When I was chucking the links in the description I watched in real time as one of my points got proven. Lost Judgment Digital Deluxe is on sale on PlayStation for 80% off until next week and of course I heard not a word about that lol. Just play it. If you even remotely enjoy having fun, you'll love Lost Judgment
Dude, I bought Like a Dragon Gaiden when it came out with the english dub thinking it would be a good little "time killer" until something more enjoyable to play came out. I now own every single game theyve released on steam & i didnt speak to anyone for weeks lol....
Honestly I'm worried people will forget about gaiden it's such a great game the ending in particular had me crying like a baby it hits you right in the feels and you understand exactly what they're trying to convey I can't watch the ending cut scene without crying no matter how many times I see it rgg studios cooked with fire 🔥 when they made it and all these 3 games all legendary games
I think Sega/RGG Studios has some weird lack of confidence in their newer beat'em up-titles. Yokoyama stated in an interview with Automaton that he wasn't confident in Gaiden's sales when it was coming out, cause of story-length and comparisons to IW. But then, Gaiden apparently doubled the team's sales expectations. I'm like "Bro, come on. You've shown you can make peak beat'em up RPGs with LJ. I WILL come back for more."
Lost Judgment, 0, and Infinite Wealth are the best games as of now. 0 is the best game pre-Dragon Engine and a legitimate contender for the GOAT. Lost Judgment is the best Dragon Engine Beat'em up. Infinite Wealth is the best turn-based RPG.
It's peak RGG brawler gameplay. By miles. It's not even a contest, really. But otherwise? Eh, it's up there but not the very best of RGG. The story has good elements, as all Yakuza games do, but it's sort of all over the place and in the end fails to make it's point effectively, as all the Kuwana did nothing wrong memes prove. The music is obviously fantastic, and if it's anyone's favourite I won't argue but honestly I couldn't pick a best Yakuza soundtrack. It's definetely top 5 though.The open world is I guess up to preference, I like the minigames but I think in terms of Yakuza open worlds, after a certain point, less is more, y'know? Yokohama is way too big, I much prererred the smaller but way more dense worlds of previous games, and sure, for 7 it fit because it's an RPG, but LJ isn't. And honestly my biggest problem with it is just that it's too long. That might sound like a weird complaint but I really think density is one of the most important aspects of a piece of art, and Lost Judgment very much feels like it's spread thin. If the whole game was >10 hours shorter I'd probably love it way more than I do now. Sure, bad pacing is probably the second most consistent RGG trait right behind being inconsistent, but it's especially bad in LJ. Though this is all coming from a person who plays games for the 'narrative' (sort of the wrong word because a game can be a rich aesthetic and emotional experienfe without a detailed narrative but I also didn't want to say I don't play games for the gameplay because the gameplay is an important part of a game as a complete art piece) hence my hung-uppedness over pacing and bloat which someone who's there to beat up dudes might rightfully not give much of a shit about. And if you do play games primarily just for the gameplay then yeah, LJ is probably the best.
@@megamike15 eh, disagree there, it's a question of taste. I'll grant that both Judgment and Garden have the best action gameplay of the series by far, but I personally enjoy the turn-based combat more because arthritis doesn't get in the way of my enjoyment.
I've once come across someone who was mad about Gaiden's combat because he claimed you couldn't juggle enemies.. I just looked at the comment like "My brother, you absolutely are able, this is just a pure skill issue". Very well made video, people are quick to yell and complain about something they don't fully comprehend unfortunately.
while not a huge issue for me, gaiden having a 6 second juggle limit was definite a sour point for the hardcore combat fans, and understandably esp after the crazy bar LJ set in terms of combo potential.. that said, gaiden's mob/crowd fighting was definitely a high point in the series thanks to aggressive enemies and huge mobs you fight
My biggest issue is that Agent is pretty crap, especially against bosses. You can tell considering the relief once Kiryu regains the Oryu style from 6 fighting against Shishido. On top of that, only 2 of the 4 gadgets have any use to them (i.e. Spider and Serpent). It is only useful for the limited juggles that only lasts 6 seconds. I would rather have a damage dropoff if that means I can hit the boss longer, as opposed to only allowing 6 seconds of juggling with a constant damage value. Most people would just use the Yakuza style (even if the style is way too slow).
I wish they did more side games. When I first booted up Judgment, I felt like I was playing 0 all over again, even though it was the same city, same combat, same everything- it still felt fresh and exciting.
That ending made me emotional - Nagoshi may be gone, but it brings me hope that you were there for him during his last moments. Spread his dream! Promote Judgement!
One thing that I also hate is that Sega didn't release the full soundtracks for both judgment and lost judgment on streaming services only a compilation album with 27 songs of the 2 games. Like come on Sega you already have the 2 full soundtracks on CD.
Amen to this. The official release of the Judgment Duology soundtrack is an absolute joke and will never fail to make me angry how the FINAL BOSS THEME for LJ isn’t in an official OST release The fact that Kiwami 2’s OST hasn’t released yet either is also a war crime. I just pray this is another 6 OST situation where they release it almost a decade after the game
@@AlexRamirez-pi5vz Honestly, Judgment has the best story, Lost Judgment has the best combat, and Gaiden is like a shorter experience acting as a sweet spot between the two.
I was marathoning the Yakuza series, and all my friends said JE and LJ were some of the best, so I literally bought a used PS4 just to play those games lmaooo totally worth it I literally used Judgment to learn the playstation controller buttons
Gaiden is Amazing, the ending made me cry like a little bitch. I just want Kiryu to be happy for once, god damn it and I fan girl screamed when Kaito showed up in Gaiden
I think they kinda butchered Kaito in that one... He's depicted as very stand-offish and kind of incompetent. Which ain't exactly fair. But yea, that ending. Man. Cried like a bitch when Kiryu couldn't hold it in anymore, either.
