The Most UNDERRATED Yakuza Game

[@draydra]

"You did it Tatsuya! You beat Dragon Heat, you're Like a Dragon!, No, maybe a Black Panther!"

[@TheSmugMf]

Every single time I see jokes like this I get a small stroke

[@draydra]

@@TheSmugMf im gonna keep doing this untill the last retrospective video (if i can)

[@SnowiestAngeman]

“Now that I’m free, it’s time to start the New Chapter of my life” - Jimmy Kurohyou

[@hel1140]

You'd be branded as a heretic if you said these words in the middle ages

[@Mate4444]

Bro really say "i born to be wild"

[@apenasumfadecoisas3922]

10:01 Akiyama jumpscare

[@RuggedRing]

Essence of Teleporting

[@keifujitora6587]

Akiyama is in Kurohyou 2 btw He's in the background whenever Tatsuya does the ramen part time job He also has an unused in-battle model

[@caslloveer0]

Bro saving us from anime memes

[@linah1998]

I just questioned my entire existence after seeing that Nishiki face in the thumbnail

[@BuryTheLight-tds]

There's a Tatsuya mod for Kiwami whose face is basically Mine's

[@thegamingprozone1941]

No that's 10 years man 😂

[@NiCoNiCoNiCola]

​@@BuryTheLight-tds considering his HD face is literally just Mine that makes sense Still find it funny how he's Mine in HD, but Nishiki with lung cancer in game (his in-game face from the sequel is definitely the best one)

[@NewyorkNewyork57]

1:45 Dam that whistle 😃😃😃😃

[@jackmclean4120]

I genuinely cannot express how excited I am to pick this game up again once TeamK4L finishes their localisation patch.

[@ExtremeMan10]

Finally we can have secret boss in english.

[@sammysalgado1475]

Any idea when it's released?

[@jackmclean4120]

@@sammysalgado1475 August 15th.

[@BigMcLargeChungus]

It has come

[@jackmclean4120]

@@BigMcLargeChungus And I'm playing it.

[@marleonka.]

Some of my favorite visual effects in the game is the slowmo when you defeat an opponent. There's nothing more satisfying than performing a red heat action and then watch the final hit connect in slow motion

[@roxases]

Reminds me of finishing a boss in Kingdom Hearts, but Kingdom Hearts 1 specifically

[@dvdbox360]

you really need to play def jam takeover then

[@brobruh7850]

@@dvdbox360I bet you know this but it was made by some of the same people as Kurohyo so it shares some mechanics

[@picklerobertson5807]

It’s even better when the slowdown happens on a nut kick

[@NiCoNiCoNiCola]

​@@picklerobertson5807 Like a Cock and Ball Torturer

[@livenishikireaction]

im proud of my son

[@nahupiano7302]

I think Hideki Nagamura went balls out with the soundtrack YOUR KNIFE FEELS GOOD is a freaking banger, The Naked Panther is great and So Unusual is Fantastic

[@salt2209]

GET DOWN TO THE SOUND

[@j.r.765]

probably as close to a Nishiki spin off as we'll get. He's one of the most underrated characters.

[@azizabdul8914]

as close to a Nishiki- HIS NAME IS JOHN TEN YEARS IN THE JOINT

[@AgentArabian]

​@@azizabdul8914dude his name is tommy jointy

[@NiCoNiCoNiCola]

​@@azizabdul8914 HIS NAME IS KAMON FUKER!!!

[@Koichi-Kun]

Imagine a yakuza fighting game with kurohyou mechanics but more heat actions

[@shinra05]

I’ve been writing really funny descriptions for these videos and I feel like no one reads them so I can write whatever I want. Arma 3 is an open world military tactical shooter video game developed and published by Bohemia Interactive exclusively through the

[@Basket_Propellors]

where arma reforger

[@marleonka.]

