Playing Yakuza: A Bit Like a Dragon (Analysis/Review)
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- Опубліковано 30 чер 2024
- The videogame series Yakuza is about playing as absolutely the nicest group of people in Japan (according to the Yakuza, a Chivalrous group) we go on a whirlwind tour of virtual Kamurocho beating up anyone who would be a criminal. The series started life on the playstation 2, and this first entry is a good story, but a bit of a rough start. Today we're playing Yakuza: it's a bit like a dragon
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Index
1. Series Introduction 00:00
2. Yakuza 1 Introduction 02:38
3. Story: Chapter 1: Fate of a Traitor 04:52
4. Story: Chapters 2-5 10:59
5. Story: Cutscene Brevity: 18:37
6. Gameplay: Free Roam & Camera 19:40
7. Gameplay: Combat 21:50
8. Gameplay: Levelling Up 27:51
9. Gameplay: Shops & Items 30:53
10. Gameplay: Distractions 33:21
11. Gameplay: Submissions & Gameplay Conclusion 37:17
12. Story: Forget the Case: Fatherhood 43:01
13. Story: The Mystery Resurfaces 46:40
14. Gameplay: Gun Shooting 54:25
15. Story: The Traitor and the Dub 55:11
16: Gameplay/Story: The Fetch Quest for Shangri-La 58:56
17. Story: 10 Billion In Reveals 01:03:03
18. Story: The Finale 01:08:47
19: Conclusion 01:17:19
Extra Yakuza footage from MrManPacster, . 最優秀選手, Micro23, devilleon7 - Ігри
"Nicknamed the madman of Shimano" Mad dog ya daft fuck, absolute madman
I was about to make an angry comment. Now I have nothing to get mad about! Damn you.
Damn 2 more to go
And maybe 0 at some point😔
@@rastas_4221 As someone ignorant of this series, yes that's exactly his name to me.
*absolute mad dog
A fun detail about Nishiki's tattoo: In the old days in Japan, the red ink for tattoos was derived from poisonous substances, so it hurts like a BITCH. That means that the more red you have in your tattoo, the more of a tough guy you are for being able to take the pain. IMO that fits Nishiki pretty well, since he's obsessed with his image and showing off his power
Looking at Kuze's tatoo, it makes alot more sense on how he was able to endure all those fights with Kiryu.
Raising the number of random encounters is the most realistic way alcohol was ever done in a game.
and gta4
@@Bagginsess Which I much prefer to 5. Drink driving in that was hilarious.
@@Grandmastergav86 loved drunk cop chases.
"Oi, you wanna fight?" *every drunk person, ever*
@@Bagginsess The ragdoll really was, the drunk driving wans't.
I love that the English Dub for Yakuza 7 managed to track down Kiryu's English voice actor from the first games and cast him again. It's nothing short of amazing.
Not only him, Bill Farmer (who played Date and is also the offical voice actor of Goofy) returned. They even tried to get Mark Hamill and John DiMaggio as Majima and Kashiwagi respectably but both declined for various reasons.
@@backtoklondike Mark Hamill didn’t even remember voicing Majima 🥲
@@joshuaatehortua7352 He has done a lot of voice work over the years so sometimes roles he played doesn't enter his mind. Plus if you look up how the dub was made for 1, you honestly can't blame him for forgetting. They just recorded the dub with no context for the actors and did it as fast as possible. So it's no wonder that the dub was bad, it's just that it's hard for Mark Hamill to put in a bad performance.
@@backtoklondike Aw man, would've absolutely ruled if Hamil reprised the role.
Majima being voiced by fucking Luke Skywalker has always been one of my favorite tidbits about the series.
@@raspymorten You mean Japanese The Joker?
And so it begins...
... The crime dad odyssey.
Crime dad saves the kids every year
The Crazy Kazzy Chronicles.
Crime dad, with special importance sometimes placed on your dad being sad. If the game awards people were told that Yakuza 7 was actually a sad dad game, it would've won every award.
"YOU HAVE NO EVIDENCE! YOU'RE BLUFFING SO LET ME GIVE YOU SOME ACTUAL FUCKING EVIDENCE OF MYSELF SHOOTING MY ILLEGAL GUN AT A POLICE HELICOPTER FULL OF OFFICERS!"