Judgment and lost judgment ost is so awesome. Thats why its kinda mind boggling that there’s just a small compilation on Spotify instead of releasing both game’s full ost
@@pixytorres7117 i wonder of Kaito Files and his Appearance in Gaiden is testing the waters for Kaito to take up main character duties. Maybe Yagami goes back to being a lawyer or something.
@@thatguyontheright1 That's a possibility but it's a huge risk as well. Having Kaito in full game and not Yagami isn't gonna sit well with many people.
AX 2024, RGG Essence of Fandom event. There was a wall of all the yakuza games and wanted people to write which one was their favorite and why? I wrote an essay on why Lost Judgment is the best but then realized Judgment and Lost Judgment wasn't there.
I'm still on Yakuza: Kiwami 2, but I will say this: RGG knows how to pull off great games that are fun, engaging, and silly, too. We got a guy going around in his briefs hitting up all of the video shops to see women he likes the most, a strong guy who literally goes around town beating up whoever for money, Kiryu/Majima in a disco club having fun, and so much more. I went into this series on a whim, and I'm so happy I did. I plan on getting all of these games and have a blast.
I think that one major issue with Sega and Judgment is Nagoshi. It was his project and Yokoyama wasn’t involved. So he doesn’t know what to do with series.
"So you believe these games are peak?" "I do and im tired of pretending they're not." For real though, I played these games on stream and oh my god they are peak. I LOVE KAITO. And the ending to Gaiden ruined me physically, mentally, and spiritually.
You're telling me they took 6 months to make Gaiden, Wow for that level of quality I'm impressed and yeah I enjoyed that game, I loved Kiryu's agent style but I hate how none of his Gaiden tales was utilised in Infinite Wealth.
When I was at Thailand Game Show last year (hello from the city of Bangkok, betcha didn't expect to have a viewer from here eh) there was a SEGA booth promoting the upcoming games like P3R, Gaiden, and Infinite Wealth. The MC did some interviews with people waiting in line about what they thought about the games and their experiences. I was 99% sure she doesn't play videogames and only have knowledge about the products she was hosting the stage for. But what she asked me was "Which protagonist is your main, Kiryu or Ichiban?" I really wanted to say Yagami but that'd make her job harder so I just said Kiryu. Anyone who like the Yakuza games for their grounded settings, commentary on modern society and stylish beat em up combat needs to play both of the Judgement games. It's a shame that they are still there but not talked about even by the people who sell them.
You mentioned Gaiden as "forgotten" game even though It's basically just came out like a year ago, but didn't even mention Ishin or Kenzan that are way more neglected by devs and fans
SnowiestAngemen's Translation: please promote lost judgement and gaiden The actual translation: umm excuse me what the actual f*ck are you doing in my house
It might be a hater take, but I definitely credit a lot of these games issues with the fan base as “Old men yelling at cloud”; Anything that isn’t following the formula of the first two games to the letter is big bad and want all the games to be the exact same as they were in 2006
100% agree. The RGG games are in this spot now where they are becoming much more popular and all the franchise boomers are trying to spew this narrative about the old games and blah blah, but we gotta draw attention to these great games man!
The thing that pisses me off the most is 90% of those people never actually played the PS2 games (and even 3), they just base their opinions on the other 10% nostalgia blind RUclipsrs and then try to act holier than thou “real” fans. It’s people who are trying to be nostalgia blind for an era they weren’t even apart of.
No, I think you’re definitely spitting. I’ve definitely seen some nice people who’ve played the PS2 games but continue to appreciate the rest of the series for what they are, but they are vastly outnumbered by all the nostalgia-blinded asshats who complain that Kiryu’s eyebrow moves 1mm less in Kiwami therefore he shows no emotion or some shit
I've played the 1st and second games, and you're right. I love the 2nd game and appreciate the 1st game and More attention should be given to them but it's ruined by boomers.
In case anyone watching this video thinks that Judgment and Lost Judgment are actually frequently mentioned (youtube works in mysterious ways) then you don't need to go any further than to try and find kaito dlc stuff on the internet. For example, there is an upgrade called "Cross Strike", that allows you to charge 3rd attack in rush combo in Tank style (I don't remember whether Kiryu had this move in 0 or Kiwami 1, but Saejima definitely had it in 5). The button combination says "Hold light attack after light attack". Well that obviously isnt input for 3rd attack, so I thought it was just a notion that you can now charge attacks. You can't. I spent around 15 minutes trying to figure out how to proc it or at least find how it looks on the internet. There wasn't a single mention of this attack except in text guide on all kaito upgrades on gamespot. In the end, I found someone executing this attack in a kaito juggle combo video, where someone in the comments asked how to do this charged attack. And it was indeed "Hold light attack after light attack". So you ever press light attack twice to do three attacks. That's quite dumb imo but the point is if not for that random juggle video and that comment I would probably never figure out how to execute it, simply because there is literally no one talking about it.
Gaiden and Infinite Wealth's release window was insane for me because Gaiden released THE DAY I was set to travel to another state for a couple days, and Infinite Wealth released two days before I had to go to a Wrestling show a couple hours away. Only played like the first hour or two of both. It's no big deal but hilarious each game released in the time frame I was traveling somewhere lol.
The 3 underrated games has the funniest enemies one can fight against, the best location one can fight in, and the most amazing ear blessing soundtrack one might’ve heard in their lifetime
As a person who has completed all RGG's games except the PSP ones , Gaiden and the Judgement duology are the most satisfying to just play and feature the best music , cinematics and combat . P.S - I only played the Judgement games for Kaito and Higashi .
