through. >.>)
DrunkShogun
Member
Got 70+ percentage but still had 3 sidequests left. Couldn't find any quests on the streets so think I've missed some mini game related sidequest. Completed the hostess missions as well.
Hmm, well one would be the Amon quest. What about the Fighter Successor one? or the "Of love and debt" one (the bar in the champ district). Also there is two hostess ones incase you only did one of them. (Jewel and Shine)
Outside of those, I don't know what could be missed unless you missed one of the Haruka must be with you quests. (2 or 3 the first time you have her with you, one the second time you have her out with you in Chap 11)
Aenima
Member
That was easy. Once you figure out the match-ups you could pick an almost certain winner. Just the button mashing part sucked really hard. The hardest thing for me on Zero was one of the dance battles. And what took me more time to complete was the Majong requirements, that Kiwami also has.
If you are in Premium Adventure mode, change the time of the day and go outside to see if you see any new quests during day time, and night time, then do the same while u take Haruka with you. Also go to Purgatory, the quests there dont show in in main map.
I finished the game alo with around 4 or 5 sub quests to 2, then in premium mode 2 quests was in purgatory, other i received a phone call to start it, other was during day time.
??? It was all totally random - the button mashing didn't mean a thing. I'd say you got nice and lucky then! Bravo!
RPGCrazied
Member
Just got done with 0, finally starting this soon.
What a game 0 was. Just a great story, and sad too in parts.
What a game 0 was. Just a great story, and sad too in parts.
Did you also get the amulet from the coliseum?
Holundrian
Unconfirmed Member
can the climax battle design team pls retire they want to make me cry.