Yakuza 4 Remastered

incredible game, i love every single character and theyre all very fun to play. unfortunately i just couldnt care less about the villains. this might be because i had every character level 20, every ability and max upgrades from ifr-7 BUT the final bosses were painfully easy. only one i see being a threat is tanimura's fight but i had the block bullets armour sooooooo ANYWAY i loved the substories. the ones in 3 felt pretty weak but these ones are very good, might be because theres variety in characters but uh yeah chase battles had a HUGE improvement, or maybe the ones in 3 were just that painful i think every main character is super enjoyable, please rgg give us more tanimura i love him! i thought that id hate 4 main characters but ahghhhh god i love everyone especially saejima and akiyama i cant wait to play 5 story isnt the best, but its enjoyable. this was the game i finally realised that like any character can die at any moment and it made the experience a lot more funny wondering which character will have a sacrifice in each cutscene (exxageration) i tiger dropped the final boss to death

Yet another terrific game in the series. My only real issue with this game is not being able to save anywhere, since this is just a remaster and not Kiwami I get it but it is a bit annoying. The story is interesting and being able to play as someone other than Kiryu is very refreshing. Akiyama is my babygirl 😍

such a shame the plot is needlessly convoluted and the final two fights were mind numbingly bad, this game has a very likeable cast

Some of the reviews said you aren't missing anything if you don't play this game, and so I went in expecting very little, and got the most varied, interesting Yakuza game I've played so far. Just try it for yourself if the price is right to you. I'm enjoying it a lot.

As a Yakuza game, this one is one of the weakest by a very large margin. The story felt very all over the place (even in terms of a Yakuza game). I don't know if it is just mem but this game also has had the worst stunlocks of any game I have played so far. Sometimes I could be combo'd for more than a minute just getting knocked down and getting hit back up to where I am hit a few more times before the cycle continues while I attempt to evade every single time. There are also many fights in this game that feel very poorly designed, especially the final fight in the game. And this game definitely lives up to the name of Grabkuza 4 because it is a very large issue for any character that does not have a counter to grabbing or if you are in the early game. You will get into a cycle of being grabbed over and over and this adds onto the previously mentioned stunlocks I experienced numerous times. As a whole, this is a very hard Yakuza game to recommend because all it really seems to add to the series is 3 more playable characters with some different fighting styles. Other than that, the content is very similar to Yakuza 3

by far the worst yakuza game and one of the worst games i've ever played in my life. everything about the gameplay is just horrible, from the clunky combat to the complete aimless over world, nothing about this game feels right. this game has the worst enemy blocking and combo interrupting in the series so far yet Yakuza 3 gets all the hate. the plot is fine but the story is so horribly paced that i'm often confused on what exactly is happening. didn't really care at all for any of the new protagonists either. only good thing about this game is its soundtrack. just watch a plot synopsis this trash isn't worth anyones time.

By far the worst yakuza experience ive had. Only got unbearable when you played as the cop. enemies will constantly reuse the same extended moves, youre unable to dodge, it is the most frustrating experience ive dealt with, with the series as a whole. Horrible fighting mechanics, yakuza 3 is better ffs.

i'd rather play 5 more than 4. The hitboxes are beyond terrible, especially in part 2. Most enemies spam grappling, abusing stuns. Even though it is the specialty of the game, the combat is truly annoying.

If you go on the Yakuza subreddit or any other Yakuza forum, every other tier list will put Yakuza 4 at the top. I'm telling you straight up at the start of this review, don't go into this game expecting the best that Yakuza has to offer. I could imagine playing this game when it came out in 2010 after playing Yakuza 3 and just being floored. Kamurocho, which is usually the same streets, stores and landmarks, now has rooftops and sewer systems and all these crazy hidden nooks secrets to find. Not only that, but you take three fresh new perspectives on the city that the Yakuza series hasn't really seen before. A civilian, a police officer and a homeless convict. Someone in that RGG studio pitch meeting had their homework done and was ready to show, not tell, the best story Yakuza had to date. While there are a ton of fun features that would ultimately shape Yakuza 0 and the rest of the series into the smooth, content rich rpg/beat em up we know today. There are also some gears in the machine that were still a little too clunky and in need of some oil. So the stars of the show, combat and story, are both very well done. The new characters are put on display first and wow do they work well. They naturally weave into a story of betrayal and corruption. Even their gameplay varies in ways that will make sure you're excited any time a chapter switches you into another anti-heroes shoes. The side stories and mini-games are also cooking up something good because not only do they now have great animations, but there's actual rewards and reasons to take time out to practice. The story cuts deep, weaving between and connecting the other protagonists journeys without making it feel ham-fisted and forced. I don't want to spoil too much, but (excluding 0) this may have been one of the better stories in the series. But like I said before, if you go into this expecting all these features to be well balanced, impactful and smooth. You're going to be disappointing. The combat, although great, still suffers from the stiff 'block-yuza' issues Y3 had. The menus and upgrades even have a weird delay between movements that will punish you for operating quickly. I can't count the number of times a "are you sure you want to xyz?" screen popped up and I hit left and X. Just to have the game not register the left and click the "no," option instead. While the new characters are a very welcome shift to the formula, switching perspectives that often leaves some characters feeling like you wanted more or that the combat never reached the peak of what the upgrade tree promised. Not to mention some mechanics like collecting trash, hunting down npcs and some other collect-a-thons feel kind of tacked-on and wasteful. I was annoyed when I had to go from the fast, cool, counter-heavy badass to a slow clunky powerhouse. Some elements of the story are also revealed early in one protagonists campaign and it can be torturous how slow those story beats can be when they're repeated. If you played Y3 and found it difficult to stomach, Y4 is the pepto-bismol you need to chow down on some more Yakuza goodness. Just don't expect it to be the best yet, especially if you've already played Y0. Because this game in a lot of ways is the precursor to all the mechanics in Y0. It offers exploration, freedom, a weaving and tangled story all while giving you the tools to make combat what you want it to be. If you got left to dry on the previous game, I strong recommend picking this up to clean your palette. Giving it a 7.9/10, very solid for a PS3 era game.

