An excellent review. I must thank you for trying your best to spread the word about this underrated series. I will definitely try my best as well. Keep the good work up!
Yakuza is THE most underrated series of all time in the West. With the language barrier I can sort of understand why, but at the same time... With how great it is, it's just criminal to ignore it.
Visiting this video in 2020 is kind of wild, nearly every single game in the Yakuza franchise is now easily available in the West with fantastic translations, and 7 is coming later this year. I started Yakuza 0 around late 2018, but eventually fell off for reasons not related to the game. I finally revisited it this month (May 2020) during quarantine and have fell in absolute love with the series, marathoned 0, Kiwami and working on Kiwami 2, purchased basically every game coming up outside of 6 and 7, and I feel no fatigue whatsoever. I can happily say that Yakuza is one of my favorite franchises of all time now, there is honestly nothing like it
I started with Yakuza 0 and it was one of the best experiences I've had in gaming. The story was absolutely phenomenal and it was worth every penny of the 60 dollars. I'm super excited for Kiwami, especially because it will continue very close to where it left off with 0.
The fact that Yakuza 0 looks so good and (mostly) runs at 60fps is really amazing and just highlights how poor the optimization of so many other current gen titles is. Great video mango.
I might be wrong but I think one of the reasons the series isn't quite as successful in America might be because a lot of people were calling Yakuza 3 a "japanese GTA" which is pretty far from the truth and most people probably got a bad impression when they found out that the priorities of the team and the design philosophy behind the game were extremely different.
Redfrog101 that blue effect is yo tell you the player that you have filled up the heat gauge. A filled heat gauge increases strength defense, and allows you to pull off super moves that do devastating damage, like having the main character suplex a thug into a guard rail.
Yeah, they are very fundamentally different. GTA is all about fantasy and release. It's about doing all the violent and crazy things you normally can't do because of morality and legality. Yakuza is very story oriented and also takes itself very seriously. Sure there is a lot of silliness in it but the emotions of the characters and their actions matter a great deal and are not made fun of. GTA by contrast doesn't take itself seriously at all with massive destruction just being waved off like it's nothing. In Yakuza one person being killed has massive and far reaching consequences. I would say it's a JRPG more than anything else though with the mechanics of an action game.
I'm really happy that japanese developers have recently started releasing games on the PC. Hopefully this series too can get released on Steam, since it looks really cool.
+damcs I think it would be better for it to release on pc since it would get more eyes on the series. but I see your perspective too. either way I'm getting a ps4 to play all the new entries coming out on that.
+Tartar Sega is the same publisher who hasn't released Vanquish for the PC yet, a game that would have benefitted for getting a PC release. Well, at least you can play Dragon's Dogma in more than just 25 FPS soon.
I come back to this video so often just for the intro. It instantly transports me back into playing Y0 for the first time. Truly a remarkable game and an amazing entry to this (still) criminally underrated franchise. RGGS loves their product and it shows.
Playing Yakuza 0 as my first into the series is easily the best experience I ever had in a game. Nothing could match it's style, emotion, music, gameplay, everything about it. It was one of the first times I was truly interested in a game's story and didn't just play it for the gameplay. It had me crying multiple times throughout it, it was amazing. Having played almost the entire rest of the series (currently on Lost Judgment, then I'll be waiting on Ishin Kiwami and the 2 new games) I can say that, though I think all of them are amazing games, 0 just has this unique feeling to it that makes me feel so unbelievably nostalgic for something I only got into just under 2 years ago. Yakuza 0 knew how to make a first impression with the fighting, karaoke, soundtrack, and Tojo Clan long battle all packed into the first chapter of the game. I was hooked in my first session playing it. What a fucking series, and what a masterpiece of, not only a game, but a prequel done incredibly right.
I like how with each entry the Yakuza games have seemingly become better in better in terms of everything such as gameplay, story and characters. They definitely evolve with each game released and I kind of like waiting for the localisation even if it takes a while because you don't really want to burn yourself out with Yakuza. There's a lot to take in.
I had only ever vaguely heard of this series but somehow came to this video and now I want to play them all. You fucken' sold it man. I can totally feel your enthusiasm for the story and the gameplay in how you speak about it.
Man I've been playing Yakuza 5 non-stop since release. Easily the best Yakuza game to date. But I'm super hype for Yakuza 0 and Yakuza 6 too, if it ever gets localized.
I was so happy when Two Dragons started playing right after you talked about the amazing soundtrack of this game. THE best boss fight music I've ever heard (especially the part you used in the video)!
Your first video on Yakuza really made me pumped for the series, I started to buy the episodes and listen to the soundtrack of the first game but then something really bad happened at work. So watching this video makes me want to jump into the games right away but at the same time the lingering feel of those times come up and I just can't. I hate my boss...
