Stranger than Heaven Five Eras From Yakuza Studio
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I'm so saturated with Yakuza games that I don't have high hopes for this being another Yakuza that actually has anything other than a ton of recycled assets and mechanics. But I'll give it an honest try when it comes out.
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I'm alive, fool!
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Man I played 0, Kiwami 1, 2 and then 3 and went mate fuck this shit. Same bullshit over and over again, even if you just focus on the main path it's boring as fuck after a point. These games are only good for those who've never been to or will never get to, Japan.
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I did the same but also played the first RPG one, Like a Dragon. I tried playing other similar games like Fist of Northstar and Judgement, but it got tedious after a while. I think I just like the silly side quests. Main story gets boring after a while. I usually have to power thru to make it to the end. Test of endurance.
I think this game has potential to up the ante with the silliness though.
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Did you play them one after the other in rapid succession?
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You would never make it in Kamurocho!
I used to be a super fan of Yakuza but that's when the series were considered to be utter shite and Sega didn't really want to bring anything to the west. Peak of the series for me was Yakuza 5 finally releasing on the PS3 in 2015 digital only after years of begging Sega and Sony to do it.
I think the series suffers from its own goob success after Yakuza 0, there's too many games coming out in rapid succession for it. After Yakuza 6 and 0 I got completely turned off by them and only recently I finished Judgement and started Like a Dragon but that's a tiresome ass game too.
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Yeah, that was probably a mistake.
These games aren't meant to be played one after another, I don't think. They don't present enough of a varying experience, game to game, to warrant that kind of dedication.
Like Kazuma Kiryu, you're supposed to feel like you're returning home after a long time away, and feel the space that the years away provide. I think that the humor, action and quests work a lot better when you return to them after a spell abroad. Especially considering the city is basically the same layout every time. It could be argued that the story is just a variation on the same thing too. You have to revisit the same locations over and over so many times in a given game that you become very familiar with the different shops. Then, in the next game, because the city is so etched into your mind from the last time, it's easier to notice what's changed, what's stayed the same and so forth. Kind of like going back to a major city after years away in real life.
But the metanarrative is pretty clear: violence is the only way Kiryu can make the world a better place because that world will always need him to be violent. It's an interesting burden for a person to have to carry. And for all of the time that passes between games, Kamurocho will always be Kamurocho. The world will always be the world. And Kiryu will always be Kiryu.
I have yet to play Kiwami 3. I need to.
