Playing Yakuza 3: Too Many Kids Spoil the Plot
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- čas přidán 7. 07. 2024
- Today we're playing Yakuza 3, the third entry in the ongoing Ryu ga Gotoku series, and the first one I played nearly a decade ago (must have been 2010? 2011? How time flies). A victim of cut content for localisation/time and a plot overloaded with kid drama, can Kiryu stop the latest big criminal plot while he also has to manage an orphanage? The answer is yes, because those two plots exist in separate universes! It's time to bring the heat in this brawling political thriller slice of life action/inaction title!
Thanks to GAMESD for the Wesker illustration
Thanks to Emily Nace for the Playing logo/Thumbnail
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INDEX
01. Introduction 00:00
02. Boxart and Kenzan 03:46
03. Story Introduction 06:18
04. Sayonara Sayama 08:13
05. Tying up Loose Ends 10:37
06. The Orphanage 13:31
07. The Yakuza Plot in Miniature 20:38
08. Ryukyu Introduction 25:25
09. Cut Content and Minigames 26:40
10. Free Roam and Ryukyu 34:18
11. The Tojo 2009 37:43
12. Combat Intro: Red Heat and Weapons 40:12
13. Instantly pull out a heat move 42:34
14. Parries and Unlocking Moves 44:57
15. 100% Completion and 1000% fullness 52:50
16. Stealth Copter & Foot Chases 55:01
17. Noteworthy Substories 59:11
18. The Conspiracy: In as Brief as I can Make It 01:08:26
19. Pacing, Antagonists, and False Escalation 01:17:59
20. Rikiya 01:24:33
21. Hospital Schemes & Orphaned Themes 01:27:14
22. Finale 01:37:54
23. Conclusion 01:43:32
Links
Articles
Sega sorry for cut content - www.digitalspy.com/gaming/a27...
A lot more was cut than hostess bars - kotaku.com/yakuza-3-players-s...
Producer says Kiryu Might be a Virgin - www.usgamer.net/articles/yaku...
Japanese orphans - www.quora.com/What-is-it-like...
Japanese orphans 2 - www.economist.com/asia/2016/0...
Japanese orphans 3 - japantoday.com/category/featu...
Videos
Resident Evil 5 Footage - • PS4 Longplay [032] Res...
Kenzan clips - / @khhsubs
Haruka and May’s MAD - • 龍が如く 遥の極み 遥とまいの こんなんJA...
How to play Mahjong - • How to Play Mahjong
How to play Shogi - • How to Play Japanese C...
Mahjong Video Games - • Mahjong Video Games-Pa...
Yuma from Jewel - • Video
Trivia King championship - • Video
A Tour of Paris - • A TOUR OF PARIS: Walki...
Amon - • Yakuza 3 - Amon
Yakuza 2 Chapter 9 - • Yakuza 2 【PS2│PCSX2】 #...
Yakuza 2 Endgame - • Yakuza 2 【PS2│PCSX2】 #... - Hry
Regarding Amon and 100% Completion
100% completion in this series is most of the time not worth it unless you are insane like me and a whole bunch of other people. The rewards vary from game to game with some giving them based on what part of the completion list you have done (In the early games if you do all heat moves you get the war god talisman which gives infinite heat, doing all substories gives the golden gun which one shots, etc) to doing the whole list (In 6 you get the war god talisman and in Kiwami 2 you get a useless weapon). As the series goes on the list gets easier to complete with 6/Kiwami 2 being the fastest to complete and 5 being one of the hardest and longest for obvious reasons.
Amon originally required near 100% completion to access but as the series gone on the requirement has gotten much MUCH easier with all of the games post 3 only requiring you to do every substory. Thankfully after 3 you can't fail a substory and lock off the future substories that one would lead into and after 4 all of the substories are unmissable. So if you want to fight Amon whenever you cover 4 here's some advice: Akiyama's substories are the only ones that are missable so get all of them out of the way before Hana leaves the story and stock up on sake and healing items for the fight itself.
Thank you for the advice
@@Tehsnakerer if you're fighting 4's Amon as Akiyama just keep your heat up for his heat actions to damage Kazuya Amon. For Saejima either just bring guns because Jiro Amon packs an explosive sledge and regening health or try and slog it out. For Fedora Amon just equip the Sacred Tree Armour which is obtained from beating all trainers, it makes Sango a push over. As Kiryu just avoid Jo's orbital death laser and you should wipe him out as 4 Kiryu is broken. That's my advice to anyone who has difficulty with 4's entry of Amon.
You can still do hana's quests in 4 after she leaves the story you just gotta go back to Sky Finance before the point of no return at the end and sit on the chair which will result in a prompt that asks you if you want to remember hana or something like that.
In the remaster of 4 they added a feature that lets you reminisce about Hana before the final showdown. This makes sub stories that were previously missable in the original doable before the final fight.
I'm one of the sickos who loves to go for 100% on the Yakuza games (did that for every single one). The minigames are one of my favorite things, so I really don't mind. I'm just disappointed with the 60fps of the remasters messing up the sensibility of some minigames
Daigo is the only character who gets smarter around guns, i swear. his competency increases drastically when he's holding one
Rikiya died a stupid death, Kiryu could just kicks the gun away from that fucking tard but nooo he’s too noble for that
@@pyrojinn there's a habit of yakuza protagonists of not noticing the villain going for a nearby gun after the fights XD. so i kinda agree there
@@finalninju6021 because they’re too used to having the villain cry in front of them and give up and put themselves in prison.
