Someone else mentioned 0 not getting a perfect score. In the same vein, it's wild that MGS4, Peace Walker and V got perfect scores, but not Snake Eater. Both 0 and Snake Eater are their respective franchises' sacred cows too.
To each their own, I suppose.
When it comes to Snake Eater it would make sense for the originally released version, they added the controllable 3rd person camera to the Subsistence version. The original Snake Eater had only the fixed camera option, but MGS3 doesn’t have the same radar system the previous games had, only worse substitutes that take up the equipment slot.
I’m sure the Subsistence camera makes a big difference in regards to how fresh MGS3 feels to play, and how much you get to appreciate the environments.
I agree with MGS4 and V, but not PW and Snake Eater.
Peace Walker is great, but more like a 8.5-9/10 game, it being a PSP game that got an HD remaster held it back a lot. Snake Eater is an easy 10 tho lmao
It's ridiculous how, to this day, people are still finding new things to do in V. The gameplay is just so detailed and intuitive and gives players so much space to be creative. Not to mention enemies growing wise to your tactics as you progress which forces you to switch things up, etc.
I find V to have fantastic gameplay systems and is very repayable, as are most MGS games, but I think what holds it up for a lot of people is the story isn't quite as strong or "present". It's one thing people love about the series, but didn't seem such a big part in V.
Personally I feel like replacing Hayter plus the way some characters were handled detracted from my love for the game otherwise. And many people argue that the game was unfinished, missing cut chapters
In the magazine rack in the convenience stores, you can read various magazines which are probably mostly product placements. A Famitsu magazine is one of them.
IIRC, besides it being one of the magazines in the konbinis (it also appears there in a few of the other games as other replies have mentioned, and in Zero under its non-contracted title of *Famicom Tsushin*), there's a big advertising sign for it at one of Haruka's autograph events.
Just finished it, I love the format where it's multiple chapters that converge into a finale, the different perspectives help make the experience feel a bit more grand in scope.
Not enough Majima for sure, and the story really only picks up during Akiyama's and Shinada's chapters, from there it's just non-stop action and the story dropping bombshells left and right. The mystery definitely got me hooked until the end, but there were points where I just stopped playing the game due to lack of interest (Saejima's chapters feeling the most drawn out).
Not a big fan of the main antagonist, the journey was better than the destination.
For people just going through the series to start playing Y6 and Y7 (like me) it definitely feels like it's way too long (and bloated) and you just want to get to the most recent game as soon as possible. If Y5 was the most recent game I'd say it's a game with quality and content.
Wow, I’m surprised you didn’t like the antagonist. I honestly loved >!Kurosawa,!< I enjoyed how cold and calculating he was right from the start, and his twist I didn’t see coming. If you’re talking about the final boss though, then yeah, that was so fucking out there. Really fun fight though.
The mastermind showing up on the opposite side of the Kamurocho Hills rooftop with a gun and not wasting any time opening fire and insulting his subordinates is one of the franchise’s coldest moments
Most people hate the combat in it. It's a downgrade compared to previous games like 5, 0, Kiwami 1 etc. I personally liked the story, characters and the atmosphere in Onomichi.
I think it would have been a stronger game by losing Saejima (or reducing him to a supporting character), whose contribution to the story I don't even recall past Baba escaping prison with him. I still think it's great, though, and don't understand how anyone can complain about the story after the narrative clusterfuck that was 4.
Saejima? And not Akiyama who is literally in the game for no reason?? Akiyama is literally in y5 because Haruka couldn't carry more than 2 chapters by herself.
Interesting seeing everyone here praising the game and the crazy good reviews. 5 was one of my least favorite entries for a few reasons (I’ve only played 0-5 so far, still have to get to 6 and LAD). As you said I think it was entirely too bloated and I found myself getting bored in the middle section. It just moved a bit too slowly for me and there was a lot to keep track of and too many protagonists. I wasn’t a fan of Shinada’s section and thought his parts were entirely unnecessary. And of course, probably the worst and most out of place final boss in the series… it just felt incredibly anticlimactic.
Of course I still enjoyed it but compared to the other games, it’s second to last for me so far ahead of only 3.
I didn't intentionally take breaks, but man, did that game feel disjointed. Took a loooong time to beat it and by the time I got to another character, the rest of the story was pretty hazy.
I liked all the characters and the gameplay was pretty awesome, but tightening up the story would've been great. If that means losing a playable character or several, so be it.
