Yakuza 4 - Amon Clan (EX-HARD)

[@deadpool1524]

Who would win. 4 world class assassins who spent their entire lives mastering the art of combat. or 4 drinking buddies?

[@cantufekci23]

I would say a money lander, an escaped prisoner, a gambling detective, and an unbeatable dragon dad.

[@cantufekci23]

@ERA CASTE lazy boy/ former homeless

[@esqueletao2696]

@@cantufekci23 money lender*

[@thatonedudefromdiscord4348]

Sounds like a premise for an American action movie

[@trevorphilips2947]

The power of friendship.

[@charliemcmillan4230]

17:24 Kiryu: almost dusted by a fucking death ray Also Kiryu: mmm cigarette

[@ryanbarrie9143]

Death ray lit Kiryu's cigarette

[@БогданКрименюк]

@@ryanbarrie9143 Yes

[@ichiban9662]

I got a vape ad

[@chefshufflebug]

It was the ultimate flex

[@MrJedroi258]

​@@chefshufflebugand demise

[@MrScary-yq2hx]

Four best friends vs Four Matrix cosplayers.

[@KUNAIfever]

Super Best Friends

[@JackHanma267]

Your profile scares me bro

[@myrepliesprobablydontmakes9571]

@@JackHanma267 oh shit why did you make me look at it?

[@averybigrat5551]

The lads vs. comic con

[@Frappuccinoo]

saejima and kiryu are best friends now I guess

[@Gods_God]

That cigarette heat attack almost made me spit up my drink. Out of a series brimming with style this entry really seems to up the ante in some really amusing ways.

[@REDEEMERWOLF]

That was in Yakuza 3 too :)

[@charliemcmillan4230]

My thought process went from “he just lit a cigarette mid battle?” To “holy fucking shit, cigarette-fu”

[@chronica6457]

Tbh, the PS3 games have some of the best heat actions imo

[@StreetwizeJJ2]

It was removed after smoking in public became illegal in Japan.

[@megasoniczxx]

@@StreetwizeJJ2 I always wondered why that didn't come back in the rest of the games after 5. Shame too, that was probably my favorite heat action.

[@StreetwizeJJ2]

Know what would be really funny? If there was a Yakuza spinoff where you played as Jo Amon, and after completing everything to face off against Kiryu, you wind up fighting Jo as Kiryu instead just so he'll never win.

[@elerrante5991]

And Kiryu will be with all the skills unlocked XD

[@onepunchtroll6290]

Why not make kiryu 2x the difficulty of Ex Hard, then if you still beat him he will tiger drop you and it oneshots. So Jo Amon will never win

[@shionyorigamii]

it'd just be a have to lose fight

[@deliriousbae7809]

genius idea, would pay 70 dollars for this game

[@mediawatcher9225]

I’m sure it’s a tough fight, but it’s bizarre seeing the amons with only two health bars, I’m so used to them having a ridiculous amount of health.

[@ridjenite]

Between four characters, that's a lot. Especially with how much grinding would have to be done, yeah. They might have thrown players a bone, here.

[@LtLukoziuz]

Notice that they also regen health if not attacked for a short while. Saejima fight definitely had an extra bar out of all regen

[@T_T-d9b]

In yakuza 0 jo and so Amon both have 10 health bars just like riuji goda in yakuza kiwami 2

[@choueriito2548]

And then you have Yakuza 6 where Amon only has 1.

[@mediawatcher9225]

@@choueriito2548 yeah but all the bosses only have 1 health bar and said health goes down much slower compared to the other games

[@darkrequiem9133]

Kiryu/ Azure Dragon (Seiryu),Tanimura/Black Turtle (Genbu), Sajima/White Tiger (Byakko), Akiyama/ Vermillion Bird (Suzaku)= Four Symbols VS Amon Clan

[@kamikaze4172]

The 4 Eastern Gods. Oddly enough, I love that sort of symbolism

[@deathbykonami5487]

@@kamikaze4172 more like celestial animals that represent the 4 seasons

[@kamikaze4172]

@@deathbykonami5487 Ahh, we meet again. That's just what I heard them being called. I figured they were all Yakuza based though. All had the tattoo of their respective Spirit Animal, so to speak

[@ItsDanbo]

What does that make Shinada then? Shrimp Tempura

[@jaderabbit898]

Mike Henny not really. As far as I know, Tanimura and Akiyama never remove their shirts during battle, which they most likely don’t have them. Even if they do, their outfit already symbolizes their Celestial animals already. Akiyama’s maroon suit represents the Zhu Que fiery and Tanimura’s blue coat acts a shell, similar to GUI Xiang.

