The most interesting thing for me is that originally Majima was supposed to be an unredeemable jackass. But the devs fell in love with him so much that they completely redefined his character and even gave him one of the most tragic and relatable arcs with Yauza 0.
@@sab3r059 No, it's exactly what made Kiwami's portrayal of Majima so bad. In the main story, he's the same unredeemable jackass from Yakuza 1, where he kidnaps Haruka, holds a knife against a woman's neck, destroys Ichiban's childhood home, etc. But in side content, Majima is just doing silly stuff all the time! It makes it really hard to make him a genuine threat when he is just goofing around in Kamurocho (which is ironic since his Majima Everywhere fights are much harder than main story fights) But this is just my opinion.
Majima got a different tattoo in the original. Might because he was originally designed to be a minor antagonist who didn't even strip off his shirt in yakuza 1. The first time his Hannya tattoo appeared was in the original Yakuza 2.
Yeah he doesn’t strip in Kiwami either (story battles), which I feel like was something that should’ve been added, he only strips in the final showdown with Majima everywhere I believe
It's an exceptional PS2 title, but not ahead of its time haha. Look at games like Final Fantasy 10 that was released just over a year after the release of the PS2. Games like Silent Hill 3, Grand Theft Auto 3/Vice City,/San Andreas, Kingdom Hearts, Max Payne... So many PS2 games released before Yakuza which were absolute bangers. The 2005-2007 mark (I think Yakuza was 2005 in Japan) had some really awesome releases though: not just on PS2 though. ^^ Makes me want to get my old games out of storage.
@@InuweebI think the original yakuza aged better than those games, because, unlike Gta or Final Fantasy, the modern yakuza games aren’t that different from the original…
I just noticed something, spoilers for both versions I noticed how in kiwami majima gets kiryu to the doc to fight former domijna men and gets shot, which i noticed that without the majima everywhere system, the last time he's seen is in the batting fight, so in the original he gets stabbed and comes back crashing the truck in the original, but with the everywhere mechanic they had to make an excuse for him to do the same thing, so he gets shot at the dock. Pretty interesting
@@Nzzertral His point still stands though. His definition might be off, but this IS how you remake a cult classic old game, instead of giving it to a bunch of mobile game developers and making a shit job of a remaster.
@@WrektSK lmao are you ignorant? It isn't a remaster, it's the final version of the OG games. Their just the OG games re-released and it's the final edit to them. Not a remaster, not a remake, a rerelease. The definitive edition, the way to play the OG games. The only people calling it a remaster are journalists, blinded fanboys, and people who never read a dictionary. Be dissapointed in it all you want, this isn't a remaster, just the final edit to the OG games which was suppose to look cartoony to begin with.
@@Nzzertral You might wanna tone down the amount of copium you inhale. The way you're defending rockstar over there is amusing. Reality isn't whatever you want to believe. No one from the original art direction team ever said that the OG games were supposed to be cartoony, neither were these games supposed to be *Not remasters*. How can a final version of the same game can be inferior to the two decades old version? Are you listening to yourself?
@@WrektSK nobody had to, just look at the design documents and you'll see they stuck with the original art style. I'm not defending rockstar just love seeing you guys act illiterate because you can't tell the difference between definitive edition and remaster and legit there isn't any way one is better than the other. It's all the same version of the same game, just updated over the years. Games can and as of recently often do get worse as the years go. That's just reality. You may not like it, but that's how shit is. You wanna talk like I'm delusional, yet here you are, making your own delusional trying to argue with someone who is an actual game dev and studies this shit. You can't just make up your own reality because you don't like the facts.
Honestly? Looking at the graphics several times it looks way awful compared to some games released for the ps2 in 2005 or before that. Take GTA SA for instance.
Yeah they really did go all out with the remasters for these games i didnt play these games back when they first came out was just curious what they looked like back when.I just started playing the Yakuza series really good story so far.From what i have played.The Yakuza series really should win a award for one of the best storys in gaming if they have not gotten one already.