Thank you so much for getting me into this series! I've thoroughly enjoyed my time with it and can't wait for Yakuza 0 to be localised because it looks like a goddamn masterpiece.
This game had me get into the series so hearing there is a remake of the first game is great. I can't wait to get my hands on the past games in the series.
This was hands down one of the best games I have ever played. And I've played games for years. There is love and attention put into this and you can see it in all the interactions between characters, the minigames, the game design itself which makes Everything you do somehow meaningful. And I won't even talk about how the symbolism of Japan's economy and time period is perfectly weaved into not only the narrative but the literal game system. A masterpiece. Right now I'm playing through Kiwami and hope to play the whole series. It deserves more attention and hopefully it will get it.
Man I can't wait to get further in the series. I'm on chapter 4 right now of Yakuza 1 (I've been walking around doing whatever for so long), and loving it. The combat is kind of annoying in 1 since I'm so used to something like the Arkham series where you can easily aim your blows, but I can bear with it. I think this series is perfect for me. I love the combat style, and I love the sandbox aspect of it, with being able to go in shops and play mini games and stuff. Thanks for how much you talk about this game, I probably wouldn't have been motivated to play it otherwise.
I bought 5 when it came out on PSN this month but I still haven't had the time to play much of it. Yakuza 0 looks amazing! The combat looks so much more fluid. Can't wait for that to be released in the West next year. Another fantastic video. Merry Christmas!
Chewable Arsenic Candies I jumped into the series at Yakuza 3 on PS3. All the main entries of the game (so far up to Yakuza 0) are translated and localized, and feature a "reminisce" option to look at the previous games. You really oughta just jump in wherever you can afford it.
Chewable Arsenic Candies Incase you aren't aware, Yakuza Kiwami and 6 were confirmed for a western release. I only played Yakuza 1 but I'll be sure to get 0 and 6.
Victor Richardson I'm sure that I'll play Yakuza 2 at some point. I happen to be learning Japanese at the moment, so I might import the Yakuza 1 and 2 PS3 HD collection once I'm moderately comfortable with the language, just so I can play Yakuza 2.
All I can say is: THANK GOD for the Xbox Game Pass. It has Yakuza 0, kiwami 1 and 2. And after I played 0 for half an hour I immediately had all of them installed. When they leave the game pass I'm gonna buy them.
+Kaz Kinnikuman I agree. Because we all know dubstep was around in the 80s.......? Definitely would have preferred a composer who was actually around in the 80s or at least heavily inspired by the 80s.
I haven't gotten my hands on this game personally, but I have watched that Majima Karaoke roller skates video like 30 times. It's so good! I! LOVE! YOU!
I'm sure this would be my next favourite if it came out on PC. It looks fantastic and growing alongside the series must have been a great experience. Each entry looks more and more polished.
The only reason I started playing Yakuza was because of this game, I was originally going to play it for funny bakamitai and not much else. However, my friends kept recommending it to me and it went on sale for ~$5 one day so I decided to pick it up and I ended up falling in love with it. Halfway through the game, I purchased Kiwami and Kiwami 2. Currently getting through the 4 remaster, and having a blast.
Great video, I'm glad we're finally getting Yakuza 0, it makes me sad that Sega take so long to give us these games. They still sell well in the west if my knowledge is correct and they'd sell better if Sega promoted them. I dread the idea that the Yakuza 1 remake and Yakuza 6 might take up to 2 years to localize
+XsvruploaderX It's a tricky situation to be honest. I don't think much promotion would help, since like I mentioned the problem is that the games are "too Japanese" for the mainstream audience (the fact there is no dub could also affect sales since from what I know people from the USA dislike subtitled media) and among niche audiences they tend to prefer games with an anime aesthetic. HyperBitHero and others are promoting the game better and it should propagate through good word of mouth. SEGA did have great success with Valkyria Chronicles on Steam and I think Yakuza could have a similar impact, especially since I don't think there's many games like it on Steam. The problem then becomes if it's possible to port the PS2 titles or that if they begin with let's say... Yakuza 4 that not many people would buy it due to the title implying prequels.
Valkryia Chronicles PC only managed to sell so well because NeoGAF shilled it to hell and back, and while Yakuza has it's fanbase at NeoGAF it doesn't have a big name supporting them like Durante for VC so unless Durante or some 2-million-suscriber youtuber decides to love the series I don't really think a PC port would be as successful as the VC port.