Love the video man im in a discord group that actually consider the first judgment in the top 5 RGG games, and Gaiden is loved too. so im surprised to hear people dont like them
I started playing the Like a Dragon series in the beginning of this year because I saw the AMAZING JUDGMENT OPENING ON RUclips, man it's being fuckin amazing, I already played Judgment, LJ,Y0,Y1,Y2,Y3,Y4 and now I'm playing 5 . JUDGMENT WAS THE SOLE REASON I STARTED PLAYING THESE GAMES AND I'M SO GRATEFUL
I plan on playing gaiden eventually, I just need to finish 5, 6, and 7 first. Loved both of the judgement games, it was your videos on them that reminded me that they existed lol.
i am looking forward to the judgement series because im playing these games one after another i consider you THE judgement youtuber and one of the main forces driving me to get to the game and stop replaying yakuza 5 because it's so good, and i haven't finished 7 for the same reason. anyways, sick video as always cant wait to dive into these new games soon
gaiden was a diamond for me as i have always wondered how kiryu will do in newer dragon engine ( juggling as such ) cause the older dragon engine games arent loved by everyone
Me: agreeing with every point in the video Also me: screaming, yelling, cheering and clapping at the ending because after years of waiting I played the PC Demo for XVI and I already PREORDERED THE COMPLETE EDITION I NEED THIS GAME YESTERDAY AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Man I am so glad you made this video. Judgment and Lost Judgment constantly get thrown out of the conversation when talking about the LAD franchise generally, and then Gaiden… man. Gaiden is constantly treated as this 4 hour long mediocre game even though it is basically as long as Yakuza 6 AND is better in literally every single way - soundtrack, side content, story, graphics, gameplay, EVERYTHING. Glad to see you informing the community how good these games are and how massively Sega and RGG fumbled the bag marketing them.
I mean...in the LAD communities we talk about these games all the time though. A lot of people argue the best main plot writing is in Judgment. And that LJ has the smoothest combat experience.
Lost judgement is actually, what got me in the series. I first discovered it's music with songs like viper and unwavering belief. But judgment wasn't on PC at the time so I had to go with the next best thing, Yakuza.
say this in reddit and you'll get fuck. but after 4 mainline games, i agree with you and yagami still remain as my favorite protag. espspecially in JE, like he's the best charatcer for me in all of yakuza games ive played.
Kiryu started as an edgy hard-boiled character in the first game, only later RGG really embraced his goofy side. strength-wise, he's pretty much a Gary Stu. he's super powerful for no reason. Yagami, on the other hand, has a bunch of emotional moments in JE that characterize him a lot more than Kiryu is in multiple games, and Yagami also gets beaten up all the time though the story. him not being an untouchable master like Kiryu makes his battles a lot more compelling.
All 3 of these games are in my top 5 for the series so I couldn't agree more with this. They're truly goated and definitely worthy of anyone's time, anyone who likes video games at all in fact.
would've loved if you responded to the misinterpretations of the Judgment games plots. Because at this point I think I've seen all of them, yet nobody adressed them all at once so far.
Y'know, Gaiden has the finale that IW should've had and i will die on this hill till the end of days. I'm also playing through judgment for the first time and it really does feel like Y4 all over again, in a good way.
I was one of those who started the series with Like a Dragon. The next one was Gaiden. I'm a Game Pass subscriber, so the cost was a non issue for me. But it also it made me buy Infinite Wealth, so if RGG saw this game as a Zone of the Enders-style, just buy it for a peek at the next big thing, it sure as hell worked. And, even though I hadn't played all the Kiryu centric games beforehand, the ending made me cry as if I had actually played them. Color me impressed.
Gaiden is very competent in some ways, especially in gameplay and side content, but even with its brief story there's still a decent amount of padding in the main story. Akame kinda felt tacked on, as if they didn't really exist within the same space as the game's other characters. I enjoyed many of the other characters. I greatly enjoyed the story otherwise, when the story was actually moving along, but I deliberately waited to play the game until two weeks before Yakuza 8 released. Incidentally that was also because I imported a physical, English language edition through PlayAsia that ended up heavily delayed. The issue is that in playing Yakuza 8 shortly after Gaiden, I quickly realized just how little of an influence Gaiden had on Yakuza 8 given their development cycles. Yakuza 8's story (namely Hanawa and the Daidoji) felt like a major rug-pull for Gaiden in that regard, with Gaiden's story still being worthwhile in its finale but otherwise doomed to remain inconsequential. Gaiden teases out some interesting ideas and threads that got cut off by 8. I know they probably aren't going to stop doing this, but the other nail to Gaiden and perhaps one day Judgment is their reliance on likeness characters. When they insist upon using likenesses of real people for characters, that constrains their ability to have those characters persist and grow across multiple games. Case in point, Hamura in Judgment and Tanimura in Yakuza 4. Getting Kimura back from Judgment 3 is probably the main hangup there. I'm sort of primed now to suspect that whenever a real person's likeness is used in this franchise, they'll probably only be around for one game so I shouldn't get too invested. Edit: Also my exercise playlist is jokingly called "Sex Playlist" and its entirely songs from RGG games so i feel called out
Whenever I talk to a friend of mine who's a big Yakuza fan and just mention Judgment he completely shuts off his head, like you said, refusing to acknowledge that it also is a well made game which fits perfectly into the series. I will never understand that mentality.
Gaiden's story was better than infinite wealth, i think it's a shame infinite wealth treats it like it never happened, even the friendship kiryu and hanawa developed during gaiden wasn't present as i expected it would be. I'm aware gaiden was made after infinite wealth therefore they probably didn't consider it when writing infinite wealth, but i wish they had put more thought into it during its development.
I cannot express how much i appreciate Gaiden, the heavy focus in the story, Kiryu's character and emotions are probably one of the best on the series, personally i think he is better worked here than in Infinite wealth. Then you add the brawler formula, plus style switching and you have one of the best games of the franchise (in my opinion), the only shame is that is not much lenghty, but otherwise it's an incredible experience.
this is me but with Judgment, this game really set my expectation high for the other game stories and how it shapes my view and tone of the the world im going in for.
Lost judgment changed my life before i even played it. It has been a constant topic of discussion between me and my cousin. It is sad to see that the magnificent 3 are talked about so little.
12:37 I unironically have sleeping dogs in my top 10 games list because its such a good game, with great characters and even better voice acting (Also loving flower of chivalry makes this video super based)
Judgement is the reason I started playing Yakuza games..now I played Yakuza 1 , Yakuza 6 , Yakuza like a dragon,like a dragon infinite (platinum trophy)wealth, judgement and lost judgement..