@@lightup6751 idk where the whole "remasters are just upscaled" thing came from, a remaster can range from "just upscaled" to new engine, new lighting, etc aslong as it doesn't modify gameplay or story, Kiwami games modify the gameplay...big time. GTA Definitive Edition runs on UE4 but it's still just a remaster.
@@nullcoreproject like you said yourself. gameplay changed is a remake. kiwami has different gameplay. thus its a remake. gta is the same gameplay, so its a remaster.
@@lightup6751 well never disagreed with you, just saying remasters can be more than just upscaled textures so you can still appreciate them as much as a remake depending on said remaster.
I just had a weird realization. In Japan, Yakuza 1 both got a remaster and a remake on the PS3. The first one is an HD release of 1 and 2, then Kiwami is also released after.
The original is not near as bad as I was expecting. I’ve played like a dragon, 0, and I’m currently playing the first one and I was curious to see how big an improvement the remasters were
Nice vid. Been wanting to try yakuza series for a while, so i emulated ps2 version on my phone. A few hours in I found out about ps3 remaster and kiwami versions, so I switched to kiwami on pc. Turns out i like ps2 more. The tone is slightly different, less flashy, and playing portable with fast forward is great. I wanna experience the series growth, i feel like it would be redundant to play all remaster versions
All this time I just thought Kiwimi was another random Yakuza game with a weird Japanese name. I didn't know they remade Yakuza 1 & 2... I gotta brush up on my Japanese. Right on! uh, team that makes Yakuza games
of curse ernest is not a weird name, thats it culture for you is weird but for the japanese ins weird your name, and yakuza is a random game, of curse of curse this saga. This saga has a better story, a better narrative structure, both internal and external as other games with the same theme. Do you know what a saga or a random game is? is the GTA saga. People who think that because something is foreign is rare but if is local is not weird or is not random
The animations are SO accurate to the original that I wonder if they just took the files of the old game and put it in with the new engine instead and replaced all graphics and textures Cause more often than not, I see remakes rebuild everything from the ground up, but it seems like animations were the only things left unchanged in here
0:40 - Look at Sohei Dojima in the original. He reminds me of Herbert the Pervert. 0:51 - Kiryu looks so baked in the original. 1:15 - The super-swearing PS2 English localization. They went 100 % tone and 0 % accuracy with it. Hilarious.
the atmosphere of the ps2 games are unmatched!! id say if you enjoyed kiwami you should try the original, both to see where it all started and for the hilarious english dub
@@pastqr 0 is awesome but much sillier than Kiwami/Yakuza 1. Just a tip, make sure you save completion points for unlocking the full moves for each character's style
@@UnstablePax This is true. I made the mistake of not getting more moves and not doing business battles to get the Legend fighting style during my initial playthrough and I was very underprepared for the finale. I beat it, but it took longer than it should've and I came close to dying way too often
Im playing the original and i have the english one and everytime there is a cutscene and fight everybody gon say this( Fuck, ass,old man,Fuck you) and others there is always a cuss and im used to it
So I haven't played any Yakuza game yet and I want to get into it. Should I play the PS2 version first or go straight for the remake? I heard Mark Hamill is on the PS2 version.
I highly recommend the originals over the remakes. You can play them down the line but I think that they are inferior in a lot of ways, if you don't want to deal with the dub, nowadays luckily we have a Undub patch that restores the original Japanese voices.
2005 version seems like the type of game that I'd have an absolute blast with during the ps2 days. The series is something that I always knew about back in the day but never really got the chance to play.
Me encanta como ademas de cambiar los graficos, jugabilidad y la banda sonora, tambien cambiaron la atmosfera El original se siente mas oscuro y centrado pero el remake luce mas brillante y con mas espectaculo visual
I think it was either because sega was lazy or because the english version was just glowingly negative. To me the english version makes it hilarious, just not in a good way.