"Surely he used all his bullets doing that dumb shit" Kiryu thought to himself as he left him unconscious
VIDEEJIMOGAYMES logic checks out. 10/10 best plan ever.
And so the rule that everyone, that is not Daigo, gets dumber the moment a gun it drawn begins
Damn, Kashiwagi went from being voiced by Bender to being voiced by Solid Snake.
That's... Honestly kind of cool.
"Kept you waiting huh?"
I Mean Majima is Luke fucking Skywalker
@@Dexter037S4 And is now Jotaro Kujo.
@@diegordi1394 and is also in the japanese dub for a thomas the tank engine episode
I just realized, since it's called "like a dragon" in Japan, Yakuza 7 (Like a dragon) is literally doing the Resident Evil 7 Biohazard thing.
What's the Resident Evil 7 Biohazard thing?
@@ryanhernandez1877 Resident Evil was originally called Biohazard in Japan, so RE7 is combining the two different names of the franchise. Also I believe it's called Biohazard 7: Resident Evil in Japan.
@@RycoreXIII It's really weird. Biohazard actually is more of an appropriate title since the zombies are caused by bioweapons, while 'Resident Evil' implies some supernatural element, yet resident evil actually works for the seventh installment due to wondering around a house of a corrupted and psychopathic family, an 'evil residence' if you will.
Both are the seventh mainline games of their respective series too
@@sexualyeti7023 Yeah, you're right. "Resident Evil" only really made sense for any of the RE games that took place in mansions and other similar locations. Although there are marketing reasons for why both Yakuza and Resident Evil were given completely different names in the West. For Resident Evil, there was concern about releasing a game called Biohazard in the west because they were worried about potential copyright infringement lawsuits, as there was a band called Biohazard around that time, so they changed the name of the games to avoid any possible legal trouble. As for the Yakuza games, Sega's Western marketing department thought that selling a game called "Like A Dragon" about a man who fist fights criminals to protect a child and find his long lost lover would be tough. So their solution was to rebrand it as the Japanese equivalent to GTA and Mafia. IMO this was the opposite of what they should've done, because even today, the franchise still hasn't managed to completely shed that false stigma of being a GTA clone.
Five years. Man, your quality has gotten massively better.
Kiwami characterizes Majima some more with the introduction of the Dragon fighting style and only able to improve it by fighting him in "Majima Everywhere" events. He comes off less of a psychopath who wants to kill Kiryu, and more of a weird friend/rival to Kiryu who just wants to spar with him. He's also much more light-hearted and actually kind of funny. This is coming from a new-comer of the series.
It's an odd thing, since every game has made him more and more sympathetic and generally likeable, so when it swings around to a total remake of the first game where he's originally more intimidating and psychopathic it goes for mixing the two.
i got a real goku and vegeta style of rivalry between the two. both wanting to use the other to improve but one is way more willing to kill the other compared to the other one which is generally more powerful and forgiving.
But even as a when I played the kiwami for the first, it felt off when the original scenes played. Original had him characterized as a deranged and unhinged lunatic. So when they play after the majima everywhere's, it just feels unnatural and tonally off. It's strange. This is one of the few bad tonal clashing in the series. And this series is praised for tones clashing
@@teneesh3376 and it also undermines his fake death, in the original you go quite a while believing he's dead and when he show ups again its impactful. With majima everywhere, you immedeatly know hes not dead and his return has zero impact.
@@eldenlean5221 oh yeah. That fight sequence before majima came back felt so forced. Even when plauing kiwami before the original, something felt wrong
Nishiki: "Yumi, don't be an idiot..."
Yumi: "NO!"
Wonderful.
Several years later we'd find that it was mostly bad direction for why Kiryu sounds strange, as the English VA for Kiryu is pretty good in Y7
Same guy
@@champion1859 yeah that's the point of the comment, that it's the same va and it sounds better now
Over a decade of experience between the recordings of yakuza 1 and 7 probably plays a role too
Doesn't really matter, but good to know... I guess? Pluto is dwarf planet. That's about as relevant to the discussion of the game.