I had a surprise brain surgery last year and for some reason it turned me into a person who goes for Platinum Trophies, so since I’ve just finished the Platinum for ♾️💴 I’m going for Gaiden’s now. It took like one minute to remember how much of a banger that game is. Peak Kiryu
Awsome ending. I did see that one coming! You are correct all the way. I gotta say that Gaiden is my favorite in the series so far. Playing Ishin now, 8 is next.
"people just choose to ignore something if it goes against they're belief" -cuts to kuwana *chuckles* Once again, thank you for making this video bro and said anything i wanted to say!! People need to play these GOATED games
The Judgement games are the only brawler Yakuza games I've fully replayed through multiple times. They definitely hit different in the best possible way. I think the 0-6 storyline has a bigger impact IMO simply due to its breadth and size, but I still to this day think Judgement is the best standalone story RGG has ever done. After that, you get into the standard affair of Lost Judgement being the best brawler gameplay has been, and you get Gaiden basically being an honorary Judgement game with the obvious Yagami reuse.
one thing that doesnt help is that on xbox one, lost judgement is playable but the first game isnt, so i've bought and played through the entirety of lost judgement without knowing a single thing about the first games story or differences in gameplay
Honestly my only real complaint with Gaiden (which didn’t even occur while playing, some guy mentioned it and then it clicked for me) is the fact that Akiyama would’ve totally been working with the Omi to find Kiryu, especially since Akiyama’s part of the Yakuza 5 finale has the entire Omi (including Watase) bowing to Akiyama (haven’t gotten around to IW yet so if this gets contradicted and I look like a bumbling oaf don’t get too specific with it)
Kaito Files even more forgotten. I barely ever see anyone talk about the Kaito Files and while it's an actual small little side game (Not "Gaiden Small," but like, actually small), I really like it. It has great gameplay (becuase LJ lol), and great characters and story. It needs more love.
When I first bought my series x, Lost Judgement was the first game I bought, downloaded, and played start to finish. I've played Lost Judgement twice now and absolutely love it. I love Gaiden as well, and would love to buy it, but can't afford the freakn $54 price tag these days! I agree the Judgement games are phenomenal!
When I was chucking the links in the description I watched in real time as one of my points got proven. Lost Judgment Digital Deluxe is on sale on PlayStation for 80% off until next week and of course I heard not a word about that lol. Just play it. If you even remotely enjoy having fun, you'll love Lost Judgment
Shit I bought it at 25$
Dude, I bought Like a Dragon Gaiden when it came out with the english dub thinking it would be a good little "time killer" until something more enjoyable to play came out.
I now own every single game theyve released on steam & i didnt speak to anyone for weeks lol....
Yeah active search mode is very fun
Honestly I'm worried people will forget about gaiden it's such a great game the ending in particular had me crying like a baby it hits you right in the feels and you understand exactly what they're trying to convey I can't watch the ending cut scene without crying no matter how many times I see it rgg studios cooked with fire 🔥 when they made it and all these 3 games all legendary games
Literally me no lie haven't spoken to any of my friends bcuz of it @@Jarrodzz
I think Sega/RGG Studios has some weird lack of confidence in their newer beat'em up-titles. Yokoyama stated in an interview with Automaton that he wasn't confident in Gaiden's sales when it was coming out, cause of story-length and comparisons to IW. But then, Gaiden apparently doubled the team's sales expectations.
I'm like "Bro, come on. You've shown you can make peak beat'em up RPGs with LJ. I WILL come back for more."
hey, I like your remixes
@@mrdeun3655 Thank you! They're always fun to make!
Lost Judgment, 0, and Infinite Wealth are the best games as of now.
0 is the best game pre-Dragon Engine and a legitimate contender for the GOAT.
Lost Judgment is the best Dragon Engine Beat'em up.
Infinite Wealth is the best turn-based RPG.
I think with 7 and 8 being huge successes, they just don't see any worth going back to beat em up.
@@jamwithtoast01 There's been more beat em ups between 7 and 8, though. "Not seeing any worth" is a crock of BS.
not thinking that LJ is peak RGG needs to be categorized as a war crime
People who think so deserve to be Sawa-sensei'd.
They'd understand that joke if they played the game 😅
It's peak RGG brawler gameplay. By miles. It's not even a contest, really. But otherwise? Eh, it's up there but not the very best of RGG. The story has good elements, as all Yakuza games do, but it's sort of all over the place and in the end fails to make it's point effectively, as all the Kuwana did nothing wrong memes prove. The music is obviously fantastic, and if it's anyone's favourite I won't argue but honestly I couldn't pick a best Yakuza soundtrack. It's definetely top 5 though.The open world is I guess up to preference, I like the minigames but I think in terms of Yakuza open worlds, after a certain point, less is more, y'know? Yokohama is way too big, I much prererred the smaller but way more dense worlds of previous games, and sure, for 7 it fit because it's an RPG, but LJ isn't. And honestly my biggest problem with it is just that it's too long. That might sound like a weird complaint but I really think density is one of the most important aspects of a piece of art, and Lost Judgment very much feels like it's spread thin. If the whole game was >10 hours shorter I'd probably love it way more than I do now. Sure, bad pacing is probably the second most consistent RGG trait right behind being inconsistent, but it's especially bad in LJ. Though this is all coming from a person who plays games for the 'narrative' (sort of the wrong word because a game can be a rich aesthetic and emotional experienfe without a detailed narrative but I also didn't want to say I don't play games for the gameplay because the gameplay is an important part of a game as a complete art piece) hence my hung-uppedness over pacing and bloat which someone who's there to beat up dudes might rightfully not give much of a shit about. And if you do play games primarily just for the gameplay then yeah, LJ is probably the best.
@@NachtKaiser666 id rather get them kuwana'd than sawa-sensei'd
same for those that think the series going turn based was a goodd direction when these three games have much better combat.
