Yakuza | Your Next Favorite
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- Опубликовано: 6 фев 2025
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Let's welcome 2015 with a foot to the face in this massive Your Next Favorite on the Yakuza series! This is my huge tribute to one of my favorite series of games out there. Instead of just one game, this time we tackle an entire series game by game. This took a whole month to edit, and 10 sittings to record all of the audio for. Thanks for all of your support over the years.
Guides
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Kenzan! and Ishin:
(KHHsubs has very useful translated cutscenes and a great guide for Ishin.)
khhsubs.com/pro...
www.gamefaqs.co...
khhsubs.com/pro...
Yakuza 5:
(This site is kinda confusing but it will tell you what to do at certain points that aren't as simple as walking to a waypoint.)
homepage.ntlwor...
Yakuza 1 and 2:
(If you want to just play the HD collection for Yakuza 1 and 2 these guides are written from the perspective of playing the japanese versions of the PS2 games before they were localized and the Yakuza 2 guide was updated in 2014 with HD remake additions.)
www.gamefaqs.co...
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Yakuza 3 localization changes:
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Yakuza 0 - Perseverance
Yakuza 1 - Friendship
Yakuza 2 - Pride
Yakuza 3 - Family
Yakuza 4 - Hope
Yakuza 5 - Dream
Yakuza 6 - Life
The 7 heroic traits?
Shin Yakuza: Pubes for hair
then comes yakuza kiwami - MAJIMA!!!! MAJIMA EVERYWHERE!!!
4= faith
@@shizuwolf 7: Like a Dragon.
It's so surreal to watch this video knowing how massive this series is now.
It’s a time capsule. Thanks for supporting the channel, by the way. A new video is being edited right now.
@@HyperBitHero It's my pleasure.
@@HyperBitHeroI'd love you to do a Yakuza 2 video similar to your "respect the original Yakuza" vid , I loved this vid
Even more so with the series now being called like a dragon in the west and inshin getting a remake.
Granted, the remake is iffy in a lot of places. But I'm glad to see the story translated
It's fucking insane to think that nobody knew about these games back when this video came out. I like to think that you're the reason Yakuza finally got big in the west.
I think it got big because of Yakuza 0 and dame dane memes
@@amarson2322 0 and later 7 definitely had the biggest hands in popularizing yakuza
@@amarson2322 But at what cost...
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"Nobody" lol speak for yourself
When 6 of these games got localized within 4 years of this video's release
still waiting for kenzan and ishin though.....really really wish they would port these to pc
@@lusterTJ yeah i really want them to be localized, i recently bought them, and started playing and i can for sure is..... AWESOME
Good
And Yakuza 7's gonna have english dub, we've come a long way.
Luster TJ Due to the nature of the plot with Haruka, I don’t believe Kenzan has hope for a localization. Ishin has a chance though!
It took 10 minutes of this video to make me regret picking an Xbox 360 over a PS3.
come on, you regretted that way before this video
2012, to be exact.
may I ask what caused it?
Not a red ring, coincidentally.Pretty sure it involved infamous, though.
Don't worry. They'll be relatively cheap soon. Then you too can play numerous PS3 exclusives.
Man this series has blown up now and is much more accessible. But props to the dude who was still promoting these games years ago.
I was promoting 3, when it came out in the US, in March 2010. After beating it, I was sad. It didn't sell well, and a lot of us thought that was it for Yakuza games.
@@1georgekitchen How were you promoting it? By making videos, writing reviews? Don't get me wrong, I'm simply curious.
Shout out to RUclips for not letting me monetize this big video and for glitching up my footage for a few seconds at one point in the video. Yeah, I got three copyright matches on this video and have to wait until February for them to address my dispute. They say they can put a copyright strike on my channel and take down this video if they feel like it later, so I'm basically poking at a sleeping beast. Thanks you all for supporting my channel, hopefully this video doesn't get taken down!
Edit: Everything has been resolved and the claims have been removed!