Are you talking about 3 specifically? Because I can't remember other instances of Daugo doing this
@@thelzer6902 that's the best explanation I've ever heard lol
Rikiya's death hit Kiryu the hardest because just because Kiryu dragged Rikiya into his life, even though accidentally, and imparted his values on Rikiya, even though accidentally... Just because Rikiya knew Kiryu, he's dead. And this is the first time Kiryu understands he's a plague on other people's lives. They either end up kidnapped, murdered, or kidnapped then murdered.
what in the fuck is that profile picture
Shinji Tanaka's death reverberates also, the first little bro loss of Kiryu-aniki.
So fun fact, in case you weren't aware. The quests with the kids were actually originally meant to be substories until Nagoshi, the director of the series, decided it would be better to have them be part of the main plot so that players could hopefully see the care that Kiryu has for each of them and he felt making them substories which could be skipped would lessen the emotional impact of it.
To be fair it did work. I'd be more bewildered about Mikio protecting the doghouse if I hadn't had the context
Would've still preferred if it was optional
@@ngchloe4877 the game would’ve been then like 5 hours long lol. I think this is just an excuse for making substories a part of the plot.
but for some reason they made a big chunk of Rikiya's story skippable? that makes no sense.
@@djangofett4879I’m one of the people who unintentionally skipped Rikiyas substories and yeah that’s not good design, I wouldn’t mind at all if they were a part of the main story like most orphanage stuff
He was right
My favorite part was when Nakahara, with nothing but old man strength and the will of not dying in front of his daughter who just spoke for the first time in like forever, fucking chucked aside a charging bull and assumedly multiple others. Gigachad
It was the moment that solidified my love for this game.
Damn shame we never see the old timer past 3
"Nice snake!"
"IT'S NO SNAKE! IT'S A VIPER!"
"A viper is a snake."
This series is my first exposure to the Yakuza series outside of meme culture, and I already love Kiryu, oh my god.
My favourite Kiryu moment (Which is also from 3, I believe) is definitely one of his exchanges with Haruka
H: “What’s up Uncle Kaz?”
K: “The sky.”
H: “… That’s not funny, Uncle Kaz.”
@@scrungobeepis5443 man's barely been a dad for two years and he's already pulling out the dad jokes. good for him.
@@scrungobeepis5443 Yakuza 3 truly is peak dad
Until this review I never considered how scary a self aware Kiryu would be. He could rule the entire underworld, except Majima who would build a fort in one corner out of random furniture just to be independent
Thankfully Nishiki showed Kiryu how that would’ve turned out for him. Also, Majima only took interest in him due to his ideals and I’d doubt he would even care about the Yakuza if Kiryu didn’t inspire him in some ways.
What do y'all mean by self aware? Not dogging on you guys I'm just curious. What about nishki or Kiryu being self aware changes anything?
@@lastmanstanding7155 Hope you don't mind spoilers for Yakuza 4 and Kiwami. I'm not sure calling him self aware is the best way to phrase it but Kiryu himself says
"It took me forty years to realize this. But for guys like us... our lives aren't really our own. There's always someone new to help. Someone we need to protect. These past few years, I fought that fate with all I had. But I'm done fighting. It's time I accept the hand I was dealt. Too many people depend on us. Their dreams depend on us."
Had Kiryu been more aware of Nishiki's inferiority complex he could've worked to protect him in a different way. He could've worked to take over the Tojo clan and guide it to be better for people instead of exploiting them for monetary gain like his mentor Kazama used to. I guess that's also why Kazama wanted to make Kiryu head of his own family as well, to build him up as his official successor. Unfortunately, in Kiwami it showed mostly everyone in the Yakuza, no matter how rutheless or caring, nor how strong or weak, usually suffer a brutal end. I don't think it would be in Kiryu's character to seek success. He also lacks the desire to excel in the ranks. He admits taking the blame was easier for him than seeing his brother suffer, so he ran away from his problems in prison.
On the other hand, if Nishiki had been more aware of his dependence on Kiryu, or aware of the doctor's manipulative behavior, or aware of Yumi's preference for Kiryu and Reina's love for him, things could've turned out much better. Had Nishiki been more aware of his shortcomings as a person, he could've avoided or at least managed his feelings of inadequacy.
@@princetchalla2441
Oh I see. Interesting. It just seems odd to me but you explained it well. I guess I just don't understand how someone can't be self-aware I guess maybe cause I'm that way naturally. But you helped me grasp it with concise examples. Well done.
@@lastmanstanding7155 Glad I could help, hope you play through the Yakuza games one day. They’ve got an excellent story and amazing side content just in case the brawling gameplay doesn’t lure you in. Probably my new favorite video game series, even better than the RDR and GTA series. Hope you take care.
Kashiwagi: *Dies*
Kiryu: “He liked cold noodles...”
You-Know-Who: *Dies*
Kiryu: “NOOOOO GODDAMNIT WHYYYY!?!?!”