Nathanael Eugene TotalBiscuit would probably like it but he doesn't do SEGA and Yahtzee likes the series somewhat. I do think it does have the problem of being too Japanese for most yet not anime enough for the niche. Not sure how SBF feel or do with the series, since it seems right up their alley. As long as hey keep making them and making a localization all is fine. For the series to be more successful I do think the general gaming market needs to go back to a more Japanese flavor for it to truly hit the jackpot and get more exposure through sheer word of mouth and more ways to play the game. It's kind of like the situation Virtua Fighter is in but not as severe.
ew275x TotalBiscuit would never forgive Sega for DMCAing his channel so we can forget about him, Yahtzee is really inconsistent with his reviews (He reviewed Painkiller and Hard Reset yet he didn't review Shadow Warrior 2013 for some reason even tho he loved Painkiller's devs) so I don't expect him to mention the series again anytime soon, and Super Best Friends are probably too busy with other games (and besides out of the team only Matt actually likes the series).
I'm just near the end of Kiwami 2, 0 is still my favourite, but I do love both Kiwamis. I played the original Yakuza way back in 2005 with it's cheesy English voice acting. Never got into it despite loving beat em ups even back then. But I am glad I have had the chance to see the series again though. Waiting for all the others to come on PC now, if it ever happens.
i just hope more yakuza games come to xbox one. i just played yakuza zero on xbox one and it was awesome! i will be playing yakuza kiwami when it comes out
Make a note of this: after a certain point, you lose all your abilities and have to level them back up. Go into the blue skill grid and unlock essence of rush, beast and brawler
your videos on the yakuza series was awesome , i can wait for zero to come . my first yakuza game was the 4th , when i finished halfway through the game . i decided to buy the yakuza 1 and 2 HD for the ps3 , even though it was in Japanese i've managed to finished it with the help of youtube . after that i bought yakuza 3 and finished 4 as well . finally a few months ago just finished yakuza 5 . between all of the games boss fights here are one of my favs and in no order in particular :-- 1- in all of the yakuza series , majima goro . i remember the fight with him in the first game where the ground just cracked and Kiryu and majima fell to the sewers and continued there fight XD 2- in yakuza 2 , Kiryu vs Hayashi . i don't know why but he was kinda cool in that fight . 3- yakuza 3 , Kiryu vs joji fuma that fight was so sad :( . and Kiryu vs Andre Richardson kinda like matrix XD . 4 - yakuza 4 , kiryu vs Saejima . fighting kiryu was weird for the first time . 5 - yakuza 1 and 3 , kiryu vs Lau Ka Long how awesome and annoying he was . 6 - finally the best final boss fight in all of yakuza series was in yakuza 5 , kiryu vs Aizawa . it was the first time i felt like i was against a final boss . and sorry for the long comment ^-^; im just exited for yakuza 0 .
One thing I do notice about many videos that talked about 0 is that most (if not all) of them, in one way or another, featured “Pledge of demon”. And it’s not even a song for the final boss.
I didn't use Kiryu's Rush style very much because it was so weak, but man does it redeem itself during the final boss fight! It became the only viable option and it felt GREAT to actually have a toe-to-toe chance against a final boss instead of attacking and healing like usual (I'm not that skilled)
So blue is standard, purple is speed, yellow is power and white is retro. I also have to wonder how the first chapter and new Nishiki scenes of Kiwami will handle the city. Like, will they just use the same map as the rest of the game or will they use a modified version of 0's for that section.
+The4thSnake They'll probably use 0's one as a base and edit it from that. It's a quick project, but not a cash grab. They are putting work in it, but not as much as a new game.
20:00 me playing 0 in 2025, as the series continues to enjoy steady growth and a big following in the West “I’m thinking they pulled it off… now, if only they’d improve the PS3 ports and give us the PS2 games on Steam…” After the announcements at TGA though, I’m thinking their plate is too full to see those things happen for a while; the horizon just looks like RPGs, Gaiden entries, a new series set in the past, and Virtua Fighter
Really hoping that since this has been in the can since thre Y5 localization was announced we'll be seeing this more around summer and less around next Christmas!
I wouldn't call Neptunia fully translated, it's more partially literal translations and then the rest is just forced memes and complete character rewrites that ruin most of the enjoyment but makes the translation job much easier and quicker. Also thanks to your videos on the Yakuza games I finished 1, nearly 100%'d 2 and just finished 3 and starting 4, this series has become one of my most favorite series now.
nice, new profile picture , love it. as for your video ,as usual I always check your page hoping for new videos and when they are here, I just stop everything I'm doing to watch it ,no matter how long they are. ..
Majima's dancing style seems a lot like capoeira, think Eddy Gordo from Tekken. It's a fighting style that focuses on on moving around and kicking the enemy. There are actually quite a few Brazilians living in Japan (and vice versa) so I wonder if Majima has past history with someone and he learned it from this foreigner because it fit his crazy fighting style.