Really a double feature with Gokudoni. Kurohyou is really fun and Kurohyou 2 is even better

[@SnowiestAngeman]

The more Kurohyou the merriohyou… or something like that

[@TehNewParalyzer]

It's really convenient you started making these retrospectives during my deep dive of the Yakuza series as you're just doing all the heavy lifting for me haha Like I just got my copy of Dead Souls last week. Appreciate all you're doing

[@SnowiestAngeman]

Glad you're enjoying the games and my videos :)

[@Hi-Yanto]

Technically you can counter bosses' Heat combo(that's how I reference them since it's long heavy combos into heat action) with deathblows and parry(sometimes).

[@SnowiestAngeman]

Indeed you can and then other times they just say “nah fuck you” and hit you anyway lol

[@Hi-Yanto]

@@SnowiestAngeman I mean it depends on the timing for some boss's heat special move like the good ol' heat combo, dark souls' rolls, running man, tackle spam(that one military dude focus on destroying your torso), quickstep a lot then heat combo.

[@ExtremeMan10]

Final boss, Reiji, can have his sprint grab deflected by deathblow attack as long as the hit connects with upper body. Best for this is brawler drop kick.

[@NiCoNiCoNiCola]

​@@ExtremeMan10 wouldn't Bunker Knuckle or the Ogre Hit something something Special KO blows hit him better?

[@adamshalashaska5698]

I'd love a remake to this. love the mechanics in this and the fact that def jam team worked on this gets me want this even more.

[@pksamton3806]

Nice video, Kurohyou is a great game, didn't expect a different team to get the vibe of Yakuza so well

[@RhyOverHeaven]

Really need to play the PSP games! I might try it once that English patch releases

[@ksa7621]

Its out

[@freddyromero6698]

I just ordered this game about to get on it

[@WickTheNasty]

Does the original Japanese psp game have any English options

[@CrossTheShadow]

​@@freddyromero6698 both are on CD romance along with the non translated rom

[@Beanzops]

​@@WickTheNasty no

[@soulechelon2643]

This looks fun. As someone who *loved* Def Jam Fight for NY, I probably would've enjoyed this game as well even with the quirks mentioned. Who knows - with the current Yakuza resurgence we might see this game remastered and translated. I'd certainly grab it.

[@RJBShadowdude]

Cant wait for the the new fan localisation of this!

[@gebhartattack]

Dame da ne guy : You're in for a baka mi time if kurohYou are the black panther

[@chef95rus]

Best psp game i've ever played. Still replay it from time to time

[@klaus.sfc01official30]

The game that literally changed my life needs a 3rd game and make it a remake trilogy

[@JoKa1013]

This game literally and seriously deserves to be remade and be released on consoles. Both the first and second installments of Black Panther Like A Dragon New Chapter!!!

[@JT-lj3kt]

As someone who has just watched the video, I can say for certain that Arma 3 is definitely one of the games of all time.

[@gowtham8909]

The story gets progressively good and ukyou is kinda inspiring me to be like him in college

[@harktz983]

The Kurohyou series has the best combat system in all the yakuza games, I'm so sad it was abandoned. This game deserved a spot on the big consoles

[@wall883]

I love this game, my save data got deleted and I was close to the end so I’m kinda mad I wish I could’ve completed it, but this is a really great game on psp I love it

[@SnowiestAngeman]

That is some very unfortunate news :( fortunately the game isn’t *too* long so I mean it’s not the worst thing to go back from the start on

[@diegordi1394]

Also, if I'm not wrong, the ones who did the cutscenes are the same folks who did the cutscenes from Peace Walker.

[@Ambrosia92]

Yeah...same vibe.

[@NiCoNiCoNiCola]

"I am already a Black Panther, Tenma... Dragon Heat is not my kinda place anyway"

[@gx4012]

Playing it on my modded PS VITA and I can honestly say this game is so fire, it’s probably one of my most played games now.

[@subletto]

yakuza + defjam = perfection

[@xeroxeroxero_]

I’d actually love to see this game remade with Nishiki as the main character kinda like Ishin

[@eiichirose]

Wouldn't make sense storywise. Why would Nishiki have to fight in an underground arena?

