Kiryu coming out of retirement IMMEDAITELY after 7 is ridiculous to me (still gonna play it and enjoy the hell out of it). And Yakuza 3 really needs a Kiwami eventually.
They won't do it unless they do but then they would have to remake 4 and 5 which is redundant if there's any game they need to remaster or remake it's kenzan and dead souls
He's retired by Yakuza 2, by 3 he's just done, by 4 he's done: the sequel, by 5 he's more than done. He even change his gamertag. (Haven't play the rest). The Kiryu Saga mostly consist in Kiryu taking care of the Tojo Clan like if was his children getting into lots of trouble. (Spoiler) He drops the title of chairman the second it is designated to him in Yakuza 1.
@@PratikBabar dude, did you get Sega's Toshihiro Nagoshi and Omi Alliance's Hiroshi Hayashi mixed up? 🤔 Sincerly asking, I may have missed a meme at some point.
@Personal Amoeba what is the name of the movie your profile picture is from?? I've seen it before and I remember it was really strange and that girl in your profile pic was like a crazy stalker. I was trying to find it some time ago but I couldn't for the life of me find it.
@@ZX3000GT1 I loved it even back then, sure it's no 0 or 5 but i still liked that combat somewhat and seeing how well it turned out in LJ makes me sad that they're letting it go
@@Giovfunny I do have a bit of a guess - it's probably not that great for cross-platform and it's not designed with high speed storage in mind - LJ on PS5 for example, still has to load for several seconds between the cities and Seiryo High building. Not to mention frame pacing issues that plagued every single Dragon Engine games. It is designed for PS4 first and foremost (after all Yakuza used to be PS only), and they probably found it unsuitable for multi-platform releases.
@@jeveritt8398 thats the asset reuse thats done right Im Talking about the millions of enemies using the final boss of yakuza 3s fighting style Or kiwami 1 reusing quick Time events and lots of styles from other games
@@hub_1.15 fair. I was just thinking the asset reuse of stuff like kamurocho, prop models, character models, heat actions animations, player character movesets animations.
Is mostly about compatinbility, Dragon Engine focus more in graphics than mechanic and physics of the game. Playing Y6, YK2, and then LJ is a bug difference but still troublemaking. For example Ace Combat 7 who uses UE5 engine and it runs pretty well and even can downgrade the graphics depending of the console its playing.
Personally I like the change of IP name to Like a Dragon because now ANYTHING can happen. The plots of the game don't have to be restricted to plots involving to the Yakuza
It might have been kind of a face palming moment, but god damn, is it not one of the most memorable moments in the series? Simply just because of how bizarre it was, you'll never forget it. In hindsight, I kinda like it in a weird way
Not necessarily that. The Yakuza are just about finished in this world so calling it Yakuza wouldn't make much sense. The name change is because of that.
Nah, its marketing In Japan yakuza is called "ryu ga gotoku", and they just called like a dragon "ryu ga gotoku 7" They changed it in the west so new players dont think they need to play all the other games before it
@@DerekOfRivia Sure it wasn't all about yakuza, but at this point it was a brand, it would be a little wierd if resident evil games got re-named into biohazard. And even if yakuza are finished rgg could name it "Mafia city"
Personally, I'm fine with the asset reuse. They gotta cut down on dev loads somehow, and since the games all take place in the same places in the same periods of time, it makes sense. That said, I do wish they'd add a few more prizes to the UFO Catchers and maybe a couple more old arcade games. Space Harrier's great, but at this point, I'm seeing scaling sprites in my sleep.
Have you considered doing a Masato Aizama status video? You could make a caption saying, "Yamete boku kyodai! We must fight for the dream!" Similar to that of the "Death to the MPLA" meme and then blast "Battle for the Dream" in the background.
Even though they really should have kept kiryu in retirement, I hope like a dragon 8 will finally be a true passing the torch now that we're going to be controlling both Ichiban and Kiryu in the same game. As far as we know they're going to still keep an RPG for both of them (That's why we're getting gaiden so we can have another brawler with Kiryu) it'll be segmented storyline like in Yakuza 0 with the two protagonists switching every other chapter. So Kazama is going to have his own party presumably but I argue he's powerful enough to be on his own, unlike ichi, whose greatest strength is his friends. Either way hopefully by the end they can have kiryu in an end that doesn't require him to have to hide from those he cares about.
