Yakuza's First Revolution

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Ryū Ga Gotoku Kenzan, the first of a new generation of Yakuza games that completely changed the series for many years to come. "It then exploded into a million pieces and was never heard from ever again anyway go play Yakuza 3." - SEGA
BASED Kenzan soundtrack on Spotify?
open.spotify.com/album/6AtiKw...
English Kenzan text guide:
gamefaqs.gamespot.com/ps3/943...
Kenzan cutscenes with English translations:
• Ryu ga Gotoku Kenzan! ...
Haha woah what's that? OpenGL renderer? Wow that's crazy OpenGL renderer in the GPU settings on RPCS3!
Playlist link:
• Yakuza Retrospective S...
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Songs: (They're all from Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin)
Calamity's Passage
Revolving Fate
Battle: Chaos Advent
Battle: The Emperor
Awakening Motive
Battle: Gilgamesh

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  • @SnowiestAngeman
    @SnowiestAngeman Жыл бұрын

    This is apparently my 100th Yakuza video in my "Yakuza Videos I Made" playlist. Time to celebrate by beating the Shogi CPUs without using any cheats (it is an impossible task)

  • @fabianpacukiewicz

    @fabianpacukiewicz

    Жыл бұрын

    It's not cheating if the other side is.

  • @stevedimitrov

    @stevedimitrov

    Жыл бұрын

    Keep up the very sexy content snowiestangryman 😍

  • @errordude889

    @errordude889

    Жыл бұрын

    why would you favourite your own comment, loser

  • @sexybrathuhnmitsose

    @sexybrathuhnmitsose

    9 ай бұрын

    @YakuzaSeriesGenerationOfficial it wont because of child courtisans

  • @aussieseal9979

    @aussieseal9979

    7 ай бұрын

    ​@YakuzaSeriesGenerationOfficialin American???

  • @blinxman4956
    @blinxman4956 Жыл бұрын

    Fun Fact - Kenzan was only developed in 10 months, on a console that was difficult to develop for it's design and impressive for an early PS3 game and the first in HD.

  • @x-ray_channel2226

    @x-ray_channel2226

    9 ай бұрын

    And somehow, developers after Kenzan bitch about how difficult it is to develop for ps3

  • @joshuabrien2970

    @joshuabrien2970

    7 ай бұрын

    And then they made 3 in 8 months which is wild 4 and dead souls where probably similar then that changed for a little bit with 5 then right back to it

  • @somethingthatisntcringe757

    @somethingthatisntcringe757

    Ай бұрын

    @@x-ray_channel2226because it was???????

  • @x-ray_channel2226

    @x-ray_channel2226

    Ай бұрын

    @@somethingthatisntcringe757 yet some people just did developed somehow

  • @somethingthatisntcringe757

    @somethingthatisntcringe757

    Ай бұрын

    @@x-ray_channel2226 Because those people were able to wrap their heads around the insanely complicated architecture or worked closely with Sony to get teaching for it. The ps3 for the average developer was a nightmare.

  • @ROBOHOLIC1
    @ROBOHOLIC1 Жыл бұрын

    This game's got such a mid 2000s time capsule vibe. Feels like those days when I'd marathon entire anime seasons as a young teen.

  • @iskraiskra_9007
    @iskraiskra_9007 Жыл бұрын

    ah kenzan, the origin of my samurai obsession. no matter how janky it was it's still so close to my heart due to the fact it was deciphering the plot and item names that gave me a boost in my never-ending japanese language study

  • @iskraiskra_9007

    @iskraiskra_9007

    Жыл бұрын

    also miyakiryu musashi hot as hell, i'd love to see him in glorious kiwami hd

  • @yasahana4447

    @yasahana4447

    2 ай бұрын

    Do they block as much as in Yakuza 3?

  • @marleonka.
    @marleonka. Жыл бұрын

    I love Kenzan so much. I even got a physical copy of it not too long ago and Im so happy about it. Its honestly one of the most unique experiences in the series and I wish it got a remaster and a localization.

