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Don't need a Kiwami for every title; focus on new things!
Yeah, I know. They keep saying Like A Dragon is a fresh start but it really isn't. Yes, it's mostly new stuff but still, the returning characters and small threads that carry over would be completely lost on newcomers.Its kind of weird that PC and Xbox players "have to" play Yakuza 7 first before they can finish
the original main storyline. Like stopping at Kiwami 2 and then suddenly a big jump to completely different events
and i dont know if its a good plan to give players the newest RGG Studio game with the most up to date engine now
and then expect them to go back to Yakuza 3 - 6 later.
Not that these games look terrible but it will scare some people off, especially new players,
when they see how Yakuza 3 - 6 look like in comparison months after they played Y7.
And i doubt that it has anything to do with Sony exclusive rights, Yakuza 3 - 5 are just re releases of PS3 games,
Yakuza 6 is already 2 and a half years old, they even talked about Judgment for PC in 2019
and nothing happened. So it feels like Sega really didnt want to release anything else
except the 3 - 5 PS4 box for the "original" fans, so that people will only focus on Yakuza Like A Dragon.
I can understand that this new release is more important, especially because of Xbox Series X,
multiplatform all on the same day with different language options and all that
but its still weird to start porting the old storyline to PC and Xbox and then suddenly it just stops.
Seems a bit wonky.
Yes, fans need to know whyYeah, I know. They keep saying Like A Dragon is a fresh start but it really isn't. Yes, it's mostly new stuff but still, the returning characters and small threads that carry over would be completely lost on newcomers.
But to be fair, I think it's more a case Microsoft realising "Shit! We have nothing at launch that stands out. Let's money hat! Yakuza seems to be doing well. Might make for a notable launch game"
Yes, fans need to know whyalong with whoKiryu makes a cameoand what their roles are. One certain party member is also going to be confusing to those who haven't played 6.certain returning characters are such as Saejima, Daigo, and some others
According to this Famitsu article they will keep the Sega branding and continue to make arcade games but they will move some staff to their console development areas.We might lose sega arvades in the next yakuza. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/11/05/business/corporate-business/sega-sammy-arcades-genda/
Sega sammy is selling sega entertainment (arcades) to genda.
Which XBox because they're like God knows how many of them lolEarly reviews for Yakuza 7 are already out there, even with full spoiler video clips
where you can hear the english casting for the "surprise" characters.
So watch out if you dont want to see or hear anything.
So far the PS4 version has a 84/100 and the Xbox version has a 91/100 on Metacritic
as a result voted by 26 sites / magazines
and 87/100 voted by 54 reviews on OpenCritic
I have not seen the XBox release at all promoted in Japan.Very weird, it seems like Sega has delayed (?) the Yakuza 7 Xbox Series X/S release in Japan
without announcing a date. The japanese Series X/S version was already playable for the japanese press
and it worked fine (why wouldnt it?) but instead of releasing it on November 10,
Sega just said that there is no release date for the japanese Yakuza 7 Xbox Series X/S version yet.
You can find some old japanese articles with optimized X/S lists where Yakuza 7 popped up
but most of the links are broken / deleted now.
So it seems like Microsoft and or Sega had plans to release a japanese version for X/S but stopped it at some point.
Did Sega already gave up the next gen Xbox in Japan?