Yakuza 1 & 2 HD on Wii U “an experiment” to gauge interest

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badgenome said:

homer said:
How similar is the Yakuza franchise to sleeping dogs? I really enjoyed sleeping dogs and am interested in yakuza but nowhere I check can I get a good grasp on what the game is. Is it open world? Batman-esque combat? Vehicles? etc...

Not very similar. It is open world, but it's not a very big world. Every time you go into a fight, it cuts away to it similar to a JRPG. The combat is nothing like Batman, more like a modernization of a classic beat 'em up. No vehicles, either.

It is, in all honesty, a very clunky and primitive series of games. But it's also bursting with charm and amazing characters and general ridiculousness, and that's why I love it.

Badgenome Is correct it does have charm and amazing characters , but the clunkiness is starting to grate , I bought the spin off dead souls and after awhile the clunkiness became a real turn off .