They stopped after the first one because it wasn't received that well. Also the game didn't sell well enough in the west in general to warrant the budget for a proper dub. They actually started dubbing again with Judgment, a Yakuza spinoff that came out over a year before 7
@@msm3150 well technically they started it with that Fist of The North Star game on the PS4, at least given a lot of JP voices playing several characters like Kiryu as Kenshiro for example
I loved the ps2 version I owned it a while back but it would freeze during the jail fight scene just before the fight started and I had to watch the rest on yt sadly but it was a great gam
I like how they with respect treated source material that comparring new and old even with big improvments in kiwami older version don't need fell shame what is loot comparring times where it was realesed
far less and way more at the same time, for general exploration, the map is only a few blocks big, but It's filled with side activities, side quest, and minigames
The only thing I really don't like PS2 is the background sound for the city, is the same sound on a really short loop, it gets annoying once you notice it.
Great remake. I just wish it still has an English dub like the original. I get a lot of fans only play on japanese dub but I would argue there are also a lot of players who prefer their games in English regardless where they take place.
I have a different take. For quality and believable voice acting, I would say the Japanese audio would be my pick. However if I prefer to focus on the visuals (this goes for video games, anime, and foreign films), then I'll turn on the english dub.
The game's slowly gaining popularity. Yakuza as a franchise was already somewhat popular and really well received in Japan, but it wasn't until like 2017 when the translated version of 0 that Yakuza starting getting popular elsewhere also because it may or may not be the best game in the series so far
I'd believe it, seeing as the graphics still hold up for a PS2 game despite Kiwami having far better graphics. Good gameplay will always beat out the graphics though, as graphics aren't nearly as important as the game itself and how it handles.
I only have a PS2, so I can only play Yakuza (original) & Yakuza 2 I love those Kazuma Kiryu models, they look stunning and cool to me. But when I saw the other Yakuza series Kazuma models, I was like *BLEEHHH* Probably it's because I played too many times of Yakuza & Yakuza 2 and I was used to the look of Kazuma in those two games :(
![Evolution of Yakuza Games [2005-2024]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/tzJ1EQyeCok/mqdefault.jpg)
Its funny how in the PS2 Kiryu doesnt look that angry, he just more sad
Fitting for Yakuza 1 tbh. The newer model was initially used for 5 and 0 where's he's just really pissed off almost the entire time.
More cold and stift than angry if you ask me:)
Mayby youve right...
@@ashikjaman1940 they reuse many things...that for sure
From second side they can just focus on new stuff and make it polish
@@ashikjaman1940yeah it's understandable why in those games he's just >:(
The most interesting thing for me is that originally Majima was supposed to be an unredeemable jackass. But the devs fell in love with him so much that they completely redefined his character and even gave him one of the most tragic and relatable arcs with Yauza 0.
Which kinda messed up how he was portrayed in Kiwami
@@frenchfriesfan2005 yes... But Majima everywhere kind of fix it?
@@sab3r059 No, it's exactly what made Kiwami's portrayal of Majima so bad.
In the main story, he's the same unredeemable jackass from Yakuza 1, where he kidnaps Haruka, holds a knife against a woman's neck, destroys Ichiban's childhood home, etc.
But in side content, Majima is just doing silly stuff all the time! It makes it really hard to make him a genuine threat when he is just goofing around in Kamurocho (which is ironic since his Majima Everywhere fights are much harder than main story fights)
But this is just my opinion.
Tbh majima still sounds assholey in kiwami. Kinda ruined the comic relief part
How the fuck is majima relatable???
original Majima looks cursed
Fr lol, his smile is so funny.
Majima got a different tattoo in the original. Might because he was originally designed to be a minor antagonist who didn't even strip off his shirt in yakuza 1. The first time his Hannya tattoo appeared was in the original Yakuza 2.