This video is certainly of the quality we've come to expect from you. The fact that this is a video on Yakuza 0 and that you released it on Christmas makes it all the better. With that being said, do you recommend this as an entry point to the series or do you still think 1 serves as a better first game for people to get into the series.
+Jeanmartin Freites I say play the first now before 0 gets localized. Then you'll experience the progression in quality of the combat system naturally.
Kuze Is da shittt man! and it's also nice to see Sera play an active role in this game and being badass. Can't wait to get my hands on Yakuza:Kiwami next month!
You make some seriously fantastic videos man, keep up the quality content! Especially your Yakuza videos, I previously had no interest in them, but five is my next game purchase!
"And Sera, the leader of the Tojo clan who just sort of walked off screen and died" That made me laugh sooooooo much
An excellent review. I must thank you for trying your best to spread the word about this underrated series. I will definitely try my best as well. Keep the good work up!
notice me aniki
Well 2021 its doing good i think
@@WiffleYK "But at what cost"
Thanks to you too!
Yakuza is THE most underrated series of all time in the West. With the language barrier I can sort of understand why, but at the same time... With how great it is, it's just criminal to ignore it.
4 years later. Not so underrated anymore
The language barrier is now gone with yakuza 7's western release
You can say Yakuza finally got the respect and attention it deserves.
I really want yakuza 1 and 2 hd in the west. I don't speak japanese so it sucks that I can only play the original PS2 games
@@s_callahan Kiwami and Kiwami 2 are full remakes
Visiting this video in 2020 is kind of wild, nearly every single game in the Yakuza franchise is now easily available in the West with fantastic translations, and 7 is coming later this year.
I started Yakuza 0 around late 2018, but eventually fell off for reasons not related to the game. I finally revisited it this month (May 2020) during quarantine and have fell in absolute love with the series, marathoned 0, Kiwami and working on Kiwami 2, purchased basically every game coming up outside of 6 and 7, and I feel no fatigue whatsoever. I can happily say that Yakuza is one of my favorite franchises of all time now, there is honestly nothing like it
BASED KASHIWAGI!
I would love to see based kashiwagi vs prime sera.
I started with Yakuza 0 and it was one
of the best experiences I've had in gaming. The story was absolutely phenomenal and it was worth every penny of the 60 dollars. I'm super excited for Kiwami, especially because it will continue very close to where it left off with 0.
i bought it for $5 on sale and it's well worth it
i feel like i underpaid
The fact that Yakuza 0 looks so good and (mostly) runs at 60fps is really amazing and just highlights how poor the optimization of so many other current gen titles is.
Great video mango.
Angry Joe said it looks like a PS3 game.
@@neildrunkmaam7040 I mean, it is. A really good looking one though.
Shame that Yakuza 6 and Kiwami 2 runs at 30. I know they are graphically more intense, but I would always prefer 60 fps over graphics
Hope they have a boost mode on ps5 for better fps.
This is my favorite series that i've never played
this and mgs
same
@@minagiorgou1492 oof. get into both if not already
@@BeretBay yes i agree. Atleast try the remade yakuza games
Yakuza 0 and the kiwami games are only 20 dollars
"a defenseless blind person"
A defenseless blind sawashiro miyuki, mind you. That's impossible to resist.
+legofreak18 mah nigga. Makoto crying get me everytime
@@minmaxVD That shit hurt
She's one of my favourite VAs overall, so I was so happy when I heard her voice.
@@sandenson She also Mocap in this game.
@@kendonl.taylor5111 That's really cool
I might be wrong but I think one of the reasons the series isn't quite as successful in America might be because a lot of people were calling Yakuza 3 a "japanese GTA" which is pretty far from the truth and most people probably got a bad impression when they found out that the priorities of the team and the design philosophy behind the game were extremely different.
+welkukazama Or how ppl just judge the game by graphics like they somehow manage to enjoy Order 1886.
I got turned off by the superpower type shit I was seeing, i don't fr want fantasy stuff in a crime game. My opinion though
*****
ohh ok my bad
Redfrog101 that blue effect is yo tell you the player that you have filled up the heat gauge. A filled heat gauge increases strength defense, and allows you to pull off super moves that do devastating damage, like having the main character suplex a thug into a guard rail.
Yeah, they are very fundamentally different. GTA is all about fantasy and release. It's about doing all the violent and crazy things you normally can't do because of morality and legality. Yakuza is very story oriented and also takes itself very seriously. Sure there is a lot of silliness in it but the emotions of the characters and their actions matter a great deal and are not made fun of. GTA by contrast doesn't take itself seriously at all with massive destruction just being waved off like it's nothing. In Yakuza one person being killed has massive and far reaching consequences.