@@megamike15 eh, disagree there, it's a question of taste. I'll grant that both Judgment and Garden have the best action gameplay of the series by far, but I personally enjoy the turn-based combat more because arthritis doesn't get in the way of my enjoyment.
I've once come across someone who was mad about Gaiden's combat because he claimed you couldn't juggle enemies.. I just looked at the comment like "My brother, you absolutely are able, this is just a pure skill issue". Very well made video, people are quick to yell and complain about something they don't fully comprehend unfortunately.
while not a huge issue for me, gaiden having a 6 second juggle limit was definite a sour point for the hardcore combat fans, and understandably esp after the crazy bar LJ set in terms of combo potential.. that said, gaiden's mob/crowd fighting was definitely a high point in the series thanks to aggressive enemies and huge mobs you fight
You don't get to say skill issue, we see your gameplay. Absolutely trash gameplay.
I saw someone complain on an imontheedgeofmyseat video that the combat was "cool but shallow"
My biggest issue is that Agent is pretty crap, especially against bosses. You can tell considering the relief once Kiryu regains the Oryu style from 6 fighting against Shishido.
On top of that, only 2 of the 4 gadgets have any use to them (i.e. Spider and Serpent). It is only useful for the limited juggles that only lasts 6 seconds. I would rather have a damage dropoff if that means I can hit the boss longer, as opposed to only allowing 6 seconds of juggling with a constant damage value.
Most people would just use the Yakuza style (even if the style is way too slow).
Gaiden had an incredible story. Judgment was a much needed narrative difference and lost judgment had 2 old farts fighting in a warehouse
It’s all peak
I wish they did more side games. When I first booted up Judgment, I felt like I was playing 0 all over again, even though it was the same city, same combat, same everything- it still felt fresh and exciting.
*and Lost Judgment had the Kaito DLC
@jeffreyw901 100% it perfectly encapsulates the crime thriller aesthetic from 0. RGG went crazy
The two old farts were my fav part.
19:40 translation: "i am not dying, i don't even know who you are, please let me go."
That ending made me emotional - Nagoshi may be gone, but it brings me hope that you were there for him during his last moments. Spread his dream! Promote Judgement!
Gaiden is my favorite game. And even when rushed it's still great
what does Gaiden have of rushed?
short game with not much content + agent style isn't too amazing, but nothing mods can't fix
@@harpypon I don't think we played the same game, lol
I mean, for a short game with its points was being short, had a lot of content
@@javiergiandinotto1053 you do have a point actually, i've only just realised i tend to skip over a lot of side content. my bad
@@javiergiandinotto1053 Just with yokohama and stuff, only like 1 4th of the map is only playable, Just seems a bit rushed in that sence
So glad someone's finally giving some praise to Lost Paradise. Weird you decided to praise it three separate times in one video, though.
alongside kurohyou, we were eating fr
Anyone here still playing Kamuro of the Dead?
Me because there is no house of the dead cabinet near by
No
Hell yeah, best minigame ✊
Meanwhile streets of Kamurocho
You should try Dead Souls XD
One thing that I also hate is that Sega didn't release the full soundtracks for both judgment and lost judgment on streaming services only a compilation album with 27 songs of the 2 games. Like come on Sega you already have the 2 full soundtracks on CD.
Up there with Kiwami 2 OST
Amen to this. The official release of the Judgment Duology soundtrack is an absolute joke and will never fail to make me angry how the FINAL BOSS THEME for LJ isn’t in an official OST release
The fact that Kiwami 2’s OST hasn’t released yet either is also a war crime. I just pray this is another 6 OST situation where they release it almost a decade after the game
gotta love an unexpected higashi edit in the middle of the video
Alright, i'mma be honest, these three games are the peak of the series, step up and fight me, you posers!
I've only played Gaiden out of the 3 but if you can compare Judgement to Gaiden then they must be bangers
@@AlexRamirez-pi5vz if you care about the combat in the series, Lost Judgment has the best combat by far
@@AlexRamirez-pi5vz Honestly, Judgment has the best story, Lost Judgment has the best combat, and Gaiden is like a shorter experience acting as a sweet spot between the two.
Aight.
*cracks knuckles*
@@AlexRamirez-pi5vzGaiden in a way kind of feels like a stripped down Lost Judgment gameplay and mechanic wise.
I was marathoning the Yakuza series, and all my friends said JE and LJ were some of the best, so I literally bought a used PS4 just to play those games lmaooo totally worth it
I literally used Judgment to learn the playstation controller buttons
Wait, was that before or after JE & LJ were released on Steam?
@@amsyarzero before
You should have an UNWAVERING BELIEF
揺るがない確信だよ！
Gaiden is Amazing, the ending made me cry like a little bitch. I just want Kiryu to be happy for once, god damn it and I fan girl screamed when Kaito showed up in Gaiden
When Kiryu started crying, so did I 😔
@@SevenButtons the video hurt my heart
I think they kinda butchered Kaito in that one... He's depicted as very stand-offish and kind of incompetent. Which ain't exactly fair.
But yea, that ending. Man. Cried like a bitch when Kiryu couldn't hold it in anymore, either.
bro did not need to make the hardest higashi edit in the middle of a rant video
That one meme with the kid drowning and the skeleton underwater is the Kurohyou games
As someone who has not played these games yet , i can confirm they are the peak of human creation
Judgment and lost judgment ost is so awesome. Thats why its kinda mind boggling that there’s just a small compilation on Spotify instead of releasing both game’s full ost
both judgement and lost judgement are real yakuza games
this is coming from someone who's never played them, but i wanna
Bro, Gaiden coming right before Infinite Wealth was ROUGH! They should have spaced things out better. Oh well. Hope we get the Judgement 3 quite soon.
I think that's 90% of why Gaiden is ignored.
Sadly Judgement 3 probably never gonna happen specially after these new agency allegations.
