I remember some Chud ranting about CoD: Cold War’s inclusion of trans people and how he was going to spend his hard earned bucks on the latest Yakuza game.
Yeah, that’ll show those SJWs.
Japanese organized crime propaganda has never been so wholesome.
Well, here's the thing, Kiryu is not a yakuza member. Only in the prologue and epilogue of the prequel, and prologue of the first one (and he was briefly the chairman, but that was more of a brief thing to allow a plan to work). Most of the games are about a former member getting caught up in their affairs. The Japanese title, which translates to "Like a Dragon", is more accurate in that regard.
I know your heart is in the right place comrade, but please be mindful of offending others and censor all uses of the word g*mer.
Wait some white gamers told me the Japanese don’t put politics in their games?
The left's counterpart of this, the idea that Japanese media is exclusively or uniquely conservative and shitty is also pretty infuriating sometimes.
japan is literally the most socially progressive country in asia
I'm very pro-PRC, but this is ROC erausre. Taiwan legalized gay marriage before anywhere else in Asia, no where else has yet.
Ur right, but technically japan did these "partnership certificates" first, which are basically civil unions. Of course its not the same, plus its only on a municipal level. But still.
Well yeah, there shouldn't be anything political about trans rights (in a perfect world)
Finished 0 and just started Kiwami today, and have to say that's one of my favorite aspects so far - just the little side conversations that show a lot of humanity among even random characters you only talk to once. A surprisingly wholesome game in many parts.
Appreciate the heads-up! Yakuza 0 is definitely a tough act to follow, but so far I've really enjoyed seeing all the returning cast and re-immersing myself in the same location. I've been looking for a series that has somewhat of a long-running storyline, so I'm excited to see where the story goes!
I really wish they'd localize some of the spinoffs. Like the ones that take place in the Edo period.
wow thanks mr. wise transpositive mobster have fun breaking people's necks like batman?
Yakuza as a series has a very mixed bag mindset in a few ways outside of social progressive exceptions, where it tends to be solid. Fight against the bad capitalists for the good, decent community loving capitalists. Beat up the striking workers, because our boss is a true auteur even if he's abusive to the staff (it's because he cares so much!). Evict the squatters, who abuse those disgusting anti-real estate firm squatter protections. Everyone is capable of redemption, but the redemption is just sometimes the person going "ye I'll do better" and feeling bad about past wrongs without actually changing the conditions or layout of power. Solve financial concerns with the kind zero interest banker who totally exists (akiyama's pretty based though). The CIA is bad and military and financial interests advance at the expense of ordinary people, but just have the good parts of the CIA help you fight the bad weapons dealing parts of the CIA.
I think the recent Yakuza 7 is a good example. It's very sympathetic towards homeless people, sex workers, and the like, but also towards pimps (sure he's verbally abusive towards his employees and his places have terrible health standards, but uh he genuinely cares!) has a large small business type version of local community groups, anti-activists (tbh this one too is kinda based, the activists are just liberal moralists that ignore all material concerns of the working class communities).
It's kinda a liberal humanist game in some ways, or the Japanese equivalent. It's often pretty good on being open minded and accepting of unusual or uncommon personal circumstances.
You're really in for an experience. The sidequests aren't just wholesome, but also bonkers. Like, the one where you fight a Yakuza boss in a diaper club, or the one where you teach a dominatrix to be more assertive.
Would you recommend the Yakuza series, and if so where should one start?
is the play order 0 then just 1-5? i heard there were spinoffs oh shit its on sale (i mostly prefer/ its modt convenient to play on console so i cant just pirate it) also are the remasters ok or should i get the games themselves
Definitive order: Yakuza 0, Kiwami (remake of the original Yakuza 1), Kiwami 2 (remake of original Yakuza 2), then the Remastered Collection (remasters of 3, 4, and 5), then 6 and Like a Dragon (the most recent).
perfect i may have just impulsed bought it thanks! I feel better about ithaha
Enjoy! Yakuza 0 was a total impulse buy for me on a Steam sale a couple years ago and it became one of my favorites ever.
Yo, I just started this game and already crave shogi and mahjong matches in real life. Too bad no one I know will ever put in the time to learn them.
Also, I need more than 5 karaoke songs
Yeah I was gonna say, isn’t his whole arch that he’s seeking redemption for his fucked up past?
The way I like to look at it is that Kiryu is to Yakuza what Robin Hood is to highwaymen. They're both romanticized versions of people who generally tend to be incredibly shitty in real life, but who are portrayed so as to emphasize the good and deemphasize the bad.
