Every Sunday, I'll try to post a new game that has been overlooked in the shuffle.
Yakity Yak
Posted 10-10-2008 at 08:08 PM by Spigot
Yay! Found a copy of Yakuza 2 so that I won't be scouring the interwebs for a jacked-up copy on eBay this time next year. Unfortunately, the PS3 is back home, so I'll have to wait until later to play it. But I have it!
Of course, I still have to finish the first Yakuza game, which I quite enjoyed but it, like a lot of other great PS2 titles, got shuffled off to the side once I got my 360 early last year. From what I hear, Yakuza 2 is probably as close as we're going to ever get to seeing Shenmue 3 from Sega, so I'll groove with it, warts and all.
I wasn't going to bother with the game until I was watching the 1Up show from a few weeks ago where they talked about it and after seeing it in motion and hearing them rave about it, I had to get my mitts on it. It helped that I really enjoyed the first one.
But why did I have to get it NOW, when I have Dead Space, LBP and Fable 2 all hitting in the space of a week and a half? ARG!
Of course, I still have to finish the first Yakuza game, which I quite enjoyed but it, like a lot of other great PS2 titles, got shuffled off to the side once I got my 360 early last year. From what I hear, Yakuza 2 is probably as close as we're going to ever get to seeing Shenmue 3 from Sega, so I'll groove with it, warts and all.
I wasn't going to bother with the game until I was watching the 1Up show from a few weeks ago where they talked about it and after seeing it in motion and hearing them rave about it, I had to get my mitts on it. It helped that I really enjoyed the first one.
But why did I have to get it NOW, when I have Dead Space, LBP and Fable 2 all hitting in the space of a week and a half? ARG!
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I envy you. I've been trying to hunt down a copy of Yakuza 2 myself. However, I haven't played the original game.
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Posted 10-10-2008 at 09:43 PM by Variable Gear
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From what I hear, there is some excellent recapping done in Yakuza 2 to help bring newcomers up to speed. That said, I still want to finish the first game before I delve into the sequel.
If you're having a hard time finding a copy of Yakuza 2 in a few days, let me know. I'm sure my EB will have a spare copy around. I think they had a few behind the counter at the store I was in today too (not my usual EB). |
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Posted 10-10-2008 at 10:40 PM by Spigot
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Yeah I've heard about that "flashback" feature as well. That made me feel okay about jumping into the sequel without touching the original. I wish I would have played it, but I just didn't have room for Yakuza 1 at the time.
Thanks for the offer, but there are a couple stores I could look at tomorrow that I haven't been to in a while. I have a good chance of finding Yakuza 2 at my local GameStop or my favorite local Lincoln-based shop. I'll have a look around tomorrow. Thanks for reminding me about this, Spig. I want a pick up a copy before Yakuza 2 goes out of print. I've heard that Sega didn't press many copies... Oh, and good luck with that fall release schedule. As always, it's a mess. Publishers did a better job of spreading things around this year, but more needs to be done. October and November are a joke. |
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Posted 10-10-2008 at 11:03 PM by Variable Gear
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NO kidding... and this was a year where I haven't felt the 'gotta have it' syndrome as much as last year, yet I still feel overwhelmed by the game flood this year.
It's mainly because there were about 3-4 games in Early September (which I have but haven't been able to play much of since my 360 was dead for essentially all of September) and then I have at least 3 games in a week and then maybe Valkyria Chronicles come the end of October. November only has Chrono Trigger DS on my 'must buy' list (though I do want to play Mirror's Edge) and December is all about Persona 4... But yeah. Too much this fall, though I'm hoping that a few of them won't take too long to plow through and I'll be set for the new year (the only thing coming out next year that I have my eyes on is inFamous). |
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Posted 10-11-2008 at 10:36 AM by Spigot
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