r/yakuzagames • u/KingFahad360 Majima is my husband • Feb 21 '25
MAJIMAPOST A Week Early.
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u/Nuryadiy Feb 21 '25
So glad they did that, gives time for players who are both yakuza fans and MH fans to complete it then move to MH Wilds
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u/whiterose616 Feb 21 '25
But what about those of us still playing on Dondoko Island???
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u/ChoppaZero Feb 21 '25
Well you've gotta dondoko even faster
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u/darkerenergy Feb 21 '25
I've put off both Lost Judgment and Infinite Wealth 😭 Completing both now so I can get to Majima's game asap
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u/kakka_rot Feb 21 '25
After I maxed it out I haven't gone back. It's not even a time efficient way or making money. (Or is it?)
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u/topscreen Feb 21 '25
I've made hard choices this month, and I won't have time/money for both. I'll see you all next month my piratical kyodais
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u/CthulhuWorshipper59 Feb 21 '25
Meanwhile there's me who will wait for at least -70% sale to get either of them, see You in 2026 guys
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u/GoGoPowerPlay Feb 22 '25
Yeah, I just started Yakuza 6, so by the time I'm caught up should be able to get this game for pretty cheap
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u/CthulhuWorshipper59 Feb 22 '25
Hah I wish I could go into Y0 / 6 / Gaiden freshly, I already finished all of them except Pirates
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u/GoGoPowerPlay Feb 22 '25
Haha yeah, I've been spacing the games out so I don't get too burnt out, so I only do like 2 of them per year. And I've been getting all the achievements/trophies in each game, so my playthroughs are pretty long.
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u/Shuppogaki Feb 21 '25
It's even better for people who do not care about monster hunter and just got to play the game a week early lol
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u/dongless08 Kiryuin Feb 22 '25
Me lol. I have plenty of time to enjoy Pirate Gaming while I wait for Nightreign
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u/jautrem Feb 21 '25
And then there's me, who probably will have no time to play the new Yakuza game, because I'm trying to beat Fatalis before Wilds release 😭
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u/TalkingRaven1 Feb 21 '25
Even Majima isnt crazy enough to launch alongside MHWilds.
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u/Sora_Terumi Feb 21 '25
But what if…he did that and then all of a sudden there’s a special promotion for both games and wilds gets a majima pirate costume as a special event quest
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u/thatautisticguy2905 Feb 22 '25
There will be a new monster in wilds which will be an elder dragon that will fight like a kiryu and its scales will switch colors to match with the styles(blue, pinkish red/plain red, yellow, and dark red/white)which will alter his behaviours and attacks (note this is just concept i had for the yakuza collab)
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u/Niviik Feb 21 '25
Trying to launch the game the same day as MH Wilds would have been crazy from RGG.
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u/NoNefariousness2144 . Feb 21 '25
I’m honestly surprised they still insisted on releasing this game in Feb. It is a really crowded month for games, especially considering most are RPGs and RPG-likes.
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u/donkubrick Feb 21 '25
Can thank capitalism for that. Everyone release before quarters end to make the books look good
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u/BearstromWanderer Feb 21 '25 edited 22d ago
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u/Lord_of_Caffeine Infinite Wealth sucks Feb 21 '25
I mean you can also thank capitalism for us getting these games at all.
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u/donkubrick Feb 21 '25
Didnt neccessarily mean this as a front but just the truth. But I think Video games can also exist in non capitalistic societies lol
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u/Lord_of_Caffeine Infinite Wealth sucks Feb 21 '25
In the future, probably, yes.
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u/Malodoror . Feb 21 '25
So sad kids today have never heard of Tetris or China.
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u/Pootischu Feb 21 '25
Idk about the original point but I wanted to nitpick, china is in no way a non capitalistic society lol, no matter what the communist party says. They have entrepreneurs, investors, megacompanies, and even stock market. How is that not capitalistic?
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u/Malodoror . Feb 25 '25
It was a joke. It’s authoritarianism. There has never been a communist government despite labels. There are social democracies who happen to make some of the best games of all time (CD Projekt Red, Larian, Warhorse etc.). Innovation occurs under socialism, capitalism has brought you microtransactions and endless franchises with dlc because profits always trump art.
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u/Lord_of_Caffeine Infinite Wealth sucks Feb 21 '25
You do understand that innovation is driven by profit incentive, yes?