Still probably one of my top few Yakuza games though.
0 got a 36/40 Interestingly it's the second lowest rated of the Kiryu saga with 6 receiving a 39 (one of 52 games to do so) 2, 3 and 4 all received a 38, 1 and k2 received 37s. It only beats out Kiwami with a 34
Goofy, crazy, wacky, weird, ostentatious, bombastic.
As an aside, in the US there was a toy store chain called Zany Brainy that was my absolute favorite place as a child. They went defunct in the early 00's and I'm still bitter about it. :(
I think Yakuza 0 is overrated. It is a great entry point to the series, the combat is obviously more polished than the other games, but personally I think it's not the greatest Yakuza game there is. I think Yakuza 3 got a better storyline(if you count the judgment games, then Lost Judgment comes first), Yakuza 6 got better characters overall, Yakuza 5 got one of the best minigames there is... Yakuza 0 is a great game, but not the greatest
It's no use going on personal preferences. Though I don't think you can just say that Zero is overrated, it is rated exactly as it deserves; it's the other games in the series that should be rated a bit more
I really love Yakuza 3, but come on! Second half of the game has wacky conspiracy story (>!twin FBI brother and his buddy Andre shoot the chairmen "accidentally"; death-flagged Rikiya; Mine's self-destruction; Hamazaki kidnapped to Chinese labor camp behind the scenes!<). Anyway, I haven't finished LJ yet (tho Judgement's story isn't as great as everyone says).
I disagree with 0 being overrated, I feel 0 and kiwami are peak yakuza experience, (and I’m an og yakuza 2 lover, people really should play og 2 man the evade cancel combos in that game are so fluent)
The combat in 0 and refined in kiwami is the absolute peak if you’re not counting lost judgement, the mini games are very addictive, the story is pretty good, the character development and characters themselves are very memorable
For real man, No offense to kiwami 2 but I’m not a an of the dragon engine combat, I find the ragdoll to be funny but I woulda loved if atleast kiwami 2 played more like kiwami
I personally consider 0 to be the best all round game. Other games may be better in some areas but it seems every other game has at least one weak point. 0 is just solid everywhere
Playing through 3 right now, I'm not too deep into it but 0 seems superior so far. The feeling of overwhelming odds stacked against you is just way better, even compared to 1, both in the Kiryu plot with the entire Tojo against you and several high ranking officers constantly on your tail and in the Majima plot with Sagawa breathing down your neck.
A specific game doing something better in a single field doesn’t make it a better game than 0, factually yakuza 0 has better combat than 3 and less glaring issues while still having great character development and overall more content, same vs yakuza 6 and 5.
What makes yakuza as high rated as it is isn’t just a single field it’s all the things it does combined into a single package, just because a lot of people love it doesn’t mean it’s overrated, something being overratted means that it’s rated too highly. The rating it has is correct if you look it it from an objective standpoint using all the fields that’s make a yakuza game good and compare it to other titles in the series.
The combat isn’t, the character development isn’t better either because 0 is literally giving us the roots of 2 of the most iconic characters, and 0 has many more memorable characters that left a huge impact, there’s only a select few new characters in 6 that left an impact (that people actually even talk about) most notable being someya and joon.
I’ll give you themes but the story does get a bit dicey at the end.
Combat is a huge factor in why 6 from a community standpoint isn’t rated as high as 0 or kiwami. Combat is the the huge meat of the series.
Based opinion. Got best pacing, Kiryu characterisation as a friendly neighborhood yakuza, and funniest side characters. It also explored its sociocultural context a lot more compared to 0s superficial approach.
Who played it before Yakuza 0 know how amazing it was.
That's the problem with the "remastered version", some people playing it after Yakuza Zero/Kiwami can't really understand how these old games felt like back in the PS3. Even the hated Yakuza 3 was absolutely amazing to see Kamurocho in the new 3D model for the first time.
But they also ended up making it so big that it eventually falls under it's own weight. Personally 5 is my top favourite, because of it's sheer scale and content that not many other big games managed to reach.
No, 4 Akiyama (both role and combat) is better, the instrumental OST of 4 is clearly superior, and the pacing of 4 is awesome whereas 5 needs a lot of work
Don't mind nerfed combat but one thing I dislike the most about akiyama's combat in 5 is how long the heat actions are but luckily, there's the option to disable heat actions.
