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Yakuza 4 cut content12/30/2023 Yakuza 3 was my first experience of Yakuza back on the PS3. But at least I don’t remember being angered by it like I did with some aspects of 4 and 5, so that’s why it’s higher. It’s like the whole game was erased from my mind. I remember a female cop helping you and your main rival having a similar dragon tattoo, but that’s about it. Whether it was bad or good, my memories of this game are incredibly foggy. Out of all the games listed here, Kiwami 2 is the one I remember the least about it. While, again much like 4, it has a truly terrible Saejima sequence (this time hunting on a snowy mountain!), it does however also have the brilliant story of Haruka training to be a pop idol, complete with rhythm games and Taxi Drive Kiryu. Much like Yakuza 4 this also has multiple protagonists whose seperate stories soon intertwine towards the end. It also helps make the game the most confusing Yakuza story line in the series. It doesn’t help that the entire game is so long that when you do end up switching back to another character it’s hard to remember where he was or what he was doing in this last story moment. In this one it’s a prison segment that goes on for about 3 hours too long. Saejima has his fans but all of his appearances in the series seem to come with the worst gameplay sections. Aside from Kiryu, the loan shark Akiyama is the only other character worth spending time with. You have four characters, Kiryu, Saejima, Akiyama and some cop who was so boring I don’t think he made another appearance since. The first in the series to feature multiple player characters, the only issue with that is only one of them is any good. Yakuza 4 gets the unfortunate title of “Worst Yakuza game”. Out of all the games listed here, this is the one you should miss, unless you’re a Team Yakuza completionist. Boring open world vehicle exploration, no memorable side missions and at times frustrating combat. And that’s a word rarely used for anything Yakuza related. Maybe because the FONS Universe is not something I’m too familiar with, but I found all of this game incredibly dull. That said, this does seem like it was made by the B team on their lunch breaks before heading back and working on the mainline Yakuza stuff. Okay, not technically a Yakuza, but it’s made by the same team and shares a lot of the same DNA. So without waffling on for any longer, in reverse order, here’s Mental Health Gaming’s (well, mine to be honest) Official Ranking of Yakuza’s.ġ0) Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise It’s been one hell of a ride, with many highs, and a few lows. Now that Like A Dragon has been conquered it meant after the six years I’ve spent in the world of Yakuza, not counting a slight dallying with Yakuza 3 on PS3, I could sit back and take in everything I’ve experienced thus far.
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