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Ser Daine, Franz, Lesfa and Fucker, you'll forever be iconic

do not look at the artbook, worst mistake of my life

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rest in peace zack fair, you would have loved strangers of paradise

this is the best game ever actually
10/10 would beat the shit out of le’garde again

just about everything a metroidvania should be

Amazing character writing and aesthetic with very experimental but rewarding gameplay. I could talk about the more surface level aspects like presentation and music for a while but the main draw for me is the characters. It is not a very long game, but every character makes a definite impact on you and you feel connected to them instantly. Anyone looking for a unique, character focused game needs to play twewy

This game fixed the movement controls from the first game. Absolute masterpiece

The intro to this game is so fire
The rest is really solid, pretty much what I expect from a square enix game with this much effort, nothing less but nothing more
The amount of side quests and meandering can become a bit much at times but when the story beats hit they HIT
The ending is great too, all around just a great showing from square, but nothing that particularly blew me away aside from scale, especially those boss fights.

I really hate this mindset that preferring the original Yakuza 1 and 2 over the Kiwami remakes is nothing but elitism.

I started playing this franchise when 0 came to PC in 2018. Even with that, I still prefer these versions of the games. These games have a unique grit to them that the Kiwami games do not capture well at all. For Kiwami 1 in particular, it feels more like 0 but worse and with less content more than a remake of this game. Worst part is that Sega is actively treating the Kiwami games as replacements instead of alternatives.

In terms of the game itself I think it mostly holds up well. Even without the ability to change the directions of combos it does not take long to get used to. Story is still entertaining with my only issue being Nishiki's sudden betrayal (the one thing Kiwami objectively did better).

If you can I do recommend starting with this game and the OG Yakuza 2 and go from release order from there, and playing 0 in between 5 and 6. You'll appreciate how the series naturally grows instead of starting with 0 (which is the best game in the series) then following up with the Kiwami games.

I think often about how this game takes place over like a day and half. usually when i hit the gym i can handle like an hour or so of lifting, and then im spent for the day. i think after the del lago fight if i was leon i'd throw up and try to walk back home

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nanashi in heaven: i know how to crank 90s

God: GET OUT‼️