The password substory is one of my favorites, just cuz kiryu has literally no interest in the shop and the inspirational music playing just makes it incredible
@@RedLotusVenerable Believe it or not, I somehow managed to get it right on my first try. Easily the most satisfying moment in the game for me, so far.
i think only console has to type it out, i played both the steam and xbox version of 0 and on pc (yaknow, the one platform that would make sense to make you type out the password) kyriu just says the password
@@R1V-3RS Another fun fact: in japanese version Kiryu actually says the password, instead of it just being in the dialogue box. It sounds silly just like how it looks, lol
100% Yakuza and Judgement know they are games and don't pretend to be anything else. Yet still deliver some of the best stories and cinematography in gaming. True masterpieces of design.
Believe it or not, this video was the reason I discover Joe, and I tought he was a college guy with a gaming channel and goofy humor, not a father of multiple children with a channel of long serious videogame essays. I was shocked, but pleased.
@@arthurlopes2160 I mean, I wouldn't be surprised if Daigo lost to a chicken because the only thing I remember about his fight is that he usually gets his ass handed to him.
@@robinlarin69 I mean, even if you never heard of the series, Majima is standing on the same front as Kiryu. I guess you could think he is, because some games have antagonists as their front
@@stevenpham1044 lots of games do that without having cover characters as playable characters. You have most of the kingdom hearts remix, all call of duty, ghostbusters the video game, South Park stick of truth/fracture but whole, etc.
It's especially good how the silliness catches you by surprise first time - the introduction to the games make them look like a serious hard boiled crime story but then you get free reign to run around the city and start to encounter the most zany stuff
I resent the notion that Pocket Circuit Fighter is a virgin: Hes playing at a self-imposed handicap that way the rest of Japan still has a chance of scoring
Considering the fact that Japan has had a history of low birth rates, technically this man has done a disservice to his country by hiding himself away. But alas, hindsight is 20:20.
@@jamesproctor4568 but his power is too great for humanity to handle, if he didn't put these limits on himself PCF would have a harem consisting of the entire female population of Japan. Naturally this would cause cases of inbreeding to explode, so for the Greater Good™ Pocket Circuit Fighter abstains from pleasures of the flesh
Some follow up That doll is needed for a quest, someone in chat told Joe to use the doll but Joe refused and said he'll catch another one, he's keeping the one his kid got
That was Yakuza 3 or 4, forgot which exactly. Overall they said it was good but they agreed on one thing, Kiyru dressed dumb in their opinion (aka not fitting at all for his position and instead makes him look like someone who works at a club. I forgot the exact name but yeah)
Joseph Anderson's channel is like a Yakuza game itself. On one side you have incredibly long and well thought out commentary on the philosophy of game design, and on the other side you have Great Vegetables
If Joseph loves Yakuza 0, wait til he gets a load of Lost Judgment. From karaoke, to disco, to phoning girls, to pocket circuit racing, to go kart racing, to *_walking dogs_*
@@ReiSyre62 man, if only the main actor wasn't so god damn expensive. Also, kiss your PC port goodbye, because the main actor's agency is a bunch of boomers.
@@Jack75188 yeah man. Kimura Agency such an Ass. But Kimura himself doesn't wanted the Judgment Story ends only with 2 entries so he will do it in his way while consulting with RGG Studio
Love this game and loved Joe’s play through. I really wish chat didn’t ruin it for him in the end. I really wanted to watch him play through the rest of the side stories.
@@flavoredchin apparently youtube ate my reply lol He was doing a no healing items run because of some machismo big dick reddit contest he was having with chat, then took 5 hours to beat the media king, said the games combat was worthless as a result, was pissed off at the reward for real estate cause chat said it was plot important, and then took 2 hours to beat the final boss and after that, he got a ton of hatemail, and chat interaction was essentially minimized which, yknow, is justified given the horrible shit people were sending to him, but sucks for us artists cause art stopped being shown, and a really complex and well rendered piece got shafted which made some rly good artists leave tldr chat is toxic, joe is too stubborn, 6/10
I loveeeee the Yakuza games and i enjoy watching people play with no commentary. No commentary but i actually enjoyed this and not only that i laughed so hard because of your laughter.
