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Feels like I've waited so long for these to release Very excited to start playing 3, 4 & 5 (and then eventually 6 & 7). Good chance (IMO) that we will have Shenmue 4 by the time I finish all those !
As I've said before, I'm a newer fan to the series and actually got Yakuza 5 Digital in a giveaway from Gio Corsi on Twitter back in 2015, just after the Shenmue 3 Kickstarter! I downloaded it on my fat 60GB launch PS3 (I had to delete everything on my PS3 to do so lol) and started it but quickly realised that I'd be ruining the series for myself if I started at 5 (I stopped playing maybe an hour or so into the game).
Yakuza 0 was the first game that I bought on my PS4. I went in with very high expectations but it completely surpassed them and blew me away! Since then my Game of the Year each year has been a game created by RGG Studio (minus Shenmue III of course).
After finishing 0 I picked up 3 and 4 on PS3, and was going to start them after finishing Kiwami 2 last year but decided that I would play Judgment and wait for the Physical release of 3, 4 & 5 instead. I really didn't mind waiting an additional 7 months to get the physical collection with the PS3 Yak 5 case, but I was originally pretty disappointed that I couldn't just buy Yak 3 digitally, as I would have loved to start early. Either way, I can completely understand the decision to release it that way but decided to not double dip on the digital collection (spent too much money on Shenmue III pretty much).
The Collection arrived on Monday and I love everything about it! The PS3 case, the notes from the Studio members on the slip case, it's all awesome! Have installed everything and will be hopefully, finally starting tonight!
I've also seen on twitter that there is an awesome dynamic theme on PSN (https://store.playstation.com/en-gb/product/EP0177-CUSA15360_00-ETH0000000003764) but I believe that it's for digital only owners? I've done some digging and found the release article that states that all owners will get it, but there's no code to redeem in the box. I've messaged Sega Europe and Playstation Europe on twitter, but no replies of yet.
As I've said before, I'm a newer fan to the series and actually got Yakuza 5 Digital in a giveaway from Gio Corsi on Twitter back in 2015, just after the Shenmue 3 Kickstarter! I downloaded it on my fat 60GB launch PS3 (I had to delete everything on my PS3 to do so lol) and started it but quickly realised that I'd be ruining the series for myself if I started at 5 (I stopped playing maybe an hour or so into the game).
Yakuza 0 was the first game that I bought on my PS4. I went in with very high expectations but it completely surpassed them and blew me away! Since then my Game of the Year each year has been a game created by RGG Studio (minus Shenmue III of course).
After finishing 0 I picked up 3 and 4 on PS3, and was going to start them after finishing Kiwami 2 last year but decided that I would play Judgment and wait for the Physical release of 3, 4 & 5 instead. I really didn't mind waiting an additional 7 months to get the physical collection with the PS3 Yak 5 case, but I was originally pretty disappointed that I couldn't just buy Yak 3 digitally, as I would have loved to start early. Either way, I can completely understand the decision to release it that way but decided to not double dip on the digital collection (spent too much money on Shenmue III pretty much).
The Collection arrived on Monday and I love everything about it! The PS3 case, the notes from the Studio members on the slip case, it's all awesome! Have installed everything and will be hopefully, finally starting tonight!
I've also seen on twitter that there is an awesome dynamic theme on PSN (https://store.playstation.com/en-gb/product/EP0177-CUSA15360_00-ETH0000000003764) but I believe that it's for digital only owners? I've done some digging and found the release article that states that all owners will get it, but there's no code to redeem in the box. I've messaged Sega Europe and Playstation Europe on twitter, but no replies of yet.
We’ve released a Dynamic Theme featuring series protagonist Kazuma Kiryu’s iconic dragon tattoo, available for free to all owners of The Yakuza Remastered Collection.
Complete Kazuma Kiryu’s epic journey on PS4 with Yakuza 5 Remastered, out today
The physical release of The Yakuza Remastered Collection includes a PS3 box for Yakuza 5 to complete your run of the Sega franchise
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