Yea but I think it’s pretty forgivable lol so no harm done imo
That's a little piece of Ryu Ga Gotoku knowledge I need. Thanks
Yeah he doesn’t strip in Kiwami either (story battles), which I feel like was something that should’ve been added, he only strips in the final showdown with Majima everywhere I believe
PS2 Kiryu looks like John Travolta and Nicolas Cage combined faces instead of switching them.
Face On lol
Keanue Reeves is mixed in too lol
Face off lol
PS2 Yakuza was SO ahead of it's time...
Agree
Idk about all of that
It's an exceptional PS2 title, but not ahead of its time haha. Look at games like Final Fantasy 10 that was released just over a year after the release of the PS2. Games like Silent Hill 3, Grand Theft Auto 3/Vice City,/San Andreas, Kingdom Hearts, Max Payne... So many PS2 games released before Yakuza which were absolute bangers. The 2005-2007 mark (I think Yakuza was 2005 in Japan) had some really awesome releases though: not just on PS2 though. ^^ Makes me want to get my old games out of storage.
@@InuweebI think the original yakuza aged better than those games, because, unlike Gta or Final Fantasy, the modern yakuza games aren’t that different from the original…
@@InuweebI don't know about the other games but the GTA games in the ps2 look awful
I just noticed something, spoilers for both versions
I noticed how in kiwami majima gets kiryu to the doc to fight former domijna men and gets shot, which i noticed that without the majima everywhere system, the last time he's seen is in the batting fight, so in the original he gets stabbed and comes back crashing the truck in the original, but with the everywhere mechanic they had to make an excuse for him to do the same thing, so he gets shot at the dock.
Pretty interesting
This is how you make a definitive edition take notes rockstar
Definitive just means final version of the original game, not remaster or remake. Take notes Ghost
@@Nzzertral His point still stands though. His definition might be off, but this IS how you remake a cult classic old game, instead of giving it to a bunch of mobile game developers and making a shit job of a remaster.
@@WrektSK lmao are you ignorant? It isn't a remaster, it's the final version of the OG games. Their just the OG games re-released and it's the final edit to them. Not a remaster, not a remake, a rerelease. The definitive edition, the way to play the OG games. The only people calling it a remaster are journalists, blinded fanboys, and people who never read a dictionary. Be dissapointed in it all you want, this isn't a remaster, just the final edit to the OG games which was suppose to look cartoony to begin with.
@@Nzzertral You might wanna tone down the amount of copium you inhale. The way you're defending rockstar over there is amusing. Reality isn't whatever you want to believe. No one from the original art direction team ever said that the OG games were supposed to be cartoony, neither were these games supposed to be *Not remasters*. How can a final version of the same game can be inferior to the two decades old version? Are you listening to yourself?
@@WrektSK nobody had to, just look at the design documents and you'll see they stuck with the original art style. I'm not defending rockstar just love seeing you guys act illiterate because you can't tell the difference between definitive edition and remaster and legit there isn't any way one is better than the other. It's all the same version of the same game, just updated over the years. Games can and as of recently often do get worse as the years go. That's just reality. You may not like it, but that's how shit is. You wanna talk like I'm delusional, yet here you are, making your own delusional trying to argue with someone who is an actual game dev and studies this shit. You can't just make up your own reality because you don't like the facts.
0:50 in the original you can see the worry in his eyes while in kiwami he seems to be less worried and more certain
The PS2 Kiryu looks regretful, and has some sorrow.
Kiwami expression just looks cute in his serious it is.
@@clashmanthethird yeah that’s true
Neh.. his model was just less detailed
@@steffie05 the problem is that it worked better when was less detailed...
PS2 version actually looks pretty damn good for the time it was made.
ps2 games are pretty good looking when they wanna be, metal gear solid 3 could very well be a ps3 title
@@snake_eater1963funfact it was supposed to be a PS3 title
Honestly? Looking at the graphics several times it looks way awful compared to some games released for the ps2 in 2005 or before that. Take GTA SA for instance.