[@Not_Claptrap]

Akiyama: kicks for days Saejima: heat actions for days Tanimura: bulletproof for days Kiryu: lung cancer for days

[@azuresapphire220]

But akiyama smokes a lot more than kiryu

[@MatsuSenpaii]

Ironically, Akiyama is actually the one who smokes a lot, compared to Kiryu

[@ronelel2109]

sacred tree armor set, son

[@Dat_MrBlack]

@@azuresapphire220 yeah.

[@sdaisyclaire]

essence of lung cancer

[@loruapollo6634]

There is something really cool about how these fights are set up, each of the main characters take their turns to defeat each amon and it totally get you hyped to that final battle with Amon. It may be a little easier than in previous games but they can still blow your hp in a second if you get cocky

[@Braithekaikiller]

first time i was flying on them until amon revived and then i had him at close to dying, boom, satelite shots stright up of a 2D fighting game killed me in an instant...

[@mediawatcher9225]

「Loru Apollo」 I mean they certainly aren’t easy but I’m so used to them having a ridiculous amount of hp like in all the other games.

[@korhol2065]

When you think about it It still kinda is a lot of hp, just split into different phases

[@Braithekaikiller]

Fucking forgot i commented here and liked my own comment thinking it was someone like me

[@Aivottaja]

Nothing actually explains why a slacker like Akiyama is such a badass fighter.

[@Unknown-zn8cg]

Aivottaja that’s what I’ve been wondering,I completed 4 and it doesn’t mention why akiyama can fight.

[@LukeyMia4]

Maybe that guy trained him? The one that saved his life?

[@paulpilapil4024]

Aaron Taofitau maybe he got inspired to be badass from him,maybe he didn’t want to be the one saved who knows

[@playzcrayon8186]

Arai and akiyama have the same fight style so I assume he learned it from him and then kicked off is money lending business

[@randomduck8679]

He works hard when he puts his mind to it.

[@hisnhersletsplay5081]

Kiryu spitting a cigarette in Jo's face caught me off guard and I cackled out loud. I hope they bring that heat action back, although it seems more like a Majima antic, to me.

[@playzcrayon8186]

Kiryu can have fun too

[@funkgoeson4936]

You actually learn the cig heat move back in 3 from majima

[@treazn]

I love that heat action but it should do less damage if someone is wearing glasses

[@jorgebersabe293]

It's Kiryu's way of paying homage to his friendly rival Majima.

[@booperooz1508]

Akiyama can literally power cities for months using his energy for every fight Saejima looks like he can kill any person barehand Takimura is a cocky boi but still always wins And Kiryu looks so serious he looks like he can kill people just by looking at them

[@elerrante5991]

Who is Ta *K* imura?

[@LuisMane1]

@@elerrante5991 Tanimuras brotha From another mother

[@Hardhead456]

Being in kiryu's mere presence already gives people heart attacks

[@jetteyes2064]

7:00 - 7:17 ULTRAAAAAAAAA COMBO

[@kenjilee92]

So sick.

[@fabiofilippstheodoro5093]

Those are the kind of moments that make me wonder how awesome would it be if the this series had an combo counter

[@4thChairman_Yume]

😂😂😂

[@dogeofdojima3813]

Akiyama for Tekken?

[@kamikaze4172]

Anyone else think of Kenshiro's kicking attack?

[@Yang3213]

God I loved fighting them in this game. Its always awesome to see all the protags come together, basically say "I've got your back", and kick ass.