@@mark-gj4mb Kiwami is legit kinda bad though they had every opportunity to build off of 0 and to make the story 100 times better then the original but they just made a carbon copy of the og which sucks
@@noriakikakyoin1423 I disagree. I think the combat is improved upon 100x better than 0 with dmc4 esque style switching combos. The story is the best in the series (especially coming out of 0) with Nishiki being one the best antags. The cutscenes are recreated exactly 1-1 which probably makes them feel old, but I think they're a great tribute
@@cosmancho2959 oh, I meant the story is improved since we see more of Nishiki's backstory, not that 0 had a bad story lmao. 0 also has one of the best stories in the series
I messaged my wifey about it cause she's more into Japanese games and she told me the baka mittai meme is from Yakuza 0 and now I can't stop playing yakuza and she keeps saying she just wanted to introduce me to a really fun game but now I'm addicted. It all comes back to baka mittai!!!!
In the play throughs I’ve seen, almost everyone “jokes” that Nugget can join Kiryu’s business, and then they lose their shit when the game basically says “well, okay, here you go”
During my first playthrough of Y0 i got the mew shoes glitch after changing the look of my office, i just got random accessories equipped without knowing & i stated meowing around the street while running around I thought i had gone crazy
I never played a game which balanced the serious parts with some seriously good writing so good with the incredible funny and silly parts. Absolutely incredible. Oh what would I give to play this game again for the first time.
Yakuza 0 is a dancing and singing game where you can also play arcade games made by SEGA and board games. Oh, there is also that side quest about an empty lot or something.
i wanna wipe my memory clean and play this game all over again
Same. Finished recently
Luckily enough Yakuza and Judgement games come out that you'll have a never ending stream of this pure weirdness.
@@sausagesausage very good point
Same, and i want to play it and do real estate.
@@hokutonomango makes me wanna run a cabaret club
The password substory is one of my favorites, just cuz kiryu has literally no interest in the shop and the inspirational music playing just makes it incredible
I hate how it has to be typed out
@@RedLotusVenerable Believe it or not, I somehow managed to get it right on my first try. Easily the most satisfying moment in the game for me, so far.
@@RedLotusVenerable
I feel like it adds to the joke. I wrote down but still.
i think only console has to type it out, i played both the steam and xbox version of 0 and on pc (yaknow, the one platform that would make sense to make you type out the password) kyriu just says the password
@@R1V-3RS Another fun fact: in japanese version Kiryu actually says the password, instead of it just being in the dialogue box. It sounds silly just like how it looks, lol
Poor guy didn't last three seconds into 24 Hour Cinderella
Understandably so too lol
I did not expect that once I did karaoke as Majima for the first time
The sharpest of inhales
The Mew shoes being active in the cutscene fucking KILLED ME
Sorry, stud.
I didn't even know that can happen
TGR is your pfp marisa but male
@@deyvantwo5426 Yes
I wish i knew that could happen xDDDDDDDDDDD
The fact he didn’t miss a beat while laughing at 24 hour Cinderella is Super impressive
its easy bro not even a rhythm game
@@betaii5569 say that to a keyboard user. It took some time getting used to it
@@aryabratsahoo7474 still pretty ez
@@betaii5569 yeah
@@betaii5569 yeah but if you're laughing your ass off, any kind of timing based mini game becomes harder.
yakuza is pretty much what a game should be: just trying to have fun
100% Yakuza and Judgement know they are games and don't pretend to be anything else. Yet still deliver some of the best stories and cinematography in gaming. True masterpieces of design.
@@sausagesausage I mean, Yakuza 5’s story is quite a mess
@@stevenpham1044 Can't all be winners 🤷♂️
@@sausagesausage that is incredibly true, like the call of duty series.
