HarpingOn

I've never played a Yakuza before.

I have Yakuza 4. Any good? Playable without doing 1,2, and 3?

Kendrick Kerwin Chua

In article <jcn61f$fuu$1@dont-email.me>,
HarpingOn <harpingon@127.0.0.1> wrote:
>I've never played a Yakuza before.
>
>I have Yakuza 4. Any good? Playable without doing 1,2, and 3?

Yes. It references previous games but no knowledge of those events is
required. If you're curious, the major cut scenes are all upscaled and
available for viewing before you actually jump in and play.

Yakuza 4 may be the best introduction to the series you could get. Having
the four different protagonists is excellent fun, and leaves you wanting
more. If I had to do it all over again I would probably have played Yakuza
4 before I started the third game.

Out of curiosity, what sort of expectations are you going in with? Most
seem to approach the game as an eastern Grand Theft Auto, when really the
best way to look at it is Shenmue with blackjack and hookers.

-KKC, who has 45 minutes before the vault door shuts.
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HarpingOn

On 19/12/2011 11:14, Kendrick Kerwin Chua wrote:
> In article<jcn61f$fuu$1@dont-email.me>,
> HarpingOn<harpingon@127.0.0.1> wrote:
>> I've never played a Yakuza before.
>>
>> I have Yakuza 4. Any good? Playable without doing 1,2, and 3?
>
> Yes. It references previous games but no knowledge of those events is
> required. If you're curious, the major cut scenes are all upscaled and
> available for viewing before you actually jump in and play.
>
> Yakuza 4 may be the best introduction to the series you could get. Having
> the four different protagonists is excellent fun, and leaves you wanting
> more. If I had to do it all over again I would probably have played Yakuza
> 4 before I started the third game.
>

Hooray for that.

> Out of curiosity, what sort of expectations are you going in with? Most
> seem to approach the game as an eastern Grand Theft Auto, when really the
> best way to look at it is Shenmue with blackjack and hookers.

I don't know what to expect tbh. Shenmue would be better than GTA, as I
don't really like GTA much

Just after something japanese really. Not played anything japanese
adventurery for far too long.

Kendrick Kerwin Chua

In article <jcn6eo$hfe$1@dont-email.me>,
HarpingOn <harpingon@127.0.0.1> wrote:
>On 19/12/2011 11:14, Kendrick Kerwin Chua wrote:
>
>> Out of curiosity, what sort of expectations are you going in with? Most
>> seem to approach the game as an eastern Grand Theft Auto, when really the
>> best way to look at it is Shenmue with blackjack and hookers.
>
>I don't know what to expect tbh. Shenmue would be better than GTA, as I
>don't really like GTA much
>
>Just after something japanese really. Not played anything japanese
>adventurery for far too long.

Wow. Twenty minutes with Yakuza 4 and you'll be introducing yourself on
the Internet as HarpingOnDesu. Pay close attention to the quests, as
it's possible to miss out on specific events if you're not careful. You'll
get an opportunity to swap out among all four characters near the end, but
initially you're restricted to playing only one at a time and you won't
have an chance to continue grooming hostesses as the loan shark while
you're training fighters as the prison escapee.

-KKC, who wonders what Animal Crossing would be like with blackjack and
hookers.
--
-- "Step 8: Make a list of all the persons I | kendrick
have harmed, and file them alphabetically | @io-nyc.com
for ease of reference." |
- David Javerbaum, "The Last Testament" |

Toby Newman

On 2011-12-19, Kendrick Kerwin Chua <kendrick@nospam.io-nyc> wrote:
> In article <jcn6eo$hfe$1@dont-email.me>,
> HarpingOn <harpingon@127.0.0.1> wrote:
>>On 19/12/2011 11:14, Kendrick Kerwin Chua wrote:
>>
>>> Out of curiosity, what sort of expectations are you going in with? Most
>>> seem to approach the game as an eastern Grand Theft Auto, when really the
>>> best way to look at it is Shenmue with blackjack and hookers.
>>
>>I don't know what to expect tbh. Shenmue would be better than GTA, as I
>>don't really like GTA much
>>
>>Just after something japanese really. Not played anything japanese
>>adventurery for far too long.
>
> Wow. Twenty minutes with Yakuza 4 and you'll be introducing yourself on
> the Internet as HarpingOnDesu. Pay close attention to the quests, as
> it's possible to miss out on specific events if you're not careful. You'll
> get an opportunity to swap out among all four characters near the end, but
> initially you're restricted to playing only one at a time and you won't
> have an chance to continue grooming hostesses as the loan shark while
> you're training fighters as the prison escapee.
>
> -KKC, who wonders what Animal Crossing would be like with blackjack and
> hookers.

You'd probably still get screwed by the racoon, but you'd pay your mortgage
off a lot sooner!

Also, you wouldn't have to get a boat to the island for coconuts.

deKay

HarpingOn <harpingon@127.0.0.1> wrote:
> I've never played a Yakuza before.
>
> I have Yakuza 4. Any good? Playable without doing 1,2, and 3?

I've not played it yet, but you really should play 3

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On 19/12/2011 11:09 AM, HarpingOn wrote:
> I've never played a Yakuza before.
>
> I have Yakuza 4. Any good? Playable without doing 1,2, and 3?



it is - but they are very similar that means if ( like me ) you end up
loving one, you'll want to play the other anyway.
if you can imagine a Japanese rpg, set in a gta style world - but
without cars, you're halfway there.
put a couple of hundred hours into yakuza 3 and 4 - they grabbed me
within half an hour - the fight system is so satisfying - very crunchy
and brutal.

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Gareth.
That fly.... Is your magic wand.