Yakuza - it's like Shenmue, but actually fun to play
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I didn't mean to actual include a spoiler in mine.
And yes fu cinty you Chinese dog winkywinky -
I can't believe character has a trait
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OK so Chapter 1 done and dusted.
I really like it!
It's got a proper SEGA vibe, the brawling is good brawling and most surprisingly, the story is pretty well told (so far at least).
End of chapter boss took 3 attempts, to my shame, but felt particularly good as I'd already come to know him as a bit of a shit.
Not done a damned thing outside of the main missions so far, and the zaniness has been kept to a minimum, but really looking forward to cracking on.
It's great!
Just checking - there's no lock-on in combat, right?Gamgertag: JRPC
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In the fight against the drunks it tells you to lock on using.... R1 I think?I'm falling apart to songs about hips and hearts... -
Right so here's my progress update.
25:42 hours in.
29.98%
50/100 sub stories
18/50 buildings bought (I've spent a lot of money on circuit racers)
Still in chapter 6.
Urgghhhhhh I can't stop doing everything. Possibly need to start pushing the story forward. For people looking for a whack of substories in the same place (might be nearly 10?!) then the wholewill see you through a bunch. Also really funny stuff.Spoiler: -
regmcfly wrote:Right so here's my progress update.
25:42 hours in.
29.98%
50/100 sub stories
18/50 buildings bought (I've spent a lot of money on circuit racers)
Still in chapter 6.
Urgghhhhhh I can't stop doing everything. Possibly need to start pushing the story forward. For people looking for a whack of substories in the same place (might be nearly 10?!) then the wholewill see you through a bunch. Also really funny stuff.Spoiler:
Not found the, had only just discovered theSpoiler:when some stuff happened and I had toSpoiler:Spoiler:
Sorry Reg, I think I'm ahead of you storywise, so probably best you don't click on the third 'spoiler' even though it's incredible vague.360 - optimark prime PSN - optimark_prime twitter - @optimark_prime -
This game feels entirely balanced to include sub quests In a particular play through. Sometimes just playing through the story feels like it is 70% cutscenes and and the rest actual playing game. Messing about really is essential imo.
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mistercrayon wrote:This game feels entirely balanced to include sub quests In a particular play through.
Deffo - I'll spoiler because politeness but I would definitely recommend finishing
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Because without finishing them you won't get
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Completed.
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Do the side missions only become available after a certain point?I'm falling apart to songs about hips and hearts...
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Some do. Some are dependant on doing things with your other character, some open up at chapter points. Most are available bySpoiler:
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mistercrayon wrote:This game feels entirely balanced to include sub quests In a particular play through. Sometimes just playing through the story feels like it is 70% cutscenes and and the rest actual playing game. Messing about really is essential imo.
Reg:Spoiler:
Ive taken downSpoiler: -
Where is thestill not found it.Spoiler:
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regmcfly wrote:Where is thestill not found it.Spoiler:
Asking for a friendSpoiler: -
regmcfly wrote:Some do. Some are dependant on doing things with your other character, some open up at chapter points. Most are available bySpoiler:
Awesome. I'm still finishing chapter 1 and assuming I need to get a lot of this story stuff out the way first.
This game is awesome.
I'm falling apart to songs about hips and hearts... -
It surely is a treat. Makes me regularly laugh a lot
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regmcfly wrote:It surely is a treat. Makes me regularly laugh a lot
Yeah, laughs a plenty, but there's plenty of other emotions that come into play too. It's the third game in 3 or so months to draw tears from me. Dunno if that's getting easier to do because I'm getting older or what, but the main story is seriously good. -
That's a regularity of Japanese fiction, draws from severe emotions in a Bollywood manner - flips the switch back and forth. Late 90s Japanese not-horror flicks are a sight to behold for that
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regmcfly wrote:That's a regularity of Japanese fiction, draws from severe emotions in a Bollywood manner - flips the switch back and forth. Late 90s Japanese not-horror flicks are a sight to behold for that
Yar - I already said it's basically a soap opera (the whole series is, except perhaps the first which plays it more straight). And it relies on that soap opera melodrama which hits home perfectly here. Tonal shifts only serve to make those intense moments stronger, not undermine them. Incredible.
Maybe my favourite Yakuza game of all of them. -
The Bollywood point is totally on point. Where this game makes it work, I think over a film, is space to breathe between the swings (both in time and who is involved) it makes it feel less like contrived bollocks and more like catching bits of life around town.
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Well, this evening, aside from continuing Majima's story I alsoandSpoiler:.Spoiler:
I love this game.360 - optimark prime PSN - optimark_prime twitter - @optimark_prime -
At last this has been dispatched from amazon. But will not get to play until the weekend. Having read some of this thread I'm really looking forward to it. -
Yep - here's how you do it.
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