[@newleafoverit]

Akiyama: "well that was rough" The fight: *Akiyama mandhandles Kazuya Amon like a combo punching bag* _well that was rough... _*_for you_*

[@firdaushidayatullah4911]

Akiyama: Let's go Tekken Saejima: CHARGE ATTACK!! Tanimura: I may be soft with punches but my scream! Kiryu: Cheese, Imma gonna take a cig

[@lenoobxd]

Shhh… he’s secretly weaponizing that cig

[@jorgebersabe293]

While certainly the Amon Clan are no pushovers, yet they always lose, because of pride, lust for power and overconfidence. The Amon Clan are lethal, skilled, competent and powerful warriors(to the point of being outright superhumans), but their egos hamper them from achieving their potentials.

[@Dabajaws]

Noa is probably the smartest amon in that respect mainly because she listen's to what haruka says and not only does she accept what she's saying but she understands the amon way is flawed

[@jorgebersabe293]

@@Dabajaws Indeed: The Amon Clan are powerful, but also overbearingly arrogant and hubristic. That's why they always lose.

[@kamikaze4172]

I wanna know what Amon would say to Majima, after finding someone stronger than him years later

[@dyingEnet]

This 4 on 4, one at time shit is like something out of a shounen with everyone just watching in the background.

[@Voicegoblin]

"Damn you got a cop with you?" "Yeah he's new." "Sooooo.. Why are we doing one on one fights?" "Plot" "Yeah that's about right" "Anybody got anything interesting to talk about" "There's a bird over there" "Oh cool" "You guys aren't that bad. It's kinda lame that we have to kill you all" "I mean if we win you can't kill us" "Oh yeah you're right. We're gonna try anyways though" "Well good luck in your fight" "Same to you"

[@bryanvo9490]

11:57 Only Devilleon7 gets hit on purpose to set up 12:13

[@devilleon7]

I wish I could say with confidence that it was on purpose, but I had to make the most out of the situation, and that was how ;)

[@kamikaze4172]

@@devilleon7 I saw the damage, I thought you were done for

[@ElissaMai]

Mike Henny On EX-Hard Mode, you do take a lot of damage like on other games.

[@kamikaze4172]

@@ElissaMai Tell that to the 3rd protagonist (I can't remember his name) who got shot like 20 times and lost little slivers. It was just a lot of damage I wasn't expecting seeing as Saejima is huge, acting as the tank

[@ElissaMai]

Mike Henny Tanimura you meant on the third protagonist. And that based on gear that he’s equipped.

[@Skirish]

I've always loved the progression of Amon in the games and by the Yakuza 5 when Kiryu alters the way he fights slightly you face Amon fighting like Kiryu did from Yakuza 1-4 and it made sense since he was using the IF7 to train against Kiryu

[@ES21007]

Skirish Wait, he said that? When?

[@Skirish]

Who said what? What I was saying is that in Yakuza 3 when it's discovered that Amon used the IF7 to train against his experiences of Kiryu that by Yakuza 5 when Kiryu altered the way he threw his attacks, look closely you'll see that Kiryu's Rush Combo blows are quite subtly different from 1-4's which Amon decided to try fight like Kiryu but he could only fight like Kiryu from previous titles

[@Snowdemon55]

1:51 goodbye shiny item, hope to see you again soon

[@severzz1108]

I think thats a locker key lol

[@ItsDanbo]

You took your time on the first 3, but you obliterated Jo Amin like he was nothing. My god

[@waled7rocky]

Poor jo faced kiryu that's why ..

[@yakthekuza7296]

Who the fuck is Jo Amin?

[@severzz1108]

@@yakthekuza7296 Jo mama

[@chainsawplayin]

Kiryu's heat moves in this game really start getting ridiculous

[@SaltyMon]

He had to, Jo Amon would regen health

[@KingNaesala]

I beat these guys and now I feel like a chump because you used so many moves I didn't even know Saejima/Kiryu had even though I maxed out all their techniques. This was awesome.

[@suryaditjandra5997]

Yeah i know what you feel bro 😭

[@awsomemodels]

Devilleon is ridiculously good .

