So, TGS soon. Hopes? Expectations? Fears?

>>1780244 Kiwami 3 already leaked which was like the last thing I wanted them to do. Hopefully Stranger Than Heaven still looks good.

>>1780244 live Yokohama sepuku new judgment live Yokohama sepuku for Yakuza 5 for Yakuza 8 for memejima pirate

Kiwami 3's been officially announced now, although I only see English dub trailers right now. Along with the main game, there is a prequel where you play as Mine covering the story of him joining the Tojo clan. Nakahara, Hamazaki, and Rikiya got hit with the Real Japanese Actor likeness stick. Kiryu's shirt green now.

>>1783686 I said earlier in the thread (different ID now probably) there's a huge list of things I would rather they have done than remake 3, but the Mine story does soften the blow a bit.

>>1783686 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KezwEjSgcU a gameplay of Mine. Looks interesting but if it's like th eother dlcs it won't be long and overpriced

Is RGG studio just gonna go the remake train like everyone else?

>>1785849 This is already the 4th remake they're putting out so it isn't anything new for them. But it's obvious the Kiwami and Gaiden games are the smaller workload projects that are a faster to release between the main line entries that require creating more band new assets. Making the assets for Hawaii naturally leads to remaking Okinawa with them, plenty people saw Kiwami 3 coming.

>>1783686 >Another shitty dragon engine remake >For a game that didn't need one at all <But at least there's some new story >But the normal story will be remade worse because this is current day RGG Nah that's a fucking hard pass Why don't they port the psp games instead? Cowards.

>>1785966 My thoughts exactly. This is a pirate from me. I did enjoy Yakuza 3's story but I won't support a lazy cash grab like this.

>>1786143 >This is a pirate from me. It has denuvo.

>>1787307 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ They won't get my money for this title either way, and they removed denuvo from previous titles in the past. I'm not torn up about it.

I don't remember if it was this previous thread I've talked about, but is there an archive of the games available anywhere?

>>1815163 By archive do you mean torrents? If so yes, check fitgirl

>>1815192 I don't remember where I saw it, but it was like a paste bin or something with info about all games, I don't remember if there were actual links >fitgirl I know the group from places, but where does one go to find their stuff exclusively? btw, I've found the whole collection o rutracker, already packed for linux, so looks like it might be easier for me (besides the 186GB size) but whats the order of play anyway? should I start from 0?

>>1815977 I don't wanna link it directly but suffice it to say the name fitgirl is enough. As for game order you can start with 0 if you want but two things will happen: Many of the references to newer games will be lost on you, and you will be spoiled by the combat and minigames since 0 was developed wirh the Yakuza 6 engine and took both the combat and minigames with it. There is a dip in quality to both, especially when it comes to Yakuza 3. However from a story perspective it's fine to play 0 first, as it's a good introduction to the timeline and characters and you can always go back later and play it again if you wanna pick up on all the small details/references you missed.

>>1816142 >newer games I should say future games, as in from further in the timeline of Yakuza. As mentioned, 0 is built from the engine that 6 was on.

>>1816142 but if not zero, start with what? like a dragon?

>>1816227 Nah if not 0 then just go play Kiwami 1. Or original PS2 version if you're feeling adventurous. There is no real difference iirc except graphics and some minigame fluff updates

>>1816256 Spoken like a true retard >>1816227 Start with the ps2 game undubbed. It's rough around the edges, combat is a bit slow, and exploration is a bit awkward but it's 100 times better than the mess that is the shitwami games. Don't touch yakuza fury, that's a hot unrelated mess.

>>1816227 You have 4 schools of thought: 1. Play them in any order you want, who gives a shit? Then they might tell you an anecdote of how they, as kids, read Harry Potter, out of order and were fine 2. Start with Kiwami 1,2 remakes, and by the time you are done, Kiwami 3 should be available. Then they might tell you, how it's good to do them in release order, but the old games are way too out-dated and unrefined. 3. Start with 0, because it's in chronological order. Then they might tell you how it's better to watch the Prequels first and then the Original Trilogy. 4. Start with the original PS2 games, or the PS3 ports if you know Japanese. Then they might tell you how the Kiwami remakes change the tone and mood of the original 2 games way too much, plus they censored some content. I am more in the 4th school of thought.

