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Mechanical collectible quest..huh. Havent had such a ♥♥♥♥♥ disgusting experience for quite a while. ♥♥♥♥♥♥, janky controls doesnt help either...

Good:
Visuals, music, difficulty

Questions:
Classes and Gods amount
Progression could see much more features
Levels should contain RNG events
I think Boss had new moves on 2nd difficulty and it's great, hope to see more on each subsequent.

Not good:
2nd difficulty at the second half of the run had FPS drops. Unpleasant and very noticable.
Evolved Disks shouldn't be so loud, please.
Too high difference between skills damage. Some being almost useless (small radius, range, amount of projectiles, which could compensate other cons and on top of that damage)
Useless passives like X effect on LVL up. 1 gold, ability cast...that's ridicilous, folks. Small heal, while standing in this environment..thx, had a laugh.
Maybe a bit too high level for Evolutions.
Warrior's (?:D) power (Q) doesnt bring anything to the table at the second half of the run. Maybe there's upgrades, idk.
No explanation regarding how many actives can we possibly have, 'cause there's a limit for sure. Probably per god/class.
Lvl Cap. Must go away.

Nevertheless I really enjoyed what I've experienced in Demo. For the most part. Game needs a lot of polishing and work with the community and with constructive feedback.

I didnt read the forums nor the full game page, but I guess what will come in Q4 2024 will be Early Access. If there's enough content and the price is alright Imma grab it on release day.

All the best to the devs.

EDIT: wait..why is there Received for Free check box ? Uhm..okay, yeah, for free. Busted.

Thank you for your hard work. We appreciate it. Also thx for a "freebie" <3

THIS amount of content for THIS price...♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, we love you, devs <3

I hope you'll be sued because of your scummy practices, Ubi.
If there someone isnt aware yet, not only Ubisoft shut down servers for The Crew 1 (which was inevitable), but also revoked licenses for the game. In uPlay they had the balls to post the banner "Wanna continue journey ? Visit the Store !". Jfc...no shame. Zero. None.

Join the battle, folks:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w70Xc9CStoE

UK Government Petition:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/659071
Change org:
https://www.change.org/p/the-crew-1-shutdown-bring-offline-mode-ubisoft

https://www.stopkillinggames.com/

EDIT: 04.11.24
Respawn, you're just a bunch of clowns.
https://answers.ea.com/t5/STAR-WARS-Jedi-Survivor-/cant-swap-lightsaber-stance/td-p/12524764
This isnt fixed yet.



Okay, wanna laugh ? I'll humor you.

I was hesitating to get this for a long time. But now, it's clearly Respawn doesnt care about anything, except money and most likely no further performance improvements, patches will come. Hence I decided to give it a go.

Right away even before launch (but then re applied, cuz game was configuring smth, shader caching or idk, oh and it's on every launch) I've downloaded MayThePerformanceBeWithYou mod from Nexus. I have RTX 2060. During cutscene FPS jumped here and there from 50 to 120. During gameplay everything was okay on Medium settings. Had ~70+ FPS. But I've heard first are is somewhat okay, problems and crashes should come later. Idk about that, I've already asked for a refund.

Why ? There's a fun thing. Patch for EA Desktop App from January or February completely broke Steam Overlay injection. This means:
- firstly and most importantly - your controller may not work without additional tricks. I've tried with Dual Sense and had no luck until I've added EA App to Steam and launched it from Steam;
- no Overlay functions, i.e. chats, notes, guides, etc
- issues with Achievements/Trophies. Some users said that there's no pop up, but trophy is obtained. It was true in Fallen Order for me (I bought it long time ago with huge discount, completed even earlier via 1$ EA Play sub along with Andromeda =P) and revisited recently for achievements. Back then overlay was working alright.

Sorry, just got distracted. Other folks reported that they specifically went for trophy they didnt had, completed requirements for unlock, checked Steam, restarted Steam - no trophy. Same reports in Mass Effect community.