[h1]Remastered Yakuza[/h1] So this is the fourth game (fifth if counting 0) so you should already know that it's better to play the previous games before playing this one, therefore you should know more or less what's the game about: Fighting, walking around, playing mini-games, dating hostesses, eating various dishes and fishing. Good news is that after reeling from the shock of playing Kiwami 2 and starting Remastered 3, the Remastered 4 version looks more modern and is closer to 0 than 3 which felt like a very old/vintage game. The switch from 3 to 4 graphics wise is good and I dare say that this game, while not having the graphics of Kiwami 1, is almost as beautiful as 0 (or maybe I've been playing 3 and 4 so long that I forgot how 0 looked). After many games in multiple locations, this time you are ONLY in Kamurocho, but it's been expanded with additional places like an underground shopping street, a parking and rooftops to name a few. Okinawa as a separate level was much better in 3 but the story is centered mostly in Kamurocho. Speaking about the story, it's a bit messy again. For the first time since Kiwami 1 (so not counting 0), you play as many different characters! It sounds like blasphemy but it's an interesting twist and a nice intent to keep the ideas fresh. You will play as 3 different characters in 3 big chapters before playing as Kiryu. Each have their own backstory, intertwined story, substories and inventory. You do get a final chapter in the end where you can freely explore the game, switch characters and they all have a common inventory so nothing is completely blocked ever. Every character have their own substories as mentioned and they are quite different. For some of them, they actually provide more background information or there are multiple substories that form a big one instead of having them all completely independent. The main story is a mess though. You have games where it's "keep beating guys that appear in each chapters" but then you have Yakuza 4 which is even more complicated than 1 & 3 mixed together. Without spoiling, it's a shame as the start is very good, quite intriguing and mysterious, making you think about the good part of Yakuza 1 (and 0) but then it goes all over the place and will probably provoke many eye-rolling moments as it's quite ridiculous towards the end. But that's a typical Yakuza game in the end... In conclusion, I recommend it because its a Yakuza game and if you are planning to buy the 4th game you already played the previous one so you must like it As a remastered version, this one is much better than 3, the new characters are fun but the story is a bit disappointingly crazy (at the end). Enjoy Kamurocho and hopefully 5 will be better!

One of the most "Yep it's a Yakuza game" I've ever played, although there's nothing wrong with it it's just run of the mill. Combat is improved after Yakuza 3 which was abysmal, enemies no longer block every single one of your attacks, the 3 new playable characters are either very fun (Akiyama) or alright like Saejima and Tanimura I feel like Saejima could've been a bit more fleshed out as I'm mostly spamming the same combo most of the time cause I can't grab boss fights and in the case of Tanimura his parry mechanic was never fully utilized as most of his boss fights involve a large group of enemies. As for the story it's abysmal dogshit there's no way around it, purely spectacle and hype as nothing really makes sense and exists for the sake of plot twists that add nothing. So it's alright but as far as Yakuza games if you skip this one you're barely missing anything.

I did not finish this game. It's probably worth playing for Yakuza fans who want to experience the whole Kiryu saga. I personally think this game has the worst story in the whole series. Combat is a huge improvement over 3 but I just don't want to finish it. Only get this if you really like Yakuza.

Absolutely phenomenal. Yakuza 4 introduces 3 new protagonists that all have very compelling stories. The way their fate ties together is simply sublime.

"Blockuza 2: 4 Guys Do Random Shit With Their 4 Different Fight Styles and 4 Different Plots" I'm seriously not sure about Yakuza 4, I didn't like it, nor hate it, I would just consider this game a huge mixed bag. The addition of 3 new playable main characters is neat at first, but gets overwhelming in the final fight of the game, for me anyway. It also has 4 different plot with these new characters, while one is fine but slow, one is just flat out awful, etc. Sure, Yakzua 3 had its problems, but Y4 feels like it did worse somehow, I'd honestly play Y3 again if I had to, or play Yakuza 5. But if you're going to play Y4, here's a mod for a better experience. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2385609073

Best upgrade system in the series and Tanimura, what more could you want?

The best part of the game is when akiyama shows up

haha.. funny plot........... worse combat from y3 (in term of combo)

this game sucks SO MUCH (combat story wise)

A really, really good game.

Off to save the Tojo clan yet again.

fun game good story

"Taiga" has a "Tiger" tattoo... I see what they did there :)

Somehow Yakuza 4 introduced 3 new main characters and managed to make them all great.

Together.. We are Yakuza 4.

My rubber uncle

The real Yakuza were the 4 we made along the way

Akiyama Shun 👍

SELFISHH DEEEEEED IS NOT FREEEEEEEEEEEEEDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM

we are the Yakuza 4!!!

The selfish deed is not freedom

I LOVE AKIYAMA!!!!

They were the Yakuza 4

akiyama a baddie

HOLY PEAK

yea

tani tagalog

Yeh.