@@azfar7236 nah I think San Andreas looks more dated than this game but still a great game.
@@azfar7236you must be joking, GTA SA original has worse visual than this, maybe what you see is GTA SA remastered
the original looks more like the original
truer words have never been spoken
The remake version looks kinda like a remake. But I'm not sure.
@@MugdhaMahdiShams cheese tastes like cheese
hmmm yes this floor here is made out of floor
Who are you so wise in the ways of science?
I like that Kiryu's coat actually has "flapping" physics when he's moving around. In the remake it just looks like it's glued to his butt
Huh. I guess I don't look at his butt often enough to have noticed that
The hell you looking at his butt for?
You'd like to kook at it wouldn't you
@@Corn0nTheCobbwell you should
This was later fixed in the dragon engine
kiryu looks so much… softer. in the original. on all the recent stuff, his resting expression is so broody? but on ps2 he seems so much more gentle
Yeah they really did go all out with the remasters for these games i didnt play these games back when they first came out was just curious what they looked like back when.I just started playing the Yakuza series really good story so far.From what i have played.The Yakuza series really should win a award for one of the best storys in gaming if they have not gotten one already.
Its not a remaster its a remake. Remasters are just upscaled. this is a complete new engine.
@@lightup6751 idk where the whole "remasters are just upscaled" thing came from, a remaster can range from "just upscaled" to new engine, new lighting, etc aslong as it doesn't modify gameplay or story, Kiwami games modify the gameplay...big time. GTA Definitive Edition runs on UE4 but it's still just a remaster.
@@nullcoreproject
like you said yourself. gameplay changed is a remake. kiwami has different gameplay. thus its a remake.
gta is the same gameplay, so its a remaster.
@@lightup6751 well never disagreed with you, just saying remasters can be more than just upscaled textures so you can still appreciate them as much as a remake depending on said remaster.
@@nullcoreproject oh my bad. yes you right dude I agree with all you said
OG Kiryu : 😐
Kiwami Kiryu : 😠
Majima at the original looked like more mad dog than being adorably mad dog
Amazing improvement, plus the Japanese makes it look more genuine. Over the cheesy English dub lol
Gotta love that mid 2000s dubbing lol
Yeah like what the fucking dog shit ass hole was the dub
I think dubs in general are poor. I’m yet to find a decent one. I don’t know why but the atmosphere changes drastically when in English haha
@@Siegmeyer_ idk if you watch anime but cowboy bebop had a great dub
@@takumijager2372 Hmmm, if you think the English dub is worth watching, I’ll try it out ^_^
Some of those PS2 screens looks more 'Saturday Night Fever' than 'Yakuza'.
Majima's smile in that frame is nightmare fuel
I just had a weird realization. In Japan, Yakuza 1 both got a remaster and a remake on the PS3. The first one is an HD release of 1 and 2, then Kiwami is also released after.
Kiwimi is a real improvement
🥝mi
@@TheGalaxyGacha 🤣🤣🤣
Yakuza Kiwimi 1 Dragon Fruit Of Dojima
@@Azelory LMAO, i laugh hard on this
I hate that it isn’t in English
0:47
Original: Kiryu Reeves
Remake: Kiryu Kazuma
1:18 😂😂😂
english its so broke in yakuza 😂
“What the fuck did you just fucking say about me, you little bitch?“
@@rubyy.7374 excuse me. Excuse you? No! Fuck you!
i literally thought it was Bacchus speaking
Are we gonna talk about how his coat is better animated in the ps2 version? lmao 🤣
The original is not near as bad as I was expecting. I’ve played like a dragon, 0, and I’m currently playing the first one and I was curious to see how big an improvement the remasters were
Original has cool details like Kiryu suit moving in battle, unlike Kiwami where it’s just glued to his body
Dear Milkstar,
THIS is how you pay homage to a classic game whilst modernising it.