@@yoel9396yakuza 1 was the dude's first ever acting role too. Between 1 & 7 he had several roles one of which is Alex Mercer from Prototype.
Hoping the yakuza 7 video is titled "yakuza: a tad bit like a dragon"
Its pretty damn impressive how well they updated the models and kept their looks in Kiwami. They had a vision and kept it consistent all throughout the series, thats some real passion.
based strange journey pfp
Depends the character. Sera looks nothing like the original. Kazama in the other hand is almost identical.
@@yusukeelric that's bc some had Zero influence, the changes were made to connect better with 0 while also keeping 1's original vision
@@rimaq_ too bad that it resulted in an ugly bastard child that is Kiwami 1. Adding majima everywhere and combat styles from zero was such a big mistake. I would play Yakuza original on ps2 over kiwami any day of the week.
@@blindeyedblightmain3565 You're a major minority in the community, it seems
Reina didn't grow up in the orphanage with them yumi did, nishiki introduced kiryu to her for the first time in 0
mama
I think the original intention behind the back tattoos were that they did actually grant their bearers slight supernatural powers in the form of heat. In the early games, the only enemies that ever have a heat aura or use heat actions are other yakuza with back tattoos. That always made the "dragon and carp" thing hit a little differently for me. Same with Ryuji's dragon in Yakuza 2. That seems to be the case up through Yakuza 3 at least.
"Yakuza 1 is dry"
*throws man into pond*
"where do you get invincible goons?" the same place where you get Ryu: the Sunflower Orphanage.
"Yumi... don't be an idiot."
"No!"
1:16:18 Hallelujah it's raining Yen
Mark Hamill was a couple voices in this game, I never knew.
He also doesn't remember it lol
@@jlfajsdlfjaslfdj I mean, maybe he does. We're operating off the assumption that he doesn't remember it off of a screenshot somebody sent him of Majima, instead of something SIGNIFICANTLY more useful like some actual audio of Majima from Y1.
@@innoclarke7435 I feel like if he really cared about doing the character, hed remember what that character looked like either way.
@@LordRobaZe Not really? He's not going to remember the look of a one-off character he played in 2005, who didn't even have a huge presence in the game. Mahima shows up, like, three times in Y1. The intro, the batting cages, the whorehouse. What he's most likely to remember is his recording sessions, which he would probably recall if he had got to hear his performance instead.
Prolific voice actors obviously play a lot of characters. It's strange to expect them to remember the *look* of every single one of them, considering they spend less time looking at the character than we do.
@@innoclarke7435 so then if he doesnt remember he obvs didnt care about doing the char
gambling only giving you prizes to go to the pawn shop with is cool because thats how gambling really works in japan due to weird legal loopholes. ps we miss you
I feel it would be great if you worked on the story in the same detail as you did with this video in the future. It doesnt harm the video and makes it more interesting as the story is what i love about the Yakuza games.
Duly noted, I do worry that people would get bored or if the recap gets dry, but on the other I do also worry I don't present enough information or miss necessary set up for later twists and turns. I'm glad to know you're good with it though.
Date is voiced by Sam from Sam and Max Hit the Road.
What the hell is with that voice actor and playing overly cynically bent but ultimately well-intended police?!
He's damn good at the noir cop
He's also Goofy, so I guess he's not that overly cynical.
I love the idea of Sam muttering 'I'd be in deep sh*t, yeah!' for some reason....
@@Legendary231 Holy _shit._
I KNEW HE SOUNDED FAMILIAR
Oh fuck. A video on Yakuza that's almost one and a half hours long? This should be a treat!
EDIT: It was.
Noice
Im not sure if that Sidestory was in the original but the Assasinatiom Order by Sera is actually explained really well in a Sidestory in Kiwami. Essentially Sera knew someone would try to kill Kazuma for being a Patriach killer and therefore decided to send a Hitman himself to claim that this was his and only his Job, he wanted Kiryu to survive and by only expulsing him be able to comr back to the clan after he was out of prison.