0:19 I'm sad Daytona USA - SCUD Race is forgotten considering the fact that he's also the director there and those are much older games. Also, 1:13 tbf Sekiro does pave the way for Samurai games to thrive after literally being GOTYed in 2019. GoT use that momentum to full effect.
It seems many people have a fundamental misunderstanding of what switching the engine would change. It doesn't really imply anything. Sure, the graphics will change a bit, but whether or not the combat or gameplay radically changes in the way people are thinking is a coin toss. I wouldn't worry about that until a game with a new engine actually comes out.
Is that Dragon Engine quote real? Seriously? It was made in what, 2016? It's not that old! It's only... 8 years ago... 8 YEARS?! Where did the time go?!
Even though ik dead souls isn’t well liked/good I’d still like to see a remaster and translation he’ll I’d play it 😂 and since they are remastering ishin I imagine they’ll do it at some point
I thought it was funny that they ishin first but it makes sense it probably was the easiest to remake out of the other 3. But still I wanna see what a kiwami 3 would look like and more than that, a kenzan one
Most people see it as an outdated experience that needs a Kiwami remake. While I disagree and strongly believe 3 is fine the way it is, the remastered version, that thankfully restored all the cut content from the original, did also butcher some mechanics present in the original, most notably the quickstep distance, which was great in OG 3.
@@nugget7thtojoclanchairman525 I gotcha on that, but yeah I'd rather have the original experience preserved because then you get Kiwami 2, not to say that game is bad or is the worst ever but doesn't preserve the experience of the original
I share the same opinion as yours regarding Kiwami 2, alright game, but does a poor job keeping the OG's exeperience intact. Couldn't have said it better myself. Modding Kiwami 2 is quite fun though.
@@chrisrockett5897 Which is ridiculous. It is turn-based that should be the spinoff. I would argue most backlash against it could have been avoided if it was a spinoff.
I hate that I can't call it Like A Dragon. I know it's the new name and it has in fact been here in the west since the original PS2 localization, but I just keep calling it Yakuza. I'm a fake fan ;w;
I kinda get why they are renaming Yakuza to the Japanese name Like A Dragon. From the story in 7 both Tojo and Omi are disbanded and there isn't really any yakuza org left by Lost Judgement. So I think the story in later entries may be much less about actual yakuzas because of this (And the general setting of a criminal org isn't very suitable for 2022 anymore).
RGG on their way to revive Kiryu again in Like a Dragon 87
You bet your ass in the future a yakzua protag will learn moves from a 80-90 y.o. Kiryu.
@@alpgnr7690 that's just awesome
Kiryu coming out of retirement IMMEDAITELY after 7 is ridiculous to me (still gonna play it and enjoy the hell out of it). And Yakuza 3 really needs a Kiwami eventually.
They won't do it unless they do but then they would have to remake 4 and 5 which is redundant if there's any game they need to remaster or remake it's kenzan and dead souls
Technically timeline wise it would have been at least 4-5 years of him being retired
Bro he already retired since k1. what you meant was breaking free from the contract
He's retired by Yakuza 2, by 3 he's just done, by 4 he's done: the sequel, by 5 he's more than done. He even change his gamertag. (Haven't play the rest). The Kiryu Saga mostly consist in Kiryu taking care of the Tojo Clan like if was his children getting into lots of trouble.
(Spoiler)
He drops the title of chairman the second it is designated to him in Yakuza 1.
@@moister3727 In 3 he was living his life bro.
Nintendo : 5 years no new zelda * anounces ONE game *
Rgg Studios : 1 year no new game * anounces 3 in 10 minutes *
The same game 3 times
Tbf Nintendo makes a fuckton of other games
Kiryu's English va coming back to voice kiryu after 9 years
*RETURN OF THE KING*
NO WAY, YOU JOKING OR IS THIS REAL?