[@wantonjim3315]

@@eiichiroseI think they mean how ryoma uses kiryus character model, but it’s not actually supposed to be kiryu. That being said, Tatsuya is a completely different character from Nishiki, they just look the same. Unlike Ryoma, Tatsuya is already an existing character within rgg studios, so I agree with you in treating Kurohyō like ishin would be a bad move.

[@NiCoNiCoNiCola]

​@@wantonjim3315 I'm fairly certain the guy meant that Nishiki's face fits better on Tatsuya than Mine's face (which is actually the face Tatsuya used on HD renders)

[@llukissj1540]

nice pfp

[@briannawilliams3155]

I've only seen this game through the soundtrack (which fucking slaps). I only got through chapter 1 on an emulator with the incomplete English patch so I can't wait to try this again with the new English patch in August.

[@martistheartist7494]

I wish they would do some type of cinematic fight with these cameras and controls in future games but more polished of course. Like imagine you are in a major boss fight and with every hit the camera starts to shake, blood spills on the camera, and an injury system, with all of these adding weight to each hit. Think Kratos vs Zeus in part 1 of the Final Battle of GOW3 where it had that Mortal Kombat camera too, it would be cool to start that way and eventually go to more 3D environments as the battle continues.

[@JoCaTen]

played it, really fun game and the fighting mechanics are really interesting, realistic even underrated is right. I think it's also the first ever time you play as a minor (second one being as Haruka)

[@ZanicaKnight]

3:07 LMFAO the fucking shake that guy does after being defeated is hilarious

[@Fabriciod_Crv]

i saw my friend at school play this on his PSP and assumed that all Yakuza games played like this lol.

[@jojijoestar7233]

Either you went to an international school or your friend is based as fuck

[@BLACKSTA361]

Just played this Game on Xbox Series X. This Game plays amazing on 4k with the English Patch

[@joshspears3951]

This game is a must play definitely better from some yakua games out out there ill play it when the patch is up

[@AndroChimera]

this game hands down has the best combat in the whole series. wish they kept using it

[@jeffhauser8031]

I'm impressed this came out for psp. This looks so good! I remember there was supposed to be one for vita but it never came out but now I see there was one for psp.

[@kivaHBRO_04]

1:57 Bro walking like he doesn’t wanna fight no more ☠️☠️

[@Nimble.ninja910]

Finally got around to finding my jailbroken psp, and playing this gem earlier today. They really used the psp to its fullest potential, im so mad they held it over in jp for so long.

[@kiwami7797]

Really liked the video, hope You go far bro You make actual Quality!

[@MidnightKingL]

God I would've been head-over-heels for this game growing up. I really hope we get something from this series in the west. Be it a port or remaster.

[@NiCoNiCoNiCola]

K4L team made localisation patches for both games, Kurohyou 1 is on 1.2 version with pretty much everything translated, while Kurohyou 2 is on a 1.0 version with cabaret clubs and a few minigames lacking translation

[@ehee4544]

Actual BANGER Ps: Most of the enemies dont catch your attacks only the more experienced ones do (Like those bullshit ancient martial artists)

[@theonlysven7787]

great choice of background music man. Love tekken tag

[@axsprime]

Def Jam: Like a Dragon edition? Sign me up!

[@robertbakker7485]

Well thought out video snowie

[@929Finn]

That Nish-koi Tatsuya is so cursed

[@undyne1]

I wish Kurohyou got a PC and console remake.

[@Hezzadude12]

Tatsuya is the Mad Dragon? Ryuji wants to know your location

[@ScarNoobXD]

The most UNDERRATED Yakuza game. Kurohyou 2. (The sequel.)

[@SnowiestAngeman]

The most underrated Yakuza game 2

[@WickedParanoid]

Even though it too caught the Blockuza bug (what with enemies with more developed styles and bosses), I still dig this game, not going to lie. Sure feels nice to try many different styles, even wonky as hell Weapon Mania (which is about the only style I'd rank lower than Dragon, my former least favorite of them all).