I like Star Wars very much so decided to check for workaround and google a bit (hour or more :D). Tried to install old Origin app an wanted to patch it with F Off EA App dll from Github, but Origin installer says I have no connection thus it cant be installed.

Then I went to..I dunno how to call it. EA, for the lack of the better word, almost completely "ditched" customer support and now it's more like Community Support with some allegedly EA employees poping out here and there. What a circus that is. You can check it here:
https://answers.ea.com/t5/STAR-WARS-Jedi-Survivor-/Steam-Input-and-Overlay-Not-working-in-Jedi-Survivor/td-p/13404814

Topic was created January 17th. EA community manager shows on page 2. Later he requests some information from affected customers. 2 months (!!!!!!!!) later - silence. Issues still here.

This is fraud. Shame that Valve doesn't care.

Imagine amount of happy faces if EA and Ubi announces Steam versions of their games no longer require their poor apps.

If you wanna put up with all this crap and give those people your money - it's your call.

In any case I wish you all best and May The Force Be With You.

Started recently. Like this game a lot. Devs have some issues in studio, you can read comment and whole topic below, but they still fighting for the game and more content updates will come down the road:
https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/app/2273430/discussions/0/4199112556501685602/?ctp=2#c4199112556502907948
It's a little over than two weeks since release and every 1-3 days they update the game, release bugfixes etc. Praiseworthy.

I'll add more later, because it's too early for productive review.

SEGA, you can suck my ♥♥♥♥. Because your monetization practices sounds like the same offer to me.

Not only they've locked New Game + behind the paywal, BUT DiFFICULTY LEVELS as well :D Platinum (100%) is also locked if you dont pay. This is getting ♥♥♥♥ ridiculous !
Day one - DLC's for 137$ in 70$ game. Are you stupid, SEGA ?

Everyone, who bought any edition above standard - you're the part of the problem. Because of your whims, they encouraged to add more and more predatory monetizations in future. If people don't buy it - no reason trying to sell it. For one time in your life - think about gaming community, not only about what you want.

I'm huge LaD fan, but I despise all simps, who throw in positive reviews 30 min in game, dickriding RGG and Sega. I wanna be upset about community and a bit am, but at the same time knew, people will buy this ♥♥♥♥ (DLCs).

Wanna get what you want, 'cause you can afford it ? ♥♥♥♥♥, please, knock yourself out. But expect paid save slots like in Metal Gear Survive, paid blood spatter, which is basically paid graphic option (https://store.steampowered.com/app/201272/Total_War_Shogun_2__Blood_Pack_DLC/), etc. Maybe we should pay for Subtitles and Colorblind/accessibility options ? There will be consequences after customers encourage selling such things.

I grew up with Sega games and their console. Love those times, cherish these memories and games, related to them. But I totally hate, what this company has become.

I'm on the fence what to think about RGG Studio, because have no idea on their stance regarding this practice. But still, I don't like the fact, they're part of Sega.

Oh, and like last several times - Pre Order wasn't available in several "poor" countries, so Sega can make poor pay even more if they wanted that "juicy" p/o DLC.

♥♥♥♥ this ♥♥♥♥.

EDIT: Finished the game, it's wonderful. There's one very questionable moment in story, that is cringeworthy, weird af or idk how to call it. But maybe they gonna play around it in next game. Still, I was shocked how dumb it is. And yeah, it's about Kiryu.
I wish they would work more with OST and Dungeons, but that's not gonna happen.

Slogan of this game is "I'm not crying - you're crying".

Very funny thing: they didnt "tie" 100% aka Platinum trophy to DLC achievements, meaning you can get it now (they MAY patch it or may not).
What this mean is that, at least half of the folks, who grabbed this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ product of satan, i.e. Master Vacation Bundle (NG+ dlc), paid just to get Platinum. Some of them for sure. Therefore Sega ♥♥♥♥ both parties - who paid and who didnt. My hat's off, that's brilliant strategy to earn a separate cauldron in hell :D

It's okay-ish. Nothing too exciting.