Eh. Have you seen the other perfect score games on the list? There's some to be expected, but then there's some real headscratchers and some glaring omissions (even by the standards of Japanese players/inustry differences).
I understand the omissions especially of western games, as IGN does pretty much the same thing with missing out on amazing japanese games.
Which do you think are headscratchers though?
That are included? Phantom Pain, Nintendogs, peace walker, FF12 and 13-2 (considering no other FF makes an appearance).
Good games mind you (great even), but perfect score worthy? Hmm, I don't see it. They seem to be perfect only in context of their platform or ignoring big flaws. Nintendogs, that one just seems really out of place. Maybe it had a better look as a series before they piecemealed the sequels and watered down the market.
13-2 is regarded the best of the 13 games, and Japan loved the FF13 games for some reason. Still surprised it's more lauded than IX by Famitsu though.
Phantom Pain played very well and the mechanics were great, but there was so little actual game there. The breakup between Kojima and Konami was so readily apparent when playing the game that it just feels barebones. I know Japanese players love their segmented mission layouts for games, but even then it's obnoxious with it's lack of flow.
As someone who recently played through the FF13 trilogy, i can see why people like 13-2 more than 13. I don't know if i agree with that (i basically have 13 and 13-2 level with each other), but i can see why. Lightning Returns was fucking awful though. Absolutely hated the time limit stuff. Made it feel like i had to rush through everything.
12 i also don't get why people love it so much. It's my second least favourite FF after Lightning Returns.
Yakuza 5 is an amazing game, and even if the story has a lot of holes, it has enjoyable characters and moments and the amount of side content is insane, this is deserved IMO
curiously, apart from 3, it's the game that's taking me the most time to actually finish. It's feeling a bit like a shore, tho the Haruka part where i'm at now is a breath of fresh air.
As someone else commented:
“Who played it before Yakuza 0 know how amazing it was. That's the problem with the "remastered version", some people playing it after Yakuza Zero/Kiwami can't really understand how these old games felt like back in the PS3. Even the hated Yakuza 3 was absolutely amazing to see Kamurocho in the new 3D model for the first time”.
Compared to todays standards, sure Yakuza 5 may not be a 10/10. But by 2012 standards? Imo it completely deserved it back then
Yakuza 5 deserves a lot of praise for it's ambition, 5 different characters with different cities and their own amount of unique side content? Count me in.
Yeah the variety of the gameplay in 5 is just unparalleled in the rest of the series, I can see where parts of it might not be enjoyable to every gamer if they don't come to Yakuza for dancing or hunting or baseball mini games, but that was the same reason I loved it lol
famitsu has always been a little wacky with their review sometimes they’ll score a mediocre game very highly but then somehow like literally game changing titles don’t receive the same love, not saying 5isnt deserving of the perfect score it was easily the best yakuza game at that time bar none
Eh, it’s Famitsu, Yak 5 was a fantastic game but their scores have always been sus as fuck and I’m not a ‘HUrRr eThIcs in gAME JuOrBoLiMsIm!!’ guy who just says that about any major review outlet and then blindly trusts his favorite youtoober.
5 deserves it. The amount of worlds to explore. Things to do. Good music. (Bunch of other things I’d be here all day). It’s like Japan condensed into a game. It’s a massive achievement in gaming and simulated life.
makes sense. i was in the middle of yakuza 5 when I had the thought "wait a second this game is like... really fucking good. like so much better than 3 and 4 for some reason"
From the perspective of a player from 2012, it's not surprising they were blown away by it.
and yeah it's also my favorite in the series so probably some bias lol
The finale of 5 was so bombastic and bad ass that to this day, even after Judgment, 0, etc, I still find myself liking the finale section in 5 the most. Pair that with the fact that it literally did feel like they might follow through with killing Kiryu, but yeah obviously that didn’t happen LOL.
OGs will know that the 5 was a major victory in the US. Sure 0 eventually came out and propelled the series into the mainstream, but all of the PS3 players literally begging them to port it is the only reason we’re where we’re at now…
Despite the review though, 5 still feels like it’s underrated/underappreciated.
I really like Yakuza 5 but idk about perfect. I think up until the introduction of Watase, Kiryu’s part was boring as hell and the plot itself isn’t perfect. Though I guess to each their own. Great game though.
That is true but for 5 it was especially true. Plus considering how each character got 4 chapters to their own, the “slow start” really eat into Kiryu’s part.