  • @webb6133

    @webb6133

    8 ай бұрын

    How much did you end up spending on it? I love this setting in particular, having it in a Yakuza game would be too cool but I eventually gave up hope on getting a copy lol.

  • @marleonka.

    @marleonka.

    8 ай бұрын

    @@webb6133 The one I got was about $25 and if was very good condition for second hand. My friend found it for me on a video game flea market

  • @joshuabrien2970

    @joshuabrien2970

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@@webb6133 about 40 but ive seen it being around 30

  • @Idk-wg9gl
    @Idk-wg9gl Жыл бұрын

    Ty for making this video. As one of the 3 people who actually played this game, I greatly appreciate you making this video.

  • @FlameOfUdun96
    @FlameOfUdun96 Жыл бұрын

    As someone who has actually beaten the game, I did enjoy the story. It’s not the best, but as a history buff it appealed to me in a similar way that Ishin did I also love how you learn all your abilities through engaging with the side content, it made it so much more rewarding than a skill tree

  • @goldenenero9976
    @goldenenero997611 ай бұрын

    Fun fact: Did you Know that soujia boy did in fact buy this game when he went to Japan. Just search up soujia boy goes to Japan and you can see him hold the game when he is showcasing the games he bought.

  • @vladislavgritsenko3636
    @vladislavgritsenko36368 ай бұрын

    I love this game so much. Cant even explain why exactly. It has a beautiful atmosphere; simple,but very engaging story.Its simplicity has its own charm.(for me at least) The cutscenes still hold up. I want a remake,on UE5 or upgraded Dragon Engine so badly,but I doubt it will ever happen

  • @Name_man

    @Name_man

    6 ай бұрын

    I think UE5 would work. I want the combat in all it’s outdated glory.

  • @StubbyHitman
    @StubbyHitman Жыл бұрын

    As someone who recently beat Like A Dragon Ishin, I really dig the look of the atmosphere and areas in this game.Was not interested in a remake, but now I am

  • @sufyaanbulbulia4455
    @sufyaanbulbulia4455 Жыл бұрын

    3:22 damn that transition was pretty clean

  • @Hezzadude12
    @Hezzadude12 Жыл бұрын

    Great video, it’s interesting to learn a bit more about this game that has more or less been forgotten, outside the die hard fan community of RGG’s games. It’d be cool to see a remake, but I don’t think we will and I don’t blame the studio for it either. It’s totally fair. Shout out the sick SOP Gilgamesh theme though!

  • @thericordochannel6640
    @thericordochannel6640 Жыл бұрын

    I bought it 2 months ago for 10€ and I really liked it. Egomaniac's guide was a great help (bless that man)

  • @Thegunnerinyourhouse
    @Thegunnerinyourhouse Жыл бұрын

    Ok good, another video by the goat

  • @toxicrush
    @toxicrush Жыл бұрын

    This game is amazing. I finished it about a year ago and still remember it fondly. The progression is very satisfying (it actually feels like your learning skills lol) as well as the gameplay, and the open world was gorgeous as well. The story was pretty okay, but the actual long battles SLAP.

  • @pseudochel
    @pseudochel11 ай бұрын

    PS2 Kiryu having girl’s pockets is so true 😭 give that man a purse at least

  • @JaneryusMyWord
    @JaneryusMyWord Жыл бұрын

    Interesting Snowiestangeman, another great video 😉

  • @morado1999
    @morado1999 Жыл бұрын

    Oh, I had the red tint issue as well, it’s actually very easy to fix Go into custom config and instead of changing the default resolution, keep it 1280x720 and instead use the resolution scaling below it to scale it to 1080p, that fixed it for me

  • @nisnast

    @nisnast

    4 ай бұрын

    That's actually the correct way to change resolution for all games

  • @tomasgill935
    @tomasgill935 Жыл бұрын

    I just started playing Kenzan and with the help of Khhsubs' translations and some guides and aside from some of the bad touch elements the story has, I've been enjoying it and writing notes on the story. Great video as always.