Came here from GTA Trilogy Definitive Edition to see what a good remake looks like
GTA DE ins't even a remake, dummy.
@@gabrielmartines3510 your mom + ratio
@@gabrielmartines3510 ur mom remade these nuts
@@gabrielmartines3510 not remake, but sh*tty remaster as well.
Kiryu looks depressed in the original but in the remake he looks pissed
Nice vid. Been wanting to try yakuza series for a while, so i emulated ps2 version on my phone. A few hours in I found out about ps3 remaster and kiwami versions, so I switched to kiwami on pc. Turns out i like ps2 more. The tone is slightly different, less flashy, and playing portable with fast forward is great. I wanna experience the series growth, i feel like it would be redundant to play all remaster versions
How do I expect a game in my pc look like: Remake
In reality: original
We've come a long way, baby
- Great work! Thanks.
Thank you!
i'm glad that in the comparison they put the remastered one when majima says kiryu-chan
All this time I just thought Kiwimi was another random Yakuza game with a weird Japanese name. I didn't know they remade Yakuza 1 & 2... I gotta brush up on my Japanese. Right on! uh, team that makes Yakuza games
Kiwami means extreme.
Also, the dev team that made the Yakuza games is called Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio.
of curse ernest is not a weird name, thats it culture for you is weird but for the japanese ins weird your name, and yakuza is a random game, of curse of curse this saga.
This saga has a better story, a better narrative structure, both internal and external as other games with the same theme. Do you know what a saga or a random game is? is the GTA saga.
People who think that because something is foreign is rare but if is local is not weird or is not random
@@alexvenom4748 I think I sort of get your point but it's difficult when I can barely understand your sentences.
@@alexvenom4748 what?
Original majima looks like on drug. 😂
Ps2 majima looks more psycho
XD
Indeed, that's what makes Majima Majima.
a good remake is surprisingly rare, but yakuza is a good example of a good remake.
Also love that it's faithful enough for ppl to play it as the first game
I wouldn't call the kiwami games good remakes. But they're not bad games in general.
art style looks so crispy on the ps2 can't beat it
I liked original Kamurocho, it had a dark and oppressive look to it compared to the bright and glamorous one of Kiwami
I like the less stylish and sombre look that Kiryu has in the original. But I understand why they had to make it the same model as the latter games.
wow original combat is so fast and of course like all ps2 games there is more visual clarity
majima has the Mr Beast smile lmao 2:37
The original Kiryu looks like TF2 Scout but is older and more depressed.
The animations are SO accurate to the original that I wonder if they just took the files of the old game and put it in with the new engine instead and replaced all graphics and textures
Cause more often than not, I see remakes rebuild everything from the ground up, but it seems like animations were the only things left unchanged in here
Exactly what theyve done.
@@duongnhdn it’s weird
It explains that in the steam page they sell it as a remaster and not a remake
@@walterfarias5370 I see
The original looks like a horror game lol
Idk why but the punches feel more solid in ps2 than the remake
Probably the 30fps and 60fps difference.
Punches feel smoother than solid in 60fps for me
@@kenzicu5336 But both games are in (presumably) 60 fps
I like the slow combat of Yakuza 1, it feels raw and realistic.
@@submergedbird8244PS2/PS3 games all 30 fps.
old version Kiryu looks like young Keanu Reeve
Thanks for the comparison!
0:40 - Look at Sohei Dojima in the original. He reminds me of Herbert the Pervert.
0:51 - Kiryu looks so baked in the original.
1:15 - The super-swearing PS2 English localization. They went 100 % tone and 0 % accuracy with it. Hilarious.
1:24 I got whiplash from that voice wtf
Remake kiryu always looks mad
That's how he is.
It's the model they used.