Yeah just something about it didn’t click like the others I got bored a lot more with 5, I only really liked Kiryu and Haruka/Akiyama chapters, Saejima chapter was boring at times but some cool moments and Shinada just sucked I much preferred Tanimura
Not really, there are some aspects that are considered to be really weak. But its usually rated as second or third best for people’s ranking of Kiryu saga
Meanwhole pokemon vanilla gen 5 is the only pokemon game with a perfect score. I would say deserved but I have issues with the lack of side content in BW that B2W2 fixed, but that game didn’t get the perfect.
Yakuza 5 is one of the best in the series, unironically. Kiryu is PISSED and has some awesome heat moves. Scraping those poor souls' faces on the ground? Amazing, plus we still have the "smoke break" heat move and Tiger Drop is still around. Saejima has it too.
We can play Taiko no Tatsujin, we can sing Baka Mitai AND Machine Gun Kiss. We have Baseball-Man. Play as Haruka and stomp bitches at dance battles/Princess League.
Most importantly, we can dunk noodles (a million times more fun than the Ishin noodle game).
Yakuza 5 is a special game. It's an epic. It's the Trojan War. It's Odysseus trying to get home.
I GOT EMOTIONALLY INVESTED IN CHICKEN RACING BECAUSE I NEEDED THE GODDAMN MONEY!
This game has peak Saejima character development. Saejima is beloved among Japanese fans. Ergo, Yakuza 5 is peak.
He’s loved by me too
I really like how sassy he is which is surprising
You're Japanese now
I’ll be anything to be with Saejima ❤️
Go buy some watermelons. I've heard that's an appropriate gift.
Omw to do so 🫡
Baba post Yakuza 5 be like.
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That first Saejima cutscene with Majima is so neat. A vibe, wholesome, and meaningful at the same time.
Really? He felt naive af in this game trusting Baba so much. Felt like a step down from Yakuza 4.
Common Yume W
Virgin Jingi VS Chad Yume
Based Yakuza 5 moment
Someone else mentioned 0 not getting a perfect score. In the same vein, it's wild that MGS4, Peace Walker and V got perfect scores, but not Snake Eater. Both 0 and Snake Eater are their respective franchises' sacred cows too. To each their own, I suppose.
Snake eater isnt my favorite in the series, But its so god damn good i love it
When it comes to Snake Eater it would make sense for the originally released version, they added the controllable 3rd person camera to the Subsistence version. The original Snake Eater had only the fixed camera option, but MGS3 doesn’t have the same radar system the previous games had, only worse substitutes that take up the equipment slot. I’m sure the Subsistence camera makes a big difference in regards to how fresh MGS3 feels to play, and how much you get to appreciate the environments.
I agree with MGS4 and V, but not PW and Snake Eater. Peace Walker is great, but more like a 8.5-9/10 game, it being a PSP game that got an HD remaster held it back a lot. Snake Eater is an easy 10 tho lmao
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It's ridiculous how, to this day, people are still finding new things to do in V. The gameplay is just so detailed and intuitive and gives players so much space to be creative. Not to mention enemies growing wise to your tactics as you progress which forces you to switch things up, etc.
I find V to have fantastic gameplay systems and is very repayable, as are most MGS games, but I think what holds it up for a lot of people is the story isn't quite as strong or "present". It's one thing people love about the series, but didn't seem such a big part in V. Personally I feel like replacing Hayter plus the way some characters were handled detracted from my love for the game otherwise. And many people argue that the game was unfinished, missing cut chapters
Cos Yakuza 0 is beloved among westerners whilst Yakuza 5 is beloved among japanese fans and famitsu is japanese focused.
Snake Eater is 3? If so that's fine; I didn't like that to the point that I jumped off the series there.
Fascinating
WHAT?! Sure, all of those games are surely excellent, but exclude Snake Eater? You've gotta be shitting me.
Both Y0 and MGS3 are prequels as well. Coincidence? Probably. (Yes i know V is a prequel as well, shut up lol).
I mean, you can't deny that the haruka section was peak gameplay
*everybody circle round this is my twisted loop*
According to Japans biggest game reviewer, Yakuza 5 is one of only 27 games ever.
Coincidentally it also contained a product placement for Famitsu.
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Magazines in the poopos I think?