If it makes you feel better, this video has convinced me to try out the series and watch the rest of your videos.
its so funny how every person i'm subbed to on youtube gets flagged for copyright almost constantly, for little to no reason. in fact, one of my favorite channels is getting its shit pounded into the ground over false ID claims which are being disputed and dropped as fast as he's getting them.
but the more popular channels never get any, and when they do google issues a personal fucking apology, since I guess they couldn't give a fuck about anyone else.
I guess that explains the dropped frames. Well, i guess you could consider another online media provider or simply uploading the video to a filelocker, as RUclips won't get any better than this (it's been getting worse and worse, since the google buyout)
Do you know the name of the song @ 45:05 by any chance? I've been wanting to listen to the full version ever since I've first heard it.
well at least this video got released and has gotten me to wanting to check out the series now
I love this series and I loved this video. Really impressive, and a fantastic intro/overview of the Yakuza series!
Would not expect an old school PC guy like you to be into this series. That's awesome!
Do a yakuza review lol
Check out my short run down ruclips.net/video/UeEEd6ezubs/видео.html
After all this time, I had no idea you were also a Yakuza fan. And don't mind me replying to a 9 year old comment lmao. I'm revisiting this vid for nostalgia as it introduced me to the series.
Back in 2009 when i punched a tiger in the face i knew nothing would be same again.
I was hooked when zero came out, but then my life changed forever when I was dragged around by a shark in the later games
Wanted to leave a thanks for raising awareness about this criminally under-appreciated series, out west anyway.
Fantastic video Hayden :)
Sonickick120reborn no
Have you fucked already?
My man promoting Yakuza before all the hype!
This convinced me. I'm buying the entire series with my next paycheck and having a hell of a weekend.
There aren't enough hours in a weekend for all of them even if you rush through all of them avoiding all the side content
@@djcogdill9263 I think he realized that, 4 years ago...
@@neildrunkmaam7040 😂
Rumor has it, Til this day, every weekend this man still is playing the Yakuza series he bought those 5 years ago... yet to beat them.
@@marthlink5015 I can confirm the rumor... got massive burn out after getting to 5! Don't recommend marathoning these games in any way. Still great experiences though!
This is the fourth time watching this video. I just keep coming back every month to this. I've been a fan of the series since Yakuza 3 but I've never played any of the Japanese only titles which I finally bought. This is not only entertaining, well written, informative and perfectly edited, but I can also feel your love for the series. And that makes this so great. It's not just a video about the Yakuza games. It's coming from a fan trying his best to show his admiration.
I will probably watch this again many times in the future so thank you.
haha I thought I was the only one who re watch that video from time to time :D
SpeckObst yep this is my 3rd watch
They are remastering the whole series 0-6 for ps4
2nd watch but i love the serious as well sooo mutch ❤
And jrp's are my Main Genre of games
Most underrated series ever made period!
Glorie Mpaka Not underrated in Japan tho.
DoomFry i know obviously😂
I see people sucking the cock of this series everywhere... It's not that underrated...
@@neildrunkmaam7040 If you go 5 years back, then it definitely was underrated.
@@neildrunkmaam7040 Just took 15 or so years to get some recognition. Didn't took long enough, not at all
I just gonna put a timeline for the intro for each game, because they're so cool:
Yakuza 1: 14:35
Yakuza 2: 18:52
Yakuza Kenzan: 20:32
Yakuza 3: 23:55
Yakuza 4: 26:35 (The intro Bit edit is way better than the original, mainly because he choose the better part of the song)
Yakuza Dead Souls: 30:50
Yakuza 5: 34:46
Yakuza Ishin: 39:24
Thank you 😊
I only got into the series about 2 years ago and this video still feels special. It’s really crazy to think that back then Yakuza might have never come to the west again and now we’re getting simultaneous worldwide releases
This is probably my 30th time rewatching this video since it was first uploaded.
Its birraze to think how far the series has come over the years and I believe you played a huge part in the success of it over at west.
Thankyou, HBH, truly.
Going back to this classic video. 366,000 views later and yakuza is doing great in the U.S. with PC ports, PS4 re releases and a strong localization presence. I got into this series from this video and I can't thank you enough. I imagine many others feel the same and i wouldn't be surprised if the popularity of this video contributed to the series popularity growing in the west.
