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Yakuza 4 Over 80 Hours Of Gameplay, New Shenmue Talk Finally Surfaces Must See Interview

Yakuza has stepped up the quality in a major way, multiple characters, deeper fighting system, multiple story paths, this game is going to surprise alot of people when it hit the states for the official release.

Seriously who needs a RPG when you have over 80 hours of gameplay, story, and more, this game is a must buy everyone check this out.

INTERVIEW IS HERE

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Hitman07694802d ago

Wow that's crazy good replay value, didn't see that coming!!

Jezuz4802d ago

I played the demo and i don't see whats so fun about it. Just button mashing, is there any other aspect of this game? other than fighting?

lepolohuevo4802d ago

Yes, city exploration (Tokyo), minigames, sports, sidequests, great storyline (and so much more)... The demo was really shitty and demonstrated none of that.

Sega thought that us westerners like blood and over-the-top violence over everything, so we got this instead. It pisses me off when Japanese devs try to "appeal" to the western market, because all we get is an amputated shitfest game like FF13, or Vanquish and the soon to be Binary Domain.

If you want a better taste of the Yakuza experience, download the Yakuza 3 demo.

Bravo44802d ago

Vanquish a "shitfest"? I must disagree.

lepolohuevo4802d ago (Edited 4802d ago )

Ok, Vanquish did good gameplay wise, I'll give it that. But the story full of american stereotypes and clichés were too much to handle and was too unbearable. It's a perfect example of "trying" to appeal a different market a hit a wall.

akiraburn4802d ago

@Jezuz, if you really want to see what Yakuza is like, I believe there is a Yakuza 3 demo on the PSN store which will give you a much fuller aspect of what the game is like. It's exactly as Lepolohuevo said. The demo was a very bad representation of the entire game, as it's main focuses have always been things like storytelling, RPG aspects, city exploration, tons of mini games, and other similar aspects. The "brawler"/"Beat em' Up" portion is only a part of it, and even that gets better, deeper, and more fun as the game continues.

It's also like I mentioned in a prior news article... we sort of got shafted in terms of demos with this one, because the demo that came out on the Japan PSN store last year was massive and really gave a full experience with mini-games and lots of story and exploration, whereas this one is just showing some fighting mechanics off and it really gives potential new players a misleading impression of what the game actually is about.

ABizzel14802d ago

I'm on vacation so I'm going to make it my goal to beat Killzone 3, Yakuza 1, Yakuza 2, and Yakuza 3.

aCasualGamer4801d ago

I tried the demo and it was disappointing.

Atleast the visuals were great, but gameplay wise it was too repetitive.

I'm talking about the demo, i haven't played the final game yet.

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Kreyg4802d ago

80 hours of gameplay? NO ONE better complain about that!

WetN00dle694802d ago

As long as the game is not CUT no one will complain.

dalibor4802d ago

To bad because people will. I can already see some saying it's just to much in a game, who plays games for that long? Especially since it's exclusive, that just amounts to more problems.

ChrisW4802d ago (Edited 4802d ago )

@Kreyg,

It better have 81 hours of gameplay or I'm not getting it! :P

Kreyg4802d ago

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO How could you do that to the poor game!

Bravo44802d ago (Edited 4802d ago )

Its not all fighting, there are TONS of other side activities.

Karaoke
Billiards
Bowling
Batting Cages
Golf
Darts
Boxellios(Arcade shooter)
UFO Catcher
Blackjack
Roulette
Poker
Fishing
Coin Lockerts
Cabaret Clubs (Which can quickly eat up a dozen hours.)
Massage
Ping-Pong
Panchico
Shogi
Koi-Koi
Cho-han
This isn't even all the mini-games! I think I've left out a few. But anyway...
Revelations and Exploration (Real life restaurants, drinks, fastfoods, and tons of other tie-ins)

There's of course the fighting based ones like:
Cage fighting (There's about a dozen match types. Fighting on a large hotplate? Hells to the yeah its here!)
Hitman
Inner 7

And of course the other new ones added to Yakuza 4. I believe you can train and enter your own fighters to tournaments now.

Not to mention the MANY crazy side quests.
Carrying Ice Cream across a street? Looking for a cat? Helping a debt burdened man who wants to commit suicide? Running away from a Man-looking lady?

Damn, I could go on and on! But I think everyone gets the idea now, LOL!

ChrisW4802d ago

Coin Lockers??? My all time favorite activity!!!

Allowen4802d ago

This seems to have more value then Dragon Age 2 that is an RPG !

I loved DA:O but this DA2 did not caught me ...both will pop at the stores on the same week and I might choose to buy Yakuza4

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10 Weirdest Video Games of All Time

Plenty of unforgettable games have completely messed up their players throughout the years, all the way back from the PS1 days to the dark recesses of the modern internet.

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JonTheGod10h ago

Why are the Katamari games not on the list??

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70 percent of devs unsure of live-service games sustainability

With so many games fighting for players' attention and interest losing out over time, time sink games are at risk of eventually losing steam.

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thorstein1d 7h ago

It was worrisome to begin with.

It's a niche genre with only a handful of hits that can stand the test of time.

Cacabunga9h ago

I like the sound of that!! I will for sure never support these gaas games.
Sony must be shocked at gamer's reaction, making them cancel a few of these and hopefully go back to the good heavy hitters they had us used to..
now bring on that PSPro reveal and show us some SP 1st party awesomeness.

CrimsonWing691d 6h ago

What’s to be unsure of!? Look at the ratio of success to failure!

DarXyde13h ago

It's pretty ridiculous.

Imagine having a breadth of data at your disposal to see the statistically low success rate of these games, only to be laser focused on the exceptional case studies.

shinoff21831d 5h ago

Yes. Stop all the live service bs.

jznrpg1d 4h ago

Only a few will catch on. You need a perfect storm to be successful in GaaS and a bit of luck on top of that. But a potential cash cow will keep them trying and some will go out of business because of it.

MIDGETonSTILTS171d 4h ago

Helldivers 2 manages just fine…

Keep production costs low… don’t just make custscenes until the mechanics and enemies are perfected first.

Make so much content that you can drip extra content for years, and the game already feels complete without them.

Most importantly: make weapons, enemies, levels, and mechanics that will stand the test of 1000 hours. This might require more devs embracing procedurally generated leveled, which I think separates Helldivers 2 from Destiny’s repetitiveness.

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The Battle Pass Is The Worst Thing To Happen To Modern Gaming

Nameer from eXputer: "Some exceptions aside, I don't think the battle pass is a net positive for gaming with how they're implemented in most live service titles."

got_dam1d 8h ago

Battle passes AND meta gaming both.

DivineHand1251d 6h ago (Edited 1d 6h ago )

I like the way Helldivers 2 does battle passes. It allows you to make purchases on each level of the battle pass and gives you the option of choosing which item to unlock first. The more purchases you make using medals the further you progress. There is no timer and you can earn medals towards purchasing stuff via personal orders and Major orders.

I haven't played much live service games that have battle passes but I remember some games that have battle passes where you progress through it linearly using an exp system. What makes it really bad is that the battle pass will have like 50 or more levels with the cooler stuff being closer to the end. They also have an in-game shop that sells exp boosters so you can reach the end of the pass before it refreshes. Everyone ilse will have to grind their way through.

lucian2291d 6h ago

battle pass in fortnite is perfect; buy one and it buys the rest for every other season as it gives you more money than the first cost. so 8.50 and season ends with you getting 13.00, it pays for the next and you have some pocket change to save up for cash shop. All of which is optional