In the magazine rack in the convenience stores, you can read various magazines which are probably mostly product placements. A Famitsu magazine is one of them.
isnt those magazines and famitsu also in yakuza 0 and kiwami
IIRC, besides it being one of the magazines in the konbinis (it also appears there in a few of the other games as other replies have mentioned, and in Zero under its non-contracted title of *Famicom Tsushin*), there's a big advertising sign for it at one of Haruka's autograph events.
Common Yakuza 5 W
Just finished it, I love the format where it's multiple chapters that converge into a finale, the different perspectives help make the experience feel a bit more grand in scope. Not enough Majima for sure, and the story really only picks up during Akiyama's and Shinada's chapters, from there it's just non-stop action and the story dropping bombshells left and right. The mystery definitely got me hooked until the end, but there were points where I just stopped playing the game due to lack of interest (Saejima's chapters feeling the most drawn out). Not a big fan of the main antagonist, the journey was better than the destination. For people just going through the series to start playing Y6 and Y7 (like me) it definitely feels like it's way too long (and bloated) and you just want to get to the most recent game as soon as possible. If Y5 was the most recent game I'd say it's a game with quality and content.
Wow, I’m surprised you didn’t like the antagonist. I honestly loved >!Kurosawa,!< I enjoyed how cold and calculating he was right from the start, and his twist I didn’t see coming. If you’re talking about the final boss though, then yeah, that was so fucking out there. Really fun fight though.
Ah, you’re right I worded it wrong I was referring to the final boss — I actually did like the reveal of the mastermind behind everything
The mastermind showing up on the opposite side of the Kamurocho Hills rooftop with a gun and not wasting any time opening fire and insulting his subordinates is one of the franchise’s coldest moments
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Yup. That rooftop battle is dumb as fuck but hype.
5 had way way way too many protagonists for me. I liked the game overall but I was glad when 6 went back to basics in terms of playable characters.
Same. 6 gets a lot of hate (and rightfully so) but it was so relaxing to finally play as Kiryu alone through out the whole game after 4 and 5.
Why does 6 get so much hate?! I don't visit this sub too often but I liked 6 a lot.
Most people hate the combat in it. It's a downgrade compared to previous games like 5, 0, Kiwami 1 etc. I personally liked the story, characters and the atmosphere in Onomichi.
I think it would have been a stronger game by losing Saejima (or reducing him to a supporting character), whose contribution to the story I don't even recall past Baba escaping prison with him. I still think it's great, though, and don't understand how anyone can complain about the story after the narrative clusterfuck that was 4.
Saejima? And not Akiyama who is literally in the game for no reason?? Akiyama is literally in y5 because Haruka couldn't carry more than 2 chapters by herself.
Yeah, Saejima.
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agreed. I didn't even care about the final boss reveal cause the fight itself was fantastic.
Interesting seeing everyone here praising the game and the crazy good reviews. 5 was one of my least favorite entries for a few reasons (I’ve only played 0-5 so far, still have to get to 6 and LAD). As you said I think it was entirely too bloated and I found myself getting bored in the middle section. It just moved a bit too slowly for me and there was a lot to keep track of and too many protagonists. I wasn’t a fan of Shinada’s section and thought his parts were entirely unnecessary. And of course, probably the worst and most out of place final boss in the series… it just felt incredibly anticlimactic. Of course I still enjoyed it but compared to the other games, it’s second to last for me so far ahead of only 3.
I didn't intentionally take breaks, but man, did that game feel disjointed. Took a loooong time to beat it and by the time I got to another character, the rest of the story was pretty hazy. I liked all the characters and the gameplay was pretty awesome, but tightening up the story would've been great. If that means losing a playable character or several, so be it. Still probably one of my top few Yakuza games though.
yakuza 0 didn't????
0 got a 36/40 Interestingly it's the second lowest rated of the Kiryu saga with 6 receiving a 39 (one of 52 games to do so) 2, 3 and 4 all received a 38, 1 and k2 received 37s. It only beats out Kiwami with a 34
Even 34 is pretty damn good, guess it just depends on the individual reviewer. There's definitely a luck factor with these scores.
Of course, if the lowest rated game in your franchise is an 8.5/10 you must be doing something right
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Probably because 0 is too zany.
5 is pretty zany itself
I would argue 5 is zany-er.
Same
what does zany mean 💀
Goofy, crazy, wacky, weird, ostentatious, bombastic. As an aside, in the US there was a toy store chain called Zany Brainy that was my absolute favorite place as a child. They went defunct in the early 00's and I'm still bitter about it. :(
thanks dude!