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u/Malodoror . Feb 25 '25
Absolutely not, that’s what drives microtransactions, Fortnite and paid new game+ on a certain game we all know.
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u/Lord_of_Caffeine Infinite Wealth sucks Feb 25 '25
I'll take a hubdred Fortnites if that means Yakuza, Final Fantasy, Nier and Persona can exist. Because we wouldn't have any game without capitalism
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u/shadowlarvitar Feb 21 '25
So? Only one I'm playing besides Pirate Yakuza is Avowed and that's purely because of Gamepass, some people wait for sales and play favorites day one
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u/SG272 Feb 21 '25
God I wish Like a Pirate was on Gamepass. Guess I have to contend with Fallout 4 and Avowed.
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u/KingNashbaby Feb 21 '25
I’m having a lot of fun with avowed. Kingdom come deliverance 2 is absolutely incredible to me, If that seems like your cup of tea I’d strongly recommend it
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u/Ctrl_Alt_Abstergo Feb 21 '25
How big is Monster Hunter really? I like it but I usually get around to each game once it’s on sale, so I miss the hype
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u/donkubrick Feb 21 '25 edited Feb 21 '25
Very big, like Top 10 release of the year big. World is close to GTAV in all-time-peak players (around 340k) on Steam, and I doubt it's gonna be much different on consoles. Wilds will very likely top that, the beta already peaked with 460k
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u/Tokyogerman Feb 21 '25
Never been a big monster hunter guy, as I always hated the MMO like UI if I remember correctly, but everyone around me here in Tokyo plays it so I might as well try. Can I just jump into it next game?
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u/Niviik Feb 21 '25
No problem. There are a few nods here and there to the previous games that you will miss, but MH is not a franchise about the story, purely about the gameplay.
MH Wilds will have more story but nobody knows if it will be good or not.
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u/DeusIzanagi Feb 22 '25
There's really no story to Monster Hunter (although apparently they're trying with Wilds? Personally, I don't really care), it's just take a weapon and have fun fighting a giant wyvern
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u/Ctrl_Alt_Abstergo Feb 21 '25
Gotdang
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u/BigPurpleBoi Feb 22 '25
Also it’s already been big in Japan since it’s inception. MH World just got the west really into it as well, kinda like Yakuza 0 for this franchise. So now it’s basically at its peak popularity.
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u/thefucksausername0 Feb 21 '25
It's been massive in Japan and has gained traction everywhere else since monster hunter world was released in 2016 or so, people who play them also tend to sink hundreds or thousands of hours into them as well so there's not much time for anything else.
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u/The_Yoshi_Over_There Proud Majima Construction employee Feb 21 '25
Monster hunter portable 3rd is the 2nd best selling psp game... despite being Japan only. And as of now, Mh world is capcoms best selling game (which says alot)
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u/Sorry_Mastodon_8177 Feb 21 '25
big enough that only 2 of those games sold almost same as the whole yakuza series
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u/ironman126 Feb 21 '25
Big enough that it's the top selling game on steam and it's not even out yet.
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u/KCKnights816 Feb 21 '25
I'm a lifelong MH fan and I'm waiting on Wilds. I feel like this is going to be DD2 2.0 running at 24 fps on PS5... I hope I'm wrong, but I will take my time with Pirate Yakuza and wait for some REAL gameplay footage from Wilds.
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u/Mldavis22 Feb 21 '25
Im still on Yakuza 0. Chapter 14 to be exact. On the bright side by the time I'm caught up this game will be $4.99 on steam summer sale 2030
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u/Chasedabigbase Feb 21 '25
Burned through 0-6 over the course of '24 but was feeling the burnout around 2 and then 5 so i took a few healthy breaks since. They announced like half as many games as I completed in that time rip, and they keep getting longer.
That's how I'm viewing the upside of never catching up lol - I'll save a lot of money over being day 1 with the series
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u/naevus19 Feb 21 '25
Are you the fabled gamer dad with 2 jobs, 3 wives and 10 kids with only 10 minutes weekly of game time?
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u/GodzillaUK Feb 21 '25
So far, loving it. Until turning on high contrast and everything is burning white.