OH. MY. GOD. Why haven't I noticed this series before?! I need to support this series, like, RIGHT AWAY!!
I keep revisiting this video as the years go by - lots of sentimental value since it introduced me to one of my favorite series ever + there’s just something so hopeful and powerful hearing all the concerns and wishes for the series’ future, knowing that now it’s more successful than ever.
I was wondering why I felt the need to rewatch this today. Exactly 2 years later and it's still just as good.
The4thSnake same
Same
8 years later I still watch this video, and I've been a Yakuza fan since the beginning. Great video :)
Hey man, it’s almost been 6 years now but I just wanted to leave a thanks for getting me into the series. I started with the original game on the PlayStation 2 followed by all of the sequels all because of your recommendation. I’ve been a huge fan since, buying all of the games as they come out every year. Yakuza 0 is easily one of my favorite games of all time. I’m glad I ended up playing the games before 0 came out because 0 is made so much more special when you have the added context of the previous games. I don’t think I would’ve had the experience I did without this video
Thank you man. Thanks to you I played Yakuza 0 after trying Judgement this year. Playing Yakuza Kiwami 2 right now.
What game are you on now?
I came across this video two years ago, and i just finish infinite wealth after playing every entry in this series. Just wanted to thank you, it was an amazing ride, i feel empty now but god what a ride.
Holy balls this series looks amazing. I think I'm in love. Thank you so much for introducing me to this series.
Also I should say that I've been feeling kinda down lately but after watching all of the crazy awesome stuff in this video, I was just left with this huge dopey grin on my face. So not only have you introduced me to a series that I'm going to love but you also made me feel better! Thanks again and great video as always Hyperbithero!
Westonious I'm glad I could lift your spirits, man. Don't let things get you down!
ruclips.net/video/FsOPo67qB1s/видео.html
HyperBitHero Thanks for the encouraging words and the awesome music!
yakuza will leave you looking like your profile pic.
jsh020 It looked like that while I was watching the video! Haha!
Now we have Kiwami and Kiwami 2 so you can start from the beginning of the story with modern gameplay elements
I do feel bad for people that play Kiwami 1/2 then hit three lmao it’s a rough transition
I am one of those people lol and yea it’s rough but eventually you get used to it and the story really takes some time to get into fully lol
It's been like a week and a half and I'm already watching this again. REALLY good video.
Amazing review! I'll try to watch all of it some time later as I have to study for a final, haha.
Great job promoting the series, it needs WAAAY more love than it gets!
This video was the reason I pre-ordered yakuza zero back in the day, and why I've bought every entry since then. Im glad i found this again.
Excellent video, I've been meaning to play these games for ages
Have you played them yet?
Waiting for the update
FINALLY
this video was on my watch later for YEARS,but now i can finally watch as i finished all the games
Yay
Watching this video 9 years later is insane, this series is arguably at the peak of its popularity with the massive success of 0, LaD, Infinite Wealth, Judgement and Kiwami 1 & 2 bringing more eyes to the series, along with Sega porting Kiwami 1 to Switch and the upcoming LaD TV show, I'm super glad that i tried 0 years ago and still fell more and more in love with this series
Amazing video, HBH! This was insanely well done, I'm sincerely in awe. Thank you for presenting me to this series. I'm itching to play it.
At this point, I'm there's more Yakuza content Bit hasn't covered than there is in this video. Another in this vein might be the ideal way to approach it.
This video released 8 years ago and only NOW is Ishin finally getting localised. Took their goddamn time
Every other description of this game hasn't really made me feel like a game I want to go out and buy ASAP. Well this video is now the driving force in me wanting this game. Good video.
This is extremely well made. Subbed
Ten Years in the RUclips made this video f*cking golden!
Seriously, this video had me check out this series back then because i was looking for some PS2 titles and found out about this gem.
