Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio (Yakuza, Judgment, Binary Domain + more!) Discussion Thread

[Reinhardt]

Re;Birth 2 is actually pretty fucking dark if that's your thing.

Fuck cursed sword ending. And fuck Nepger or whatever was her name!

 

[GhostCow]

Re;Birth 2 is actually pretty fucking dark if that's your thing.

Fuck cursed sword ending. And fuck Nepger or whatever was her name!

You would really hate these shirts that I'm buying next time I get some clothes then

Spoiler

 

[Jermu]

Finished Yakuza 0 my second game after 7. Story was better than 7 and two main protagonists were maybe even better than Yakuza 7 cast (which was great already). Combat and minigames were not in bar with 7 (other than karaoke) but older game + not turn based so cant complain too much. Karaoke was awesome quite many memorable songs rest mini games not too great. Well hotline was entertaining first time but thats about it. Quests were fine also.

Now time for Kiwami 1 heard that it is one of the worst games in the series (Yakuza 0 and 7 were best so I have only worse games left? )

Something I noticed regarding Goro Majima

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He keeps saying that he is not going to kill anyone but in chase sequences with blind girl he breaks like 10 necks lol

 

[Derringer]

Have yet to play them, due to their abysmal reputation I have not played a lot of Compile Heart/IF games.
All I played were Record of Agarest War, which deserved its shitty reputation 100%, and Spectral Souls which was completely alright.
Any of them traditional turn based?

Spectral Souls is one of their best games with an English release, a lot of their stuff is just copy-pasted low-budget VNs.

 

[TheDiceMustRoll]

Been waiting a long time for the rest of the games to come to Steam. My PS3 and its copy of Y5 can finally be retired. Very excited

A fucking cowboy bebop reference, god

 

[TheDiceMustRoll]

Finished Yakuza 0 my second game after 7. Story was better than 7 and two main protagonists were maybe even better than Yakuza 7 cast (which was great already). Combat and minigames were not in bar with 7 (other than karaoke) but older game + not turn based so cant complain too much. Karaoke was awesome quite many memorable songs rest mini games not too great. Well hotline was entertaining first time but thats about it. Quests were fine also.

Now time for Kiwami 1 heard that it is one of the worst games in the series (Yakuza 0 and 7 were best so I have only worse games left? )

Something I noticed regarding Goro Majima

Spoiler

He keeps saying that he is not going to kill anyone but in chase sequences with blind girl he breaks like 10 necks lol

I mean kazama kiryu never killed anyone and I shot a guy driving a helicopter 20 times in the face and it crashed and exploded in a fireball so maybe the yakuza mcs are fucking delusional, man

Like Ichi doesn't seem to realize being in the Yakuza means being a fucking thug and instead beats up other criminals and does nice guy shit

 

[Abu Antar]

Just roll with it, man.

If we can have corrupt cops, let me have bro Yakuza.

Does it make sense? No.

 

[Jenkem]

the game plots are basically on the levels of soap operas, and telenovellas with a splash of crime drama, complete with all the insane over the top 'twists' you get from those types of media. they aren't meant to be pulitzer prize winning masterpieces.

and that's a good thing.

 

[TheDiceMustRoll]

the game plots are basically on the levels of soap operas, and telenovellas with a splash of crime drama, complete with all the insane over the top 'twists' you get from those types of media. they aren't meant to be pulitzer prize winning masterpieces.

and that's a good thing.

i wasnt really complaining

 

[Reinhardt]

they aren't meant to be pulitzer prize winning masterpieces.

Yes, Yakuza is better.

 

[Alphons]

I shot a guy driving a helicopter 20 times in the face and it crashed and exploded in a fireball

If you wanna run an orphanage, you have to make some orphans.

 

[Reinhardt]

Fuck you! Now jootube showing me

 

[Endemic]

I mean kazama kiryu never killed anyone and I shot a guy driving a helicopter 20 times in the face and it crashed and exploded in a fireball so maybe the yakuza mcs are fucking delusional, man

Perhaps, but then again,

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Majima was quite willing to slit a blind woman's throat to advance back into the Yakuza ranks before his attack of moral conscience happened (to be fair, he was lied to about the hit which helped). Not to mention the reason he was tortured and demoted in the first place was ultimately due to his eagerness to massacre a group of rival Yakuza and their leader.

Yakuza Kiwami also retconned Majima killing at least one Yakuza thug as well in a cutscene.

As for Kiryu,

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I feel like Yakuza 1 quite clearly makes out Kiryu to be a hypocrite and stupid for taking the fall in place of Nishiki, on top of shattering his illusions about Kazama as a father figure as well. Yes, he survives the chaos in the end, but he loses a lot along the way.

On the 'no-killing' thing, I think that would have worked fine if the stakes hadn't been continually raised throughout the series. Perhaps "no killing except against hostile gunmen in self-defence" makes more sense in the later games.

 

[Reinhardt]

Still more believable than batperson of color.

 

[Maxie]

 

[Caim]

I mean kazama kiryu never killed anyone and I shot a guy driving a helicopter 20 times in the face and it crashed and exploded in a fireball so maybe the yakuza mcs are fucking delusional, man

It was a rubber weapon that triggered practical effects, the crash was in fact a controlled landing and the following explosion was just a bunch of speakers, lights and holograms. Kiryu has never killed anyone. Even that one time where it looked like it, but that doesn't count because the guy was already dead.

 

[Jermu]

Kiwami 1 was quite a letdown compared to zero. Close to everything was worse from story to bosses and too much trash fighting. Kiwami 1 even made me dislike my favorite zero character Goro Majima some of time. I stopped doing quests (which were mostly similar to zero so thats a positive thing) after chapter 8 because I really did not feel like fighting Majima after 30th time and random gangs which are just a time waste. Majima scenes and surprises were great though think I watch those which I missed from YouTube.
At least leveling system was better compared to zero but thats about it.

Kiryu also had interesting decisions such as

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taking a child to a whorehouse and buildings which were expected to be full of enemies Also Nishiki character development was quite something he went full-on retard mode

edit. Oh yeah and fuck guns and that rolling gun boss that was about the worst fight I can remember in any rpg. It was not hard just annoying

 

[Endemic]

Kiwami (and 0) expand quite a bit on Nishiki's character, because in the original Y1 there wasn't much to him before he went off the deep end.

 

[Reinhardt]

rolling gun boss

Arase is a bitch. Fuck him.

 

[Fishy]

21 more days. How can I endure 21 more days of waiting?!

 

[ERYFKRAD]

21 more days. How can I endure 21 more days of waiting?!

With great fortitude.

 

[Serious_Business]

T I G E R
D R O P

I have at last learned what it means to be a True Man

 

[iZerw]

So I've finished 1,2 and 0 on after another. Had a blast. Should I play Like a Dragon or wait for 3,5,6. I want to avoid spoilers.

 

[Jugashvili]

So I've finished 1,2 and 0 on after another. Had a blast. Should I play Like a Dragon or wait for 3,5,6. I want to avoid spoilers.

Play Like a Dragon if you haven't yet. It's very good and you'll get most of the references with what you've played so far. One full playthrough should keep you entertained for 100 or so hours and by the time you're done you'll have the other games on PC. Best deal!

 

[iZerw]

So I've finished 1,2 and 0 on after another. Had a blast. Should I play Like a Dragon or wait for 3,5,6. I want to avoid spoilers.

Play Like a Dragon if you haven't yet. It's very good and you'll get most of the references with what you've played so far. One full playthrough should keep you entertained for 100 or so hours and by the time you're done you'll have the other games on PC. Best deal!

But is not the story in Like a Dradone is happening after the events of the first six games?