[@ikhsanGion]

I admitted that i am impressed the way you control and remember the fighting skill of each character bro.... Greetings from meo

[@SirRampage24]

Wow, way to wipe the floor with Jo Amon! Nice job man :)

[@stephenmahilum285]

I thought it was gonna 4 against 4 all at once lol

[@GrindyVine]

That's gonna be chaotic

[@not7t976]

If that was the case this would’ve been the hardest Amon fight

[@張瑋峻-c3w]

7:34 that's a music sync right here.

[@bahgzi]

As soon it’s kiryu’s turn, Devilleon7 activated ultra instinct

[@foxxygradius7858]

"Now I'll show you our clan's assassination skills" Do those skills include 'loudly announcing your presence and intentions'?

[@cadence_2463]

I feel like Majima made that comment to them at some point, and that’s why they don’t fight him anymore.

[@yonsen3368]

@@cadence_2463 the true "emoshunal damage"

[@josefrobert6644]

God that saejima bit on ex hard drove me close to tears, still managed to pull through somehow.

[@GTRking1000]

I loved how they still used *Hear This In The Game* on Jo Amon while he's using Mine's moveset xDD

[@AKafiq]

Looks like Kazuya just using Mine's fighting styles...

[@КонстантинПаршуков-о6б]

Wind God Fist!

[@JustCyanaid]

I can’t believe you played this game enough to complete every single sub story, but didn’t get the locker key in new serena that you can see in the cutscene

[@briannguyen2654]

Tanimura has the most fun style and heat actions in 4.

[@yaboi2500]

Brian Nguyen But his Amon fight is objectively the worst fight in the entire game.

[@billjoe2080]

Trent Stines And his final boss fight.

[@yaboi2500]

Bill Joe Also true.

[@KaiKrimson56]

I think Akiyama has the coolest fighting style from what I saw in this video.

[@Sockren]

@@KaiKrimson56 akiyama is alright. yakuza 4 and yakuza 5 dont really let him shine that much tho

[@Donut117]

This fight looked a whole lot different on the PC remastered collection. Jiro in particular pops his healing thing so quickly and so frequently that it pops between each individual punch in Saejima's rush combo. Idk if that's a PC thing in general or a 144fps thing, but I couldn't figure out how the game developers thought that made for a good boss fight. Seeing how that fight is supposed to look here makes it all make a lot more sense.

[@ZorroLocoStudios]

These boss fights are so cool.

[@Jamal0602]

16:19 that sync

[@MessedUpBrainspike]

Jiro ticked me off so much with his damn healing in this fight that eventually I just cheesed it like hell and brought some guns to the fight to pop him with. Saejima's got a gun buying achievement anyway, so it all worked out.

[@awsomemodels]

Jiro is completely broken in the remastered , kinda surprised that nobody talks about it .

[@joji3057]

I’m stilling waiting on yakuza 7: DEVILLEON SAGA

[@AgentDanielCross]

Neko Hunting minigame

[@denos1699]

Took 12 mins-ish to show how dangerous an amon can be with a hammer

[@marrow94]

Guys for Jiro Amon use that armor that gives you invulnerability to a hit every now and then, the one you get completing all the subquests. He'll hit and do no damage, meanwhile you're there punching his ass!

[@RagingDeer]

Did Kazuya Amon just do a WIND GOD FIST?

[@КонстантинПаршуков-о6б]

He is Kazuya after all.

[@jorgebersabe293]

Dorya!

[@PlamoTherapy]

Just got done with this encounter in the PC version. You'd think combat would be easier at 60 FPS, but the doubled frame rate somehow messed with the Quickstep. Damn they can really travel with it at 30 FPS!

[@Legofan5445]

You're great! It was entertaining and yet educational to watch your video, and learn new techniques! And not a scratch on Kiryu while battling Amon! Simply awesome! So the best recommendation would be to enter the fight drunk and best fully raged up?

[@devilleon7]

Indeed, being drunk gives you access to certain heat actions in the case of Akiyama and Kiryu, and starting the fight with max heat is always good.

[@valorthefox]

TFW mentions kiryu mentions he fighted him 3 times only because yakuza 0 wasn´t out already... Or maybe Kiryu forgetting him on Yakuza 1/Kiwami is cannon.