I would say it's a JRPG more than anything else though with the mechanics of an action game.
I'm really happy that japanese developers have recently started releasing games on the PC. Hopefully this series too can get released on Steam, since it looks really cool.
I hope not. This should remain PS exclusive
+damcs
I think it would be better for it to release on pc since it would get more eyes on the series.
but I see your perspective too.
either way I'm getting a ps4 to play all the new entries coming out on that.
+damcs uh why
***** If Sega thinks there is a market for it they'll release it.
+Tartar Sega is the same publisher who hasn't released Vanquish for the PC yet, a game that would have benefitted for getting a PC release.
Well, at least you can play Dragon's Dogma in more than just 25 FPS soon.
I come back to this video so often just for the intro. It instantly transports me back into playing Y0 for the first time. Truly a remarkable game and an amazing entry to this (still) criminally underrated franchise. RGGS loves their product and it shows.
Oh god I just realized the sword style Majima learns is the police style from the second Samurai spin-off that's freaking awesome.
Yakuza 0 is my introduction to the series. I am 80+ hours in, only on chapter 8, and am kicking myself in the head for not playing this series sooner.
I've been wanting to get into this series so badly, so glad this is coming to the west in January, I can't wait any longer!
Playing Yakuza 0 as my first into the series is easily the best experience I ever had in a game. Nothing could match it's style, emotion, music, gameplay, everything about it. It was one of the first times I was truly interested in a game's story and didn't just play it for the gameplay. It had me crying multiple times throughout it, it was amazing. Having played almost the entire rest of the series (currently on Lost Judgment, then I'll be waiting on Ishin Kiwami and the 2 new games) I can say that, though I think all of them are amazing games, 0 just has this unique feeling to it that makes me feel so unbelievably nostalgic for something I only got into just under 2 years ago. Yakuza 0 knew how to make a first impression with the fighting, karaoke, soundtrack, and Tojo Clan long battle all packed into the first chapter of the game. I was hooked in my first session playing it. What a fucking series, and what a masterpiece of, not only a game, but a prequel done incredibly right.
I was so impressed by all of the mini games, then I got to the cabaret club and was like "Holy shit!" That was an extremely fun mini game.
man, watching these videos again after yakuza's explosion in popularity just makes me happy
I like how with each entry the Yakuza games have seemingly become better in better in terms of everything such as gameplay, story and characters. They definitely evolve with each game released and I kind of like waiting for the localisation even if it takes a while because you don't really want to burn yourself out with Yakuza. There's a lot to take in.
Merry Christmas, everyone!
Let's try to make 2016 even better!
+HyperBitHero Merry Christmas and awesome video :D Can't wait to play Kiwami and the Yakuza 6 demo ^^.
+HyperBitHero Merry X'mas! Here's also hoping SEGA will release the HD remakes in english too.
+Brandon Hall devil may cry or Dmc devil may cry?
+HyperBitHero
So which is better, Yakuza 5 or yakuza 0?
+Tasdingo Moonquish
Yakuza 5, but only by a hair. Both games are incredible.
You just completely sold me on Yakuza 0. Late January 2017 cannot come soon enough for the American release.
he said late January.
+flankspankrank its confirmed for 1/24 u fuk
Which is late January,.
Why is everyone being so mean? I'm sure it was an honest mistake/misunderstanding. :O
oohgoditsbees cause he came at you disrespectful clearly trying to make a fool out of you.
Your Next Favorite - The Your Next Favorite Series by HyperBitHero.
What a great Christmas present.
Bless you, HyperBitHero for fighting the good fight and getting this series some much needed attention!
I just ordered the first three games. Hyped as hell. Thank you for making these videos!
YOUR REVIEW VIDEOS ALWAYS IS AWESOME!
These videos are what introduced me to one of my favorite franchises. Thank you.
I had only ever vaguely heard of this series but somehow came to this video and now I want to play them all. You fucken' sold it man. I can totally feel your enthusiasm for the story and the gameplay in how you speak about it.
Man I've been playing Yakuza 5 non-stop since release. Easily the best Yakuza game to date. But I'm super hype for Yakuza 0 and Yakuza 6 too, if it ever gets localized.
I was so happy when Two Dragons started playing right after you talked about the amazing soundtrack of this game. THE best boss fight music I've ever heard (especially the part you used in the video)!
La Di Da, an underated song
Your first video on Yakuza really made me pumped for the series, I started to buy the episodes and listen to the soundtrack of the first game but then something really bad happened at work. So watching this video makes me want to jump into the games right away but at the same time the lingering feel of those times come up and I just can't. I hate my boss...