Can we talk about the fact that Majima's tattoo is completely different and we never see the full thing since he never takes his shirt off in Y1?
Oh boy, a Yakuza series of videos. This is going to be a good ride.
>TFW still no AboeUp Feet nudes
That translator guide joke made me laugh so hard.
I really enjoyed the in-depth look at the story here. Don't hesitate to do the same with later entries, I certainly wouldn't complain.
Date's voice actor is the guy who voiced Sam in the Sam & Max: Hit the road! Man, I love his voice.
But yeah, it's definitely a good thing they stuck with the japanese VO from here on out. ^^
Coming back to this video after seeing the start of the first of the Yakuza 5 coverage. Have to say, this does feel like quite a beginning. From the way you tell the story, Yakuza One gives the feeling a very tense manhunt. Kiryu is with few allies, and the situation always seeming to develop more grimly as it goes on. And the Tojo feel like a different beast from what they'd be later entries. Even amidst the backstabbing and infighting, they feel like a constant threat.
I'd have to say if you told that the man you play as here was going to be dodging rocket launchers later on, I'd be giving you looks.
While there is a clear tone difference that goes between games, I feel it lends to a sense of progression as it went. Kiryu's come a long way from being exiled in disgrace for a murder he didn't commit.
Just want to say thanks for covering this series, as well as other games in general. And I appreciate the depth in which you cover them. More than anything, I enjoy hearing your thoughts on the games's stories. It gives me something to chew on and stew. It's been a journey, and I'm happy to be allowed to join in for the ride.
I apologize for the disjointed nature of this comment. It's two in the morning at time of posting.
I feel like getting moved from the homicide unit to an organized crime unit for delving deeply into an organized crime-related murder isn't so much a demotion as a lateral movement for organizational reasons.
What i did to counter the bad dub was this amazing playlist that someone made that had the original Japanese Dub with the English subtitles ready on my phone for whenever a cutscene started
Ah, Yakuza 1. So many fucks. So. Many. Fucks.
Snakera: “I will go lighter on the later entries”
Me after finishing the 8 hour Yakuza 5 video: 🫠
Mark Hamill as Majima is proof that it doesn't matter what language you hear him in, Majima is always the best thing.
IIIIIKKKUUUU DEEEEEEEEE, KIRYU-CHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-
Thanks to Kiwami that explained Nishiki motivation in this game and it’s pretty heartbreaking and you can see where Kiryu coming from in this game some of character still have some problem however
yeah like equalizing the benefit of characterization by breaking majima's instead
49:40 I always found it funny that instead of setting up a nice room in the luxurious underground Kage gives them a place in a homeless tent instead.
Honestly, with better direction, the dub could've been alright. The voices fit, but they sound dead inside.
Don't forget the bad mixing. Skintaro Kazuma is always peaking. There's also one scene with Haruka sounds like she's underwater
I always felt the same way, havi9ng watched one of those 'movies' aka all the cutscenes just played in order
i wouldn't play a game like this dubbed, it takes all the character away
@@smokingone I don't feel the same way, but I can see why. I don't mind the dubs for Judgement and FotNS: Lost Paradise, but can easily see why people prefer the sub.
Hell, I'm torn on when I eventually play Yakuza 7 to go sub or dub. I'll probably go back and forth.
@@kinnikudash385 it's hard to nail a dub and yakuza games are famous for their overacted male drama, which the english voice actors don't portray near as well as the japanese ones, and it may just be due to bad direction on segas part, but i far prefer the japanese versions.
Holy hell, the transition at 2:57, amazing! Jokes aside, once they port the games over to the PC or the Switch I'll be the first in the queue to get it! Those games look like the second coming of Buddha.
It's weird considering they're big violent crime thrillers but the Switch would make a really nice home for some of the Yakuza titles, hell the Wii U had HD ports of 1 & 2. But yeah, I'm ever hopeful these games will one day get a PC release.
Oh cool, didn't know the Wii U had those ports, shame they did poorly. Anyways, I wonder if your translation guide will help you with this: あなたのヴィデオはとてもすごいですよ。これチャンネルがたい好きだ。実は、今年日本に行きますから、毎日日本語をたくさん勉強します。
It would be nice to have the original untouched versions of the first 5 on Switch, to play on the go. I don't think 6 or Kiwami would run on it though. There was a PS3 version of Zero to port.