  • @TheExFatal
    @TheExFatal Жыл бұрын

    I really hope the translation patch is coming this or next year, this game looks really goddamn cool

  • @yourguysheppy

    @yourguysheppy

    10 ай бұрын

    Apparently all the text has been ripped, so it's just a matter of it being translated. So at least they aren't doing a lazy machine translation. Honestly they should consider doing some kind of github or community based thing to speed up the translation work.

  • @B0K0691

    @B0K0691

    10 ай бұрын

    The menus are translated at least

  • @Akira_Nishikiyama_reaction
    @Akira_Nishikiyama_reaction Жыл бұрын

    Kenzan and dead soul are the most underrate Yakuza game. Both have amazing story

  • @HenriqueHCA14

    @HenriqueHCA14

    Жыл бұрын

    That's one of the most bold statements i've ever seen

  • @Akira_Nishikiyama_reaction

    @Akira_Nishikiyama_reaction

    Жыл бұрын

    @@HenriqueHCA14 lol, I don't have any better thing to say

  • @cleversmart0303

    @cleversmart0303

    Жыл бұрын

    @@HenriqueHCA14 The stories ARE really good though. And the games are incredibly underestimated, though Dead Souls has some janky controls and FPS on PS3.

  • @HenriqueHCA14

    @HenriqueHCA14

    11 ай бұрын

    @@cleversmart0303 Dead Souls is like the Star Wars Kinect of the Yakuza franchise. If you get pass the bad controls and just mindset yourself to have fun, you can actually get enjoyment out of it. Kenzan though, I can't much agree since unlike Dead Souls they did another attempt, and Ishin is way superior

  • @Jamal0602
    @Jamal0602 Жыл бұрын

    Interesting fact, its the first Yakuza game to have ragdoll.

  • @imarock.7662
    @imarock.766210 ай бұрын

    Kinda hope we get a remastered collection of these spin off Yakuza games like we did with 3, 4, and 5. I would very much pay for a remasterd spinoff collection that has Kenzan, Dead Souls, and Kurohyou 1, and 2.

  • @robertbakker7485
    @robertbakker7485 Жыл бұрын

    Nice, snowie

  • @Nosfera22
    @Nosfera22 Жыл бұрын

    The usage of Stranger of Paradise music is amazingly based

  • @SiPakRubah
    @SiPakRubah7 ай бұрын

    If they can remake Ishin, what's stopping them from remaking Kenzan

  • @revbladez5773

    @revbladez5773

    5 ай бұрын

    Nothing but it will take more effort than Ishin did.

  • @MadDogSolo
    @MadDogSolo Жыл бұрын

    About the camera, you could control it in Yakuza 2 but not 1, and they added that for 1 in the remaster, but Kenzan did improve the camera though.

  • @djernogoldenvideo
    @djernogoldenvideo11 ай бұрын

    Oh so nice to see a well made video on Kenzan! Imported the game and started playing it a few weeks ago after finishing Ishin! on PS5. I gottta say I'm surprised how much I'm enjoying RGG Kenzan even though there's a massive language barrier.

  • @boutedecracton7572
    @boutedecracton7572 Жыл бұрын

    wake up honey, a new snowiestangeman video!

  • @Kreidoodle
    @Kreidoodle11 ай бұрын

    Yakuza videos with Xenoblade music and now Uncle Ben references? I like this guy

  • @929Finn
    @929Finn11 ай бұрын

    Fucking Gus lmao Also thanks for the slightly more cohesive guide on emulating it, a lotta online sources only complained about the issue then never put an answer

  • @drool3616
    @drool3616 Жыл бұрын

    there is an English patch to this game coming soon, but the team have been really taking their time with it. Idk what reason that is because Kurohyou 1/2 have been translated fairly quickly but this one hasn't. Also, good video. Kenzan is in my top 3 for story and gameplay.