Just watched all your yakuza vids after trying out 4 on a whim. Subbed, great channel.
Thank you so much for getting me into this series! I've thoroughly enjoyed my time with it and can't wait for Yakuza 0 to be localised because it looks like a goddamn masterpiece.
awesome video! I already pre-order the Yakuza 0. We need to support this game so we can get more Yakuza games to the west in the future! :D
Your love for this series is really contagious, i love this videos, even if i dont love the games
This game had me get into the series so hearing there is a remake of the first game is great. I can't wait to get my hands on the past games in the series.
It is a prequel to the entire series, not a remake of the first game.
This was hands down one of the best games I have ever played. And I've played games for years. There is love and attention put into this and you can see it in all the interactions between characters, the minigames, the game design itself which makes Everything you do somehow meaningful. And I won't even talk about how the symbolism of Japan's economy and time period is perfectly weaved into not only the narrative but the literal game system.
A masterpiece. Right now I'm playing through Kiwami and hope to play the whole series. It deserves more attention and hopefully it will get it.
Don’t forget to get the HD collection for 3,4&5
I can't believe how good this game is going to be, and that it's getting localized. Thx HBH for getting me into the series c:
Might just check this series out. Thanks for peaking my interest, man.
Your fan videos are fantastic. I am definitely buying this when it comes out in the us
Sucks that we gotta wait for it to release in 2017...
This looks awesome as hell.
Yea but at least I can catch up within that time span lol
IT'S HAPPENING. so happy for it.
With Yakuza 5 just added to PS+ I am dying to get more of this series. Thanks for hyping me for the local release even if it is six months away.
I was waiting for this! Thank you for another great video on this series ^^ I'm so hyped for Y0 now, by far my most wanted game of 2016 :D
Man I can't wait to get further in the series. I'm on chapter 4 right now of Yakuza 1 (I've been walking around doing whatever for so long), and loving it. The combat is kind of annoying in 1 since I'm so used to something like the Arkham series where you can easily aim your blows, but I can bear with it.
I think this series is perfect for me. I love the combat style, and I love the sandbox aspect of it, with being able to go in shops and play mini games and stuff.
Thanks for how much you talk about this game, I probably wouldn't have been motivated to play it otherwise.
100+ hours very well spent. I have absolutely no regrets
I bought 5 when it came out on PSN this month but I still haven't had the time to play much of it. Yakuza 0 looks amazing! The combat looks so much more fluid. Can't wait for that to be released in the West next year.
Another fantastic video. Merry Christmas!
Hopefully Kiwami will get localized, so I can play that and 0 and get into the series.
Chewable Arsenic Candies
I jumped into the series at Yakuza 3 on PS3. All the main entries of the game (so far up to Yakuza 0) are translated and localized, and feature a "reminisce" option to look at the previous games. You really oughta just jump in wherever you can afford it.
Chewable Arsenic Candies Incase you aren't aware, Yakuza Kiwami and 6 were confirmed for a western release. I only played Yakuza 1 but I'll be sure to get 0 and 6.
Sweet, I look forward to playing 0 and Kuwami!
Kmg24
Aw man, you need Yakuza 2 in your life.
Victor Richardson I'm sure that I'll play Yakuza 2 at some point. I happen to be learning Japanese at the moment, so I might import the Yakuza 1 and 2 PS3 HD collection once I'm moderately comfortable with the language, just so I can play Yakuza 2.
Your videos made me want to give the series a shot, waiting for the release on Zero and then totally biting on it.
All I can say is: THANK GOD for the Xbox Game Pass. It has Yakuza 0, kiwami 1 and 2. And after I played 0 for half an hour I immediately had all of them installed. When they leave the game pass I'm gonna buy them.
3-6 coming early 2021
So hyped this game is getting localized!! Great video, HyperBitHero!
Just looking at the combat really makes me want to get the game. I'll be sure to pick it up when it gets localized.
Yakuza 0 is awesome. And so is Hero!
1988. cool year.
it doesn't really feel like the 80s when you play it though. it feels more like everyone is cosplaying.
umm...ok
***** I was referring to the game. Not the year.
oh ok.
+Kaz Kinnikuman I agree. Because we all know dubstep was around in the 80s.......? Definitely would have preferred a composer who was actually around in the 80s or at least heavily inspired by the 80s.
COMING TO PC BABY
I haven't gotten my hands on this game personally, but I have watched that Majima Karaoke roller skates video like 30 times. It's so good!
I! LOVE! YOU!
had no idea the same studio that made Binary Domain made the yakuza games.
I'm sure this would be my next favourite if it came out on PC. It looks fantastic and growing alongside the series must have been a great experience. Each entry looks more and more polished.