I sincerely hope you make a video of the current titles someday. Much love 🇧🇷
I have to say... this is one of the best videos of this nature I've ever had the pleasure of sitting through. If the Yakuza series never comes to PC, I'm buying a ps4 for these games for sure. This is now my favourite series I don't own. Thank you Hero, this is truly a treat for me. I hope you keep pumping out content like this (judging from the few other vids I've seen, you haven't lost momentum at all). I think you're doing really well carving out a hybrid niche somewhere between Superbunnyhop and Jim Sterling and if there was a greater combination for a RUclips game analyst to have... I don't know what that could be.
Strange watching this video knowing how Large this series is now, with a recent recommendation turning it into an all time favourite of mine and Yakuza 4 specifically entering my top ten games of all time.
I'm happy there were videos like this before Yakuza blew up in the West. Candidly hyping up the series for an hour introduced me to the games.
as a die hard fan of this magnificent series i seriously cannot thank you enough for making this video. You excellently said all the things that makes this series such a gem to me and many others.
This video is a lovely review/recap and tribute to the Ryu ga Gotoku series (you're right, the original title is more interesting than just plain ol' Yakuza) and you just made a longtime fan happy; there is hope for this series, and if I have the money I'll buy multiple copies of all the games.
Thank god I bought the original one way back in '06, and everything you said here is basically the reason why I love this series.
May you be Like a Dragon and rise gloriously to the heavens, for you are made of win ;)
So, what i gather from this video is that Yakuza is basically a Takeshi Kitano film on crack... yup, sounds perfect to me. Also, this game looks like it's very well directed. Cutscenes, soundtrack, story, gameplay, visuals and basically everything melts perfectly. brb, buying Yakuza 1 & 2.
Finally I find someone who appreciates the entire series as much as I do
You're 2/2 on game franchises which, even though I'd heard of them forever, I only now realize do indeed look like my next favorite. Really hoping I get the chance to play these games some time cause they look rad as fuck.
The fact that you got me to sit through almost a goddamn hour of critique on a series I've already played is testament to how good this video is on all accounts. Seriously, thank you for spreading the word (and enlightening me a bit more on the JP-exclusive titles), this series is fucking glorious.
Earned yourself a sub, for all that's worth.
Great video, Yakuza 2 has the best atmosphere and story ever in a game I've played so far.
This video is ten years old now. . . Wow, I’ve followed this series for ten years. Epic.
It strikes me as wild when games with passable writing get praised as being bench marks. When the Yakuza series as legit been well written since day one. Really the Yakuza series has been consistently well written and charming for over a decade.
I love the Yakuza games, it's the next best thing to visiting Japan, or getting a mural tattooed on your back. Well done going through the strains of making this video man and I hope the video doesn't get taken down too. Guaranteed this will convince some people interested in and on the fence about trying this series.
I just want to say thank you so much for making this video.
This is truly for the ones who been awaiting for the English text adaptation Yakuza 5 of this wonderful games series
I shall enjoy watching this and this is for us to remember we the game epically if we haven't played this in a long time.
You know, Sonic and Yakuza are polar opposites of each other, one's a fast paced cartoony platformer that can't seem to stick with one formula while the other's a medium paced realistic (relatively speaking) beat-em-up that's been sticking to it's formula since the very first game.
Kiryu should just be SEGA's Mascot at this point
Holy shit yakuza 0 is coming to the west!!!! and YAKUZA 5 IS COMING NEXT TUES!!!
my load tank is empty after the news
I need to go to the bathroom
My internet also needs to go to the bathroom, holy shit psn servers are horrible.
yeah, 3% here....
25%, hyyyype
This video is what got me into this franchise. I've played 1-3, and I'm about to start 4 now. This has become one of my favorite franchises.
Well, I'm definitely gonna give these a try. Never had any interest before, but this series looks awesome and I hate that I slept on them so long. Thank you so much for making this and I cannot wait to see what you got coming for us next.
I almost never watch videos this long on RUclips but for this series and your clear love and appreciation for it, I sat through the whole thing. Thanks for uploading it.