@@pixytorres7117 i wonder of Kaito Files and his Appearance in Gaiden is testing the waters for Kaito to take up main character duties. Maybe Yagami goes back to being a lawyer or something.
@@thatguyontheright1 That's a possibility but it's a huge risk as well. Having Kaito in full game and not Yagami isn't gonna sit well with many people.
@@thatguyontheright1 If Yagamer isn't there, I ain't gaming. Just saying.
I love Gaiden. It’s the only game to make me cry. That bit of Kiryu watching his kids and Haruto’s drawing hit so hard
AX 2024, RGG Essence of Fandom event. There was a wall of all the yakuza games and wanted people to write which one was their favorite and why? I wrote an essay on why Lost Judgment is the best but then realized Judgment and Lost Judgment wasn't there.
I'm still on Yakuza: Kiwami 2, but I will say this: RGG knows how to pull off great games that are fun, engaging, and silly, too.
We got a guy going around in his briefs hitting up all of the video shops to see women he likes the most, a strong guy who literally goes around town beating up whoever for money, Kiryu/Majima in a disco club having fun, and so much more. I went into this series on a whim, and I'm so happy I did. I plan on getting all of these games and have a blast.
Just promise me that you won't quit out on 3. It has its flaws but it's still great. Trust me 😂❤
@@Quappoles I plan on going through every Yakuza game, including Judgment and Lost Judgment. 😁
Anyone who skips Judgment, LJ and Gaiden is missing out.
You're right, Lost Paradise and Kurohyou 1 and 2 are very underrated masterpieces of the saga.
I think that one major issue with Sega and Judgment is Nagoshi. It was his project and Yokoyama wasn’t involved. So he doesn’t know what to do with series.
"So you believe these games are peak?" "I do and im tired of pretending they're not." For real though, I played these games on stream and oh my god they are peak. I LOVE KAITO. And the ending to Gaiden ruined me physically, mentally, and spiritually.
Yeah, I totally agree Dead Souls, Kurohyou 1 and Kurohyou 2 are absolutely peak. Rock on brotha.
Rgg studios should remaster all 3 games if you ask me
You're telling me they took 6 months to make Gaiden, Wow for that level of quality I'm impressed and yeah I enjoyed that game, I loved Kiryu's agent style but I hate how none of his Gaiden tales was utilised in Infinite Wealth.
Well that’s because Gaiden began development after IW
When I was at Thailand Game Show last year (hello from the city of Bangkok, betcha didn't expect to have a viewer from here eh) there was a SEGA booth promoting the upcoming games like P3R, Gaiden, and Infinite Wealth. The MC did some interviews with people waiting in line about what they thought about the games and their experiences.
I was 99% sure she doesn't play videogames and only have knowledge about the products she was hosting the stage for. But what she asked me was "Which protagonist is your main, Kiryu or Ichiban?" I really wanted to say Yagami but that'd make her job harder so I just said Kiryu.
Anyone who like the Yakuza games for their grounded settings, commentary on modern society and stylish beat em up combat needs to play both of the Judgement games. It's a shame that they are still there but not talked about even by the people who sell them.
Impeccably put 🙏
The only thing that I hated about Gaiden was that it was a downgrade from LJ combat. Other than that, it's honestly an amazing game.
Let’s look at Judgement like this. Yagami can be the combo heavy dude.
And Kiryu can be the heavy hitting dude
The Flower of Judgement window-kick sync never ceases to be utter hype
The Flower of Chivalry not being released on the official OST is a crime against humanity.
You mentioned Gaiden as "forgotten" game even though It's basically just came out like a year ago, but didn't even mention Ishin or Kenzan that are way more neglected by devs and fans
SnowiestAngemen's Translation: please promote lost judgement and gaiden
The actual translation: umm excuse me what the actual f*ck are you doing in my house
The judgment games are my fave games of all time. I hope judgment 3 comes out someday😢
I'm just glad we all agree that Flower of Chivalry is the best track in this whole damn series
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1:10 - Man, Flux Fissure was so hilariously broken in Judgment.
That ffxvi part absolutely sent me. thanks for the vid.
thank you for always stepping up for my beloved Judgment series 💓
It might be a hater take, but I definitely credit a lot of these games issues with the fan base as “Old men yelling at cloud”; Anything that isn’t following the formula of the first two games to the letter is big bad and want all the games to be the exact same as they were in 2006
100% agree. The RGG games are in this spot now where they are becoming much more popular and all the franchise boomers are trying to spew this narrative about the old games and blah blah, but we gotta draw attention to these great games man!
The thing that pisses me off the most is 90% of those people never actually played the PS2 games (and even 3), they just base their opinions on the other 10% nostalgia blind RUclipsrs and then try to act holier than thou “real” fans.
It’s people who are trying to be nostalgia blind for an era they weren’t even apart of.
No, I think you’re definitely spitting. I’ve definitely seen some nice people who’ve played the PS2 games but continue to appreciate the rest of the series for what they are, but they are vastly outnumbered by all the nostalgia-blinded asshats who complain that Kiryu’s eyebrow moves 1mm less in Kiwami therefore he shows no emotion or some shit
I've played the 1st and second games, and you're right. I love the 2nd game and appreciate the 1st game and
More attention should be given to them but it's ruined by boomers.
In case anyone watching this video thinks that Judgment and Lost Judgment are actually frequently mentioned (youtube works in mysterious ways) then you don't need to go any further than to try and find kaito dlc stuff on the internet.
For example, there is an upgrade called "Cross Strike", that allows you to charge 3rd attack in rush combo in Tank style (I don't remember whether Kiryu had this move in 0 or Kiwami 1, but Saejima definitely had it in 5). The button combination says "Hold light attack after light attack". Well that obviously isnt input for 3rd attack, so I thought it was just a notion that you can now charge attacks. You can't.