The only reason I started playing Yakuza was because of this game, I was originally going to play it for funny bakamitai and not much else. However, my friends kept recommending it to me and it went on sale for ~$5 one day so I decided to pick it up and I ended up falling in love with it. Halfway through the game, I purchased Kiwami and Kiwami 2. Currently getting through the 4 remaster, and having a blast.
man now i want to get into this franchise thanks for the vid
Some songs that have played in this video:
Bubble
La-Di-Da
Customer Creed
Money Makes Money
We're Long Hua Expedition
24 Hour Cinderella (Ending)
what's the one that starts playing at 7:30
+Super APM Still trying to figure that out.
Dr_Dubstep1208
dang. that was honestly the best sounding one. i looked up the soundtrack and its not on there. weird
+Super APM Sorry that I am not anymore help
Dr_Dubstep1208
nah man that's cool. thanks for the other songs, they're some sick jams
Great video, I'm glad we're finally getting Yakuza 0, it makes me sad that Sega take so long to give us these games. They still sell well in the west if my knowledge is correct and they'd sell better if Sega promoted them. I dread the idea that the Yakuza 1 remake and Yakuza 6 might take up to 2 years to localize
Oh wait I just checked no Europe release date.....hahahaha
+XsvruploaderX It's a tricky situation to be honest. I don't think much promotion would help, since like I mentioned the problem is that the games are "too Japanese" for the mainstream audience (the fact there is no dub could also affect sales since from what I know people from the USA dislike subtitled media) and among niche audiences they tend to prefer games with an anime aesthetic. HyperBitHero and others are promoting the game better and it should propagate through good word of mouth.
SEGA did have great success with Valkyria Chronicles on Steam and I think Yakuza could have a similar impact, especially since I don't think there's many games like it on Steam. The problem then becomes if it's possible to port the PS2 titles or that if they begin with let's say... Yakuza 4 that not many people would buy it due to the title implying prequels.
Valkryia Chronicles PC only managed to sell so well because NeoGAF shilled it to hell and back, and while Yakuza has it's fanbase at NeoGAF it doesn't have a big name supporting them like Durante for VC so unless Durante or some 2-million-suscriber youtuber decides to love the series I don't really think a PC port would be as successful as the VC port.
Nathanael Eugene TotalBiscuit would probably like it but he doesn't do SEGA and Yahtzee likes the series somewhat. I do think it does have the problem of being too Japanese for most yet not anime enough for the niche.
Not sure how SBF feel or do with the series, since it seems right up their alley. As long as hey keep making them and making a localization all is fine. For the series to be more successful I do think the general gaming market needs to go back to a more Japanese flavor for it to truly hit the jackpot and get more exposure through sheer word of mouth and more ways to play the game.
It's kind of like the situation Virtua Fighter is in but not as severe.
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TotalBiscuit would never forgive Sega for DMCAing his channel so we can forget about him, Yahtzee is really inconsistent with his reviews (He reviewed Painkiller and Hard Reset yet he didn't review Shadow Warrior 2013 for some reason even tho he loved Painkiller's devs) so I don't expect him to mention the series again anytime soon, and Super Best Friends are probably too busy with other games (and besides out of the team only Matt actually likes the series).
And while i'm waiting a new devil may cry 24 yakuza came out.
Did you play DMCV?
@@neildrunkmaam7040 Kinda necro.
9:01 "but it really is its own Beast"
yes, you could say so.
awesome review man i like how you respect the series
A Bit and Brit vids both on the same day? Truly a Christmas miracle
I'm just near the end of Kiwami 2, 0 is still my favourite, but I do love both Kiwamis. I played the original Yakuza way back in 2005 with it's cheesy English voice acting. Never got into it despite loving beat em ups even back then. But I am glad I have had the chance to see the series again though. Waiting for all the others to come on PC now, if it ever happens.
After watching this, i definitely going to get this game on PS4 for sure. :)
Your critiques and tastes in games line up really really close to me, really great reviews.
i just hope more yakuza games come to xbox one. i just played yakuza zero on xbox one and it was awesome! i will be playing yakuza kiwami when it comes out
Make a note of this: after a certain point, you lose all your abilities and have to level them back up. Go into the blue skill grid and unlock essence of rush, beast and brawler
your videos on the yakuza series was awesome , i can wait for zero to come . my first yakuza game was the 4th , when i finished halfway through the game . i decided to buy the yakuza 1 and 2 HD for the ps3 , even though it was in Japanese i've managed to finished it with the help of youtube . after that i bought yakuza 3 and finished 4 as well . finally a few months ago just finished yakuza 5 .
between all of the games boss fights here are one of my favs and in no order in particular :--
1- in all of the yakuza series , majima goro . i remember the fight with him in the first game where the ground just cracked and Kiryu and majima fell to the sewers and continued there fight XD
2- in yakuza 2 , Kiryu vs Hayashi . i don't know why but he was kinda cool in that fight .
