Judgment was one of the best PlayStation 4 games of the summer, so we'll take any news we can get in regards to a sequel. And thankfully, it looks like the odds of one becoming a reality are fairly high if a recent interview with Yakuza series producer Daisuke Sato is anything to go by.
Speaking with Spanish media outlet Meristation, Sato is pleased with the original game's sales in the west. He said: "From our point of view, Judgment's performance in the west has surpassed our expectations, they're very good." He then goes on to state that the team "would like to keep working in more games in the Judgment series."
We assume that the studio is all hands on deck with development of the next Yakuza title, but we'd love to see a sequel to the adventures of former lawyer Takayuki Yagami on the PS5. Did you enjoy Judgment as much as we did? Make a statement in the comments below.
[source as.com, via resetera.com]
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Great news. Judgment is in my top 3 favorite games of the year and while I don't think it's quite as good as Yakuza 0 or Kiwami 2, I'd say it's better than any other I've played in that series. This IP has potential to stand on its own as much more than 'just a spinoff' so hopefully a sequel does happen.
Great news! I’ll pick this up eventually, but I’m practicing more discipline and backing off the Day One purchases. I simply have too many games in my backlog to warrant a purchase, and it gets tiring seeing a game I bought at full price go on sale before I even play it once.
@lacerz same here, i still have to play 2-5 before i pick up 6 and Judgement so may as well wait and get them cheaper picked up 0-2 for the price of a new game. The remaster was an instant buy though, but 3 games touched up with new localisation and cut content restored for the west for £50 is a bargain in my eyes!
Judgment was a lot of fun, so I'm very pleased it surpassed sales expectations.
This is fantastic news! Judgment is so damn good, hopefully it remains an exclusive too.
Edit.
Yeah, after assuming Yakuza 6 would be the end of the series given the way it ended (no spoilers) I'm thrilled to learn there will be a new one after reading that link.
More Yakuza, More Judgment, More Persona.
We are blessed on PlayStation!
@Neolit
Agreed. I got the feeling that it's like Yakuza meets L.A. Noire. I am still playing it too and love the mystery behind "The Mole"...
Played the demo recently, had a bit of fun with it. It was a pretty long for a demo. Might wait until Black Friday to buy, not sure though.
I hope so, I honestly enjoyed this games cast more than any mainline Yakuza game. The story was way better too.
@GADG3Tx87 Yeah, given the game's ending and how heavily it was marketed as the end of Kazuma's story I can see how you might worry the series was ending, but even before Yakuza 6 came out it was known that the series would be continuing with a new protagonist.
Hell, Yakuza is Sega's biggest franchise right now, especially now its finally caught on in the west. We're gonna keep seeing Yakuza games as long as Sega keeps making money on them.
I like all yakuza games the writer of the stories of each edition approve how much he is clever, honestly i feel the same with judgment but there is some weird things in combat system that makes the fighting not like the other yakuza game like physics.
for me the best fighting system with best experience is Kiwami 2.
i love the idea of using Martial arts in combats but the implementation not so good in Judgment.
Yass would love more adventures of yagami and Kaito .
In my opinion the combat was far more slicker than yakuza.
Perhais we see more of yagumi's past where he learnt how to fight or perhaps kaitos return to the yakuza. Would love a cameo from kiryu
Playing it now on pspro. The gameplay, graphics and story are better than yakuza series based on my opinion, waiting for the sequel please, i just hope many option to change clothes and hair styles
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