  • @Noizers

    @Noizers

    Жыл бұрын

    Oh, there's an English mod coming? I know there is one that they say is a temporary solution, is that the one you're referring to?

  • @hesiolite

    @hesiolite

    Жыл бұрын

    Don't take my word for it but it seems making translation patches for psp is much easier than the ps3.

  • @drool3616

    @drool3616

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Noizers nah i'm talking about a full patch, also dont get your hopes up I've got a feeling it wont even come out.

  • @authurstretchygreenthing8464

    @authurstretchygreenthing8464

    Жыл бұрын

    Starting to think the translation team for Kurohyou should take the reins on Kenzan.

  • @drool3616

    @drool3616

    Жыл бұрын

    @@authurstretchygreenthing8464 Honestly yeah. Considering they were able to translate two entire games it really does make you think

  • @wist2277
    @wist2277 Жыл бұрын

    nice

  • @shadowmamba95
    @shadowmamba953 ай бұрын

    The funniest thing is that Kenzan has the perfect combat system for Ichiban, should he be in a brawler combat game, considering his wide array of weaponry and such from all of the classes.

  • @keit99
    @keit99 Жыл бұрын

    Just a note emulation is not piracy, downloading the "ROM" (aka the disk-image) is. (So if you know how to make a disk image for the game you want to emulate, you're not breaking any laws)

  • @DiabolicCrusher
    @DiabolicCrusher Жыл бұрын

    Here's hoping this gets a fanmade translation patch because remake's pretty unlikely at this point, at least not in the next few years.

  • @Shillian88
    @Shillian885 ай бұрын

    I think their next games after Infinite Wealth will be Judge Eyes 3 and probably Kenzan Kiwami, with the announce this year or early 2025.

  • @cruzmatt22
    @cruzmatt22 Жыл бұрын

    thoughts on the new mwii season?

  • @Marshsticks
    @Marshsticks Жыл бұрын

    Look kiryu chan, now i'm am a samurai

  • @cuppedcup5048
    @cuppedcup5048 Жыл бұрын

    SnowiestAngeman make a bad video challenge (beyond the realms of possibility)

  • @jaysilva5854
    @jaysilva58546 ай бұрын

    With Ishin remake Kenzan should come too. I'd love to play it in English sub.

  • @garryhlambert
    @garryhlambert Жыл бұрын

    i'm kenzing this ishin

  • @apexofchaos5864
    @apexofchaos5864 Жыл бұрын

    Alright, we’ve gotten Xenoblade in an end card. We’ve gotten XC2 in an end card. We’ve gotten XC3 in an end card. Mister Angerman, I concur; when can I look forward to an Xenoblade X end-card. Sincerely; An XCX fan boy Xenoblade X is my beloved g.o.a.t 😭 but all jokes aside, great video. I look forward to the next as always

  • @Safersephiroth777
    @Safersephiroth777Ай бұрын

    I didn't know this game exists. Hope it gets remade like Ishin...

  • @agwzh
    @agwzh Жыл бұрын

    fun fact: 'baile con la mariposa' stands for "Dance with the butterfly.", pretty cool how there's a spanish song title in a japanese game.

  • @bardo-samaexpoppy-sama4755

    @bardo-samaexpoppy-sama4755

    8 ай бұрын

    Japanese people seems to like Spanish culture, most likely Argentinian culture. An example is "Esperandote" from Silent Hill for psx, it's a Tango ( I'm from Argentina by the way xd)

  • @revbladez5773

    @revbladez5773

    5 ай бұрын

    Ishin also has La Muerte Del Gobierno.

  • @revbladez5773

    @revbladez5773

    5 ай бұрын

    @@bardo-samaexpoppy-sama4755 I wonder why that might be though. They have very minimal historical connection with Spain.