@@grief6052 in LAD7, he voiced Kiryu again since the first game
Is it Mark hamill ?
@@darpansarma8984 Darryl Kurylo
@@darpansarma8984 no mark Hamill did Majima but in 7 it's Matt mecer
Rgg on their way to bring back kiryu at 90 years old
komaki training sequence is just a skeleton
A middle aged Sosuke Komaki
"He's actually 3000 years old but looks young"
@@gotanjuu5791 Based idea ngl
Gonna wheel him in in an iron lung or something. Yakuza 12 will have Kiryu on life support
I love how everyone at RGG laughed at the karaoke mini game and then it's end up being the best feature in the hole series
that's a weird way of saying host club manager (post Y0)
whole* (haha get fuqed)
Yeah, Nagoshi really went out with a bang! Banana Mania was truly one of the greatest games of all time.
RGG studio forgetting the existence of tanimura shinada and sayama for the fiveth time
Sayama in her way to finally demostrate than yumi isnt the only woman kiryu can love, and later dissapear forever
frrrrrrrrrrrrrr i miss both of them so fkin much.
-Yakuza- Like A Dragon's greatest strength is that even it's worst game is leagues better than most other games.
Whats the worst game?
@@Emerardo easily 4
@@MidhunS understood.
@@MidhunS wrong have you even played dead souls
@@Emerardo Dead Souls would like a word
That one person on the RGG team explaining why Hiroshi Hayashi is a fan favorite and it's essential he return for another game
He was actually asked to lead Sega as a whole and he said he still wanted to do creative roles.
@@PratikBabar dude, did you get Sega's Toshihiro Nagoshi and Omi Alliance's Hiroshi Hayashi mixed up? 🤔
Sincerly asking, I may have missed a meme at some point.
Dropping *FACTS* like Tigers
Nice twist there, bub.
@Personal Amoeba what is the name of the movie your profile picture is from?? I've seen it before and I remember it was really strange and that girl in your profile pic was like a crazy stalker. I was trying to find it some time ago but I couldn't for the life of me find it.
sorry to kept you waiting. It's an anime, Aku no Hana
I’ll miss the dragon engine, the combat was incredible in lost judgment
Yep. Somewhat sad that the engine is on its way out, especially when they finally got the combat down pat after its initial issues in Y6/K2.
@@ZX3000GT1 I loved it even back then, sure it's no 0 or 5 but i still liked that combat somewhat and seeing how well it turned out in LJ makes me sad that they're letting it go
It's weird. they're so close to perfecting it and yet they're just going to throw it away
@@Giovfunny I do have a bit of a guess - it's probably not that great for cross-platform and it's not designed with high speed storage in mind - LJ on PS5 for example, still has to load for several seconds between the cities and Seiryo High building. Not to mention frame pacing issues that plagued every single Dragon Engine games.
It is designed for PS4 first and foremost (after all Yakuza used to be PS only), and they probably found it unsuitable for multi-platform releases.
Imagine complaining about an upgraded game engine.
I love how Like a Butterfly has the fucking ridiculous rapping but besides that it has this ability to make anything emotional as fuck
I love how the RGG reusing asset meme is the most reused meme in the community
0:37 is not slander; the asset reuse is perfectly fine in Yakuza and is done right.
Honestly only bad asset reuse was in kiwami one other then Mine's fighting style of course haha
@@hub_1.15 Also kiwami 2 using the rgg6 model for kiryu
@@jeveritt8398 thats the asset reuse thats done right
Im Talking about the millions of enemies using the final boss of yakuza 3s fighting style
Or kiwami 1 reusing quick Time events and lots of styles from other games
@@hub_1.15 fair. I was just thinking the asset reuse of stuff like kamurocho, prop models, character models, heat actions animations, player character movesets animations.
Agreed with the UE5 one.
Dragon Engine is iconic and I don't think I could handle not being able to escape fights anymore.
Is mostly about compatinbility, Dragon Engine focus more in graphics than mechanic and physics of the game.
Playing Y6, YK2, and then LJ is a bug difference but still troublemaking.