Yakuza kiwami looks exactly how i remembered yakuza 1 used to look in PS2. Those were the golden days though
Ps2 really was the golden era
the atmosphere of the ps2 games are unmatched!! id say if you enjoyed kiwami you should try the original, both to see where it all started and for the hilarious english dub
Thank U MnN, GooD luck for U! ❤️👍😎
Cant believe it took me this long to play the series.i got Kiwami on Xbox game pass and im really starting to enjoy it.
just saying, Yakuza 0 is also on gamepass and it's a prequel to the series, if you want to learn who majima and kiryu really are you should play 0
@@ender32969 dam i thought kiwami was first. Im gonna download zero right now
You won't regret it
@@pastqr 0 is awesome but much sillier than Kiwami/Yakuza 1. Just a tip, make sure you save completion points for unlocking the full moves for each character's style
@@UnstablePax This is true. I made the mistake of not getting more moves and not doing business battles to get the Legend fighting style during my initial playthrough and I was very underprepared for the finale. I beat it, but it took longer than it should've and I came close to dying way too often
The fact my PlayStation got stolen were i was at the part were i had to shoot them off a truck got me pissed :(
How did someone steal your PlayStation? You can't just shove it in your pocket
@@fezziwig184 you can shove it in other places or you can get robbed when your not in the house
@@amysarahace "other places" 😂 Nah, I'm sorry to hear you got robbed man.
@@fezziwig184 My house got robbed in 2003 and all they stole was my PS2 and all it's games.
@@TayR0C man that sucks :(
Idk why but he was taller in the original ps2 version. Now he’s the same height as everyone in the modern ones lol
Im playing the original and i have the english one and everytime there is a cutscene and fight everybody gon say this( Fuck, ass,old man,Fuck you) and others there is always a cuss and im used to it
I thought Majima was the same VA as Raiden in MGS2 but it's actually Mark Hamil!
oh god, if Quinton Flynn voiced Majima that'd be doubly cursed
Remember when Majima was voiced by Mark Hamill?
So I haven't played any Yakuza game yet and I want to get into it. Should I play the PS2 version first or go straight for the remake? I heard Mark Hamill is on the PS2 version.
I highly recommend the originals over the remakes. You can play them down the line but I think that they are inferior in a lot of ways, if you don't want to deal with the dub, nowadays luckily we have a Undub patch that restores the original Japanese voices.
He looks indonesian/filipino in the original can't tell me that's a japanese man playing a yakuza role if that original was released today 😂
2005 version seems like the type of game that I'd have an absolute blast with during the ps2 days. The series is something that I always knew about back in the day but never really got the chance to play.
The remake is how my memories remember it
This is late but yoo Majima look like that one male model from Half Life 2
Me encanta como ademas de cambiar los graficos, jugabilidad y la banda sonora, tambien cambiaron la atmosfera
El original se siente mas oscuro y centrado pero el remake luce mas brillante y con mas espectaculo visual
The PS2 version actually had better shadows
the original yakuza was my childhood, it will always be the best yakuza game for me
I like his eyes in the original
in about to start my Yakuza journey. never played them before. ill start with Kiwami and go from there
10 years later: unaffected by age
the original kiryu face in ps2 is like Indonesian President
En play 2 ni se podia jugar bien y ahora en mi series s remasterizado es uff lo mejor del mundo.
They made a mistake re-using the mocap. It makes it look real archaic
Well, it is a remake.
@@YuuyaKZMI ... and? Are remakes meant to use the same mocap
@@kallonist Sort of? I guess to keep the same feel as the PS2 version for those nostalgic. Though I don't see much wrong with it myself.
@@YuuyaKZMI Remakes are meant to enhance a game for a new generation. The old mocap with newer models makes it look bad.
@@YuuyaKZMI It was a cost saving measure.
Looks really good for a ps2 game
Wait the original was dubbed? I’ve only recently jumped into the Yakuza series and I thought 7 was the first to be dubbed. When and why did they stop?