It's because of the themes of the franchise, and the circumstances. Kashiwagi died at a ripe old age for Yakuza, at the top of his game, and more total game time is spent on his mourning and his effects on the story. You-know-who is the character that Kiryu adopts for himself, he is the newest family member. He grieves with him about Kashiwagi, he gives the kids to his care more than once. He saw him as a brother, and with one stupid mistake, all of it was taken away. He was a future that would never come to pass because of the violent world of the Yakuza. Kashiwagi died because of what he was, you-know-who died before he could really start being.
@@soakthemilkman if only Kashiwagi
actually died...
@@soakthemilkman This. Both were tragic in their own way. Kashawagi had a long, storied career and touched countless lives, Kiryu included. You-Know-Who got taken when they were just getting started. Made me sad
@@soakthemilkman it this you know who mister yakuza 3 kiryus aniki?
Yeah I was gonna say Manguyman kinda represents Kiryu's dream-life, peaceful with the ones he loves. Manguyman dying is like Kiryu's ultimate wish dying.
Waited to watch this till I beat the game myself, I think the thing with Rikiya's death is that Kiryu's more torn up about it because he was a lot younger than most other people who've died, and Rikiya being one of the more good hearted people he's had to hold in his arms dying. Also, with the final scene with what's his name stabbing Kiryu, I knew the entire time the scene went on that Kiryu would live because he is, at most, a 10 minute waddle away from the doctor who's name I also forget who is used in canon multiple times.
Hamazaki (sorry if I screwed up the spelling) is the guy who stabbed Kiryu and I believe the doctor your talking about is Dr. Emoto (I don't know if they mentioned his name but i know his clinic is called Emoto Clinic so i am gonna just gonna assume that's also his name)
@@gokwinggp8122 Yeah it is.
I think Rikiya's death being stupid adds to Kiryu's feelings about it. He knows that this could have been avoided if he hadn't fucked up and feels guilty about it. This eventually builds up to 5 (and I assume 6 but I haven't gotten there yet) where he kinda hates himself since whenever he gets involved people he cares about get hurt.
Also the Shinji parallels don't help.
I see the sentiment but I struggle to agree. I think it was just overly dramatic writing and direction. I also felt that the scene made me believe that the writers cared more about Rikiya than Kiryu or the players did. Why? Again, Kiryu has never up till this point reacted this emotionally to a character death. He is almost out of character to an extent. Throughout the game Rikiya is almost as constant of a figurehead as the orphanage, despite his entire story being completely missable, the narrative has such a heavy emphasis on him specifically. Say what you will about the character himself but the way the game plays out, it just feels to me the game really liked Rikiya and I wish I could’ve shared in the sentiment. Even then, Kashuwagi’s (my bad if I butchered the spelling) pretty much proves my theory that they didn’t really care about him much, a literal friend and mentor to Kiryu since he was a child.
It is heavily implied that the owner of Survive bar in LAD and Lost Judgment is Kashiwagi: he has the same scar, he said he survived a helicopter attack and the menu has cold noodles as an option.
And..... looks identical to him
And has the same voice actor, I'm pretty sure
@@anonecki Japanese, yes. English, no.
I know this is 2 years later
But another hint that its Kashiwagi is that after Kiryu sings Baka Mitai, someone puts on Judgement
Its not Kiryu or the others. Kashiwagi knows its Kiryu's favourite song and puts it on
The game can, up until one really dumb twist later on, be explained by a spongebob quote
"You used me...for land development!"
Yakuza 0 is literally that quote - the game
What SpongeBob quotes can we use to describe every Yakuza game?
“Here lies Squidward’s hopes and dreams.”
Yakuza 5
"Goodbye everyone, I'll remember you all in therapy." - Yakuza 6
Also
"I’m absorbing his blows like I’m made of some sort of spongy material!”
- Yakuza 3
personally, the kids were my favorite part of the plot. i loved seeing kiryu be a dad, it was my favorite part of the game. although i can understand why one wouldn't like it
I kind of like them but is annoying af when they interrupt the natural progress of the plot with some boring ass quest.
@@edlerkrieger8045 yea chapter 4 sucked
I liked them. Reinforces what Kiryu is fighting to protect. I never really got annoyed cos the story is pretty laid back anyway and I would only play little chunks at a time
It took too long imo, the idea of Morning Glory showing what Kiryu has to fight for was nice but for 4's first few chapters it's a slice of life drama. They handled it much better in 4-onwards, have it still exist, not as a central plot point but a place you find Kiryu when a story starts, like "aw hey Kiryu's here still". I like the 'Dad Kiryu' scenes because it shows how far Kiryu's come since 0-2, but drag it out for an entire game and you've lost me
I liked it too.
I really liked seeing Kiryu spending time with the kids at the orphanage. It was nice to see him finally getting a break from constant crime drama.
As someone whos been making my way through the Remastered Collection you can REALLY see the difference in quality of translation between it and the original english versions of the game.
Is that why the Kazuma is called Fuma
@@allenhughes60 yes, they called him that probably because it would be confusing if they had kazuma and kazama for a western audience
In a good or bad way? I’m assuming good since the series is known for its good localization these days?
Kiryu watching Rikiya get stomped by loan sharks on loop killed me 😭 absolute gold
I'm sure Wesker is alive after that fall. Mine should have found a steeper skyscraper.