3- yakuza 3 , Kiryu vs joji fuma that fight was so sad :( . and Kiryu vs Andre Richardson kinda like matrix XD .
4 - yakuza 4 , kiryu vs Saejima . fighting kiryu was weird for the first time .
5 - yakuza 1 and 3 , kiryu vs Lau Ka Long how awesome and annoying he was .
6 - finally the best final boss fight in all of yakuza series was in yakuza 5 , kiryu vs Aizawa . it was the first time i felt like i was against a final boss .
and sorry for the long comment ^-^; im just exited for yakuza 0 .
One thing I do notice about many videos that talked about 0 is that most (if not all) of them, in one way or another, featured “Pledge of demon”. And it’s not even a song for the final boss.
This game looks amazing. Really sucks we won't be getting it till 2017.
YOU DIDN'T TELL ME THIS GAME WOULD MAKE ME CRY HYPERBITHERO
Binary Domain is awesome! you should make a video on it
I didn't use Kiryu's Rush style very much because it was so weak, but man does it redeem itself during the final boss fight! It became the only viable option and it felt GREAT to actually have a toe-to-toe chance against a final boss instead of attacking and healing like usual (I'm not that skilled)
Coming 24th of January cannot wait to play it
So blue is standard, purple is speed, yellow is power and white is retro.
I also have to wonder how the first chapter and new Nishiki scenes of Kiwami will handle the city. Like, will they just use the same map as the rest of the game or will they use a modified version of 0's for that section.
+The4thSnake They'll probably use 0's one as a base and edit it from that. It's a quick project, but not a cash grab. They are putting work in it, but not as much as a new game.
Happy Christmas HBH! Here's to another year of videos (Hopefully you devil you) ;)
Awesome Video as always
20:00 me playing 0 in 2025, as the series continues to enjoy steady growth and a big following in the West “I’m thinking they pulled it off… now, if only they’d improve the PS3 ports and give us the PS2 games on Steam…”
After the announcements at TGA though, I’m thinking their plate is too full to see those things happen for a while; the horizon just looks like RPGs, Gaiden entries, a new series set in the past, and Virtua Fighter
Fantastic video! I was going to buy the game anyway , of course. but this just makes me ever more eager to buy it!
It is impossible to finish Yakuza 0 and be the same person you were before playing it. That's a testament to how magnificent this game is.... 💪
Wow watching this gameplay got me so hyped for this game
Really hoping that since this has been in the can since thre Y5 localization was announced we'll be seeing this more around summer and less around next Christmas!
I wouldn't call Neptunia fully translated, it's more partially literal translations and then the rest is just forced memes and complete character rewrites that ruin most of the enjoyment but makes the translation job much easier and quicker. Also thanks to your videos on the Yakuza games I finished 1, nearly 100%'d 2 and just finished 3 and starting 4, this series has become one of my most favorite series now.
nice, new profile picture , love it.
as for your video ,as usual I always check your page hoping for new videos and when they are here, I just stop everything I'm doing to watch it ,no matter how long they are. ..
Really looking forward to this one!!
Majima's dancing style seems a lot like capoeira, think Eddy Gordo from Tekken. It's a fighting style that focuses on on moving around and kicking the enemy. There are actually quite a few Brazilians living in Japan (and vice versa) so I wonder if Majima has past history with someone and he learned it from this foreigner because it fit his crazy fighting style.
This video is certainly of the quality we've come to expect from you. The fact that this is a video on Yakuza 0 and that you released it on Christmas makes it all the better.
With that being said, do you recommend this as an entry point to the series or do you still think 1 serves as a better first game for people to get into the series.
+Jeanmartin Freites I say play the first now before 0 gets localized. Then you'll experience the progression in quality of the combat system naturally.
HyperBitHero I see.
Kuze Is da shittt man! and it's also nice to see Sera play an active role in this game and being badass. Can't wait to get my hands on Yakuza:Kiwami next month!
I unlocked mad dog style and the game immediately became laughably easy
As a long time fan of the series all I can say is....OH...MY....GOD I NEED THIS GAME IN MY LIFE!!!
I love Yakuza 0. Great video.
I was luckyl to play this before I even knew Yakuza was a huge series
You make some seriously fantastic videos man, keep up the quality content! Especially your Yakuza videos, I previously had no interest in them, but five is my next game purchase!
Now that the series is finally coming to PC I can give it a shot
It truly is a merry Christmas.
After seeing this I want to start the whole series again