I think it was either because sega was lazy or because the english version was just glowingly negative. To me the english version makes it hilarious, just not in a good way.
its probably because the dub of Yakuza 1 wasn't too well received, at least several VA's returned in Yakuza 7 and sound much better there.
They stopped after the first one because it wasn't received that well. Also the game didn't sell well enough in the west in general to warrant the budget for a proper dub.
They actually started dubbing again with Judgment, a Yakuza spinoff that came out over a year before 7
@@msm3150 well technically they started it with that Fist of The North Star game on the PS4, at least given a lot of JP voices playing several characters like Kiryu as Kenshiro for example
I loved the ps2 version I owned it a while back but it would freeze during the jail fight scene just before the fight started and I had to watch the rest on yt sadly but it was a great gam
Fun fact : goro majima in dub voiced by joker aka luke star wars
Woah English voice actors were robots or what
I like how they with respect treated source material that comparring new and old even with big improvments in kiwami older version don't need fell shame what is loot comparring times where it was realesed
How detail and freedom is the Yakuza series? If comparing it to Grand Theft Auto series and Saint's Row series
You have far less freedom in Yakuza in comparison with GTA. Saints I didn't played.
far less and way more at the same time, for general exploration, the map is only a few blocks big, but It's filled with side activities, side quest, and minigames
The only thing I really don't like PS2 is the background sound for the city, is the same sound on a really short loop, it gets annoying once you notice it.
Great remake. I just wish it still has an English dub like the original. I get a lot of fans only play on japanese dub but I would argue there are also a lot of players who prefer their games in English regardless where they take place.
No I'm fine with it in Japanese
I have a different take. For quality and believable voice acting, I would say the Japanese audio would be my pick. However if I prefer to focus on the visuals (this goes for video games, anime, and foreign films), then I'll turn on the english dub.
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original majima looks like zombie majima
this game one is so !!! underrated
Underrated? How come they have game remake and tons of sequel??
@@keyandraalakso139 The first one is considered underrated, lots of underrated games get remakes when the series becomes popular
The game's slowly gaining popularity. Yakuza as a franchise was already somewhat popular and really well received in Japan, but it wasn't until like 2017 when the translated version of 0 that Yakuza starting getting popular elsewhere also because it may or may not be the best game in the series so far
very cool difference
Can you Unzip it with Winrar? I wanna download this Emulator but I don't have 7zip. Is it possible to have Winrar and 7zip on the same Computer?
Si, pero para que quieres trece los 2 con el 7zip es suficiente 😬🌚
Lol I just found out that kiwami stands technically for remake xD
really cool
English Kiryu sounds like Agent 47 lmao
Keep it up remake looks more tougher than original and fast....
Of course its 2005 game
@@amy-295 that doesnt mean anything. Most remakes are easier.
the original looks surprisingly good for a ps2 game
Every time i look at the original I just think to myself "i can't believe I played this" after having played 0 and kiwami 2 soon after
I'd believe it, seeing as the graphics still hold up for a PS2 game despite Kiwami having far better graphics. Good gameplay will always beat out the graphics though, as graphics aren't nearly as important as the game itself and how it handles.
@@BlueMoonXtreme i cant stand the new gen kids prioritizing visuals over the most important thing: gameplay. why we enjoy games, to have fun
Yakuza kiwami graphics are still good to this day idc
Those english dubs are a part of my permanent memory at this point.
OMG, its John Yakuza!
I like the remastered how he sound in japan
Yes indeed kiryu the Japanese voice acting is alot better
I only have a PS2, so I can only play Yakuza (original) & Yakuza 2
I love those Kazuma Kiryu models, they look stunning and cool to me. But when I saw the other Yakuza series Kazuma models, I was like *BLEEHHH*
Probably it's because I played too many times of Yakuza & Yakuza 2 and I was used to the look of Kazuma in those two games :(
@desolatesock probably... (；´∀｀)
Man, i remember had to hold the english dub just to finish the first game.
And thank god the second already had japanese voice.