Black Monday still at large, Mine hit the ground so hard he warped into Akiyama
Now try that phrase as if it was from max Payne
Well, i'm from the distant 2024 and i assure you that he's alive in yakuza 8
Well, would you look at that?
53:56 You can eat fish bait to lower your health. The one that lowers your health the most is the worm, which always spawns in front of the orphanage.
Neat
Kiryu is such a gremlin in these games when it comes to food. I had him eat dog food and the cat stick once since I didn't know "use" meant "eat".
I think the appeal of the plot in Yakuza 3, and even the orphanage content, for me rests more on a feeling than the actual details. In 1 and 2 we see Kiryu imprisoned in a violent world he's struggling to get out of, even when he leaves prison he never stops being a prisoner. There's a visual in the Ryuji fight where a set of bars come between the two of them and Sayama as they prepare to kill each other that really drives the whole thing home for me. But the thing with the orphanage in 3 for me is that it's a look into this peaceful family life that Kiryu has struggled to build, and it makes me so happy for him that he gets to spend time worrying about the kids instead of the Tojo Clan. The real stakes of the plot then (while I do like Mine and the idea of beating up on the CIA) rest more with how this life Kiryu has built for himself and the orphans is being threatened, which is why Mine bulldozing the orphanage is still to me the grimiest thing any Yakuza villain has done after I've played 0-6. It also helps a lot that I don't think there's a bad character on Okinawa, and the kindness and community ties the Ryudo family has fit well with what Kiryu wanted in the Yakuza. Some of these beats are recycled in 6, but I really like how they're done here. This winds up being pretty much the only time in the series where we get to actually experience Kiryu living his ideal life at Morning Glory/Sunshine, which beyond this game I think is crucial for understanding the emotional stakes of every other game in the series. Rikiya's death is symbolically the shattering of the idea that Kiryu's life can ever truly be free from turmoil. The wholesome peace at the early part of 3 is what Kiryu is continually trying, and failing, to get back to.
Oh my, this is exciting. Like coming home to find your friend squatting in your bathroom, with a present at his feet. When you ask what it is, he simply says "Ask me again in 20 minutes". Scary, but promising.
@some random guy it....it really is, that;d be like saying. It's like coming back to your hotel room to find your friends all ducktapped to your walls because they pissed some guy off who turned out to be WWE superstar Brock Lestnar.
( though seriously The fact they got off with just a beating and duck tapped to the wall is amazing.)
I'm sorry *what?*
I really liked Mine, while he isn't my favorite villain. My favorite is Nishiki, but Mine is underserved as a character. I know why he's liked by the fans. His lust for affection and validation is a very relatable thing. A lot of us can see ourselves in Mine on some level. Despite him doing some of the most cartoonishly evil shit, like bulldozing an orphanage. And a lot of us see that Mine wasn't beyond saving.
Because as you said, Kiryu's help is unconditional. If you cross him, he'll beat the shit out of you, but he'll give you some advice and a push towards the right direction.
Both Mine and Kiryu care deeply for Daigo in their own ways. A lot of us could see that if Mine lived. The Tojo might've kept a loyal and valuable asset that could've prevented Yakuza 4's events. But that's the tragedy in it all.
Mine doing something completely selfless came at the ultimate price.
I went into yakuza 3 basically directly after marathoning the first and second games (a copy of the game was a bitch to find by the way since it's not available for digital download, I had to drive like 100 miles) and came away from it thinking the orphanage was the strongest part, not the weakest part of the game. I felt that, with the context of just marathoning 1 and 2 where nearly every problem was solved by beating the shit out of everyone, it gave Kiryu as a character more time to breathe in situations where he is not, in fact, beating the shit out of everyone. (Speaking of shit you notice from marathoning, there's a serious death scene where someone has a dramatic death where they basically die in kiryu's arms like 3 times in a row.)
Anyway, the moment where he goes to solve a problem at the beginning of the game and goes out of his way not to pick a fight even though he could totally take the person causing trouble was great, and like you said at the end, the whole family aspect was more important to his character in this game. I think that is why the orphanage stuff was mandatory not substory, because it was more relevant to the plot.
Overall while I thought the overall plot was the weakest (especially since if you're just coming off of 2 it's a massive downgrade) I felt it was one of the best entries at developing individual characters through self contained character moments, like, 3 was the equivalent of a "downtime sidestory" of a long running anime that's waiting for the manga to catch up to the anime that puts the characters in situations that reveal more about them.
It certainly comes off that way with the way it's paced, which means of course it's gonna clash with the objective raising of stakes that exist alongside said tone, since that kind of thing is incompatible with "WE NEED TO HAVE MORE CRAZY AND SERIOUS SHIT GOING ON THAN THE LAST GAME". Makes me wonder if Sega as a publisher intervened in the plot more than was necessary, the signs point to it based on the localization changes.
WMan37 well it’s available now in a package deal with 3 4 and 5
Been playing the games in chronological order from 0 to Kiwami, Kiwami 2 and OG 2, to 3 and I gotta agree with your sentiments. I think the orphanage sections are the strongest elements of the game. However I would struggle to always call them consistent in their entertainment value. But I think it’s easily the most fleshed out part of the game and narrative next to Mine’s character
Another thing I have to agree with is the decline in narrative quality compared to 1 and ESPECIALLY 2. It’s sad to see and the future installments, especially 0, do recover from this issue but I will say, going through these games in chronological order is absolutely a rollercoaster.