For example Ace Combat 7 who uses UE5 engine and it runs pretty well and even can downgrade the graphics depending of the console its playing.
DE runs like shit, and doesn't even look that good
@@matthewmondragon2074 it's not about that, it's about the samey feel of UE5 games
Good to see that people recognise Kirara - Butterfly as the best RGG karaoke
THE RUBBER BULLETS ARE REAL
*can we get much higher*
when fans forgot majima and saejima is older than kiryu
Personally I like the change of IP name to Like a Dragon because now ANYTHING can happen. The plots of the game don't have to be restricted to plots involving to the Yakuza
This series has always been called like a dragon though.
@@SuperDanteF I don't know why people think is a "new" name when actually is the real name of the franchise since the beginning
@@TheTigersAssassin Spider-Man having his mask removed only to reveal another, identical, mask underneath.
It's always been called like a dragon lmao. They wanted to be faithful to the japanese.
Considering the Anti-Yakuza laws, they could only call it Yakuza for so long anyway
i'll miss the dragon engine and its haha funny ragdolls and eating mechanic
Why does 0:27 is so epic even though the video is describing the worst plot points ever made by humanity? LOL
yakuza 4 in general was mid but honestly, rubber bullets wasnt too bad
It sounds so goofy
It might have been kind of a face palming moment, but god damn, is it not one of the most memorable moments in the series? Simply just because of how bizarre it was, you'll never forget it. In hindsight, I kinda like it in a weird way
The rubber bullets thing is only stupid at the end of the game.
He didn't add anything from 5 somehow
The one with Like A Dragon changed from Yakuza is to make it more faithful to it's Japanese translation which is "Ryu Ga Gotoku" a.k.a "Like A Dragon"
Not necessarily that. The Yakuza are just about finished in this world so calling it Yakuza wouldn't make much sense. The name change is because of that.
I like to think that the japanese called Y7 "Like a dragon: Like a Dragon"
Nah, its marketing
In Japan yakuza is called "ryu ga gotoku", and they just called like a dragon "ryu ga gotoku 7"
They changed it in the west so new players dont think they need to play all the other games before it
Like a Dragon is still a retarded sounding name, sorry but Yakuza for life
@@DerekOfRivia Sure it wasn't all about yakuza, but at this point it was a brand, it would be a little wierd if resident evil games got re-named into biohazard. And even if yakuza are finished rgg could name it "Mafia city"
Cant wait to see nishiki and kiryu in a same game again
0:16 fan waiting yakuza Dead Soul Remake
This is art, so much effort 👌
He placed words on top of the screen?
Personally, I'm fine with the asset reuse. They gotta cut down on dev loads somehow, and since the games all take place in the same places in the same periods of time, it makes sense.
That said, I do wish they'd add a few more prizes to the UFO Catchers and maybe a couple more old arcade games. Space Harrier's great, but at this point, I'm seeing scaling sprites in my sleep.
Started my Yakuza journey this year. Finished Kiwami just yesterday... Kiwami 2 gonna be the same, right?
@@archersterling6726 Not really, Kiwami 2 feels pretty different to Kiwami
@@SuiseiVirus what the hell I JUST bought it on sale! Bought the remaster collection too, going all in now
Even when if get to the 50th mainline game, I will still refer to it as Yakuza 50
Both Ultraman Tiga fans and Yakuza fans have something in common; hating Johnny's
Horii taking all kind of drugs to create the mirror face plot twist
Genuinely my thoughts, that I believed no one would share. Incredible vid
If rgg didn't reuse assets we would be doomed
I like the saying Lad instead Like A Dragon.
Ryu Ga Gotoku has only one name, and it's Ryu Ga Gotoku.
The fact they didn't remake kurohyou 1 and 2
As soon as I saw ozawa was coming back I had to get ishin. Truly the king
Have you considered doing a Masato Aizama status video?
You could make a caption saying, "Yamete boku kyodai! We must fight for the dream!" Similar to that of the "Death to the MPLA" meme and then blast "Battle for the Dream" in the background.
