Is the Yakuza series the manliest japanese franchise ever created?

Is the Yakuza series the manliest japanese franchise ever created?

Say something nice about it.

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I wanna pick it up for ps4 but the finances aren't so good right now.

It's the manliest franchise ever.

Yes

>Dad walks in

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>Is the Yakuza series the manliest japanese franchise ever created?

Overrated. Has too many threads. Game has not changed since the PS2.

>this is the imagery the west uses non ironically to make manly games

>That asshole
Yakuza 0 did a good job of showing why the actual Yakuza is not something an honest person would want to be a part of.

youtube.com/watch?v=Y6HslpF3b5Y

>Kiryu sees this
>Lol it's ok bro you almost raped my daughter but whatevs
>Leaves her alone with him late at night
>Nah it'll be fine
Kiryu should not be allowed children.

>Game has not changed since the PS2

>the quest where she marries her sex trafficker

OP here.

Get it user, it was my first Yakuza, I always felt that the first and second ones were too dated for me so Zero was an amazing suprise.

The first chapter already sold me on it.

>invading the Yakuza office to talk with the head of the family
>kuze, one of the 3 lieutnants of the family tries to stop me
>sends his goons to kill me
>proceed to break each one of them in one of most manliest moments I have ever seem in vydia
>finally reach Kuze
>he takes out his suit, making his Yakuza tattoos show up
>"You seem to have gotten the wrong idea with those goons, I will show you a lesson myself"
>this starts playing as the boss theme

youtube.com/watch?v=JHQa1SA3EtI

Nice, so it means I have a bunch of amazing games I have never played before.

Also

Kazuma Kiryu a CUTE and a pure

>The amount of white knighting in this game.
>Rescuing the old woman in Osaka.

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2 wasn't really dated and still feature one of the most quality content in the series (not much quantity though)

youtube.com/watch?v=8o9aAw8nMiI

1 has a remake with 0's engine coming this summer

>mom walks in

>The baseball substory in 2
This is pretty shit, better keep practising.
>That golf substory.
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

I did like that when you reach a certain level, enemies bow to you.

A lot of media is like that. Look at how many people think the gangsters in GoodFellas are cool people to look up to. Look at how many people miss the complete point of Scarface.

>tfw i haven't played this games because my autism tells me i wont be able to get all physical copies in english so im waiting until i can speak proper japanese so play the jp versions and buy all those physical copies instead.

Took a break around chapter 8 to play BOTW

I'll probably break away from BOTW in a week or so and return to it. Excellent game from what I've played so far. It's got Fantasy Zone and Outrun on it, so even if it turned out to be a giant piece of shit, I have a home copy of Fantasy Zone/Outrun in a neato virtual 1980's Japanese arcade.

The game is literally about punching people to make their lives better.

It's great shit.

The series make it pretty clear that Kiryu, Saejima, Majima, etc. are a minority in a world of asshole.

The only positive thing about the Yakuzas in the series is their tenacity and ambition, the methods that accompany them are another story

Kyoudai, they reprinted the first two games on PS2.

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The way life should be.

You won, son. You won.

Goddamn that's a sexy collection of Yakuza games.

A great game for feels.

>tfw wanted to take screenshots during the finale but everything from saying yes to nishiki to post credits was blocked
Sony never should have given devs control over the share button

>stomping on his nuts at the end
Uncalled for, Kiryu.

I also have the Yakuza 0 PS TV.

> If you hated 5, 6 is much worse. The graphics, VF 5, fishing and clan creator is good. Everything else is shit, no atmosphere in Onomichi like previous games.

Never played a Yakuza game before. What makes them good?

Zero is a good place to start right?

Nut stomp has been his signature move since the first game

>tfw DoD doesn't have face stomp

Yakuza 5 is PSN only in the US. So if you want all physical copies you need to go for the JP version.

Yep definitely jealous.

Also didn't know there was a Yakuza PSTV.

Play Zero first, if you don't like it, then you will NOT like the others because the others have a worse story, worse gameplay, and worse minigames.

>What makes them good

Consistently God-tier OST with great presentation
Fun satisfying combat with smooth-ass animation. Don't expect God Hand-level of depth, but it's still really fun.
Melodramatic, serious story with endearing characters
Fun humorous side content that contrast the melodrama
Lots and lots of side content and minigames that could take 30-40 hours

I know I brought Yakuza 5 for full price on the UK PSN.

There is also a Yakuza 0 PS Vita.
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Got one dirt cheap from PlayAsia before the translation was confirmed. The only con was the extremely shitty 'The Best' piss-yellow cover.

Does anyone have 0 for PS3? Should I import it? I don't have a PS4

>pal
>ps the best
yuck

>worse story
For story, 0 is still behind 2, especially the finale

Even 3 has a separate trophy list for the Best version.

Still waiting for that HD collection to come west.

Also I want to fug Kazuma.

Holy shit did anyone else realize Kiryu's eyes glow red when you swap to DoD?

yakuza is a poor man's shenmue

youtube.com/watch?v=BuQxQMgNYpM

>Has too many threads
I'd take Yakuza thread over thinly veiled Sup Forums shitposting and *block your path*

kiryu is such an autist sometimes I can't help but love it
>some fag comes by
>bumps into him
>switches between telling him hes off the hook this time and telling him to eat shit
>kiryu doesn't say a single word, just stares
>they leave
>"what was that about"

Kiryu: "Mistress. I would like to be whipped today."
Ayu: "I bet you'd like that, you pervert!"
Kiryu: "Sorry."
Kiryu: (What am I doing with my life?)

He's great.

Yeah, Yakuza seem to balance humor and drama really well.

>walking around kamurocho
>some TV guys stop me saying I could be a great producer
>say I have the face, the attitude and the looks to pull it off
>tell them I accept it since they were in need of one since the real one did not show up in time
>the director gets in the scene and start saying a bunch of words only someone in the showbiz would understand
>the camera man tells me to "grocer" the scene
>Kiryu has no idea about any of those words
>pick the "Taunt plate" option
>Kiryu literally starts bullying the plate prop in front of him
>"You damn plate, do you think anyone would ever want to eat from you? You are shut a worthless plate"

Kek

Also, just got to Saejima's story, holy shit I am thinking his is more interesting the Kiryu's.

>what am I doing with my life

That is literally OC material.

Every fucking Yakuza thread it's this same image and then this one Trying way too hard to justify your purchases by showing off. Is it autism?

it's majima you idiot

Also, funny thing is that she ended up becoming a tsundere mistress.

>it is not like I want you to come back tomorrow, you pig!

I hope this raise in the game's popularity brings us the feudal japan ones, I really wanted to play those without any guides.

Oh shit, yeah.

Fuck off, what?

Don't know about you but I am jelly.

>balance humor and drama

They just leave them separated so that different players can approach both on their own. Which is something I really like

Yes

Try saying that once you've seen it 25+ times. The same two images of the same collection loses its luster very fast. Fuck, he even posts the games first and then the console EVERY TIME

Why does he look so realistic compared to the girls

Because he is more important to the plot. Also most girls seem pretty copypasted.