[@MadDogSolo]

I really enjoyed these games, and Def jam fight for ny is a pretty damn good 3d fighting game so it was cool to see more games with a similar gameplay. Also that catching thing happens a lot in Def Jam, which is where it came from.

[@TBCLINQ]

PPSSPP Emulator is a good way to emulate psp games , but fairly sometimes it can be laggy at somepoint.

[@ADukesJustice]

These spinoffs has the best music of the entire series

[@willrigby8202]

Good video. Answered all the question I had about this game

[@badgertje]

I actually bought a PSP today just so im able to play both of them. Apart from the sick OST and everything you just showed me in this video, i do not know anything about this game. Cannot wait to play them and find out what theyre like. Ngl the thought of being able to play an RGG game from the coziness of my bed is also very alluring

[@InReserveProductions]

Yeah let's get more of that Tekken Tag Tournament soundtrack in here.

[@drsamitch144]

Kurohyou 2 actually let's you use combos against enemies instead of having to rely on grabs

[@logandunlap9156]

thank christ, i was worried about that since i just finished Kurohyou 1

[@drsamitch144]

@logandunlap9156 kurohyou 2 combat has greatly improved since the first. You have combos that could break guard easily, knock enemies down with one hit, but keep in mind, enemies can be very counter heavy

[@mangopie7602]

​@@drsamitch144Boxing really sucked for me in the first game and I started to get bored with relying on grabs, glad that Kurohyou 2 combat got better and boxing really felt satisfying now

[@conradojavier7547]

If it Finally gets a Remaster, Sega should call it "Like a Black Panther".

[@JoKa1013]

I want it but as a remade. Like A Black Panther makes sense.

[@NiCoNiCoNiCola]

Best part about this: there's literally not a single mention of Tatsuya being a black panther, his nickname is literally "Kamuro Kyo Ryu" or "Kamuro's Mad Dragon" Literally WHY is "Black Panther" a part of the name?

[@conradojavier7547]

​@@JoKa1013cuz "Like a Dragon: Black Panther" dosen't have a Good Ring to it.

[@JoKa1013]

@@conradojavier7547 Yeah. Just Like a Black Panther.

[@leonardosa_a]

I'm so happy that my old PSP still works, gonna try this one out!

[@interrobangings]

so i learned you can cheese baccarat with save states the rng for what cards you get seems to already be predetermined -- so you can make a max bet, save your state, lose, reload your state, then pick the winning choice the 9x multiplier for ties is fantastic

[@ravencl]

makes sense the def jam devs worked on this, they really made a unique fighting game with ffny (and that game is basically counter: simulator, with almost all grabs and attacks being parryable)

[@Irunts]

You know...all this time I thought it was Nishiki on the boxart...

[@ExtremeMan10]

Best protagonist with chad lines and amazing soundtrack. Btw after you defeat final boss, the Muppet from Rize will now be main menu theme.

[@goroland6904]

Born to be wild still is the best yakuza song and it was written for a psp spinoff only released in japan...SEGA KLACK PANTHER KIWAMI WHEN ???

[@JoKa1013]

LIKE A BLACK PANTHER KIWAMI

[@SenpaiKillerFire]

Kurohyou 1 english patch next month. 15th august

[@MatheusEstevao-X]

The main character is heavy inspired by Genji character of Oguri Shun in Crows Zero movies, the hairstyle clothes appearance

[@arkamukherjee457]

Arma 3 is an open world military tactical shooter video game developed and published by Bohemia Interactive exclusively through the

[@yourRussianBoi]

I would like to see an Kurohyou remake, probably the same as Yakuza Kiwami 1&2. The game looks too great, but I don't have PSP tho😭

[@salt2209]

emulator with English translation

[@CrimsonNick171]

Really glad this got an English patch. Now if only this got a legitimate western release.

[@totally_a_box]

this is cool and all but are we just gonna igonore how Arma 3 is an open world military tactical shooter video game

[@agariofan21]

This is some nice arma 3 gameplay

[@jimworld7070]

i fucking loooove this game its so much fun also dash attacks i remember being insanely good but once i got the circle special attack i would just do that constantly lol

[@BayAreaRushHour]

Might have to argue that the stance switching in mortal kombat and injustice is more useless than the free move.