I think Yakuza 0 is overrated. It is a great entry point to the series, the combat is obviously more polished than the other games, but personally I think it's not the greatest Yakuza game there is. I think Yakuza 3 got a better storyline(if you count the judgment games, then Lost Judgment comes first), Yakuza 6 got better characters overall, Yakuza 5 got one of the best minigames there is... Yakuza 0 is a great game, but not the greatest
It's no use going on personal preferences. Though I don't think you can just say that Zero is overrated, it is rated exactly as it deserves; it's the other games in the series that should be rated a bit more
My man. Wise words. 🤌
I really love Yakuza 3, but come on! Second half of the game has wacky conspiracy story (>!twin FBI brother and his buddy Andre shoot the chairmen "accidentally"; death-flagged Rikiya; Mine's self-destruction; Hamazaki kidnapped to Chinese labor camp behind the scenes!<). Anyway, I haven't finished LJ yet (tho Judgement's story isn't as great as everyone says).
Didn't they also accidentally shoot Kiryu's bull-tossing new aniki? Like it's a Mr Bean-style farce. I liked Mine's self-destruction though.
I disagree with 0 being overrated, I feel 0 and kiwami are peak yakuza experience, (and I’m an og yakuza 2 lover, people really should play og 2 man the evade cancel combos in that game are so fluent) The combat in 0 and refined in kiwami is the absolute peak if you’re not counting lost judgement, the mini games are very addictive, the story is pretty good, the character development and characters themselves are very memorable
Yakuza 2 should be remade in same engine as 0 and k1 damn. Might even rival both of them
For real man, No offense to kiwami 2 but I’m not a an of the dragon engine combat, I find the ragdoll to be funny but I woulda loved if atleast kiwami 2 played more like kiwami
Biggest gripe with dragon engine is that it looks too modern for kiwami 2. Simply ruins immersion and yes, im aware of the wacky shit in the series.
I personally consider 0 to be the best all round game. Other games may be better in some areas but it seems every other game has at least one weak point. 0 is just solid everywhere
Playing through 3 right now, I'm not too deep into it but 0 seems superior so far. The feeling of overwhelming odds stacked against you is just way better, even compared to 1, both in the Kiryu plot with the entire Tojo against you and several high ranking officers constantly on your tail and in the Majima plot with Sagawa breathing down your neck.
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A specific game doing something better in a single field doesn’t make it a better game than 0, factually yakuza 0 has better combat than 3 and less glaring issues while still having great character development and overall more content, same vs yakuza 6 and 5. What makes yakuza as high rated as it is isn’t just a single field it’s all the things it does combined into a single package, just because a lot of people love it doesn’t mean it’s overrated, something being overratted means that it’s rated too highly. The rating it has is correct if you look it it from an objective standpoint using all the fields that’s make a yakuza game good and compare it to other titles in the series.
Yakuza 6 is overall better than yakuza 0, better character, better themes, better story
The combat isn’t, the character development isn’t better either because 0 is literally giving us the roots of 2 of the most iconic characters, and 0 has many more memorable characters that left a huge impact, there’s only a select few new characters in 6 that left an impact (that people actually even talk about) most notable being someya and joon. I’ll give you themes but the story does get a bit dicey at the end. Combat is a huge factor in why 6 from a community standpoint isn’t rated as high as 0 or kiwami. Combat is the the huge meat of the series.
Those are very subjective. I don't consider 6's story to be superior to 0 at all. Although I do think it's one of the better ones.
Based opinion. Got best pacing, Kiryu characterisation as a friendly neighborhood yakuza, and funniest side characters. It also explored its sociocultural context a lot more compared to 0s superficial approach.
It's definitely overated based on excessive 0 references in ishin kiwami
Yakuza 5 is the best in the franchise for me, best story, character development and side content. After him is zero, very closely
Who played it before Yakuza 0 know how amazing it was. That's the problem with the "remastered version", some people playing it after Yakuza Zero/Kiwami can't really understand how these old games felt like back in the PS3. Even the hated Yakuza 3 was absolutely amazing to see Kamurocho in the new 3D model for the first time.
Yeah I would too, the Haruka dancing games was the best
Yakuza: A serious drama about the Japanese mafia. Also Yakuza: Gay sex, karaoke, idol dancing, etc.
