Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio (Yakuza, Judgment, Binary Domain + more!) Discussion Thread

[ERYFKRAD]

agree with above, Kiryu's story is DONE. leave em alone. if this is just an epilogue story...fine

I'm assuming most fans wanted the dude to have a better ending or something. I don't agree myself, but if that's what it is, that's what it is.

 

[ADL]

I'm fine with Kiryu in Gaiden and 8 but this really should be the last time we see him. A whole standalone title connecting 6 to 8 and 8 itself is more than enough to wrap things up and go all in on the new protagonist.

 

[Derringer]

It'sa shame that Yakuza went mainstream. Yakuza 0 was a mistake

Unable to nail down a consensus on just what the heck Yakuza actually was from online source, I ended up pirating it and just whacking the ISO on my PS2's hard drive for a rainy day.

That's kinda what I did and thought it was alright for what it was.

 

[Nortar]

Well, shit...

It's like

But after a moment's consideration

I guess it's time go back to the roots and embrace tratidion

 

[Azalin]

agree with above, Kiryu's story is DONE. leave em alone. if this is just an epilogue story...fine

I'm assuming most fans wanted the dude to have a better ending or something. I don't agree myself, but if that's what it is, that's what it is.

Well the ending of 6 was kinda meh and it didn't really make sense for Kiryu to have to play dead any more than he did in the past,personally I would like a better conclusion to his story and I hope they manage to do that.

 

[Abu Antar]

Gaiden is apparently a smaller title.

 

[Taxnomore]

wait, WUT, Judgement is out NOW?!?


will have to shake up my gaming queue

edit: agree with above, Kiryu's story is DONE. leave em alone. if this is just an epilogue story...fine

Both Judgment have Denuvo apparently.
90 euros for both. Ha ha.

 

[Alphons]

Since Awano (and a bunch of other 0 characters like Bacchus, Shibusawa, Nugget and Makoto) is in the Ishin trailer, does it mean that we'll be getting Kuze again?

Gameplay reveal (in Japanese)

 

[Reinhardt]

 

[aweigh]

Beginning my Judgment journey now... FEELS GOOD.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Since Awano (and a bunch of other 0 characters like Bacchus, Shibusawa, Nugget and Makoto) is in the Ishin trailer, does it mean that we'll be getting Kuze again?

Gameplay reveal (in Japanese)

Kuze was in it.

Spoiler

Kinda bummed that they replaced OG hanpechi with shibusawa

 

[abnaxus]

When Binary Domain 2

 

[ERYFKRAD]

When Binary Domain 2

I'm guessing the remake in Unreal engine is so they get some practice for BD2.

 

[Azalin]

The Judgment Collection is 12% off on Fanatical for 87 euros if anyone is interested in buying it right now,the individual titles are also 12% off.

BTW I saw that the collection is the number 2 seller on Steam right now after the Steam Deck

 

[Abu Antar]

If you want both games, that edition is the way to go. I think it also includes the second game's DLC.

 

[LESS T_T]

Why the fuck is Like a Dragon 8 releasing on PS4 in 2024?

I think they're not sure there will be enough PS5 units in Japan even by 2024. I heard it's pretty hardcore there for an average customer to obtain a PS5, and the situation got worse with Chinese and others buying bulk of them thanks to the JPY depreciation.

 

[Misco Jones]

 

[Lyre Mors]

I just have to say that I woke up to all this news earlier today and it completely blind-sided me. I'm in absolute RGS heaven right now. These fucking beasts did a Kiryu-style heat move on me, but in the best possible way. Every single announcement looks great. Can't wait to get Judgement later today. I've waited so long!

Bless this studio. Now just give us Dragon difficulty at the very start of the games, please!

 

[LarryTyphoid]

Are you serious? We get Ishin localized and it's some dogshit Dragon Engine demake like Kiwami 2? Oh, wait, it's not even the Dragon Engine, it's Unreal Engine, so it's gonna be even more of a disaster. Why not just port the original game that ran on the 0 engine? So they can cram in more shitty asset flip minigames? What a joke. If this game is anything like Kiwami 2, it's going to completely destroy the controls and pacing of the original game. They've already made casting changes, and I bet there'll be music changes too. I wanted to play Ishin, not some budget asset-flip garbage that RGG Studio shit out with no effort or care like the Kiwami games. And that's what this is: Ishin Kiwami. That's literally the Japanese title, which was removed for the western release, which definitely means that we will NEVER get the original Ishin localized, ever - or even released on new consoles. It'll rot on the PS3 just like Yakuza 1 and 2 are rotting on the PS2.

I thought you fags in this thread would be more knowledgeable about this, yet I come in and see you CELEBRATING it like all of the Reddit Zerobabies who think that the Kiwami games are good.

FUCK these announcements. The only good news is Judgement/Judge Eyes on PC. Otherwise? Secret agent Kiryu, another gay JRPG in a main series of fucking BEAT-EM-UPS, and a piece of shit demake of a game that westerners will never get to play?
Yakuza is fucking SHIT now

 

[LarryTyphoid]

Let's continue to rape the perfect ending of Yakuza 6 by dragging Kiryu along again! Yay!!!!!

 

[LarryTyphoid]

I also just want to kek at the idea of remaking Ishin, a game that came out like 5 years ago. Can't wait for Yakuza 6 Kiwami! Or Yakuza 0 Kiwami! Judgement Kiwami is going to be based!!

 

[Abu Antar]

I also just want to kek at the idea of remaking Ishin, a game that came out like 5 years ago. Can't wait for Yakuza 6 Kiwami! Or Yakuza 0 Kiwami! Judgement Kiwami is going to be based!!

It's unfortunate that it's not a 1-1 recreation of the original, but we'll take what we get.

OG Ishin was released 8 years ago, not 5 years ago.

 

[flyingjohn]

Well, shit...

It's like

But after a moment's consideration

I guess it's time go back to the roots and embrace tratidion

Denuvo,and the only person cracking it refuses to release anime game unless you pay up 1k+.

 

[Silentstorm]

Honestly, the Ishin remake still looks fun, it does feel pandering though when they shove new characters that look like popular ones from previous games that weren't in the first Ishin, which is honestly the kinda blatant move that i still don't really care about, the gameplay seems fine so far at least.

8 is...well i actually enjoyed 7 as a fun JRPG, i did think it needed some spicing up when it comes to combat, really felt like a 16 Bit JRPG, but the story and setting more than made up for that and i quite liked Ichiban.

As for 6...well, as you can see from this very thread, some people weren't happy with 6's ending for Kiryu and it wasn't necessarily that it wasn't the possible happiest ending for him, they just found it stupid or not suitable, like him dying after beating up a literal army and falling to his wounds after saving the day would have been much much better than 6's ending which was...well, it's apparently hated enough RGG can easily bring back Kiryu to shut people up.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Honestly, the Ishin remake still looks fun, it does feel pandering though when they shove new characters that look like popular ones from previous games that weren't in the first Ishin, which is honestly the kinda blatant move that i still don't really care about, the gameplay seems fine so far at least

I didn't see Broh Hamazaki in the remake either.