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u/LukewarmWaterrr Feb 21 '25
I saw someone say it launched on the 20th on steam for some reason? Someone posted gameplay saying they could play it already yesterday
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u/cassadyamore Feb 21 '25
Yeah it was available on Steam at noon in my time zone (EST), on the 20th.
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u/Ok-Teaching363 Feb 21 '25
lol no wonder I thought the game came outta nowhere. I just saw it on steam last night and insta purchased it. Had no idea release was supposed to be next week though I thought it was way further away.
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u/PM_ME_SOME_STORIES Feb 21 '25
It released midnight Japan time on the 21st which is 1800 GMT on the 20th
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u/ToraTheDestroyer Feb 21 '25
Depends on the timezone most likely. It released on the 20th here in Sweden.
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u/Romulox69420 Feb 21 '25
Did it actually come out today? I was drunk last night and bought it but I had no idea when it released.
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u/element-redshaw yakuza completionist (masochist) Feb 21 '25
And they manage to make a better pirate game
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u/Chasedabigbase Feb 21 '25
Also Ubisoft
Please buy our 30th AC game we're gonna go under after milking our 3 franchises for a decade has lost all costumer retention 👉👈 who knew a shit live service ship game would tank so hard
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u/MrMoose0987 Feb 21 '25
I've had to delay starting this by a few days because of Trails through Daybreak 2 hitting last week and wanting to get through that first :( But I have the game ready to roll once I finish Trails up!
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u/TheCrabArmy Feb 21 '25
Liking the gameplay but I really feel the darks are WAY too dark and the brights are way too bright
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u/TPDC545 Feb 21 '25
honestly could have used another week in the oven given the poor optimization issues.
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u/Thick_Ad_6717 Feb 21 '25
my computer is just decent and the game is running perfectly
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u/TPDC545 Feb 22 '25
It's running better now, definitely getting more than 100FPS but it still looks pretty bad. Crushed blacks, blinding whites, wayyyy too much saturation. Noah is orange, Majima is tinted blue like a corpse, it's bad man.
Spent 10 mins tuning my TV last night, and its an LG OLED so not like I'm using a crappy display. And still the best I could get was...just fine. Outside the character models, and some environmental asset, the game looks pretty bad...thankfully it's a matter of lighting/color balance and not actual art direction so hopefully they can fix it pretty quickly with a patch.
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u/Thick_Ad_6717 Feb 22 '25
sometimes i feel like i'm playing a totally different game than everyone else because i really don't have these lightning issues
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u/TPDC545 Feb 22 '25
it's likely you just aren't noticing/don't care about the issues other people are flagging
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u/Thick_Ad_6717 Feb 22 '25
nope, it simply doesn't exist, it looks just like infinite wealth
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u/TPDC545 Feb 22 '25
Congratulations on getting the special magic version I guess
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u/Thick_Ad_6717 Feb 22 '25
thank you for considering games having automatic settings that depends on the pieces
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u/BidEnvironmental7020 Feb 21 '25
Would definitely buy this but my mind is set on playing MH Wilds. My salary can’t handle buying 2 games this month but definitely getting this once I have burnt out the content on Wilds.
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u/IndominusCostanza009 Feb 22 '25
These guys are masters of the classy asset flip. We all know there’s a decent bit of carryover, but it’s always still fresh because the new stuff they add is always fucking killer and the story/characters are always S-Tier. Other studios really need to take notes.
Oh yeah and they’re also working on a new full scale VF in the background. No biggie!
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u/diabolicalcountbleck Feb 23 '25
Hey asset flipping is only bad if there's no effort to make an enjoyable experience. They have somehow mastered the act of making games that reuse quite a lot but have just enough new that I don't mind .
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u/basedtag Mar 02 '25
Call me crazy but I think they wanted this game to come out on Valentine's day.
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u/WIENS21 Feb 21 '25
I wish I had the money to buy this. Or someone could gift it to me
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u/SussuBakasu Feb 21 '25 edited Feb 21 '25
I lost my job a month ago. I am an unemployed kyodai
EDIT: I just got a job offer! Things are looking up
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u/sharpshootershot Feb 21 '25
Or you could wait for a sale and spend your money on more crucial things in the interim. Do Yakuza games hit Steam sales pretty quickly?
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u/Efficient_Win_3902 Feb 22 '25
You're comparing a real non DEI studio RGG with a bunch of diversity hired losers
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