I spent around 15 minutes trying to figure out how to proc it or at least find how it looks on the internet. There wasn't a single mention of this attack except in text guide on all kaito upgrades on gamespot. In the end, I found someone executing this attack in a kaito juggle combo video, where someone in the comments asked how to do this charged attack. And it was indeed "Hold light attack after light attack". So you ever press light attack twice to do three attacks. That's quite dumb imo but the point is if not for that random juggle video and that comment I would probably never figure out how to execute it, simply because there is literally no one talking about it.
Gaiden and Infinite Wealth's release window was insane for me because Gaiden released THE DAY I was set to travel to another state for a couple days, and Infinite Wealth released two days before I had to go to a Wrestling show a couple hours away. Only played like the first hour or two of both. It's no big deal but hilarious each game released in the time frame I was traveling somewhere lol.
The 3 underrated games has the funniest enemies one can fight against, the best location one can fight in, and the most amazing ear blessing soundtrack one might’ve heard in their lifetime
As a person who has completed all RGG's games except the PSP ones , Gaiden and the Judgement duology are the most satisfying to just play and feature the best music , cinematics and combat .
P.S - I only played the Judgement games for Kaito and Higashi .
Love the video man
im in a discord group that actually consider the first judgment in the top 5 RGG games, and Gaiden is loved too.
so im surprised to hear people dont like them
I started playing the Like a Dragon series in the beginning of this year because I saw the AMAZING JUDGMENT OPENING ON RUclips, man it's being fuckin amazing, I already played Judgment, LJ,Y0,Y1,Y2,Y3,Y4 and now I'm playing 5 . JUDGMENT WAS THE SOLE REASON I STARTED PLAYING THESE GAMES AND I'M SO GRATEFUL
I plan on playing gaiden eventually, I just need to finish 5, 6, and 7 first. Loved both of the judgement games, it was your videos on them that reminded me that they existed lol.
We need a Judgment Gaiden game of Higashi
i am looking forward to the judgement series because im playing these games one after another
i consider you THE judgement youtuber and one of the main forces driving me to get to the game and stop replaying yakuza 5 because it's so good, and i haven't finished 7 for the same reason.
anyways, sick video as always cant wait to dive into these new games soon
gaiden was a diamond for me as i have always wondered how kiryu will do in newer dragon engine ( juggling as such ) cause the older dragon engine games arent loved by everyone
I always liked Gaiden more than infinite wealth
People skipping these games is the equivalent of saying 0 doesn't matter because it's just a spin-off
We deserve a Judgment game with playable Higashi.
Me: agreeing with every point in the video
Also me: screaming, yelling, cheering and clapping at the ending because after years of waiting I played the PC Demo for XVI and I already PREORDERED THE COMPLETE EDITION I NEED THIS GAME YESTERDAY AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
I love when i watch SnowiestAngeman then he drop one of the hardest ost edit out of nowhere Definitely my favorite yakuza youtuber
Man I am so glad you made this video. Judgment and Lost Judgment constantly get thrown out of the conversation when talking about the LAD franchise generally, and then Gaiden… man. Gaiden is constantly treated as this 4 hour long mediocre game even though it is basically as long as Yakuza 6 AND is better in literally every single way - soundtrack, side content, story, graphics, gameplay, EVERYTHING.
Glad to see you informing the community how good these games are and how massively Sega and RGG fumbled the bag marketing them.
I mean...in the LAD communities we talk about these games all the time though. A lot of people argue the best main plot writing is in Judgment. And that LJ has the smoothest combat experience.
Lost judgement is actually, what got me in the series. I first discovered it's music with songs like viper and unwavering belief. But judgment wasn't on PC at the time so I had to go with the next best thing, Yakuza.
gaiden is genuinely one of the best rgg games to date, i never fully cried my eyes out to a game before
I'm gonna say it: Yagami is a better protagonist than Kiryu.
Fight. Me.
say this in reddit and you'll get fuck.
but after 4 mainline games, i agree with you and yagami still remain as my favorite protag. espspecially in JE, like he's the best charatcer for me in all of yakuza games ive played.
Kiryu started as an edgy hard-boiled character in the first game, only later RGG really embraced his goofy side. strength-wise, he's pretty much a Gary Stu. he's super powerful for no reason. Yagami, on the other hand, has a bunch of emotional moments in JE that characterize him a lot more than Kiryu is in multiple games, and Yagami also gets beaten up all the time though the story. him not being an untouchable master like Kiryu makes his battles a lot more compelling.
@@Luhyn omg someone who also thinks Kiryu is both overrated and a Gary Stu? So awesome...
All 3 of these games are in my top 5 for the series so I couldn't agree more with this. They're truly goated and definitely worthy of anyone's time, anyone who likes video games at all in fact.
Never knew people didn’t like these. What?
Gaiden combat is literally peak.
It’s the main reason I want Kiwami 3
would've loved if you responded to the misinterpretations of the Judgment games plots. Because at this point I think I've seen all of them, yet nobody adressed them all at once so far.
Y'know, Gaiden has the finale that IW should've had and i will die on this hill till the end of days. I'm also playing through judgment for the first time and it really does feel like Y4 all over again, in a good way.
I was one of those who started the series with Like a Dragon. The next one was Gaiden. I'm a Game Pass subscriber, so the cost was a non issue for me. But it also it made me buy Infinite Wealth, so if RGG saw this game as a Zone of the Enders-style, just buy it for a peek at the next big thing, it sure as hell worked.
And, even though I hadn't played all the Kiryu centric games beforehand, the ending made me cry as if I had actually played them. Color me impressed.
I absolutely love all of these games and completely agree with everything you said. I seriously wish these 3 got more love
Both Judgement and Lost Judgement are top 5 RGG imo. People are doing a big disservice to theirselves by not playing them.