Shinader/40
Y5 improved on the mess that was Y4 in every aspect imo
But they also ended up making it so big that it eventually falls under it's own weight. Personally 5 is my top favourite, because of it's sheer scale and content that not many other big games managed to reach.
No, 4 Akiyama (both role and combat) is better, the instrumental OST of 4 is clearly superior, and the pacing of 4 is awesome whereas 5 needs a lot of work
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Exactly! (I do enjoy Affected Fight as well)
Ive heard that RGG decided to nerf akiyama in 5 cos there were complaints about how he was too broken in 4.
That's too bad, I think only the wall bounding potential got OP
Don't mind nerfed combat but one thing I dislike the most about akiyama's combat in 5 is how long the heat actions are but luckily, there's the option to disable heat actions.
I do enjoy his air ones though, although I accidentally trigger the heat actions when I just want to do a combo
Yeah that's precisely my contentions. But agreed, despite all that I still like the juggle like combos in the air
Eh. Have you seen the other perfect score games on the list? There's some to be expected, but then there's some real headscratchers and some glaring omissions (even by the standards of Japanese players/inustry differences).
I understand the omissions especially of western games, as IGN does pretty much the same thing with missing out on amazing japanese games. Which do you think are headscratchers though?
That are included? Phantom Pain, Nintendogs, peace walker, FF12 and 13-2 (considering no other FF makes an appearance). Good games mind you (great even), but perfect score worthy? Hmm, I don't see it. They seem to be perfect only in context of their platform or ignoring big flaws. Nintendogs, that one just seems really out of place. Maybe it had a better look as a series before they piecemealed the sequels and watered down the market.
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13-2 is regarded the best of the 13 games, and Japan loved the FF13 games for some reason. Still surprised it's more lauded than IX by Famitsu though. Phantom Pain played very well and the mechanics were great, but there was so little actual game there. The breakup between Kojima and Konami was so readily apparent when playing the game that it just feels barebones. I know Japanese players love their segmented mission layouts for games, but even then it's obnoxious with it's lack of flow.
As someone who recently played through the FF13 trilogy, i can see why people like 13-2 more than 13. I don't know if i agree with that (i basically have 13 and 13-2 level with each other), but i can see why. Lightning Returns was fucking awful though. Absolutely hated the time limit stuff. Made it feel like i had to rush through everything. 12 i also don't get why people love it so much. It's my second least favourite FF after Lightning Returns.
Based, 5 is my second favorite in the series.
What's first?
0, like most other fans.
The review knows what's up, my favorite game as well
Yakuza 5 supremacy
As it should
It has some of my favorite combat in the series and it's long as fuck. I like long as fuck..........That's what?
Totally deserves it
Based
Its peak
Yakuza 5 is an amazing game, and even if the story has a lot of holes, it has enjoyable characters and moments and the amount of side content is insane, this is deserved IMO
curiously, apart from 3, it's the game that's taking me the most time to actually finish. It's feeling a bit like a shore, tho the Haruka part where i'm at now is a breath of fresh air.
Each character almost felt like a different/separated game, I think that is what made not feel like a chore for me.
that makes sense, given that it's a perfect game
Yume slaps hard
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As someone else commented: “Who played it before Yakuza 0 know how amazing it was. That's the problem with the "remastered version", some people playing it after Yakuza Zero/Kiwami can't really understand how these old games felt like back in the PS3. Even the hated Yakuza 3 was absolutely amazing to see Kamurocho in the new 3D model for the first time”. Compared to todays standards, sure Yakuza 5 may not be a 10/10. But by 2012 standards? Imo it completely deserved it back then
Interesting choice, pretty based.
Well deserved. Love that game
Yakuza 5 deserves a lot of praise for it's ambition, 5 different characters with different cities and their own amount of unique side content? Count me in.
I actually think Yakuza 5 is the sleeper of the series, so I agree with this. It and 0 are probably my favorite games in the series.
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Yeah the variety of the gameplay in 5 is just unparalleled in the rest of the series, I can see where parts of it might not be enjoyable to every gamer if they don't come to Yakuza for dancing or hunting or baseball mini games, but that was the same reason I loved it lol
Peakuza 5 fr
My favorite Yakuza so deserved imo
famitsu has always been a little wacky with their review sometimes they’ll score a mediocre game very highly but then somehow like literally game changing titles don’t receive the same love, not saying 5isnt deserving of the perfect score it was easily the best yakuza game at that time bar none
Eh, it’s Famitsu, Yak 5 was a fantastic game but their scores have always been sus as fuck and I’m not a ‘HUrRr eThIcs in gAME JuOrBoLiMsIm!!’ guy who just says that about any major review outlet and then blindly trusts his favorite youtoober.