Even though they really should have kept kiryu in retirement, I hope like a dragon 8 will finally be a true passing the torch now that we're going to be controlling both Ichiban and Kiryu in the same game. As far as we know they're going to still keep an RPG for both of them (That's why we're getting gaiden so we can have another brawler with Kiryu) it'll be segmented storyline like in Yakuza 0 with the two protagonists switching every other chapter. So Kazama is going to have his own party presumably but I argue he's powerful enough to be on his own, unlike ichi, whose greatest strength is his friends. Either way hopefully by the end they can have kiryu in an end that doesn't require him to have to hide from those he cares about.
kiryu hasnt had a rest since 1995...
i love rgg
0:19 I'm sad Daytona USA - SCUD Race is forgotten considering the fact that he's also the director there and those are much older games.
Also, 1:13 tbf Sekiro does pave the way for Samurai games to thrive after literally being GOTYed in 2019. GoT use that momentum to full effect.
GoT should have won game of the year. Not garbage ass The Last of Us 2, that game was utterly trash and didn't deserve any of the awards it got.
Hope we get the other Kiwamis soon
Finished Kiwami 1 literally yesterday and I'm afraid that Yakuza 3 hasn't aged well
@@archersterling6726 3 needs the kiwami treatment URGENTLY
@@aquamarine23456 Crap, I just got so comfortable with this format lol
@@aquamarine23456 not really, they just need to need to tweak the combat a bit and fix some minigames and the game will be perfect
The last part made me sad
I just realized the Dragon Engine(tm) has been 6 years in the active, god I'm getting old
As if yakuza 3.dead souls . Kenzan deserve any remake
Rip funny ragdoll of the Dragon engien :C
I will not stop calling it Yakuza and you can not stop me
There just one thing that Ultraman Tiga fans and Judgment fans have something in common...
*Both fandoms absolutely hate Johnny & Associates*
It seems many people have a fundamental misunderstanding of what switching the engine would change. It doesn't really imply anything. Sure, the graphics will change a bit, but whether or not the combat or gameplay radically changes in the way people are thinking is a coin toss. I wouldn't worry about that until a game with a new engine actually comes out.
Haven't they confirmed that all Yakuza games going forward will be turn based?
Pretty sure Kenzan won't get remade due to the yikes subject matter. *cough* Geisha Haruka *cough*
What happened, dare I ask?
Edit: Nvm, I thought you were referring to an actual person, I am actually brain dead 💀
RGG has always done dark stuff. this is nothing groundbreaking.
It’s not as bad as it sounds, she’s a handmaiden that works there not one of the actual…you know. It’s still weird but not THAT bad
Can't wait for blockuza kiwami 3.
RGG Studios is truly frying high liek a boutiful butterfry
Just finished lost judgment. Holy shit
Is that Dragon Engine quote real? Seriously? It was made in what, 2016? It's not that old! It's only...
8 years ago...
8 YEARS?! Where did the time go?!
Even though ik dead souls isn’t well liked/good I’d still like to see a remaster and translation he’ll I’d play it 😂 and since they are remastering ishin I imagine they’ll do it at some point
"Joji Kazama" 💀
DEAD SOULS!!!! * Michael Scott THANK YOU gif * !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Unpopular opinion: I actually didn't dislike any of those plot points
This was kinda positive. I like that
The return of the kings more like it
Joji Kiryu!!
I thought it was funny that they ishin first but it makes sense it probably was the easiest to remake out of the other 3. But still I wanna see what a kiwami 3 would look like and more than that, a kenzan one
Im sorry but “Like a Dragon is a serious crime drama” just will never sound quite right
Ngl I'm happy that they're going with unreal engine cos dragon engine is pretty demanding on pc. Plus, cool yakuza 5-esque combat is back.
Its not that demanding, just badly optimized
0:21 what are you talking about, that’s Joryu. Totally different guy 😊
eyo whats the song and is it from the series?
Like a butterfly, from yakuza 6
Why does 3 need a remake when it’s already remastered?