[@TheTimestreamer]

Kiryu fought Jo Amon three times. He fights So Amon in 0, while Majima handles Jo.

[@MCHuang]

@@TheTimestreamer sounds like the developers didn't miss that detail when making 0

[@severzz1108]

17:24 excuse me WHAT THE FUCK?!

[@slickfinisher123]

The four best friends that anyone could have

[@sompongsngm9897]

And at last Jo Amon was killed by Kenshiro

[@bigooof2499]

17:47 Did Kiryu just M. Bison headbutt Jo Amon?

[@respecwhamen6232]

Yes

[@Axel.Z.Magnus]

17:24 Wtf 0_o

[@nickroberts501]

I think Amon managed to cross dimensions, get the schematics for the Hadron Cannons from Code Geass, and put said cannons onto a satellite.

[@DmarcusBaus]

I was like, did this nigga just throw a mother fucking Hadouken?!

[@atlas7032]

Axel Magnus u

[@NeoNassim]

A Getsuga Tenshoo lol

[@truthful_liar13]

Axel Magnus my fucking ears bro

[@gregorioperez2309]

A four versus one Amon boss fight would be pretty damn difficult but pretty awesome at the same time if they didn't come along to help kiryu with the Amon clan

[@ScoobyWoohoo]

Live that jazz intro to the battle lol.

[@thedarkknight646]

Yakuza 4 is the only game where beating Amon was easy

[@WThroat]

@@Zeddddy I holded back on Amon in Kiwami because I had the War God Talisman and the Time for Yinglong move. I literally could've trapped him in an infinite sumo slap until he died.

[@chaoticgaming6932]

IMO, Akiyama is the best character to play as.

[@desirocker9099]

What's next? Jin Amon and Heihachi Amon?

[@КонстантинПаршуков-о6б]

Jinpachi Amon.

[@regalcartoon5932]

I’ve given up on trying to beat them. I just watch what happens on KZbin now. Gonna have to do it when I do a 100% completion playthrough though.

[@kinglebron1235]

Me and the boys VS four quadruplet brothers who are infamous, highly-trained deadly assassins.

[@thesaltwizard3212]

Akiyamers: "Kiryu, they're four stone-called killers, we don't want you dying out there" Tanimura: "Yeah, besides we are...The YAKUZA 4! With the four of us, we can handle them four!" Saejima: "That's right, we'll show those amons what it means to go BALLS OUT!"

[@ripp3rjak934]

To think that there were tough as nails guys way before Kiryu came along

[@zenny8877]

everybody gangsta till jo amon materializes a sledgehammer

[@nothingtoseehere3690]

Devilleon after defeating the amon clan in Y4 once: That's rad!/Holy s**t! Devilleon after defeating the amon clan in Y4 10 times in a row: THAT'S RAD!/HOLY S**T! Devilleon after teaching others on defeating the amon clan in Y4 10 times in a row: That's-wait, no, I'M RAD!/Holy-wait, no, I'M THE S**T! Why wouldn't he be? 👍👍👍

[@unofficial_gamer6813]

Akiyama have lucky coin charm.

[@Rolo1507]

0:56 *stares intently at the hidden key*

[@darkrequiem9133]

Boy, was this fight difficult... Thank god I forgot to take off the Sacred Tree Armor off of Taminura.

[@mmfsnotsakuga3408]

11:57 that hammer damage

[@deviljho4260]

mmfs sakuga normal for an Amon

[@Garrett938]

Still baffles me that we can't go underground in kamurocho in Yakuza 6 but in 4 we can. Kinda felt the developers got lazy or something.

[@kurosakikun96]

They were probably still getting used to the new engine, because a lot of people give 6 a lot of flack for a lot of quality of life gameplay elements but absolutely love Kiwami 2

[@andresashura5550]

For me this was the easiest Amon fight except for Jiro vs Saejima that was a pain in the ass

[@blackwind677]

Rebelleon7

[@JunGaGotoku]

blackwind677 nice

[@sonnytello8175]

Nice work on the Amon fight. Will you also be doing Yakuza 3's Amon fight?