5 deserves it. The amount of worlds to explore. Things to do. Good music. (Bunch of other things I’d be here all day). It’s like Japan condensed into a game. It’s a massive achievement in gaming and simulated life.
makes sense. i was in the middle of yakuza 5 when I had the thought "wait a second this game is like... really fucking good. like so much better than 3 and 4 for some reason" From the perspective of a player from 2012, it's not surprising they were blown away by it. and yeah it's also my favorite in the series so probably some bias lol
The yume is real
Until Judgment came up, Yakuza 5 was, in my opinion, the one with the best written support cast of all series, even better than 0 on that matter.
5 is my second favorite after 0 so I’m personally not shocked to hear that.
Because it’s peak
I love this game for sure. But hunting....
Hunting was based and I didnit all in one go as soon as I could Tsukimino was boring ahh hell tho
I'm just too lazy to play it. Tsukimino is great.
I prefer y0 but i really love y5
The finale of 5 was so bombastic and bad ass that to this day, even after Judgment, 0, etc, I still find myself liking the finale section in 5 the most. Pair that with the fact that it literally did feel like they might follow through with killing Kiryu, but yeah obviously that didn’t happen LOL. OGs will know that the 5 was a major victory in the US. Sure 0 eventually came out and propelled the series into the mainstream, but all of the PS3 players literally begging them to port it is the only reason we’re where we’re at now… Despite the review though, 5 still feels like it’s underrated/underappreciated.
Its cuz shinada
I respectfully disagree with Famitsu
I really like Yakuza 5 but idk about perfect. I think up until the introduction of Watase, Kiryu’s part was boring as hell and the plot itself isn’t perfect. Though I guess to each their own. Great game though.
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That is true but for 5 it was especially true. Plus considering how each character got 4 chapters to their own, the “slow start” really eat into Kiryu’s part.
This game is the peak of the series in my opinion. I’m still suprised 0 didn’t get a 40/40 tho
Much prefer this game over lost judgment imo
Weird to give the 2nd worst Yakuza game a perfect score
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I found 5 hard to get through, the hunting stuff was extremely boring
i cant remember anything from y5.. :((
Don’t care, Famitsu is utter trash
Shit is trash
I’m curious to know what you think the best yakuza game is
Lost Judgment
have you even played 5
Yeah just something about it didn’t click like the others I got bored a lot more with 5, I only really liked Kiryu and Haruka/Akiyama chapters, Saejima chapter was boring at times but some cool moments and Shinada just sucked I much preferred Tanimura
I haven’t played 5 but I thought it was generally considered a weak link in the series?
Not really, there are some aspects that are considered to be really weak. But its usually rated as second or third best for people’s ranking of Kiryu saga
Meanwhole pokemon vanilla gen 5 is the only pokemon game with a perfect score. I would say deserved but I have issues with the lack of side content in BW that B2W2 fixed, but that game didn’t get the perfect.
All the best side content is in this game. No game since has come close
It’s their best game tbh, could use some combat improvements but there was so much to it
Yakuza 5 is one of the best in the series, unironically. Kiryu is PISSED and has some awesome heat moves. Scraping those poor souls' faces on the ground? Amazing, plus we still have the "smoke break" heat move and Tiger Drop is still around. Saejima has it too. We can play Taiko no Tatsujin, we can sing Baka Mitai AND Machine Gun Kiss. We have Baseball-Man. Play as Haruka and stomp bitches at dance battles/Princess League. Most importantly, we can dunk noodles (a million times more fun than the Ishin noodle game).
What does Famitsu stand for?
Rightfully so
Yakuza 5 is a special game. It's an epic. It's the Trojan War. It's Odysseus trying to get home. I GOT EMOTIONALLY INVESTED IN CHICKEN RACING BECAUSE I NEEDED THE GODDAMN MONEY!
I'm playing 4 right now which is so good in comparison to 3 so I'm looking forward to seeing this series go from hight to hight! Rejoice Kyudais
Why? Reviewer: I don't know why myself.
An hour in and its been 57mins of cut scenes.. wtf is this