I still remember years ago seeing Yakuza 3 randomly in a game store when I was younger. I thought it looked cool but didn’t get it, but I looked it up later and wanted to get it. But it was gone when I came back. I had forgotten about Yakuza up until 0, and now, I’m a lifelong fan that has played every game. And this video made me want to play them.
I have a funny story on how got into the Yakuza series.
In 2015 I bought a game on the 3DS called Project X Zone 2 which was a mediocre JRPG crossover that merge the worlds of Capcom, Namco and SEGA Characters in one chapter Phoenix Wright and Maya meet Goro Majima for a court case for the Tojo Clan it's a really fun chapter and definitely the highlight for an otherwise mediocre crossover game.
But when I look up the game Kiryu and Majima were from it said Yakuza Dead Souls and Yakuza Fans have said that its one of the weaker games in the Yakuza series so naturally at first, I didn't care to get into the Yakuza series at the time.
But in 2018 I was scrolling through RUclips, and I found a video called Sonic and SEGA All Stars Warzone which was a fan idea for a possible SEGA Smash Bros it's actually a really well put together concept video and I linked in the comment below but anyways the video going through the roster of playable characters on the roster but one character I didn't recognize at the time was Kiryu and he was a series called Yakuza but then he started showing screenshots of gameplay and in one screenshot was Kiryu and then it hit me that this was same character from Project X Zone 2 and then I learned that Yakuza: Dead Souls was a Spin Off to Yakuza and not a main line game.
So, then I look up the Yakuza Series and I learned that it was a big series in the Japan for SEGA but in the west, it wasn't quite a big as it was in Japan until the release of Yakuza 0 in 2017 on the PS4.
the first Yakuza game I played was Yakuza 6: The Song of Life since it was newest one out at the time and I was hooked instantly, and I have played mostly every Yakuza game (Except spinoffs like Dead Souls, Kenzan and Ishin) its not only one of my favorite SEGA franchises but also one my favorite video game series of all time.
Link to Jarbloko"s concept for a SEGA Smash Bros:
ruclips.net/video/hHH1_oj6KMo/видео.html
The Yakuza series will change your life. It will teach you what being a man is all about.
With the announcement of Ishin localization, I just have to return to the video that got me interested in the series in the first place.
I have a funny story on how got into the Yakuza series.
In 2015 I bought a game on the 3DS called Project X Zone 2 which was a mediocre JRPG crossover that merge the worlds of Capcom, Namco and SEGA Characters in one chapter Phoenix Wright and Maya meet Goro Majima for a court case for the Tojo Clan it's a really fun chapter and definitely the highlight for an otherwise mediocre crossover game.
But when I look up the game Kiryu and Majima were from it said Yakuza Dead Souls and Yakuza Fans have said that its one of the weaker games in the Yakuza series so naturally at first, I didn't care to get into the Yakuza series at the time.
But in 2018 I was scrolling through RUclips, and I found a video called Sonic and SEGA All Stars Warzone which was a fan idea for a possible SEGA Smash Bros it's actually a really well put together concept video and I linked in the comment below but anyways the video going through the roster of playable characters on the roster but one character I didn't recognize at the time was Kiryu and he was a series called Yakuza but then he started showing screenshots of gameplay and in one screenshot was Kiryu and then it hit me that this was same character from Project X Zone 2 and then I learned that Yakuza: Dead Souls was a Spin Off to Yakuza and not a main line game.
So, then I look up the Yakuza Series and I learned that it was a big series in the Japan for SEGA but in the west, it wasn't quite a big as it was in Japan until the release of Yakuza 0 in 2017 on the PS4.
the first Yakuza game I played was Yakuza 6: The Song of Life since it was newest one out at the time and I was hooked instantly, and I have played mostly every Yakuza game (Except spinoffs like Dead Souls, Kenzan and Ishin) its not only one of my favorite SEGA franchises but also one my favorite video game series of all time.
Link to Jarbloko"s concept for a SEGA Smash Bros:
ruclips.net/video/hHH1_oj6KMo/видео.html
Years later i wanna come back to this video and say without it I wouldn’t have tried this amazing series I now so deeply love
To quote an old friend of mine... "FUCK SEGA, WHERE'S YAKUZA?"