  • @Ticketman99

    @Ticketman99

    2 ай бұрын

    @@revbladez5773 I'm not sure about minimal, when a Shogun kinda had concerns about it back then. That Shogun? Hidetada...who actually shows up in this game(he's the brother of Hideyasu, who died at the end of the game's very first long battle)..

  • @revbladez5773

    @revbladez5773

    2 ай бұрын

    @@Ticketman99 Japan was heavily involved with Portugal. Even when the King of Spain also became the King of Portugal, Japan remained largely a Portuguese territory as far as the European powers were concerned until the sakoku was implemented.

  • @andrewstencel
    @andrewstencel7 ай бұрын

    To be honest, it had one of the best stories in the series, even though the gameplay was even worse than the first game for the ps2. I'm not fluent at japanese, but the whole journey got me gripped. What's complicated about actually completing the game, though, is the ammount of "hidden" content that was common in that era.

  • @Krow621
    @Krow6216 ай бұрын

    Yokohama denied a Dead Soul remake but went on to mention to say a Kenzan remake is not out of the question. Although if they did remake he says it’ll be more a remaster than remake. Which basically what Yakuza Ishin’s remake did. Which might’ve work for Ishin because Yakuza 5 and Yakuza 0 still holds up but Kenzan is older Yakuza 3. I would’ve liked a full on remake like Kiwami 2 but with the combat improvements of Gaiden but here we are.

  • @urbanizeddreams
    @urbanizeddreams5 ай бұрын

    I never played Kenzan, but the gameplay looks better than Ishin for me. Probably because I loved Yakuza 3-5 and this just feels like them. Ishin remake I was let down with.

  • @MikeJr9284
    @MikeJr9284 Жыл бұрын

    Kenzan should get a Kiwami if RGG altered the plot a bit.

  • @xtr.7662

    @xtr.7662

    Жыл бұрын

    they will just like ishin kiwami a lot characters from current games 0, like a dragon will be changed from the original

  • @sapphire3084

    @sapphire3084

    Жыл бұрын

    @@xtr.7662 That will be a ton of characters if they decide to change them to fit in a lot. The cast of Kenzan isn't really that huge to begin with. I say if this will get the Kiwami treatment, just keep the current roster of characters.

  • @seka1nix

    @seka1nix

    6 ай бұрын

    I honestly wish they'd just remaster Kenzan with good localization and tweaked controls but I might be alone in this. And it's very likely not gonna happen after we got Ishin Kiwami.

  • @AyoMousy

    @AyoMousy

    3 ай бұрын

    "That's not what happened"

  • @conradojavier7547
    @conradojavier75473 ай бұрын

    Petition Ryu Ga Gotoku to Remaster Kenzan!

  • @MageLufaine
    @MageLufaine Жыл бұрын

    All 5 Kenzan fans (I'm included in that) really appreciate you touching upon the game that everyone, whether you're a western fan or not, just forgets exist. Anyway I guess it's time for me to make a video going over the entire story of Kenzan or something as it's pretty interesting (I much prefer it to Ishin's tbh)

  • @katarakta3
    @katarakta3 Жыл бұрын

    7:10 disabling native float16 support in the advanced tab fixes it

  • @syahizanmahadi8890

    @syahizanmahadi8890

    Жыл бұрын

    I can't find that setting in the current version rpcs3 😢

  • @wall883
    @wall883 Жыл бұрын

    Score some fucking games RGG!!!!