@@NutsorSomethingBerserk really? personally i found 2 to be the weakest storywise, i enjoyed 3 a lot more despite its glaring flaws
1:11:58 Funnily enough, the chapter with this exposition is called The Plot in the Remastered version.
The real reason why Sayama was gotten rid of was because her original VA was notoriously hard to work with, so they wrote her out in 3, and replaced her in kiwami 2
EDIT: this is apparently only a rumor. Upon looking for a source, I cannot actually seem to find one. Either it is from something Japanese which has not been translated or made easily available, or it is just one of the stories that Yakuza fans like to spread
Thats a real shame
Can you source?
@@thetruewisegamer hmm, now that I look this up, I find that there is no source. It seems like it's just a rumor that has spread around the community. I apologize and will edit my original comment
I dislike how Rukiya got treated Y3, especially of you do his substories. Those show he has what it takes mentally and physically to be a good person and a good Yakuza. Then the story kicks in and he's still the same guy from Chapter 2. Such a shame we couldn't get an Okinawan Kiryu.
Sometimes I think about how Y4 would look if Rikiya survived. I know however that we wouldn't have Y6 since Yuta and Rikiya share actors.
I'm a fan of the phrase "I was threatened with a game of mahjong"
Most people: Quests about the children are too much in number and boring.
Me: What happened child? Why are you sad? Speak! Are you getting bullied? Want me to Tiger Drop them?
Want me to Tiger Drop them? axaxaxaxa
Even now on the new PC version of Y3, I can't unthink of "Going zero to sixty on a man's nuts" everytime I use Essence of Rolling.
I’m playing this right now (got the remastered collection); it’s my first Yakuza game and my first time through. While I am only on chapter 5, I have got to say that so far, this is the single most charming game I’ve ever played. Certainly not the best game I’ve ever played - nor anything close to it - but by God, I’ve never been so charmed by a game in my life. Managing conflicts between and setting an example for the orphans, patrolling the market, rescuing dogs, beating up gangsters, learning English to help an all-too-friendly Gai-jin... it’s just great, such an eclectic mix that just should not work but absolutely does (at least for me). It’s got a style and atmosphere that I can’t describe any other way than absolutely, positively charming. Can’t wait to watch this vid once I beat it.
I finished the remastered version recently, and completely missed the missable stuff with Rikiya in Kamurocho. It's a pity, because Kashiwagi's death really did need some kind of acknowledgement in the story.
Word I really hated how they did kashiwagi in this game.
Kashiwagi isn’t dead.
Just go into premium adventure mode and he's resurrected
@@Cliffem82 Nice spoiler, Dbag. ^^
As someone who's American and an Okinawa(The American translation of Ryukyu) resident, trust me when I say that Ryukyu in this game *is* the cut down and compressed version. Okinawa is a lot more of a car culture area because of the huge American presence there, therefore it's probably made larger because it's not Tokyo or Dotenbori There's not as much walking or public transit in Okinawa. In particular, the main Ryukyu area in the game is mainly emulating Naha in particular, the main city within Okinawa.
Kazuma Kiryu, Fists of steel, Heart of gold.
I missed these!
I started with yakuza 3 as well back in the day and even though it's considered on the lower end by many people I still can't deny how much fun I had going through the game. If there's one word I can use to say about the game it's "heart". The game has a lot of it and just a lot of fun haracter moments throughout the whole thing. Also the remaster is great
To be honest, the kids and the whole Okinawa segment was the best part for me...but as an overall story, this was the weakest..most outlandish one
weaker than 4's rubber bullets?
weaker than everyone and their mother coming out as Jingweon mafia?
I liked the kids because it was the only part of the plot I could understand
The weakest plot is 5, which is straight up disjointed
@@dr7922 by the last stage of Yakuza 5, i had no idea what was going on anymore, just enjoying the ride lol
I think the statement that "Mine is a villain in a plot that was made for him, yet didn't do enough with him" summarized my thoughts on the plot of Yakuza 3 way better than I ever could
Even with 6 being as contentious as it is, I think it perfects that theme of "found family" which has been pretty instrumental throughout the entire series, especially in regards to fatherhood specifically
"Taichi wants to wrestle but can't"
I didn't know this game crossed over with NJPW...
A lot that of the NJPW guys make appearances in the yakuza titles. I’m not sure who exactly but they’re in the kiwami 2 side content around majima construction and I think they’re the main villain in one title (I’ve only played 0-3)
@@sugaquaks In Kiwami 2 you can get. Naito, Okada, Yano and a few others I can't think of off the top of my head for Majima Construction and even fight them in the Colosseum. (The villain's of the Majima Construction story are also actually NJPW legends and do their own voices. Including the Great Muta)
Yakuza 6 has most of the same NJPW wrestlers as Kiwami 2 but they're part of the main story. Though I'm not sure to what extent because I haven't played 6 yet.
Also yes, Okada does give Kiryu a rainmaker if you fight him in the coliseum
@@CyberSaiyan13
No, they're not part of the main story, they're part of the Clan Creator side story minigame.