>>1817202 Shut up nigger you have no real argument as to why Kiwami is "bad" Just a fucking hipster on 8chan

>>1816256 >yeah bro kiwami 1, the equivalent of 0's dlc, is great for starters

>>1821624 Yeah it is

<1821467 This dude fucking agreed on my other post that kiwami 3 was looking like dogshit and now he's calling me a hispter for saying kiwami 1/2 is dogshit I am extremely confused. But you know what? It has been 8 years since I've played Kiwami, when it released back then. On a borrowed PS4 of all things. So no, I couldn't point out the bullet points as to why I think it's a worse way to experience the game. All I know is that this thing is what made me swear off ever playing a remake over the original anymore. So your point about me being a nigger does stand. But just for you sweetheart, since I've got a very free 2 upcoming months, I'll replay both the OG and the kiwami remake and give you my thoughts about why it's worse. Or who knows? Maybe I'll change my muse about it, after all these years. It's not a dragon engine game, after all.

>>1821715 >But just for you sweetheart, since I've got a very free 2 upcoming months, I'll replay both the OG and the kiwami remake and give you my thoughts about why it's worse. You know what? I am actually looking forward to such a post. You could be like that one anon who did a playthrough of all the Fallout games, and gave his opinions on them.

>>1821753 I... don't know if I'll go in as much detail as that anon did. Really depend on how many differences it comes down to. And while I don't think I would mind replaying and reviewing every Yakuzers out there, that's something I don't know if I can actually commit to, as I'll be quite busy starting January and these are long ass games. Spoiler: Yakuza 6 is pretty shit >>1822136 He does the funny and fighting the same boss 500 times with marginal differences is fun and totally not annoying. But I'm sure the game has many more flaws to discuss as well.

>>1822222 Checked and there are, the Majima Everywhere is just that prevalent. >Spoiler Don't get me started, granted part of Y6 being shit was because of Haruka's story in Y5 so I partly blame that too.

>>1822373 >this is somehow related to organized crime Something, something , Yakuza ran idol groups.

>>1822386 >Have said Yakuza family be related to the game's main plot of someone consolidating all Yakuza families across Japan while eliminating the potential threats in this scheme in some cryptic battle royale >While at the same time, the family patriarch has to cancel the concert due to Haruka's safety but continues it anyway because "dreams" as a subplot The former reeled me in but the latter's focus of hammering to the audience to follow your dreams felt unnecessary.

Ok, I just started up, but its looking fine, besides one thing, that is my gamepad doesn't seem to be working through the bottle. >>1821435 >Then they might tell you how the Kiwami remakes change the tone and mood of the original 2 games way too much, plus they censored some content what sort of censored content are we talking here? I least I hope the general degeneracy of kabukicho, hostess and shit are all there >>1822373 >webm I live in Tokyo and I can state the fact that indeed Idolshit is totally related to the Yakuza

>>1750825 Don't skip any of them. If you're not enjoying one as much, consider skipping through a lot of the side content. Aside from a handful of golden sidestories, you won't be missing much in the older titles. And it's okay to take LONG breaks. Like months, even a year. Yakuza burnout is very real and everyone hits it at some point.

Okay so one minor nugget of good news. They've announced that Yakuza 0 Directors Cut will actually have an upgrade path, so you don't need to buy Yakuza 0 for full price again if you only want to play that Online Multiplayer mode. That's all for the good news. Bad news time. SEGA/RGG are impressively managing to burn all the good will they've accumulated since Yakuza 0 originally released. >You don't get the Y0 Upgrade path if you own a physical copy of the game. >Vanilla Yakuza 0 is being delisted from pretty much everywhere except GOG. This incudes the PS4 and Xbox One versions. Now the writing on the wall for them getting greedy has been there since at least Infinite Wealth where they locked NG+ and harder difficulty modes behind Day One DLC. So it's hard to say this is surprising, but what is surprising is that they type of people who would normally take this type of ass fucking gladly, aren't happy either because it turns out that Teruyuki Kagawa the actor they got to be the new likeness of Hamazaki, apprently is a little too good at playing the role of a sleeze Yakuza since he Sexually Assaulted/Harassed some Hostesses. So now the redditor types are up in arms about that, and want him taken out of Kiwami 3, tho I doubt that's gonna happen. So as of right now, pretty much nobody paying attention to current events is happy with the current state of the series.

>>1967426 As with most franchises, its now being milked for every drop of passion fans used to have. That being said, if you already played them all, and experience for what they used to be, why care what they do to them now?

>>1972894 Yeah, pretty much. It's hard to get too upset when this franchise managed to maintain a relatively solid track record for almost 20 years straight, and only now things are getting to the more dicey side. I mean, it's easy to point at these obvious money oriented business decisions and criticize them, but we haven't even gotten to the point where one of these games is out right shit yet. It's more so the outside things surrounding the games that are an issue.