Whelp, now with the kiwami games, plus 3 - 5 coming to steam january 28th 2021, and 6 coming late march i guess you oughta be pretty happy
Maybe Nishiki would be less evil if he had literally anybody on first name terms with him. Not his oath brother or even his adoptive dad lol.
I've been waiting for this since you showed Yakuza boxes in one of your videos
T H A N K Y O U
It took some time but you can't fight the Yakuza
"I'll start going lighter on later entries if people want"
Meanwhile, the Yakuza 5 video: 7:21:05
(To be clear, that's exactly what I want, I just think it's funny)
And that's how we got to know everyone's favorite ex-yakuza: Kazuma "Never Killed Anyone" Kiryu
loved this. just finishing up my first playthrough of kiwami so this was great timing.
This was in Kiwami rather than actual yakuza 1, but
When I got to the Cho-han bit with Haruka, the entire thing was so incredibly confusing for me because I'd guess what Haruka guesses, and we'd lose. Every time. And then suddenly we lose and Kiryu is all suspicious after that specific loss, and none of it made sense to me until my friend explained that she's supposed to be right with her guesses. it just glitched for me.
A feature-length analysis of Yakuza 1? Give it to me hard.
Great video. I got into the series with 0 coming out in 2017 and have been a fan since then.
I'd recently been looking for a good Yakuza retrospective, and I just now discovered this. What a good video! I'll be watching any others you have too :D
Much love to you and your videos, man. The detail and passion you put into them shows. Don’t worry about their length.
I've been watching this review in pieces while I played through Kiwami, mainly so I could see what was copied from the original and what they changed (and to hear Snake's thoughts on the story as I went through it). A great review as always. I have to say, separating the story and gameplay sections in the timestamps was such a nice move, so thanks for that. Can't wait to do the same thing for the rest of the series.
"Bring that shit Kazuma!!!"
Nice video, a pleasure to watch and I thank the author for being so thorough about the story, the narration and the story itself got me hooked in a 2 hour long video which felt like breeze by the end of it.
The 10 billion yen being such a big deal is so funny after playing Like a Dragon Gaiden
The start of an amazing series of games. I'll always remember my first time with Yakuza. Good Times.
Spot on description of the combat and great video overall as always.
Whelp, this video took up my boring time at Christmas! Well done Snake, fantastic to see this finally and you know my love of the series (3 and onwards). It's interesting to see how it all started, may be a bit difficult for me to adapt to but thankfully the story is usually a good time.
Good to hear from you again Tem, I think most people came into the series at 3 (I was one of them, only played the earlier titles after 4) and it's strange to go back to but quite a rewarding experience to see how many characters got their start, and the plot does indeed hold up.
Honestly if you do such in depth videos for all the games it'd be delightful, watching this was mint
That part about majima liking honest people really makes sense after 0
Hey I’m here to say I love Yakuza and even tho I already played watching you explain it fully especially with the non remastered version really makes me appreciate how far it’s actually came
Oh my fuckin god yes. I am so happy you made this review. Since i've heard that you were a Yakuza fan I was waiting for reviews of them. I can't wait to watch it.
53:18 in Kiwami that guy instead of holding an SMG is one handing a Galil Assault Rifle, which fits the wacky nature of the later entries WAAAAY more, as one handing a heavy rifle like that is ridiculous.
I just beat kiwami 1 so now I can finally watch this video. I'm currently playing through the series and I'll each video in your series as I beat each game
Quality content dude, subcriber well earned.
Thank you kindly
Mark Hammil and Steven Bloom... with botched directing. Why even live?
The one dubbing Kiryu isn't actually Steve Blum, it's someone else.
Robin Atkin Downes is in it too, and holy shit it was the worst shit i have heard of him
Drake Doe You mean by sounding flatter than a board?
Nice in depth review, i've never played the first Yakuza so it's really cool to see how much of an upgrade it got with Kiwami. Great series of games!