@@sausagesausage And then you get to Yakuza: Like a Dragon.
The goofy stuff in Yakuza seems perfect for Joseph.
Bro playing yakuza 0 for the first time is probably the best thing I’ve done during the pandemic
Me too!
Yes, me too. Not my getting married - it’s definitely Yakuza 0.
@@micapapa8647 based and pilled
fuuucking saaaamee
People discovering Yakuza for the first time brings me joy.
He's not gonna be playing the series anytime soon.
Believe it or not, this video was the reason I discover Joe, and I tought he was a college guy with a gaming channel and goofy humor, not a father of multiple children with a channel of long serious videogame essays. I was shocked, but pleased.
I've never watched his serious stuff, I just feel like it would spoil the fun image I have of him from his silly streams.
"Father of multiple children" That's why it's surprising when he pulls out.
That’s what I’m thinking lmao he is such a goofy guy outside of his videos and I love it
It was the opposite for me. I had no idea this thesaurus essayist was this goofy
Well, I don't believe you so try a better starting video next time.
Kiryu: It's been a long time. I wonder how Nugget is doing.
Meanwhile...
Boss Splash screen:
Nugget, Seventh Chairman of the Tojo Clan
But where’s Daigo?!
@@SisselSasha Replaced.
@@SisselSasha nugget killed him...
@@arthurlopes2160 nooooo Nugget, you’re also shitting on Daigo?! I thought you were a Tōjō ally!
@@arthurlopes2160 I mean, I wouldn't be surprised if Daigo lost to a chicken because the only thing I remember about his fight is that he usually gets his ass handed to him.
"HOW AM I SUPPOSE TO KNOW WITHOUT HAVING PLAYED THR GAME?!"
Joe, Majima is on the cover of the game...
Well to be fair he could be the antagonist of the game
@@robinlarin69 I mean, even if you never heard of the series, Majima is standing on the same front as Kiryu. I guess you could think he is, because some games have antagonists as their front
@@stevenpham1044 yeah YK2 has Ryugi Goda on the cover
Isn’t Nishiki on the cover of Yakuza Kiwami? And Ryuji on the cover of Yakuza Kiwami 2?
@@stevenpham1044 lots of games do that without having cover characters as playable characters. You have most of the kingdom hearts remix, all call of duty, ghostbusters the video game, South Park stick of truth/fracture but whole, etc.
Never gets old how people react to Yakuza goofiness. Especially when they realize that it’s intentional
Bro, I wish this game made me laugh as hard as it made this guy. Maybe stuff just doesn't surprise me very much
Honestly my favorite one is everyone reacting to Nugget.
@@cryguy0000 it is Just attitude thing, some people are easy entertained by Stuff like that and I am easy entertained by him having So much fun
@@cryguy0000 I was cackling so hard at like 1am at night when I clothslined a fucking bear in the arena that I scared my parents.
It's especially good how the silliness catches you by surprise first time - the introduction to the games make them look like a serious hard boiled crime story but then you get free reign to run around the city and start to encounter the most zany stuff
I don't even know who this streamer is but massive props to getting the funniest parts cause this game is like 100 hours long
Actually, it’s like 30 hours long if you any% the story
@@eur0be4t3r but true lads grind literally every game mechanic and hit 200 hours
@@galaxywizard8904 yee
@@eur0be4t3r dude 100 percentented real estate royale and the cabarate club. That itself is like 30 hours
@@TheGamingBacklog0
I spent at least 30 hours on Real Estate Royale. It was worth.
This game is a classic
"Yakuza 0: Hopefully A Classic" when?
I resent the notion that Pocket Circuit Fighter is a virgin: Hes playing at a self-imposed handicap that way the rest of Japan still has a chance of scoring
POCKET CIRCUIT FIGHTER OUR HERO
Considering the fact that Japan has had a history of low birth rates, technically this man has done a disservice to his country by hiding himself away. But alas, hindsight is 20:20.
