Poll: Did You Buy Lost Judgment?

I had it pre-ordered the day it was announced and I just beat Judgment about a month ago.
Took me ~30 hours to beat it and if the sequel takes longer, I'll probably play it closer to Christmas, since I don't want to burn myself out 😅

No, I haven’t bought it yet. I still need to get around to the 1st game. A little burnt out on Yakuza games/spin-off unfortunately.

@Daleaf @shonenjump86 @Deadlyblack The Yakuza burnout is real. The fact we've had three Yakuza games release this year alone (Judgment and LAD on PS5, along with Lost Judgment) is crazy.

Also doesn't help that Lost Judgment reuses the Yokohama map from LAD. Can't blame anyone for wanting to wait a bit before playing this game.

Same here, waiting until next year maybe. I love the series but I'm a bit tired of it. Yakuza 7 was different because not only you had a different city, the gameplay was totally different. But going back to it again...not in the mood right now.

@ShogunRok The fact that they are in Yokohama makes me want to play it more. lol I really liked that setting. For some reason I found it a lot easier to remeber and navigate than kamarocho. I'm always looking at the map when I am in Kamarocho

Yip I actually think the combat is a lot better in judgement /lost judgement compared to yakuza. I've only played about an hour so far of lost judgement

Honestly, in my opinion, the familiar maps is precisely why many people enjoy the game. Obviously when most games reuse map assets it looks lazy. I think the Yakuza games however really nail down resuing map assets. It's like basically living in the games.

I'm still on the fence on playing more Yakuza games. I beat 1 and 2 on PS2 and played 10 hours of 3 on PS3 and just got burnt out. I bought Zero within the last year but haven't started it yet.

I absolutely loved Judgement and pre-ordered Lost Judgement as soon as it was available. I think there’s a bit of RGG burnout going around just because of the time investment it requires to experience everything they pack into their games. But what a glorious time to be gaming when instead of complaining about having to import and muddle through a translation of a game like this, my biggest gripe is that there’s just too much of it available.

I completely forgot this was coming out and er...wow SEGA. Slow down a bit.

We know you found a new cash cow but my god.

I played all Yakuza games, Judgment included. This one were supposed to be a day one purchase for me, until they take the content dlcs path...
Im gonna wait until the game is complete.

I didn't buy it yet cause I bought the PS5 edition of the first one (which I only had played the first chapter on PS4) and am currently 4 hours in! So far not many activities and side quests, which is what is excites me the most about the sequel!
Still enjoying the story of the first one a lot

Pass. I tried the Yakuza series and it’s a serious yawn. Combat reminds me of old school tekken and the story doesn’t interest me at all. Not into Japanese games one bit

@ShogunRok I remember back in the PS3 days Yakuza 3 and 4 were my go to games there. And now on PS4 I went through 0, 6, Kiwami 1, LAD, and that Fist of the North Star game. I’ll come back to the series eventually but I need a break from it. I still have Kiwami 2 I need to jump on as well. 😂

These games get cheap quite quick. I'm now playing Jakuza 6 and Kena but I expect to pick this one up later in the year as I liked the first Judgement game a lot.

I’m a huge RGG fan and want to support them on day one. However, I didn’t in the case of Lost Judgment because they’re adding the Boxing style as DLC a month down the road.

I don’t want to beat the game before this combat style releases, which is a pretty big deal gameplay wise.

I’ll be waiting til then, this is a very silly misstep, and I hope they realize it going forward.

Yeah. Got the Digital Deluxe edition so I've been playing a lot since the 21st. Already close to thirty five hours in, focusing mostly on side stuff for now and only at Chapter 5 in the story. The amount of content is tremendous in this one, so I'm taking my sweet time with everything and I'm loving it.

Played and got the platinum for Judgment earlier this year.

Nope. Way behind on Yakuza-related games. Will definitely be getting to it someday, though.

Yup, had it pre-ordered. Love the first game.