Majima plays a much bigger part in Kiwami and he's fucking hilarious.
The length and amount of detail in your videos, along with you narration are the reasons I enjoy them so much. You definetly should keep the level of details, maybe even expand on some things you may deem important. I, personally, wouldn't mind. Thank you for the vids, best regards.
This video was a godsend, thank you!!!
I wonder if the voice actors were shown the original scenes before acting out their lines because im most certain they weren't, its not like the acting is bad. The Delivery is completely alien to the context of the scene. Its like an alternate scene is going on at the sound studio while they were recording.
They weren't. For instance, Kiryu's VA didn't see the scene of Kiryu and Majima in the alley, until the game was released apparently.
That huge traffic cone is in every single game...
I'm not sure if this was in the original or just a Kiwami addition, but there's a late-game substory that actually does explain the whole prison assassin thing.
It's an substory exclusive to Kiwami.
38:30 This killed me due to it being very much something the Yakuza series would do, and still does today
If you do more of these I'd be alright with an in depth look at their stories! It helps more than those long-ass summaries
Honestly I LOVED the way you covered the story, to the point that I would disappointed if you did not tackle the other games in the same way. Cheers
I've gone through this video series many times, and I really like seeing the perspective of a long-time fan of the series.
I played all of the games on Xbox starting in 2020, so I come with a totally different experience. I've only played the much updated and reworked versions of these games.
Many people like Yakuza 0 because it showed what great buddies Kiryu and Nishiki were, which made Yakuza 1 all the more tragic. But for me it made his betrayal questionable. Yes, he's been through some shit and Kiwami showed it, but he already realized in 0 that he's living in Kiryu's shadow and it appeared he accepted it (in fact, HE'S the one that said he's useless without Kiryu). Not to mention he had a HUGE debt to repay after Kiryu took the blame for Dojima's murder. And the first thing he does once Kiryu gets out of jail is what? Sending his goons after him? I really don't buy it.
In depth is great!
As always a great video. I don't know why but your videos are really relaxing and at the same time informative. Maybe I should try a Yakuza game. I think there is one in sale on the ps4 store currently.
In my own writing, I've always used "it's worth noting" and "mind you", but never once thought to just use "mind". I tried it out for the first time tonight, and it feels like a really great simplification, so I remain very glad that I continue to watch your videos.
One of these days when I actually have extra cash, I need to subscribe to your patreon.
That's good to hear, while I can't be certain of it I think just saying "mind" in place of "mind you" is a mostly English contraction? I've not heard people from other backgrounds say it much
ＳＨＩＮＪＩ！！！
I've been looking for this comment. I knew someone must have done this.
Based
your videos are amazing
That car chase segment is a nightmare in Kiwami on Legend if you fail you need to do the long battle to save Haruka again.
Kashiwagi I think is played by John DiMaggio (Bender the robot)
Wow...the caliber of the acting is pretty impressive! Too bad the translation is so poor.
That Sake joke was the fucking funniest shit to see.
Perfect gift for Christmas. Cheers, Snake.
No prob, hope you had a good Christmas
I'm one of those who have been playing Yakuza since the very first one, and I thought it was a good game at the time. I haven't played it in a long time, but I have played Yakuza Kiwami recently, which I guess pretty much renders this game obsolete.
I'm a bit late to the party, but not only does Kiwami NOT render this game obsolete, it's such a sloppy, rushed mesh that constantly has issues with the original game's design and 0's design clashing in spectacularly frustrating, tedious fashion, with absurdly obvious filler thrown into a game that REALLY didn't need it. It also practically commits character assassination against Nishiki, transforming him from having been so deeply cynical and distrustful that he frankly ruined any hope he ever had of getting any sort of real fulfillment outside of attaining power, and into... well, a bitch, that cries and grovels constantly and just becomes mean because he's really mad that everyone keeps telling him he sucks and Kiryu was better.
I would classify Kiwami as the one and only *BAD* game in the series (well, maybe Dead Souls is bad, too, I dunno, haven't played it yet), with the original Yakuza being... well, it's not good either, it's very annoying at times, but it feels SO much more cohesive and it's less of a slog to get through. I'm not likely to ever recommend either version of the original story to someone to play, I'd instead just tell them to watch it, but if they really had to play one of the two, I'd recommend the original over Kiwami easily.