I don't know why but your voice helps me sleep. I watch your videos on repeat as I go to bed..
...and then on repeat while I'm awake because they are funny and interesting.
i thought i was the only one...
the card of entertainment same lol
Those are the best kinds of content creators
Yknow it's kinda sad that perhaps due to the feedback of fans not liking Kiryu having to deal with his adopted children that he was separated from them by Yakuza 6 for good. You all hated the kids, and they are now gone from his life; and now he gets to suffer for the rest of his life punching dudes for a living he does not even want; but the people beyond his comprehension loves. Like aliens messing with this one specific guy.
i really like the okinawa segment because it shows the absolute nuts on the writers to bring everything to a halt so you can spend time with these kids and do dumb shit
the absolute nuts of the writers to try and make you care about the kids and show kiryu as more than a punching bag smasher woah! next you'll say roxas's section in kh2 is bad
Mew shoes are the best item
I'm really glad this series of reviews exists because fuck knows if the heat death of the universe will occur before 3-5 get released in the west. I'm looking forward to the next one (and I respect the usage of Persona music)
A year later and we have the whole series on every platform except Nintendo, I think we just saved the universe from heat death with this hype
Two years later, we just had a simultaneous worldwide release of Lost Judgment. What a time to be alive.
@@TheExFatal one year later we have Judgement and Lost Judgement on PC along with the series being simultaneous releases on all platforms going forward, thank god for Yakuza 0 blowing the series up in the west
@@SoFarSoGoodSoWhat14 and now we have A REMAKE of Yakuza Iishin in the fucking west hell baby!
Finally a Yakuza 3 video that doesn't boil down to "blocking bad hurr" and has actual nuance.
Just finished 3 and had a lot of fun, the remaster fixes a good bit of the issues with Ryukyu being so desolate. looking forward to playing the rest of the series, especially because from what I've heard this is one of the weakest games besides the original ps2 game. Despite that I really enjoyed this game and am looking forward to seeing your videos on the rest of the series!
I kinda love that Kiryu is a big fucking softie tbh
I can't wait for Playing Yakuza 4. I'm looking forward to the way you tackle the "Rubber Bullets Twist". It's gonna be hilarious!
Rubber bullets are no joke, especially in the States where they may as well be called “we coated concrete-filled Red Bull cans in rubber”
Still wack that they apparently caused as much blood loss as they did in Saejima’s cutscene though. They’ll make you bleed for sure but... not like that.
@@BLIGHTROT666 that is noodle broth
Đăng Hoàng Yeah I know that now. I made this comment before finishing the Yakuza 4 video.
@@BLIGHTROT666 I heard Riot police used them. I have seen what it can do and it's quite fucked up.
I liked the orphanage stuff 100x more than the actual plot, actually the part I remember 3 for the most. People say it's Crime drama with Orphanage BS but it's more Orphanage fun times with crime drama side plot.
29:19 I had that reaction when I played Yakuza 0. “This is just like Kaiji!”
Despite lacking you know who, this was really good. Thank you.
Finally, I am so happy
It's funny, because a lot of the issues of the orphanage getting in the way of the plot were issues I had in Yakuza 2 and not 3. Where I felt like meaningless things were getting in the way of the main story, like the Florist's issues with his son or hanging out with Haruka towards the end of 2. I felt like the orphanage in 3 built up the idea of family that 3 very much cares about, and I never minded taking care of the kids, even in the moments before the finale. With how much I wanted to see 2's plot going forward, I felt like those "stop and do this other task not related to the main plot" moments were way more unlikeable in that game. I think I fell victim to hearing that 2 was super duper great and that 3 is just okay, because I walked out of both of those games thinking the opposite. 2 was just okay for me, but I thought 3 was great.
I like how there's Persona music snuck in. It's fitting... I guess.
I hope one day I have enough actual Yakuza music to not lean on it, but P4 for Yakuza 3, it does what it needs to
58:35 “I said it would take more than a bombing to stop him”
YEAH APPARENTLY IT TAKES MORE THAN GETTING SHOT BY HUNDREDS OF BULLETS TOO??
Bro survives a MINIGUN
So I've never played a Yakuza game, and I just teared up at what happened with Mine. Maybe I'm just a sucker, but that was a hell of a redemption.
Taken in isolation, it's a heart-wrenching scene. The problem is when it's viewed after having played the prior games, in which Kiryu suffered the loss of people he knew much longer.
@@marley7868 I don't know, I always imagined he was very impressed with Haruka in that moment. He slaps her back, but she doesn't cry and just looks at him with fury. She isn't weak at all, contrary to what he claims. It kind of mirrors the finale where he finds himself on the ground after getting smacked around by Kiryu.
Well I didn’t need to sleep today anyways...
I’d just like to say it was off of your amazing breakdown of the first and second yakuza games and a video by super eyepatch wolf that I’ve gotten invested in this series like none other I’ve ever played, I was lucky enough to download Kiwami 1 when it was free on ps+ and I lost a little over a hundred hours in that thing and I think I’m around the 70% mark, suffice to say these games have a place in my heart now, so thank you for this amazing video I’ll rewatch when the yakuza 3 remake gets a release date and another time when I finally finish it haha.
Until then mister snakerer I love all the effort and time you put into these videos.
