The fourth iteration of the famed Yakuza series hit shelves last week and we recently got our reps in during our spring break. This game may remind you of one where sailors are abound but fear not gamers, this is not some redheaded step child of Shenmue. This is Yakuza 4 and I must say, it's rare to see a game structured like this. Keep reading after the jump to see if that's a good thing.
Includes Yakuza: Like A Dragon and the entire Kazuma Kiryu saga.
I already own all these digital+physical.So good to see more people will get to enjoy them.
Wonder why Fist of North Star isnt being added
It's early days but this new service is looking better and better. The full Yakuza series! And with the monthly games this month too. Fantastic month
That was the only Yakuza game I was missing. Might be the best month of all time for me.
Cultured Vultures: Ash has a massive backlog of games, lovingly dubbed the Pile of Shame, but its existence is beginning to become bothersome.
With RGG in the mainstream spotlight, about to complete their first simultaneous worldwide release, let's take a look back and rank the Yakuza games.
I just could not get into like a dragon I love Yakuza series but when they went with turn based combat it just was not for me. I hope future entries go back to its original roots or at least every now and then have a game where is real Time brawler combat
We do have judgement so at least there are other similar games being made by same developers
I’m sorry but no way is like a dragon better than Yakuza 0, 4,5, or 6. It’s different with a lighter hearted tone a lot of times. Plenty of slapstick and jokes. It literally feels like a DLC compared to the main Yakuza games. Unless you simply don’t like action games maybe… but going through the underground arenas, fighting the mini bosses randomly on the streets on different games for money or exp (like the guy in the gold suit for example). Not to mention the mini games, which Like a dragon has some too, but not as good as most other Yakuzas. Maybe it’s because I’ve been playing Yakuza from the beginning. It’s like the metal gear rpg/card collector that was on PSP or Vita. It was a cool game and a lot of fun, but it wasn’t a METAL GEAR. It was fun for what it was. I don’t believe this person actually played through all the Yakuzas. Probably gamepassed like a dragon and dabbled in the others to get an idea.
There are a few I haven't played so I am replaying and playing through them now on GP.
I did like Like a Dragon, it kept the feel of the games, but I got bored of the combat about halfway in. It was the easiest RPG I've ever played.
If I remember correctly - Eri, lower defence move for all. Ichiban - Mega bat. Every fight over in seconds.
I'm currently playing Yakuza 0 and so far it's the best game I played this year.
This guy must've played for about 15 minutes it seems. One of the main things in Yakuza is the fighting. In Yakuza you get new tecniques and weapons along the story and you learn new supermoves. I find the way this guy handeled the fighting laughable at best.
"People are interested in action and martial arts and the like. There is fighting in Yakuza 4. It's decent. It feels like a kung fu movie where each guy is coming at you one at a time. This works ok I guess when the game is trying to emulate a movie, as this clearly is, but can get pretty boring when you're playing a game. "
I mean what the hell does that quote explain about the game itself? What a bonehead of a reviewer.
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This site needs writers of higher than an 8th grade level. I mean such frequent use of short, choppy, crappy sentences are not becoming of a professional review. Ugh, it's ssadly just another case of some random gaming website popping up and filling up with writers that think they have skill just because they can use spellcheck. Thanks for keeping game journalism a joke, guys.
Maybe it's time for a career change
people who are too used to gta will compare it to this and not like it.
This is clearly a napkin-blog written by a couple grade school kids.
If you can't tell by the horrible grammar and diction, maybe by the fact the "review" doesn't even talk about the substance in the gameworld, but rather wanders off to him and his brother's (aww how cute) misadventures in googling yakuza on wiki, his opinions on Digimon and ends with how American gangs > Japanese gangs. U-S-A! U-S-A! lol
Seriously N4G, there need to be some checks in place for not posting a kid's D+ "what I did last night" homework assignment as news.