@@innoclarke7435 I fully agree with what you said except for the Nishiki extra info. Making him “a bitch” did give him some personality, a fragile side, that we don’t really get to see from any characters except for Kiryu and Majima (we don’t even see much of those sides from the later protagonists). Giving him some extra backstory, although lacking, made the final fight and the general Nishiki character as a whole stand out more. Really wish they would have added more backstory to him though.
@@innoclarke7435 kiwami is way better than the original don't know what drugs you're on
@@RobertEdwinHouse9 Nope.
@@innoclarke7435 alright have fun with your original yakuza with its terrible combat and camera
I heard Part 4 Jotaro theme from Eyes of Heaven. Your winning me over with music choice
Looking forward to the Kiwami videos, whenever those come out.
you predicted the name of yakuza 7!
Holy shit u right
Mark Hamill is the only good part of the original Yakuza 1. I wish he'd of mentioned the Nishiki cutscenes in Kiwami 1. Also, there was a clue about Mizuki's identity. Mizu meaning water, and Yumi or Umi means ocean.
Dude please continue this!
56:20 A reverse version of “Dumbledore said calmly.”
When I first played this game, I often ended up in boss battles with only a sliver of health and no healing items because I was being stupid about stocking up. I had to do the fight with the guy in the red shirt with dual pistols without getting hit once and holy shit I got pretty flustered, but I eventually beat it abusing the low health heat move and completed the game.
Yakuza 1 is weird in that even though I love the franchise I would also not recommend it to anyone, the game doesn't get it's stride until 2 and even then 2 is still a little clunky compared to later entries even if it is a massive improvement over the first game in nearly every single way. Thank fuck Kiwami exists so I can recommend that instead. Ishin localization never ever though.
My jokes about translation guide aside I know I've still got to import Ishin (and maybe Kenzan) at some point. For these reviews I'm going to try and go light on healing items, and maybe bump up the difficulty on later entries when the combat is a bit more smoothed out, really challenge myself on them. (Especially because I was watching a ton of EX-hard bossfight videos before editing)
You actually did it, what a Christmas present.
Powering through
Does anyone else find it hysterical that when Majima takes that girl hostage, Kiryu sounds more like he's scolding a puppy than pleading/demanding he not kill her?
Whether in English or Japanese It does come off as that and sometimes I think this is also at the same time him being so done with majima's shenanigans and cutting to the chase.
41:02 Haruka casually "bouncing" along with kiryu
Wonder of he's workin' on more Yakuza videos. LOL That's too funny "You have no evidence! You're bluffing!" *Him and heavily-armed thugs at his flanks open fire on the Police chopper* Please tell me that's some intentional humor.
I'm recording 2 now
As he says, people get stupider around guns in Yakuza, every single time.
I just got the Yakuza Remastered trilogy; looking forward to watching your recaps of the first two so I can figure out what the heck is going on story-wise. Thanks snek!
EDIT: wait so is running around town for dog food a Yakuza tradition?! Lol!
I've only played one yakuza game way back when at a friends place and it was quite glorious indeed. The first ones seem pretty clunky for sure, but its great to know that the series has been only improving as time has gone by. Real glad too that they dropped the whole english dub thing. It just doesn't work when yer doing yakuza stuff. ORRAAAAA.
I also love how you manage to see so much good in games that can be so damn frustrating to play at times. I wish I still had that patience. I did some years go when I went through some really weird and obscure PC titles. Some actually good/passable games and then some truly awful ones. It felt like that once you left the 2006-2010 era and went to newer, awful titles, they were just mostly pure suffering and I feel like I burnt out all my patience when it comes to good, but quite often frustrating to play games.
One can endure the madness only for so long!
I don't know if it's a good quality for analysing or critiquing games but I do try and see the good in these things and don't like to be overly negative unless a game rubs me the absolute wrong way, I'm also admittedly quite easy to please in a few ways
To day, 1 billion yen would be equal to 7.5 million dollars