kurohyou games are great so far, 1 was solid and 2 seems even better

They're solid entries.

Patched?

yeah 1 with the english patch was pretty iffy but still really enjoyable, 2 english patch actually lets you do side content so its already better lol

Going to jump from Yakuza 2 to 7. Probably play the other games in the future though

I'd advise you at least play 6.

Started playing Yakuza 0 and it’s so f***ing good man

just beat kiwami 2

that ending was one of the most insane things i've seen in a video game

a year later and i’m finally playing it

Enjoy

Classic

Real talk, does anyone here ever play these games in English (when an English dub is available)?

I don't cuz I like the original japanese voice acting and I've played them all in japaense, be kinda weird to change.

but I've heard the english dub on 7 is solid

No

Yeah they got George Takei for Masumi Arakawa that's pretty cool. Wish he did the Japanese version too.

It just seems like there’d be such a disconnect.

Oddly enough, I don’t feel the same way about Persona even though that’s set in Japan. I think it’s something to do with the animated look to it compared to this series, which is much more realistic visually.

my goat just reflecting on the beach on an okinawan spring night

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Kiryu is who every no fapper thinks they are.

finished yakuza 3 today, it's my least favorite so far but it's not bad by any means. i enjoyed the more straight forward, simple story but the gameplay hasn't aged the best. i know it's a bit unfair to compare 3 to kiwami 1 and 2 cause those are full on remakes and 0 is from 2015 while 3 is from 2009 but it's hard not to. my main problem was the combat, specifically the bosses. all the bosses had unlimited block and you might get 1 or 2 hits in but basically the entire combo would be blocked and you don't really have any way of getting around their block besides dodging but even then you only get a few hits in before they insta turn and block again. weapons didn't even seem to make that much of difference. so the boss fights ended up feeling pretty dragged out to me which was disappointing.

my other problem was the okinawa sections. i know this part of Kiryu's life is supposed to be slower and calm but the pacing of the game completely fell off a cliff in these sections. i felt like most of the missions where run here, then run back, then run there again, and finally run back one more time. just not great gameplay wise.

i'd say the story was enjoyable but def the weakest of the 4 that i've played, but that's mainly because it's just shorter and not as complex, and honestly, it's still better than most video game stories now. voice acting and music was A1 as always especially during Rikiya's death scene and the cast of new characters were all good too.

it was pretty obvious that Mine was the traitor so it wasn't a big twist but i liked him as a villain.

i did think that joji being kazama's bother was pretty cheesy but it is what it is.

i didn't really bother with too much of the side content this time around either. overall a solid game and fun experience but i'm excited to move onto 4.

Honestly the closer it gets to Kevin the more I'm if I wanna play it again so soon after beating it in Japanese.

See how I feel in a week.