Most people see it as an outdated experience that needs a Kiwami remake. While I disagree and strongly believe 3 is fine the way it is, the remastered version, that thankfully restored all the cut content from the original, did also butcher some mechanics present in the original, most notably the quickstep distance, which was great in OG 3.
@@nugget7thtojoclanchairman525 I gotcha on that, but yeah I'd rather have the original experience preserved because then you get Kiwami 2, not to say that game is bad or is the worst ever but doesn't preserve the experience of the original
I share the same opinion as yours regarding Kiwami 2, alright game, but does a poor job keeping the OG's exeperience intact. Couldn't have said it better myself. Modding Kiwami 2 is quite fun though.
@@nugget7thtojoclanchairman525 True mane true
I adore 3 but the combat is a fucking travesty even compared to the originals
Ima still call it Yakuza, Ishin stays with samurai style. Old habits die hard
They really need to at least announce pc ports for dead souls and kenzan.
They're ridiculous but look fun as hell to play!
This whole video had me laughing😂
Yakuza is my favorite game series. Reading these comments make me second guess that.
What a shitty fanbase, nothing but complaints.
Ong.
Very accurate
I wish japan was real
HOLY BASED
Calling it by its new name? What new name? All i see its the actual name of the series.
Still can't believe he went to a Chinese company
Turning Yakuza into turn based RPG is such a punch in the gut. I will forever miss the old beat'em up Yakuza games.
They're still going on that route in spinoffs and whatnot with Isshin, Gaiden, and whatever new Judgement we're getting.
In the past few years we’ve had one turn based game and three brawlers, I’d say we’re getting enough beat’em ups
You got 7 games of that kind dude
@@chrisrockett5897 Which is ridiculous. It is turn-based that should be the spinoff. I would argue most backlash against it could have been avoided if it was a spinoff.
I hate that I can't call it Like A Dragon. I know it's the new name and it has in fact been here in the west since the original PS2 localization, but I just keep calling it Yakuza. I'm a fake fan ;w;
1:10 wait what game was it? I've been playing dark souls 3 for the last month and a half so I don't know any new games.
I think he is referring to Ghost of Tsushima
@@morbingo96 thanks
What’s the name of the song?
Like a butterfly
Still coping hard for Dead Souls Remake.
Yakuza 3-4-5 don’t need a remake (and won’t get it anyway)
Yakuza 3 needs one
And they will
Hope they make essence moves easier to get I'm on chapter 10 and I've only seen one of those fuckin moves
Song name plis
I'ma need the name of that song. For science.
Like a beauterfly
What track is this?
More sad that ishin plays mostly the same. Was hoping for more of a kiwami 2 like treatment
That's nice and all, but like where kuze status
Song name?
Like a butterfly
I fear I don't understand 1:12. Is that supposed to be Ghosts Of Tsushima?
Yes
I kinda get why they are renaming Yakuza to the Japanese name Like A Dragon. From the story in 7 both Tojo and Omi are disbanded and there isn't really any yakuza org left by Lost Judgement.
So I think the story in later entries may be much less about actual yakuzas because of this (And the general setting of a criminal org isn't very suitable for 2022 anymore).
So Majima gonna work at a respectable security company... God help us all
@@archersterling6726 sure hope we get to see Nishida again
@@stabcityblues5264 I never saw Nishida in person (haven't played Yakuza 2-6) (yet)
Sega and not reusing assets is like Greeks and Turks having good relationship
Rubber bullets bs made me really damn mad , was such a dumb retcon in such a weird way and it was completely unnecessary
It all happened in the same game. It cannot be a retcon.
bro what's wrong with RGG studios reusing assets? If they had to come up with new shit every game we wouldn't get a new game annually
I enjoyed the video until you said Yakuza 3 remake
I hate dragon engine since performance on pc is just horrible (1080p 60 fps is the goal) on my fucking 3060 ti like wtf dude
for the love of all that is holy, avoid ue5
Unreal Engine? Lmao no buy
Y'all Yakuza fans ask for way too much.
Isn't UE5 way better than dragon? The dragon engine was so fcking laggy and doesn't even look that good
Song?
Like a Butterfly