Most of the players are probably lured in by Hades related design choices.
I'm pretty sure, like ~90%, there's set amount of Gods, you can get Blessings (boons) from, per run.
You find loot during runs and keep it or buy from vendor. Binds to character. Btw, there's 5 chars in the game, which is nice. BUT you can't understand what benefits they have by default, except looking for their stats in menu or choosing "Signs":
https://dmd.fandom.com/wiki/Sign
Also, each Hero wield "unique" weapon and have its own armor class, i.e. light, medium, heavy. Maybe thats it.

There are modifiers that make your run harder in exchange for..I dont remember tbh. Maybe items quality and affixes q-ty, amount...

Keep in mind, it has only ONE level atm and that's it. Dev plan to deliver two more, but I'd be very disappointed if this game won't receive at least 5 (total).

Honestly dont see a reason to spend much time in it. But there's a potential for future updates. We'll see.

Never have I ever thought this day would come. The day, when I'm gonna post Negative Review for Like a Dragon/Yakuza title.

I'm not a newcomer to the series by any means. Just checked my game time and it's at least 950+ hours in RGG studio games.

A very humble message to Sega before we begin. ♥♥♥ you, greedy ♥♥♥♥♥. Why ?

A) Intentionally locked Pre Orders for several developing/"poor" countries and THEN proceeded to sell the game at release day, thus depriving fans those silly P/O bonuses
B) The most disgusting price tag across the series in terms Price:Content (Quality + Amount; we'll talk about it later) and the absence of adequate regional pricing. Ukraine, LATAM, MENA, India; you can check and compare prices here if curious:
https://steamdb.info/app/2375550/
I've bought Y:0-6 for full price. Every game. 7 and J games with a small discount. Can't anymore, because Sega decided to raise the price 2-3 times.
C) Sega's support didnt bother to answer a single ticket regarding locked Pre Orders, just marked them as "Solved" and closed.

If RGG had a say regarding pricing and pre orders, I, honestly, wish them the same.

If you wanna know a bit about my "taste" in these games, here's my Top 3 without specific order:

- Narrative-wise: Yakuza 0, LaD (7), Judgment
- Gameplay-wise Yakuza 0, LaD (7), Lost Judgment

Frankly, whole game felt just like an advertising campaign for IW. With a price tag 50$.

What I disliked the most ?

LaD Gaiden is a big DLC rather than a separate game. A huge fan service sinkhole which appeals to nostalgy of the fans.
Game surely looks and plays like a LaD title. It has the "shell" of the series, but I didn't feel the "soul" inside that shell. I wasn't hooked on the story. Guys, I loved babysitting at Y:3, Haruka's part at Y:5, but again, this game just didnt click with me.
I also have my doubts regarding writing. It didn't feel like Yokoyama wrote this story. Made some edits - maybe. I'm aware they develop multiple games at the same time and Gaiden was meant to be a small game. It seems like this project was given to junior team/employees.

Characters were okay. Voice acting is top notch as always.

They recorded 30-ish compositions for this one, but the other half of the music - the same tracks from previous games. I wanna stop here for a moment. Music has always been a very important part of narrative in LaD games for me. It dictates the mood and sets the atmosphere for the events we participate in. And RGG always wrote a new tracks for each game with small exceptions. These are Yakuza Kiwami re-made tracks from Y:1, alterations of Kiryu's and Majima's theme Receive You and maybe several more less repetitive examples. Never bothered RGG reused assets from time to time but this title is the one big half assed repeat.

Chapter 2 (was it ?), when Kiryu arrived to the Castle was a cringe fest as well as amount of Ryuji Goda (at this point I dont even know what to call it) references. From my point of view, RGG didn't wanna put more original content in this game or I dunno. What I want to say is that for the first time I'm genuinely scared for LaD series future. This title is theirs first "new" project (Ishin is a remake) after Nagoshi left the studio.
I'm freaking out not because it's something huge. On the opposite. It's a sum of many red flags.

One guy said that nowadays big companies mostly ride on the success on some old titles and almost never develop something new. This is my exact thoughts regarding Gaiden. Too many Y:2 stuff.