  • @JunGaGotoku
    @JunGaGotoku Жыл бұрын

    Snow, let me explain the story over discord

  • @sexybrathuhnmitsose
    @sexybrathuhnmitsose9 ай бұрын

    I went to the toilet and he was talking about opengl and indians when i came back lmao Also a fellow urban rescue ranch enjoyer

  • @KanyeWasRightFr
    @KanyeWasRightFr Жыл бұрын

    If Kenzan gets localized the world will explode

  • @blondeboi2132
    @blondeboi213210 ай бұрын

    Kenzan dragon engine remake

  • @ovensmuggler5207
    @ovensmuggler5207 Жыл бұрын

    Soulja Boy has a copy of this one

  • @Ticketman99
    @Ticketman9911 ай бұрын

    2:47 spoilers, man Lol

  • @bananabuns1369
    @bananabuns13696 ай бұрын

    look, if dance with the butterfly (the epic spanish song) sounds bad, then the entirety of kenzan kiwami fucking sucks also i really like how the characters look, like yeah its kiryu and majima, but theyre different enough that i can genuinely believe theyre different people i know its probably because that they did a crap job, but its way better than 1:1 face usage, it was a semi problem to me in ishin, but its just me being a petty bastaed

  • @authurstretchygreenthing8464
    @authurstretchygreenthing8464 Жыл бұрын

    I actually hope you manage to complete your playthrough of Kenzan so you can give a story analysis video of some sort, because honestly, the misinformation has to stop. Also it's probably a good enough story for a Yakuza game anyway.

  • @PlankJunior
    @PlankJunior6 ай бұрын

    The fact you admitted to never finishing the story to Kenzan! and just said "I did a lot of research" and don't really talk about it seems really disrespectful to it. On top of the fact you don't really go in-depth with the mechanics and just gloss over everything in the span of a couple minutes, and mostly just mention how "Yeah this game is only in Japanese and the only real way to play nowadays it is to emulate it unless you manage to get a ps3 copy." The game takes a good amount of inspiration from some of the books and stories of Musashi and a lot of it is really interesting, taking some inspirations and adding new things to it or just changing it you glossed over entirely. Changes like how Gion wasn't really all that important in the book, the waterfall minigame and story to that, or just how Musashi in real life was a really dirty fighter and would literally angle himself while dueling an enemy so the sun would get in their eyes to get an edge in battle. You say you do a ton of research but don't actually explain anything about the story, it just seems like you went through the first 4 chapters of this game for the video and stopped because it's not in English. Which that's fair, yeah, but if you're going to make a entire video about Kenzan! you should really put in more of an effort since this is one of the least talked about RGG games that exists and one of the harder ones to get into. This whole video just seems like you made a bunch of cliff notes while playing then just put it out so you can get done with talking about this game and acknowledged it exists.

  • @HareHeadGFX
    @HareHeadGFX Жыл бұрын

    I'm someone who has played kenzan, its easily my least favorite rgg game (having played all of them except either Ishins, Either Kurohyou, or FotNS). I didn't like navigating the overworld, I didn't like any of the move sets, nd the story was okay but weaker than almost everything else in the series IMO. I'd prefer they not make kiwami games in general, but if kenzan did get a kiwami game I seriously doubt it would be well recieved no matter what they did.

  • @xtr.7662

    @xtr.7662

    Жыл бұрын

    no dead souls was still worse and you cant fully understand the game when you dont understand japanese and only play the game and read the plot

  • @HareHeadGFX

    @HareHeadGFX

    Жыл бұрын

    @@xtr.7662 I can understand japanese though? Besides I enjoyed dead souls far more than I enjoyed Kenzan.

  • @xtr.7662

    @xtr.7662

    Жыл бұрын

    @@HareHeadGFX dead souls was ok but its still the worst one in the series for me

  • @samuel.jpg.1080p

    @samuel.jpg.1080p

    Жыл бұрын

    @@HareHeadGFX in fairness, dead souls is the worst one. combat is very clunky, story is all over the place and the zombie theme is just pandering. It can be fun tho and it's only "bad" compared to the other RGG games. Kenzan is still better but I agree with you that if Kenzan gets a remake, it will probably receive little attention, same like Ishin, unless they really go all out to make it an almost completely new game with better story and comparable fluid gameplay like the Dragon Engine games

  • @sinisis2000
    @sinisis2000 Жыл бұрын

    I Dont Like This Video

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