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

Turuko · Jan 11, 2020

The photoshoot/discussion minigame :lol:

Belegarsson · Jan 11, 2020

Abu Antar said:
If you have Spotify, you can now listen to the soundtracks for every game in the series. This includes Kenzan and Ishin!

Search for Sega Sound Team.

HoboForEternity · Jan 16, 2020

they also released kiryu's karaoke songs
https://open.spotify.com/album/1F4S1ywUKiPmgbg66qw1Xj?si=R_d19jXITQm1vpZaGp_6nA

will baka mitai in the shower today

Abu Antar · Jan 20, 2020

HoboForEternity · Jan 20, 2020

So how is Japan's reaction on y7? Are people pissed off they made it TB?

Vaarna_Aarne · Jan 20, 2020

Well, Famitsu gave it 38/40.

ERYFKRAD · Jan 20, 2020

Vaarna_Aarne said:
Well, Famitsu gave it 38/40.

Is that good or bad?

Deflowerer · Jan 20, 2020

Famitsu scores are meaningles. Japanese don't really do "criticism" in such pleb mags like Famitsu.

Anyway, JP weekly sales info should appear online in a few days.

Misco Jones · Jan 21, 2020

ERYFKRAD said:
Vaarna_Aarne said:

Well, Famitsu gave it 38/40.

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Is that good or bad?

Famitsu has never scored a mainline Yakuza lower than 36/40 (Yakuza 0).

Modron · Jan 21, 2020

But Yakuza 0 was better than Kiwami 2.
:philosoraptor:

HoboForEternity · Jan 21, 2020

the more i see is famitsu is the equivalent of ign in japan. aka retarded or sellout

Assisted Living Godzilla · Jan 21, 2020

Abu Antar said:

This article just really made me wish they'd drop Virtua Tennis into a Yakuza game.

Assisted Living Godzilla · Jan 21, 2020

If you don't want to see them all outside of the game.

Vaarna_Aarne · Jan 21, 2020

Reactions in Japan from what I've heard seem to be split between two sides: People who never like turn-based combat, and people who like turn-based combat. Everyone seems to agree the story is real gud and seems Ichiban's generally well-received as a new protag.

Deflowerer · Jan 22, 2020

First week numbers in Japan are about 155k sold. The second worst in franchise after 1 (not counting spinoffs / remakes), but has more to do with the actual decline of Japanese home console market probably. Still, pretty understandable that they have to get more and more sales from global markets going forward.

Readher · Jan 22, 2020

Deflowerer said:
First week numbers in Japan are about 155k sold. The second worst in franchise after 1 (not counting spinoffs / remakes), but has more to do with the actual decline of Japanese home console market probably. Still, pretty understandable that they have to get more and more sales from global markets going forward.

That's why they're porting even to Xbox. Now, if only Fatlus would follow...

Misco Jones · Jan 23, 2020

Readher said:
Deflowerer said:

First week numbers in Japan are about 155k sold. The second worst in franchise after 1 (not counting spinoffs / remakes), but has more to do with the actual decline of Japanese home console market probably. Still, pretty understandable that they have to get more and more sales from global markets going forward.

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That's why they're porting even to Xbox. Now, if only Fatlus would follow...

Yep. And Vanillaware.

Readher · Jan 23, 2020

Misco Jones said:
Yep. And Vanillaware.

At this point I'm pretty sure Vanillaware would just follow on whatever Atlus decides. After their latest "hit" release, they're probably completely dependent on them.

GhostCow · Jan 24, 2020

I played Yakuza 0 when it first came to PC and it turned out to be pretty much the best action RPG I've ever played. I enjoyed it more than words can describe. Unfortunately it was so good that when I tried Yakuza Kiwami it seemed like absolute shit to me. Are any of the other games in the series as good as 0?

d1r · Jan 24, 2020

GhostCow said:
I played Yakuza 0 when it first came to PC and it turned out to be pretty much the best action RPG I've ever played. I enjoyed it more than words can describe. Unfortunately it was so good that when I tried Yakuza Kiwami it seemed like absolute shit to me. Are any of the other games in the series as good as 0?

You fucked yourself with starting with 0.

It's definitely the best and most polished Yakuza game out there.

Deflowerer · Jan 25, 2020

Readher said:
Misco Jones said:

Yep. And Vanillaware.

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At this point I'm pretty sure Vanillaware would just follow on whatever Atlus decides. After their latest "hit" release, they're probably completely dependent on them.

These are normal Japanese numbers. These games are budgeted around such expectated sales, frankly.

ERYFKRAD · Jan 25, 2020

I don't need a better Yakuza game, just tell me if any game tops Kuze's and Shibusawa's fight music.

Reinhardt · Jan 25, 2020

Yakuza 6 Someya final fight music is gud.

Deflowerer · Jan 25, 2020

ERYFKRAD said:
I don't need a better Yakuza game, just tell me if any game tops Kuze's and Shibusawa's fight music.

Ishin's final boss music is the best in the series.

Readher · Jan 25, 2020

Deflowerer said:
These are normal Japanese numbers. These games are budgeted around such expectated sales, frankly.

Last time Vanillaware game sold that bad was like 10 years ago. They worked almost 8 years on this, they definitely expected higher sales. Sales like that are normal for 2 year dev time basement budget kusoge, not a long-time project.

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