@@jamesproctor4568 but his power is too great for humanity to handle, if he didn't put these limits on himself PCF would have a harem consisting of the entire female population of Japan. Naturally this would cause cases of inbreeding to explode, so for the Greater Good™ Pocket Circuit Fighter abstains from pleasures of the flesh
He has a son later in the series.
Okay the claw machine part melted my heart
IKR 😭💗
I love claw machine in Yakuza 0
Some follow up
That doll is needed for a quest, someone in chat told Joe to use the doll but Joe refused and said he'll catch another one, he's keeping the one his kid got
@@Cheffihn Regardless, it's just so adorable
@@SamanthaAstral it's even more adorable
"Yakuza 0 is a serious crime drama"
Holy shit poor bastard lost it with the Karaoke. I wonder what his laugh will sound like if he saw the butterfly rap song in Yakuza 6
The butterfly song is in the kiwami 2 and yes, it's glorious
butterfly rap song?
oh god I gotta play this
@@ritsuzxc They brought it back for 7, too!
just remember: this was the game approved by the actual yakuza
That was Yakuza 3 or 4, forgot which exactly. Overall they said it was good but they agreed on one thing, Kiyru dressed dumb in their opinion (aka not fitting at all for his position and instead makes him look like someone who works at a club. I forgot the exact name but yeah)
@@BlazinVoid59 that and they said they mostly resolve conflics by just shooting everyone instead of fistfighting lol
@@pan-semitistcommunist4181
Well bullets are bullets
@@lastmanstanding7155 rubber or not
@@BlazinVoid59 well canonically kiryu has bad fashion taste so that makes sense
The wall disappearing at 22:55 is nothing. On my first play through I picked up that entire wall and started walking around with it.
Reminder: This is a totally serious game about the inner workings and drama of the Japanese mafia
Reminder number 2: Kiryu has never killed a man
8:47 this was honestly just wholesome
It's stuff like this that reminds you Joseph has feelings outside of his videos.
Joseph Anderson's channel is like a Yakuza game itself. On one side you have incredibly long and well thought out commentary on the philosophy of game design, and on the other side you have Great Vegetables
If Joseph loves Yakuza 0, wait til he gets a load of Lost Judgment.
From karaoke, to disco, to phoning girls, to pocket circuit racing, to go kart racing, to *_walking dogs_*
Imagine if Lost Judgment has a mini game where u literally walk dogs and the dogs review's Yagami score depending on their voice.
Judgment series has no Karaoke
But in Lost Judgment they replaced it with Dancing Lesson
@@ReiSyre62 man, if only the main actor wasn't so god damn expensive. Also, kiss your PC port goodbye, because the main actor's agency is a bunch of boomers.
@@Jack75188 yeah man. Kimura Agency such an Ass. But Kimura himself doesn't wanted the Judgment Story ends only with 2 entries so he will do it in his way while consulting with RGG Studio
@@ReiSyre62 aka, either killing off Yagami or made another model for him, and said that he need face surgery for...reasons.
4:29 is the best part about being a Yakuza LMAO
That part with Rei >> Asuka coupled with the fish's timing almost had me pass out from laughter. God Bless
Him manically laughing at Baka Mitai, while also nailing every button, is golden
His kid getting the claw machine first try. Proudest dad moment of his life.
You can actually hear his sanity going away everytime he laughed
Joe the whole time playing "WTTTFFFFF????"
Love this game and loved Joe’s play through. I really wish chat didn’t ruin it for him in the end. I really wanted to watch him play through the rest of the side stories.
I’d argue he ruined the game by making a bunch of stupid rules for himself.
