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· Yakuza 4
All right, this is the cleanup that benefits most from a little planning. Yakuza 4 Remastered ties money, crafting, character-specific shops, and tutorial memos together in ways that can make a simple trophy take much longer than it should....
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All right, Haruka’s Trust is the point where a relaxed walk around Kamurocho gradually turns into Kiryu being asked to become very good at almost everything. Before getting into the requests, this is completely optional. Yakuza 4 Remastered...
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All right, this is where Yakuza 4 Remastered can either become a fairly manageable trophy cleanup or a much longer attempt to clear absolutely everything. I would decide which one I’m doing before spending an evening trying to master pool....
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Yakuza 4 Remastered: all 12 Revelations and the correct answers Revelations turn Kamurocho's strange little street scenes into new combat moves. There are 12 in total: three for Akiyama, four for Saejima, three for Tanimura and two for Kiry...
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Yakuza 4 Remastered: all 100 locker keys Kamurocho has two separate sets of 50 lockers. Taihei keys belong to the lockers beside Kamuro Theater. Underground keys belong to the lockers in the Underground Mall beneath Showa Street. Both sets...
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Yakuza 4 Remastered: Kiryu's substories and the road to Amon Kiryu's list has sixteen entries, but Amon is the final shared challenge and needs the other three men's substories finished too. Several of Kiryu's earlier stories are prerequisi...
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Yakuza 4 Remastered: Tanimura's substories Tanimura has sixteen substories. There are two important chains here: his investigation with Saki, and the Little Asia stories involving Zhao and Mei Hua. A few quests also depend on main-story pro...
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Yakuza 4 Remastered: Saejima's substories Saejima has fifteen substories, and the map is part of the challenge. Several begin in the Theater Underground, so checking the street-level question marks won't show everything. His main chain also...
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Yakuza 4 Remastered: Akiyama's substories Akiyama has sixteen substories. Several run through Sky Finance and depend on Hana, so I would do the available ones before pushing far into Part 1 Chapter 4. If you've already gone past that point,...
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Yakuza 4 Remastered: what you can actually miss If you're coming into this worried about permanently losing half the side quests, the good news is that Yakuza 4 lets you return to its substories. The confusing part is that “not available ri...
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Yakuza 4 Remastered: the platinum and achievement route The first thing to decide here is whether you're going for every trophy or every entry in the completion list. Those are different projects. Yakuza 4 doesn't make you clear its entire...
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Yakuza 4 Remastered All right, now we're moving into Yakuza 4. This is where the series really opens up the playable cast. Kiryu is still here, but you don't start with him, and the game doesn't spend its whole runtime following him around....
Read the full post· Grimm Fairy Tales
Spoilers. Grimm fairy tales. So when it comes to characters like Helsing and stuff, I'm not going to lie: those writers have a hell of an ability at telling stories. Even looking at Helsing, the depth of that character, I mean, think about...
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And following the storylines and all that, I'm really good at keeping up with all of that. But damn sometimes they get crazy out of hand with them one-shots and miniseries and all the stories running together and stories running in a certai...
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All right I've been done with Kingdom Come: Deliverance 1. I've been trying to find out what I want to play. I'm not taking a long break. In the next few days I'll be starting Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 but I think I've narrowed it down to...
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Hell's Arena, Brawler Hell, and Survival Hell Hell's Arena opens through Coliseum Investigation in Chapter 2. It has two different modes, and each helps you prepare for the other. Brawler Hell is the direct combat challenge. Survival Hell a...
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Operation: Balls, all seven locations This is Dark Ties' seven-ball collection quest. Accept Operation: Balls from Zenba before hunting, then read his message with the location clues. 1. Mach Bowl: check the sign on the right side of the en...
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Dark Ties Good Deeds guide Dark Ties has 13 Good Deeds. These are Mine's larger side stories, accepted through Zenba, and Dark Hero requires seven. This guide covers where to go and what advances each quest without spelling out every ending...
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Kanda Damage Control and Bro Time This is the system that ties much of Dark Ties together. It opens during Chapter 2, and Zenba at the Nishikiyama Family office is the person to revisit for requests and rewards. There are three parts to kee...
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Dark Ties combat and upgrade guide Mine has his own combat system, so this is where I would start before spending a lot of money or trying to force your way through the harder arena fights. Use the action names below if you have remapped yo...
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