Ah Yakuza, I love this series so much; thanks for this video, Hayden !
I hope all the 70.000 people who watched this video buy yakuza 5 next week.
+AwesomeNightman I bought it, its great. Reconnected my ps3 just to buy and play it.
***** Yea very cheap. And it has an insane amount of content. A lot more than its predecessors.
+AwesomeNightman I bought it but unfortunately it won't sell well because many people traded in their ps3. I don't understand why they couldn't have put this on the ps-store for ps4. I suspect they will make this game free for ps plus before the Yakuza 0 release in the west.
Eccentric
it's actually not that easy to port ps3 games to ps4 for some reason. I heard that at least.
+AwesomeNightman it takes a ton of programming to switch architectures. but they are bringing an HD version of 1 to the PS4 i japan (probs not the west).
Thank you for going all the way of introducing all of Yakuza series. As a newcomer to the series, i've never realised that there are so many gems i missed to stumble upon.
Bought Yakuza 0 and Kiwami 1 just last year and boy did i not regret all the times i've spent
Spot on! Started playing the games recently and have been hooked!!!
Wow, this video is incredible!
I use to hate com beat'em'ups/brawlers and leveling systems, but the video makes such a good case for the series that I found myself wanting to experiencing all of it!
All that sense of atmosphere and progression, with the characters' ages and places progressing, really got my attention.
The contrast between a story that takes itself seriously, packing a good bit of drama, and the over the top gameplay and additional content reminded me of MGS, my favorite series. It is rare for a game to be able to pull this up. To present itself as a griping and meaningful story while still being able to acknowledge it is a game, where fun and experimentation is paramount!
Imagine a "Yakuza Spin-off Collection" with Kenzan, Dead Souls, and Ishin all remastered running at 60 FPS on the PS4 or PS5
Ishin remastered at 60 fps? You poor bastard. 😞😔
@@descendantofartorias2067 Yea I know, fuck me ig
I've never play a Yakuza game and knew little about the series, but after watching this I am definitely interested. I think you're right when you say that it has a dream cast feel to it because I got that impression just from watching those gameplay clips. Thanks for reviving my faith in Sega.
40:24 YOOOO HYPERBIT!!! ISHIN IS GETTING LOCALIZEDDDDDD
Thank you for making this video. I was going through my subscriptions to find something short to watch while I ate a sandwich and clicked on this video thinking that I can just watch a bit now and finish it later. But it was so well put together, and the games just looked so interesting, I watched in awe for the whole 50 minutes.
I think I need to make some purchases...
Watching this in 2020 is a damn trip.
Over the past 5 years we’ve gotten:
Yakuza 6 showing the end of Kiryu’s saga
Yakuza 0 being localized
Yakuza 1 & 2 getting full worldwide remakes
Yakuza 3-5 releasing in the west in HD
Yakuza 7 coming out and being a wacky RPG with a new main hero
Something on the horizon for January of next year (probably another ye olde Nihon game to kick off Yakuza on the PS5)
Damn, I’m really grateful to the dedicated western fans that made this possible
What do you mean by probably another ye olde Nihon game to kick off Yakuza on the PS5
@@cu11en76 that’s precisely what I mean
@@larsnyman2455 What do you mean by that?
I meant that I think that the Yakuza team is making another game set in ye olde Nihon for the PS5, like with Ishin and Kenzan for the 3 and 4
Imagine it's another prequel but this time with Watase as the main character or something
I know that this is a year old, but shout out to you Hyperbit for this awesome lore timeline. I needed to reference it for my own livestream/RUclips series, so I very humbly commend you for taking the time to make this brotha. Great job!
If Sony were to make a PlayStation All Stars 2 in the future Kiryu would be an awesome inclusion for the roster since the Yakuza series is mostly tied to PlayStation consoles.
