Being able to play this collection of games on the PC has been an amazing experience.
After Yakuza 3 and 4, it is clear from the very firstBeing able to play this collection of games on the PC has been an amazing experience.
After Yakuza 3 and 4, it is clear from the very first moment that Yakuza 5 is a huge game. Once again, we can play as different characters during various parts in the story, like we did in 4, but this time we get to play in several areas/towns.
Some of those new cities I didn’t like that much, like Tsukimino, due to the layout, but then it was great to play in Sotenbori again (since I already did that in Yakuza 0/Kiwami 2) and by the time I got to Kamurocho again…wow, it looks amazing in this game.
Surely…I was really impressed by how much bigger Kamurocho got from 3 to 4, in Yakuza 4 we get to explore the rooftops, underground and even sewers, so I kind of missed some of that freedom in Yakuza 5 here, yet the city feels really detailed this time around, more than ever, at least to me (up to this game that is, excluding their remakes).
The characters are quite likeable, not only the main ones, or the new ones we can play, almost every character involved in the story here feels well written and developed. As usual in these games, the facial animations and expressions look really great for a game initially released on the PS3, despite being a remaster.
Like the previous two games, 5 runs great on my Ryzen 5 3600 and RTX 3060 Ti card, I played this one at Ultra Settings, 4K DSR downsampling and an extra 120% Resolution Scale as super sampling, on top of that, and still enough headroom to keep a steady 60 FPS at all times.
The controls are great, I used my Dualshock 4, but keyboard and mouse have lots of remapping options available, although there’s some mouse acceleration that I believe cannot be disabled, it’s not terrible but I do prefer gamepad for these games, as recommended by the developers.
I found the game a bit easier than the previous one, and I beat it on Hard difficulty but well, it is what it is, wasn’t a walk in the park either, but I expected a tiny bit more challenge on some boss fights which, in any case, most of them were pretty awesome.
All in all…wow, what a journey this has been, this collection of games, to me are something special.
Yakuza 3 felt like the weakest of the bunch, but still I enjoyed that one quite a bit, especially after some time since I played a game in the series.
Yakuza 4 packs a very serious punch, new characters to play and a great expansion to Kamurocho’s layout…it’s great.
And Yakuza 5 feels like it had a really important budget, it’s a long game in comparison to the others, I think the story was great and, as always, it teaches us some important messages about life and family especially. Lots of feels and stuff packed in this one, just like in the other games, and it is really good.
If anything, I felt that Yakuza 5 was a bit too long for my tastes, but considering all the content in the game, it’s understandable. Yakuza 4 felt quite balanced when it comes to length and pacing, in that regard, but I can’t say 5 was a worse game due to this, it’s great too.
With this one, I’ve played all the games available on PC with the exception of Like a Dragon, which I’m waiting until I get to play Yakuza 6…in a month. It feels weird being able to say that…Yakuza 6 is also coming so soon, but yeah, I cannot wait to continue. When Yakuza 0 came out for the PC, thinking of having so many more games in the series on PC was only but a dream…today is a reality, at last.
The PC is the first platform where I’ve ever played these games, so I thank SEGA and the studios porting these games (QLOC in this collection) for the chance they give us to enjoy these titles. These are my kind of games, for many reasons, and the fact that they can now be played on PC is great. They may not be 100% perfect in all aspects, but well for what they are, they’ve been pretty enjoyable to me.… Expand
