Yakuza 3 and 4.
Quite awhile after Yakuza 2 came out, we finally got the announcement of Yakuza 3. For fans of the series it was quite a wait. I personally never thought we'd get it. It also sold slightly well for the most part. Unfortunately, even being a better game, Yakuza 4 sold a lot worse than Yakuza 3. Barely sold actually. Meaning that over half the people who bought Yakuza 3 didn't buy the next, so possibly didn't like it.
Speaking of Yakuza 4, I understand that the game takes place in Kamurocho once again, but there was a lot of changes to the game, especially for western gamers(as in, not as much cut content as there was in Yakuza 3.) The Yakuza games are story heavy, so that right there is the first major change, but then there's now more than just Kazuma this time around, and that's the second biggest change, especially when each character plays very different from one another.
Now maybe people didn't like the stiff gameplay, but it's like the difference of Castlevania and Ninja Gaiden, or a Jet Li/Jackie Chan movie over one from Chuck Norris/Steven Seagal. Doesn't make the games or movies bad, just different.
There's tons of stuff to do if you complete the main storyline or even if you don't want to go through the main storyline. Pachinko, western gambling games such as Black Jack and Texas Hold em, eastern gambling games including Mahjong and Shogi, Batting Cages, Table Tennis, Bowling, Golf, various arena matches, etc. There's even Boxcellios and Boxcellios 2, which are entirely time and score based and extremely fun shooters. For the longest time I was ranked first on both of those, now I'm ranked second and third on both with a ridiculously high score to beat to become first on both.
I've put in 100+ hours in both these games, probably more on Yakuza 3 being that I continuously go back to the final Ultimate Skill being a complete boss rush and is fun to play through repeatedly.
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