@@deeta000 he played the game the way that he wanted to and chat were being jerks about it lol
Joseph doing everything in his power to control himself during 24 hour Cinderella is everything I want in life
Yakuza 0 was an amazing intro to the series for me
4 me as well bro..awesome game
7:02
Don’t mind me just leaving a time stamp to his reaction to 24 hour Cinderella
Dude vastly improved at karaoke. He was a mess with Kiryu but then was holding it together like a fuccin champ for 24hr Cinderella
12:28
"What did you used to do before Yamanoi-san hired you?"
"Probably porn"
That's actually quite accurate
Her previous job was something else entirely...
This is the reaction of every American who is not versed in Japanese culture, and it is absolutely hilarious.
If Yakuza is an accurate depiction of Japanese culture, I'm packing my bags right now
Just in case anyone doesn't know, Joseph is Canadian/British
@@rtiq270 not really an accurate depiction, but more like all the weirdest and dumbest known prejudices packed into one huge comedy show 🤣
@@rtiq270 What a fucking weeaboo you are.
sarcasm
@@Luigi_Mario_1997 Lmao this has been my username for years, and I don't know how to change it on mobile
Well we all know why he isn't releasing the Witcher 3 video and I am totally cool with it.
It is may 2024. Joe only streamed on feb 29 cuz he had to pay for his sins. No witcher 3 video yet…
"stop caring for elders, go see a boob" thank you joe these words changed my life
"Joseph Anderson loves Yakuza 0"
i wish that stayed true...
why do you say that?
Why did he ended up hating it
Goddammit guy, I need to know.
???? He doesn't anymore??????
@@flavoredchin apparently youtube ate my reply lol
He was doing a no healing items run because of some machismo big dick reddit contest he was having with chat, then took 5 hours to beat the media king, said the games combat was worthless as a result, was pissed off at the reward for real estate cause chat said it was plot important, and then took 2 hours to beat the final boss
and after that, he got a ton of hatemail, and chat interaction was essentially minimized
which, yknow, is justified given the horrible shit people were sending to him, but sucks for us artists cause art stopped being shown, and a really complex and well rendered piece got shafted which made some rly good artists leave
tldr chat is toxic, joe is too stubborn, 6/10
*Oh my god I didn't know the mew shoes ACTUALLY MADE NOISE*
the absolute raw reactions make me laugh so hard as well
great vid
Random wisdom of the lake...14:56
I need context for this
Kiryu exuding so much chad energy that he'll just slap a briefcase full of cash in front of a building and it will automatically be his.
Thats Because buildings can smell The money
Every single reaction was so genuine, reminded me of my time playing it. So lovely.
Watching someone else go through what I’ve been through on Yakuza is such a delight. This game is a treasure.
I keep coming back to this video. I watched it like 7 times now and I don't think that i'll stop here
Him almost bursting a vein from 24 hour Cinderella was goddamn beautiful.
9:30 shes looking for waffles
I have never seen someone laugh so hard at 24 hour Cinderella tbh.
Yeah, that's the Yakuza series. All serious about criminal organization and some REAL violence
I loveeeee the Yakuza games and i enjoy watching people play with no commentary. No commentary but i actually enjoyed this and not only that i laughed so hard because of your laughter.
You’re doing god’s work, content creator.
i need a pill that makes me lose all memory of this series, i wanna experience them all again
Yakuza is a very serious crime drama about the dark dealings of the Japanese underworld
Magnificent
Fantastic compilation!
Not enough people commit to playing any games other than 0, hope you’ll play Kiwami as well
Fr, as much as 0 is a masterpiece, I think Kiwami is my favorite just because of the story and the characters
@@mark-gj4mb Kiwami is legit kinda bad though they had every opportunity to build off of 0 and to make the story 100 times better then the original but they just made a carbon copy of the og which sucks
@@noriakikakyoin1423 I disagree. I think the combat is improved upon 100x better than 0 with dmc4 esque style switching combos. The story is the best in the series (especially coming out of 0) with Nishiki being one the best antags. The cutscenes are recreated exactly 1-1 which probably makes them feel old, but I think they're a great tribute
@@mark-gj4mb Nigguh you tripping. As much as I liked kiwami, in terms of story 0 is far better.