@Nekomichu same, not gonna dive in now at day prices when its far cheaper to wait for a sale for the bundle expansion instead

I'm slowly working my way through the Yakuza games. Currently at 6

Saw Judgment in CeX about 10 months ago or so and was curious as I hadn't heard of it before. When I knew it was a Yakuza spin off I pretty much lost interest. Never had any real interest in those games. Is there something more unique to this series, though?

I had the ultimate edition pre-ordered. Been playing it for the last few days and I'm loving it so far even if the beginning is a bit slow. I haven't played an action based Yakuza style game since the original Judgment so the burnout isn't present for me. (I didn't pick up the PS5 version of Judgment or LAD since I already played them on PS4 and didn't have a PS5 by then anyway).

@RudeAnimat0r might want to give the series another shot, I'd say that 3 was the weakest entry and almost made me drop the series. Zero would be a much better experience.

I have it but I realised that I didn't even finish part 1 (which was the only Yakuza game I haven't finished), and after like a dragon I can't bring myself to play them anymore.
Going forward I don't think I'll ever buy a button masher combat Yakuza series game again and I'll only play the turn based ones from now on for me.
I was already over the whole series because of the fighting mechanic before, and unless they make something with combat as fun as god of war I much prefer the turn based combat over mashing the same combo out 20,000 times.

@ATaco Yeah, I will at some point. Just haven't had the itch to start it yet. I'm also curious about Like a Dragon - I think a new protagonist would help, plus the JRPG combat looks pretty fun - and Judgement. But since I've played 1 and 2, Zero seemed like it might be the right one for me focusing on characters I already know.

About 74% of poll takers, didn't buy the game at launch. Does this bode well for the gaming industry? If everybody buys at a later date or "on sale", does that hinder game development on new ips or beloved ones? If the only game's that are preordered, are the "popular" games(cod, madden, fortnite, etc) would that make devs start to emulate those games, hence stifling innovation? Or maybe it's just yakuza fatigue.

Yeah, had a pre-order

But with KENA and Tales of Arise taking up my time, not played it yet. Just to many good games back to back.

I played Judgement and really disliked the combat so I stopped playing after the first boss. Assuming that Lost Judgement is more of the same, I have zero interest in it.

I will get it later. Still didn't finish Judgment 1. But I will definitely get Lost Judgment

I will get eventually, but since this seems to be the first game with major story DLC, I would rather wait to see if they eventually release an all-in-one release. I am looking forward to the beat-em-up style again though, I just can't be ****ed with 7 due to the turn based combat.

Finishing up Tales of Arise before I start this. Judgment was my 2019 GOTY, so to say I'm excited is an understatement!

Bought Judgement on PS5 super-sale. Played for about an hour and realized it’s just not my kind of game. But I do want to go back to it and try again though, as I see the potential for a good time

@ViolentEntity I don’t think it would play out like Sleeping Dogs. Yakuza games are a little too wacky for my taste tried one once from the get go I didn’t like how the character moved. Then saw some fight sequences and thought is this some kind of joke I don’t see how you could put a serious spin on that franchise..won’t be getting Lost Judgment…

@tehKAMI Nice pic. I remember this scene. Last episode of Death note . Around the 10 minute mark. His laugh in German dub is pretty insane.

@reek Thanks. All the laughs in various dubs are pretty good and/or entertaining.

Still got to play Yakuza 5, 6, and Judgement. Will purchase LAD and LJ when I'm finished those or I see them going for a great deal.

Will buy when I've got time to play (probably Christmas I as get 10 days off).

Played Judgment and loved it so I pre ordered this one and enjoying it just as much. I have only played YLAD I don't have any burnout yet. Technically they have only realeased one game per year ( Judgment 2019, YLAD, 2020, Lost Judgment 2021). I believe they will release the next Yakuza game next year or 2022 and I can't wait for it. Those that want a longer break in the series can impose that on themselves.

I'm on the middle of the first now. I'm about 12 hours in and am loving it. Lost Judgment is a must buy but it's going to have to wait for the backlog to clear a bit.

@kingbreww
Can't argue with preferences.

Played the PS5 version of Judgment, really liked the story and Hamura was a great character/Boss.. these games are grindy, best to take your time to avoid burnout if your going for the Plat!!