Got started on Yakuza 1 because of this video! Finally! I'm having a blast with it! It's been a long time since I have played something this much fun and entertaining! Thank you, HyperBitHero, for spreading the word!
fgdj2000 I'm glad to hear you're having fun, don't miss out on Yakuza 5! It's now open for pre-ordering.
devilleon7
I won't! I gathered all the numbered installments already. Is it still digital only?
fgdj2000 Unfortunately, yes, but it's still better than nothing!
devilleon7 As long as they have all the content in there I'm happy. Or at least, happy enough. Can't preorder it in my store, yet...
fgdj2000 As far as I know, nothing's been cut! So rest assured :D
This is a series I have been curious about for some time. Good to see you put so much effort in this video to convince as many people as you can to try this series. I know I will give this a go eventually.
Glad I decided to start with yakuza 1. I was tempted to start with 3, but I hate missing out on the story. Just beat 3 last night and can't wait to start 4 (or dead souls). Definitely becoming one of my favorite series!
+H3IN3K3NX Play Dead Souls after 4 if you're going to play it.
thanks, will do. since it's a spin off that may be better to play after 4 so I don't ruin any hints to the main series story.
This is one of my favourite videos out of all of the content you've made. Thanks for this, and keep up the good work!
What a long video. I will try this series out eventually but I will get Yakuza 5 for sure. The combat in this series sounds unique and I love how the over the top finishing moves look. The fact that you can hit people with a bicycle is also a plus.
Trust me, the finishing moves can get absolutely crazy. It's almost worth playing at least one of the games just for them. Luckily for you, you can also do lots of other things in the games besides finishing moves.
Jochem Wolf
I might get around to emulating the first two games soon.
I think this was the video I watched that considerably helped pique my interest for this series, and I'm very glad I decided to get into it. Thanks!
CUTIE BLIND GIRL HNNNNNNGGGG
I'VE NEVER PLAYED THIS SERIES BUT NOW I'M TOO HYPED FOR 5
SOMEONE HELP
AAAAAA
The moment I saw the cutie blind girl I knew Majima was a goner.
Man, I have to applaud you, Hyper Bit. You've managed to pique my interest, I'm going to delve deeper and do a bit of interest. Going through financial scarcity, but I do plan to pick up these games when I can!
Thanks again, man. This video is excellent, and I can only imagine the amount of work and dedication that went into this. Great job!
This series is so unappreciated.
This is why they take forever to localize it! I have to import them all because they take so long!
Finished Yakuza 5 AGES ago in Japanese (hyped for the English version), and just finished Zero (unlocked both Kiryu and Majima's secret styles). Zero and 5 are the best Yakuza's I've played and I don't even know the stories!
Zero's soundtrack is also one of the best Yakuza OST's I've heard! 5's as well!
Cyberpunk Transhumanist On the topic of OST's, I'm particularly fond of Tiger Flute. It's just so funky.
***** Meh, I prefer the battle tracks myself!
Cyberpunk Transhumanist But Tiger Flute IS a battle theme. And yeah, I prefer battle themes too. If I'm gonna be listening to them for 10-20 hours they NEED to be good, and Yakuza almost always delivers. If we're talking ones 5 and 0 specifically I really like Hailstorm, Affected Fight, Victory Road, Dynamic & Magnificent. Receive and Slash You, Mutual Fists, One-Eyed Slugger, and Force and Crash Addiction.
***** My list would be too long! Hahaha! I don't think a day goes by where I don't listen to Yakuza songs or watch at least 3 boss fights to start my day off. :P
Cyberpunk Transhumanist I hadn't listened to anything for a while, shame on me, but last night I had devilleon's 18-minute loop of Reign on for like 2 hours while I played a computer game, lol. I used to listen to the karaokes everyday. I love them even more than battle themes. Breakin' the law, breakin' the world~
It’s so weird coming back to this video now that this series has blown up so much
Great video as always, it's very visible how much passion you have for the franchise and how much you put on this video.
I wished SEGA would port these games to PC, Valkyria Chronicles gave me little bit of hope, but I highly doubt it will ever happen. Looks like I'll have to keep appreciating the series from far away until I can get my hands on a PS4, or at least a PS3.