@@cosmancho2959 oh, I meant the story is improved since we see more of Nishiki's backstory, not that 0 had a bad story lmao. 0 also has one of the best stories in the series
22:02 this "pools out" joke is one of best! i can't remember him laughing like this ever! and so did i)))
Do the hustle scene everytime i see it i always laugh
You loved every second of it.
When kiryu and majima are dancing together:
8:41
Your laugh lights up the room for sure
Am I the only one to have gotten yakuza 0 purely to listen to Bakamitai but then accidentally get invested into it?
I wanted it for the karaoke and Disco, but I ended up buying that game alongside Kiwami 1 and 2, oh yeah and Fist of the North star: LP along with 6
I messaged my wifey about it cause she's more into Japanese games and she told me the baka mittai meme is from Yakuza 0 and now I can't stop playing yakuza and she keeps saying she just wanted to introduce me to a really fun game but now I'm addicted. It all comes back to baka mittai!!!!
@@bipstymcbipste5641 tsunao ni I LOVE YOU todokeyoo kito YOU LOVE ME tsutawara sa kimini ni aou GLASSU mo kitsu wo sagaso
14:30 this is the first time i have ever seen her get a strike, i genuinly thought it was programmed not to happen
One time, I did a spare and a 8 then she did 2 strikes a row and on the third I did a strike and its not enough to win but she voluntarily miss WTF
In the play throughs I’ve seen, almost everyone “jokes” that Nugget can join Kiryu’s business, and then they lose their shit when the game basically says “well, okay, here you go”
I'm beggin you to make more yakuza stuff like this. This made my day
I like how he did the substories first then the story mode itself. The substories were the best in this game
The substories are The heart and soul of The yakuza/ Like a dragon games
This game is a fucking masterclass in balancing silly and serious
He sure laughs a lot
During my first playthrough of Y0 i got the mew shoes glitch after changing the look of my office, i just got random accessories equipped without knowing & i stated meowing around the street while running around I thought i had gone crazy
I wanna wipe my saves and speedrun getting the mew shoes so I can just play the entire game with them on
This is the perfect video to watch after playing the game yourself hahaha loved laughing along the whole way
If you laugh this much at zero, I can’t wait to see your reaction for like a dragon.
When I played the game I about died at the Chicken.
these were the best streams i have ever had the pleasure of watching lolz
I never played a game which balanced the serious parts with some seriously good writing so good with the incredible funny and silly parts. Absolutely incredible. Oh what would I give to play this game again for the first time.
I love how much fun people have with this game the happy energy is contagious
ジャッジメントのイントロどころか
タイトル画面で笑えるの羨ましい
12:29 oh, do I got news for you my friend...
Yakuza 0 is a dancing and singing game where you can also play arcade games made by SEGA and board games.
Oh, there is also that side quest about an empty lot or something.
watch as joseph anderson's voice breaks into the next dimension
This video is just 30 minutes of wheezing.
My new favorite yakuza 0 video
The perfect game for Joseph to play. Perfection is real alright...
20:31 favorite moment ever
I always return to this video
i'm glad pausing the game to grapple what you're looking at is a universal experience when playing yakuza zero for the first time :,)
Kiryus such a fucking dork and I love him
Protagonist: says word
Jasper: *WHEEZE*
The claw machine with his kid was adorable
I've never seen someone laugh so hard at a video game before LMAO
Yakuza games do that
Finished it last week and its really funny in some sidequests. .but on the other Hand really deep and Melodram. Awesome game
The pure joy of people experiencing 24 Hour Cindarella for the first time will never get old. 😂
i love the building sold them selfs to kiryu
Lmfao i like your thinking
His laugh is omg so contagious i love it omg i am laughing as well if he laughs
The frantic distress of becoming a redditor is my favorite segment!
"stop caring for elders, go see a boob, and lets hit up the claw game!" - this guy Yakuzas!
Beautiful