[@lordsickomode]

"As they all pretty much behave the exact same way." Alright, now use wild dance, then use pro wrestling, then use boxing, then lucha, then awakening, come to me, and say that again, with a straight face

[@pian-0g445]

I’d love if they ported the game to modern hardware like was done with metal gear solid peace Walker. They could do enhanced graphics, but honestly, at that point, I feel they should just remake it.

[@lordsickomode]

4:56 a lot of bosses can just be parried, perfect dodged, or even just punched out of their moves with the right timing. There is a boss in KH1 towards the end whos heat mode is fucking useless by virtue of a single parry with a huge window, and fucking them around a bit will boot them out of their heat mode regardless of their health or time in the heat mode.

[@magggg2797]

I loved The Yakuza psp games and Made me get interested in the saga

[@wardog1273]

They're not underrated, it's just that they're in japanese and not everyone speaks that language. Now, thanks to the efforts of Team K4L we can play both Kurohyo 1 and 2 in english.

[@beanbean1142]

If nothing else, I finally know what the Arma franchise is about

[@paweave9562]

i can imagine you being a kingdom hearts youtuber

[@SnowiestAngeman]

Well it’s one of the few franchises where I’ve played every single game lol

[@yeetlordentertainment3937]

I didn't have too much trouble with catching tbh - I mostly used kick attacks because kicks are cool. It happens sometimes, but you can hit on a whiff, and low kicks seem harder to catch. Ultimate God Leg + Low Kicks + the special kick you get from Kung Fu is awesome, it'll beat nearly anybody. I even beat the penultimate boss (the hardest story boss) with that tactic.

[@chainsawplayin]

Grabbing is extremely broken in this game and enemies will never break out of your hold. You can just spam circle from the start to the end.

[@Shy_Abi]

I like how the final boss is easier than the boss right before him

[@patrickbateman1660]

Crazy how there is still yakuza games not released in the west.

[@chocopuke]

just came here to comment this but it’s honestly so underrated - and i haven’t watched your retrospective in its entirety (probably won’t as i’m not sure if this video in its entirety is spoiler free😭) edit: no spoilers in the video!

[@Silverman160Zero]

There he is, Jack Kurohyou. Ready to save Japan alongside his friends using the power of friendship. And fists. Though real-talk. I love this game and its sequel. Combat is a huge shift that I wound up enjoying a lot (even if people here are parry masters), the art style is great and expressive, and that ost man. Oh my God, it's amazing. Muppet, naked panther, your knife, so unusual, even the regular battle theme is great. Though I admit, I liked its sequel a bit more.

[@darko7432]

Grab spam is absolutely the easiest way to beat the game. You CAN do combos against bosses, but the set up is a little wonky. Basically you just juke the opponent into going for a running tackle, dodge behind them and start going ham. The bosses can't do shit if you're hitting them form behind. Incidentally, you CAN actually interrupt/deal with boss's heat phases....well, most of them. A few of them can be parried, and a BUNCH of them will actually instantly get knocked down if you hit them with a charged attack, but the timing is very strict. The skill ceiling is sky high.

[@john.4987]

really cool arma 3 video

[@medhanshjani]

nishiki san

[@jgn]

fate extra, gungnir and dissidia 012 are also GOATed

[@M16A1gaming]

he really looked like Nishiki

[@TheDeadmanTT]

You better be working hard on that Binary domain video!

[@aj346321]

I love this game so much

[@armanozyurt5051]

ı didnt even knew this game exist

[@alelillo6445]

2:04 Is no one going to talk about that parry from Tenma?

[@megasoniczxx]

It would've been nice if some of the mechanics introduced in this game had been brought over into the main series.

[@kristexs7429]

To be honest, while enemies do parry a lot on hard difficulty, and you tend to be parried a lot, especially with the martial artist boss, but I think isn't that bad. There are ways to counter it, and parrying, while a bit wack, does wonder against that boss. I beat him like that.