Gaiden is very competent in some ways, especially in gameplay and side content, but even with its brief story there's still a decent amount of padding in the main story. Akame kinda felt tacked on, as if they didn't really exist within the same space as the game's other characters. I enjoyed many of the other characters. I greatly enjoyed the story otherwise, when the story was actually moving along, but I deliberately waited to play the game until two weeks before Yakuza 8 released. Incidentally that was also because I imported a physical, English language edition through PlayAsia that ended up heavily delayed. The issue is that in playing Yakuza 8 shortly after Gaiden, I quickly realized just how little of an influence Gaiden had on Yakuza 8 given their development cycles. Yakuza 8's story (namely Hanawa and the Daidoji) felt like a major rug-pull for Gaiden in that regard, with Gaiden's story still being worthwhile in its finale but otherwise doomed to remain inconsequential. Gaiden teases out some interesting ideas and threads that got cut off by 8.
I know they probably aren't going to stop doing this, but the other nail to Gaiden and perhaps one day Judgment is their reliance on likeness characters. When they insist upon using likenesses of real people for characters, that constrains their ability to have those characters persist and grow across multiple games. Case in point, Hamura in Judgment and Tanimura in Yakuza 4. Getting Kimura back from Judgment 3 is probably the main hangup there. I'm sort of primed now to suspect that whenever a real person's likeness is used in this franchise, they'll probably only be around for one game so I shouldn't get too invested.
Edit: Also my exercise playlist is jokingly called "Sex Playlist" and its entirely songs from RGG games so i feel called out
Yagami is a King and the fact that people aren’t talking about how fucking good Judgment/LJ is to play and the stories… they aren’t real YAKUZA.
Ngl the titling of the video made me think you were going to praise yakuza 3’s minigames or something lol, great vid!
Whenever I talk to a friend of mine who's a big Yakuza fan and just mention Judgment he completely shuts off his head, like you said, refusing to acknowledge that it also is a well made game which fits perfectly into the series. I will never understand that mentality.
Gaiden's story was better than infinite wealth, i think it's a shame infinite wealth treats it like it never happened, even the friendship kiryu and hanawa developed during gaiden wasn't present as i expected it would be.
I'm aware gaiden was made after infinite wealth therefore they probably didn't consider it when writing infinite wealth, but i wish they had put more thought into it during its development.
I cannot express how much i appreciate Gaiden, the heavy focus in the story, Kiryu's character and emotions are probably one of the best on the series, personally i think he is better worked here than in Infinite wealth. Then you add the brawler formula, plus style switching and you have one of the best games of the franchise (in my opinion), the only shame is that is not much lenghty, but otherwise it's an incredible experience.
Playing LJ as my first RGG game was a mistake, because now nothing Can possibly top the blind expirience I had with it.
this is me but with Judgment, this game really set my expectation high for the other game stories and how it shapes my view and tone of the the world im going in for.
love how sleeping dogs is included in the full collection, that game is a blast
People whining about yagami mentioning sawa grinds my gear
Lost judgment changed my life before i even played it. It has been a constant topic of discussion between me and my cousin.
It is sad to see that the magnificent 3 are talked about so little.
I’ve been trying to spread the word of the judgments. They’re so good idk why people don’t even acknowledge them
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I unironically have sleeping dogs in my top 10 games list because its such a good game, with great characters and even better voice acting
(Also loving flower of chivalry makes this video super based)
i didn't expect that i'd rank gaiden so high (also in my top 3) and infinite wealth so middle of the road
Judgement is the reason I started playing Yakuza games..now I played Yakuza 1 , Yakuza 6 , Yakuza like a dragon,like a dragon infinite (platinum trophy)wealth, judgement and lost judgement..
I had a surprise brain surgery last year and for some reason it turned me into a person who goes for Platinum Trophies, so since I’ve just finished the Platinum for ♾️💴 I’m going for Gaiden’s now. It took like one minute to remember how much of a banger that game is. Peak Kiryu
love seeing sleeping dogs pop in for a second in a snowiest video
I eat the cotton candy from my walls and
i love character customization, i love spending hours on end to make my own Kiryu look awesome
Awsome ending. I did see that one coming!
You are correct all the way. I gotta say that Gaiden is my favorite in the series so far. Playing Ishin now, 8 is next.
"people just choose to ignore something if it goes against they're belief" -cuts to kuwana *chuckles*
Once again, thank you for making this video bro and said anything i wanted to say!! People need to play these GOATED games
The Judgement games are the only brawler Yakuza games I've fully replayed through multiple times. They definitely hit different in the best possible way. I think the 0-6 storyline has a bigger impact IMO simply due to its breadth and size, but I still to this day think Judgement is the best standalone story RGG has ever done. After that, you get into the standard affair of Lost Judgement being the best brawler gameplay has been, and you get Gaiden basically being an honorary Judgement game with the obvious Yagami reuse.
one thing that doesnt help is that on xbox one, lost judgement is playable but the first game isnt, so i've bought and played through the entirety of lost judgement without knowing a single thing about the first games story or differences in gameplay
Honestly my only real complaint with Gaiden (which didn’t even occur while playing, some guy mentioned it and then it clicked for me) is the fact that Akiyama would’ve totally been working with the Omi to find Kiryu, especially since Akiyama’s part of the Yakuza 5 finale has the entire Omi (including Watase) bowing to Akiyama (haven’t gotten around to IW yet so if this gets contradicted and I look like a bumbling oaf don’t get too specific with it)
Think Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise is more forgotten, but that’s just my opinion
Kaito Files even more forgotten. I barely ever see anyone talk about the Kaito Files and while it's an actual small little side game (Not "Gaiden Small," but like, actually small), I really like it. It has great gameplay (becuase LJ lol), and great characters and story. It needs more love.
I swear LJ had a whole ass division dedicated to making gameplay peak as hell.
Also, FF16 switcharoo never gets old, thank you my favorite aussie
Whenever I see someone hate on Gaiden, I can immediately tell that they didn't even play it.
When I first bought my series x, Lost Judgement was the first game I bought, downloaded, and played start to finish. I've played Lost Judgement twice now and absolutely love it. I love Gaiden as well, and would love to buy it, but can't afford the freakn $54 price tag these days! I agree the Judgement games are phenomenal!
im angry i read this as "Like a dragon 3 [ forgotten masterpiece"
thought I missed a third installment or something