Watched this some time ago and recently started the first game. I'm only at Chapter 4 doing a bunch of side quests but I'm in love with this series already! Thank you so much for putting this all together!
After that, you should pick up Kiwami on PS4. Such an awesome remake!
funny how the video came out long before Yakuza in its prime
Not even 0 was released in the West yet
My exposure to the Yakuza series was through Project X Zone 2 which was a JRPG crossover that merge the worlds of Capcom, Namco and SEGA Characters but in one chapter Phoenix Wright and Maya meet Goro Majima for a court case for the Tojo Clan it's a really fun chapter and definitely the highlight for an otherwise mediocre crossover game.
But when I look up the game that Kiryu and Majima were from it said Yakuza Dead Souls and Yakuza Fans have said that its one of the weaker games in the Yakuza series so naturally at first, I didn't care to get into the Yakuza series at the time.
But in 2018 I was scrolling through RUclips, and I found a video called Sonic and SEGA All Stars Warzone which was a fan idea for a possible SEGA Smash Bros but as the video was going through the roster of playable characters on the roster I saw one character I didn't recognize at the time was Kazuma and he was from a series called Yakuza but then the video started showing screenshots of gameplay and in one screenshot was Kazuma and then it hit me that this was same character from Project X Zone 2 and then I learned that Yakuza: Dead Souls was a Spin Off to Yakuza and that Yakuza was bigger series than I thought.
So, then I look up the Yakuza Series and I learned that it was a big series in the Japan for SEGA but in the west, it wasn't quite a big as it was in Japan until the release of Yakuza 0 in 2017 on the PS4.
the first Yakuza game I played was Yakuza 6: The Song of Life since it was newest one out at the time and I was hooked instantly, and I have played mostly every Yakuza game (Except spinoffs like Dead Souls, Kenzan and Ishin) it's not only one of my favorite SEGA franchises but also one my favorite video game series of all time.
Link to Jarbloko"s concept for a SEGA Smash Bros:
ruclips.net/video/hHH1_oj6KMo/видео.html
New games and re-releases since you made this video. It’s a good time to be a Yakuza fan!
Just wanted to say I started playing Yakuza 1 after watching this video. I was a bit apprehensive at first, not being sure how well it'd gel with me since it's pretty old, but it's actually taken me back to the PS2 era in a big way. Everything about it - from the cheesy dub to the clunky-yet-satisfying combat - is so idiosyncratic of games back then that I'm really enjoying it. I thought I would end up trying to rush through 1 and 2 to get to a more up to date edition, but actually I'm just enjoying myself. So thanks for the video, or I might never have bothered with the first two games and just watched the story synopsis from the third.
It's been 5 years and a lot have changes to this series. Cheers, mate
The heat gauge is more similar to bayonetta's magic gauge than the style meter. You taunt/attack enemies to get magic the magic gauge filled up, you use those magic meter to perform torture/special moves and you lose magic gauge from getting hit.
+Omgitsgodzilla I forgot it decreased when being hit until you mentioned it. I was really just using the comparison to the Style mete in DMC because it rises and falls naturally and even more when taking damage.
+HyperBitHero Makes sense, just wanted to point out that there maybe more similarity between the magic gauge and heat gauge than the comparison between style meter and heat gauge.
And now the Ishin portion is more relevant to us, I hope you make a video about the announcement or when it comes out
Thanks to this I decided to try Yakuza 1 and I'm really enjoying it. It's unfortunate that is has camera and control issues but that won't stop me from finishing it and playing the other games. Thanks
I've been into this game series from the start from when i was 14 till now (23) and its great to see that there are people who have the same kind of love for these games.
52 minutes about Yakuza? Oh baby.
This was a fantastic video. I can't imagine how much time you put into this. I really hope I can dedicate some time to this series after I put down my current playlist of games.
The CEO from SEGA America needs to hire you as their marketing advisor now!
Does the title "Your Next Favorite" refer to the series or this video? Eithewr way, both work for me.
For those interested, Yakuza 4 is like $6 on PSN as of this comment.
Mojo Kor Ledenoa lol
I got it for free XD