Last nail in coffin was the last unlockable Coliseum fight - Minamida Grand
Prix. I guess many reckon it was cool, but combining everything said previously - I think not. You will face robots that mimic movesets of all final bosses from Yakuza 6 to 1 in reverse with their music themes. I already had a bad taste in my mouth and now just remember the emotions every previous title and corresponding battle and the character brought me, only to see a metal piece of crap in front of me - a reminder that the devs are slacking off. This one really controversial for me. On the one hand it would've been fun idea if not all previous fan service in one small game, but on the other, yeah, that and text above.
They also tried to ride on success of previous banger tracks like Pledge of Demon (0) and Theory of Beauty (6). Check tracks Hellish Octagon and Psycho's Anthem and tell me you dont hear the "resemblance".

Whats new ?

Well, 1 new Combat Style; 0.5 new mini game (It's called Hell Team rumble and since it's still in Coliseum...see for yourself) + "biggest" but idk if best addition - Akame Network. Shortly, Substories were mostly converted into requests in here plus you have a lot of mini requests and brawls across Sotenbori. Complete them, earn Cash and Akame points to upgrade your skills, buy new gear. Substories mostly bland and boring in Gaiden. Ai app was okay, Judgment crossover too. At least half of them - eliminating three gangs.
First Summer Uika's play as Akame was good. Fun fact, her surname is Dojima :D
The rest is familiar to the fans. Same mini games, same bullies on the streets, eateries, shops, lockers.
There are very few Dynamic Intros we all love, and maybe one was good.

No NG+, no Legendary difficulty. Fifty Bucks. FmL....


LaD 5, 6, Gaiden SPOILERS AHEAD !


I wanted to talk regarding specific topic, which caused a lot of confusion for me. Idk why I include this to be honest.

One of the most complex moments in LaD games is "Why Kiryu had to fake his own death ?". The answer for this question is behind the stories of LaD 3, 5, 6 and maybe even more. I must admit I've spent a good hour, trying to remember the events that led to this, plus too look at several discussions. These couple days I played Gaiden and fake death plot twist from 6 felt like unnecesarry stretch. But the orphanage, kids, Haruka's statement in 5, her kidnapping in 6 and many other events just show that sooner or later Kiryu's enemies realize they cant defeat him head on and they pressure his family and friends to get to him. And while he's dead, there's no reason for criminal scum to involve those.
But on the other hand, Daidoji's demands regarding this secret are pure evil, forcing Kiryu to accept the cards that will lead to discovery of his secret sooner or later, just to shorten the leash around his neck.
Me and I'm sure a lot of you hate Daidoji and would prefer Yakuza underworld any other day, but it's a Criminal Drama after all. We have, what we have.



Since we talked about the story, my favorite part, hands down - Kiryu watching recording on tablet in Finale. That was strong, that was good, that's what we love in LaD games. Strong emotions. But again, almost everything else - meh.


Had no issues with Performance. Rtx 2060, Ryzen 3700x, 32GB Ram. 1080p high settings, DLAA, no DLSS - 80-90 FPS.

It was the first time, when I considered viewing cutscenes on YouTube and maybe reading a bit after, instead of buying the game. And my guts told me to do so. But constant possibility of a rocket coming into my window (greetings from Ukraine) told me "You only live once and life is too short" so I bought it. Which I, honestly, regret.

If you're on the fence regarding this game - don't buy it until -75%. Not worth it. Not buying similar project in future.

Platinum is very easy.

And regarding future of LaD series and my concerns, I, honestly, hope I'm wrong and everything will be super great, in terms oа quality. Less than 3 weeks until Infinite Wealth release. Oh, and one more f u for Sega - New Game Plus in IW locked behind a paywall in a Master Vacation Bundle, available as a part of Deluxe edition. Pre Orders locked again for several countries.

Couple interesting tracks from OST:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6M1Fa1Hgsc

Wait till 0:40, trust me:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beR4JKUSykw

It's a very chaotic review, but I've tried. If you've read it all - thank you.