[@politicalchair487]

Kazuya: fuck it I'm Mine now

[@HereticYoshi]

is there a boss in the previous games that uses a sledgehammer? i noticed that kazuya amon uses mine's style from Yakuza 3, and sango uses uh... kazuto's style

[@Marshal_Lepus]

I think it's just a generic sledgehammer/farming scythe moveset since Kenzan

[@nah4877]

Can someone tell me the music where the 4 meet up with the Amon Clan

[@cjtheman2985]

13:01 I’ll kill you but spare you the pain of death What does he mean by that is going to kill him quickly or something

[@aaronpadilla946]

Listening to the battle theme between Kiryu and Jo Amon reminds me of the song Barricuda by Heart, other than that great video.

[@Supperdude9]

Me and the boys beating down the Amon clan.

[@Pinupopinion]

I like how Sango Amon has an SMG with a foregrip and doesn't even use it. It's not even integral, it's on the same underbarrel rail as the flashlight. Or that gun is a really oddly designed Mac 10 knockoff, because the trigger is placed so far back.

[@kaiflood6061]

It’s a Minebea PM-9 the Japanese standard smg

[@jorgebersabe293]

That can be attributed to arrogance.

[@Incog2k6]

This is totally the easiest Jo Amon fight in the entire series (well, besides the original Yakuza 1, where you could just stunlock him with tasers). Well, if you fully level up Kiryu, that is. The Y3 fight is hell in comparison to this one (well, unless you are great with Tiger Drop). Funnily, they dialed up his difficulty again in all the other games after this one, including both Kiwamis. Heck, in Y5, Jo is basically a Kingdom Hearts character LMAO, and in Y6, he's cheap as shit (I'm still angry to this day). Let's not even get started on Shin Amon in Judgement.

[@ziggyhudson7964]

Kiryu pulling off the body check from Shenmue lol

[@pato6738]

Waiting this game to come to PC this month so dunno shit about Akiyama but damn, those legs

[@matthewweitz1949]

Thanks for this. Could never beat the 2nd guy.

[@MariusBoss11458]

I wonder. For the Remaster. Did they add to the text "I've fought him 4 Times already" adding 0 to it. Unless they cut out Amon Entirely.

[@Name_man]

It’s still 3 times. He didn’t fight Jo Amon in 0.

[@acmargatroid]

I haven't played yakuza 4 yet but akiyama's legs are hella shmooving

[@bluevoker6455]

So Early I'm watching in 360p, oh boy

[@devilleon7]

You do me proud.

[@bluevoker6455]

Yes daddy leon. I will continue to do you proud.

[@Keizerdawn]

Anyone else notice kazuya amon literally do the mishima's EWGF

[@jinjoo9487]

Aint that the amon we saw in Hokuto

[@FlameSlayer1901]

man really brought a gun to a fist fight bruh

[@FlameSlayer1901]

you didn't even let blondie over there attack such kick

[@miguelito3265]

It does take awhile to perfect the recording, already finished Yakuza 4 amon, just need Yakuza 5 amon lol

[@deathbykonami5487]

Jo should have had 4 apprentices, that way Majima could've partook

[@brunor_9037]

What is that charged attack you do with Saejima's grab?

[@ananasek5560]

ZAMMM Kiryu strong as hell

[@THEPISSPALADIN]

If I had to pick between anyone’s moves to know completely irl I would totes pick Akiyama

[@goldenenero9976]

16:18 that sync tho

[@MTH3h3l0l]

What's that spinning neck throw Kiryu does called? I see it a lot in entertainment and have never heard what it's called

[@Quantum722]

The essence of pole dancing

[@djanithegamersfm]

Kazuya amon looks like Agent Smith from the matrix

[@reedified6514]

What's that first fast Akiyama move?

[@syrupman2887]

i need to play all of them, idk kiryu is so weird ngl, there’s 4 protagonists and i wonder how good it will be

[@Darkoriax17]

The one time you fight more than one Amon

[@cadence_2463]

I fear your power