Someone who appreciates P4’s amazing sound. Thank you
Most underrated soundtrack ever.
@@jacobh2147 Wait how? It's a wildly popular and beloved OST from a beloved game.
@@skunthundler most people focus on 5s though
@@jacobh2147 That doesn't really change the fact that P4's soundtrack is still one of the nosr widely beloved JRPG soundtracks.
@@skunthundler I guess that's true
God damn it Tehsnakerer, now i not only want to play Boiling Point, but also Kiwami!
Just got done watching all (at least to this date) existing Playing Yakuza videos(and, well, probably most of this series in general), and holy fucking christ dude, you are outdoing yourself with each one of these, with every single video i watch i feel even better, and regret not watching it beforehand, while at the same time being happy that i did save it for today.
Thank you for this series, and an even bigger thank you for keeping the work up, and improving on it.
Kamurocho lullaby friggin lands. it lands hard.
10:20 Y’know, the sad part about this removal is that the couple’s arc concluding in 3 (at least I’m assuming, I haven’t seen them in 4 yet) actually redeems them and makes them at least a little bit more likeable.
I was missing your videos. I only was half-lost while watching through. This series seems like a behemont that I won't ever get to experience fully, but I'm glad you're there for me and for us, because it really has a lot of charm that I can appreciate. Also, I don't know what it was, but If I were to play them, I feel I would like Yakuza 2 more than 3.
yeah no Kiryu being a dad is the best shit ever.
I'd say Family is a central idea in every Yakuza game with Haruka in most games, the idea of family in the Yakuza. Ichiban's family of friends in 7 etc
Thank god they changed the requirements to fight amon after this game.
The orphanage part is one of the few parts of yak 3's plot I remember fondly
Idk why but hearing P4 music with Y3 gameplay gives me so many chills and etc. I really do love it. Hope you will do it same with other Yakuza games. Great video and recap too.
Certainly hope to watch this once I play Yakuza in 5 years.
Hope you play Yakuza, I like it
Do you? I couldn't tell. (I've played 0 and Kiwami. Hoping to play more in the future. Fantastic job with the vids! :D)
These reviews are fantastic !
i honestly loved the orphanage parts in this game, it makes the destruction of the orphanage feel impactful, at least to me, but at a point it feels repetitive and boring but idk if it was because i was tired while i was playing at that part haha.
I feel like the orphanage wasn’t that much of an issue for me, just because it didn’t feel as slow as you described it personally. Maybe my brain is messed up or something but I felt like the orphanage parts were a nice break from the big conspiracy and then when Mine starts to make his move on Morning Glory, I was hooked back in because I cared for those kids as much as Kiryu did
Same here, only if the game was presented chronologically instead of throwing complete strangers, cliffhangers and a bunch of mysteries right at the start, people would've been more positive towards the early chapters.
Nice video 👍 brings back memories watching these been a fan since the first game just need to finish 6 and like a dragon good to see some light on the franchise great series got sub bro🐲
I really needed this after the whole ProJared shitstorm. Thank you :)
Up next: tehsnakerer has sex with cute femboys that say “owo”
@@MegaDeathRay10 Wtf? could you explain cause i have no idea what the this is about.
What's this ProJared business, and if I have no idea who that is - will I really care anyway?
@@TheTimestreamer turns out it wasn't that bad
@@wynbarrett2989 actually turns out it's an even bigger shitshow and somehow Ross and Jared of all people are the victims in the whole thing
I know im just another random coment in youtube, but i really like and appreciate your work here. I know making Yakuza videos dont bring a lot of money to the table, so this is mosly a passion project, and honestly, that rocks. Im not a fan of very long reviews, but yours at least i can watch without ever being bore, specially the Yakuza ones because im a huge nerd when it comes to this series. Keep it up my man, and im looking foward for future projects of yours, specially the Yakuza ones.
I'll never forgive Ryu ga gotoku Studio for getting rid of bowling and pool in their new games. I loved playing those.
Loving these videos on Yakuza! Nice touch with the Persona music too!
Another great Yakuza video! 3 was my entry point into the series and I enjoyed it at the time but like most Yakuza games before 0, I think I'd have a hard time revisiting it.
That intro makes me wanna see you do a video on an action Resident Evil game...
I spent 80 hours saving my orphanage and helping the kids. What's this about arms dealers?
The chad orphanage dad vs the virgin national political conspiracy
Seems like all Mine needed was a long stay at an all male resort.
Okay, decided to finally watch this within an hour of finishing it, and it really helps contextualize what I felt was off, but hadn't really pinpointed for myself.
Also, the script changes I noticed between PS3 & PS4 are strange (beyond obvious stuff like "Fuma").
The ps4 script was made with the same translators as 0 and the Kiwami games
I finished this game yesterday, and I was so, so unhappy with how little they used Mine.
I liked him a lot, from the beginning, I thought he was the best antagonist so far (except for maybe Kuze...) but I wish we got more than just what we got at the ending.
He was so interesting towards the end, and I agree that him clashing more with Kiryu early on would be cool.
I liked the game overall, but after playing 0 and Kiwami 2 (both of which has stories I enjoyed far more) the combat and the way the plot developed was pretty disappointing.
That shotgun joke you put in was top-tier editing and timing.
I liked the breackdown but I dont know about your take on Rikiya, I thought he was more a parallel of Shinji than Daigo, thats why Kiryu reacted like that at his death, it was like loosing Shinji all over again.
while i can see not enjoying the orphanage part, it and the entire haruka arc throughout this series and the escort dress up minigame are reasons i am going to play this game now. that part near the end about family and orphans actually brought tears to my eyes.
don't mind me just re-re-re-rewatching the series retrospective in preparation for the Zero review
God, I can't wait for Playing Yakuza 4. Absolutely my favourite game in the franchise, from the batshit insane plot, tone, setpieces, like in my opinion it has the single worst battle (and then immiedately after, worst introduction to a character) in the history of the series (IMO) and that only makes me like it more, and I don't even know why.
am i just watching this video every month? i just realized my old comment is still here lmao
What battle and introduction are you describing?
@@classydoctor5864 prison section and saejima
the haruka scene made me despise him until the "do you know how it feels to kill a man" speech
@@ketrub I kinda had a freak out over that scene cause like...Haruka is my baby and it's a fucked up thing but it didn't make me hate him. It was one scene that was in poor taste but other scenes like how when he's talking to Haruka when he's leaving, he's really soft in his entire demeanor which we don't really see in him since the flashback. I was really hoping they wouldn't go the big tough silent guy route and I'm glad they didn't cause the scene in the colesium cements him as the gentle giant I hoped he would be
the translation differences to this and remastered is interesting to see tbh. didn't even know there were differences
I really wish one of the main villain who find redempation would actually fucking live so we can fucking see them down the
Road
Stop teasing me with persona music, unless your gonna show me you got what it takes and review those. I can’t keep being sent back to play them by you.
Honestly, his using of persona music gave me a funny idea of the protagonist from P5 in his flashback before he steps in to stop baldy from forcing himself on a woman, you just see Kiryu run in from offscreen and punts baldy into orbit with a park bench
@@thehoodedteddy1335 It makes me imagine a Persona game where instead of turn based combat you just beat the ever living shit out of the enemies with heat moves being the special abilities from Persona.
@@TheRictile So basically Smash's current tier-list?
@@TheRictile So Persona scramble then?
It's funny how things come full circle. P5 had an obvious reference to Yakuza's Like a Dragon movie, I think like Judgment had a few references to P5 in some side cases, and now Yakuza 7 runs turn-based with a battle system like a mix of Persona, Final Fantasy, and Dragon Quest.
Eventually a future Persona game will introduce a character that's basically Kiryu by another name. I hope Kuroda will reprise.
Dawg, I gotta sleep, and this delicious new video drops in just over half an hour.
Personally I wish Yakuza 3, or moreover Yakuza did more with the whole Okinawa introduction. Everything was perfect, a town you got to see the faces of respected yakuza, Tamashiro family, the family full of malice who had a boss which gave off a pretty interesting look other than being full on evil, but later just gone and turned into this country will be mine typo villian, under developed, same goes for Saki. I just say I loved the RyuKyu parts, it's a shame they lasted short. Those were what made Y3 very special to me, from Rikiya to Joji, Tamashiro to Saki.
Kiryu placing Daigo as the new head of the family.
Easily his biggest mistake in the end.
I am semi-saving talking about Daigo as a leader in any real for later down the line, honestly it feels like it should be in 6, despite a lot of things to do with 6, and just how far away that likely is
even bigger than putting terada in the chairman seat before then?
This games plot honestly felt like one guy did the first half with the orphanage and rikiya/Nakahara stuff, then they thought it was too boring and hired someone else to do all the conspiracy kamurocho stuff
I feel like Yakuza 3 tried to do too much with honestly not a whole lot of story. It just feels like its trying to too hard to up the ante over 2 with a story thats just badly structured and several characters who are played up to be important early in the game only to be killed off or ignored for most of the plot. The good news is that 3 is a plateau before another quality spike with later entries forming Yakuza into a much loved series
Personally I enjoyed the orphanage stuff more than not. I'm a huge sucker for character moments in media and each time with the kids is exactly what I love.
Kiryus's VA did an amazing job especially the bawling
That Persona music in the background doh 🔥
The amount of emotion that Kiryu lets loose when Rikiya dies is just so intense. Even moreso sitting here post infinite Wealth seeing the limited times Kiryu shows that much emotion.
I am saying this as kindly as possible- I don't trust people that don't like the orphanage
Finally watching all these yakuza vids as I fell in love with the series with 0 and 7/like a dragon, and hell yeah kaiji reference
I'm pretty sure this entire video has persona music playing in the background. Not having played the yakuza games (yet) I can say that it oddly fits just from watching the gameplay footage.
The remasters can’t get here fast enough!
Did you manage to play em? They are so great :)
@@johnpiou2379 yup. I like 5 for variety, 4 for exploration and I like the beach setting in 3
I've always found it interesting in early HD games like this, what textures and assets they decide to give more detail. In some cuts to certain areas I could have swore I was looking at a PS2 game. Not to put the game down, it's still crazy how much detail and variety they managed to cram in. I think I just remember early ps3 era games looking better than they actually did because of the jump to a sharper resolution at the time. Also, the jumping back to emulated ps2 footage that's in HD makes them look more similar than they would otherwise.