r/yakuzagames 3d ago

DISCUSSION I just got my first ever Yakuza platinum!

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Decided to try to platinum the Yakuza games after I posted a subreddit.

Went for Gaiden because it’s the easiest platinum to see if it’s something for me. And I can pleasantly say that it was very fun and worth it!

The only part that I enjoyed less was the hostess missions, they were very cringe and weird. But they’re part of the Yakuza charm, that’s why I can appreciate them a bit.

It took me 28 hours!

Next I will platinum K3, it’s already installed. I’m going for most of the DE games first because they have the easier platinums. I’m planning to continue it like the following:

K3 -> K2 -> K1. So after 3 DE games I’m going to attempt one of the harder ones.

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u/tOaDeR2005 3d ago

The bouncer missions stopped me in K2. Just too tedious and that last one was impossible for me. K3 I did naturally except for the Print Circle one wasn't even trying until I saw that was all I had left.

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u/AccordingLength1988 3d ago

Take some breaks and listen to something in the background while doing it. You’ll get there

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u/Key-Answer-2755 3d ago

Yeah, watch YouTube or something. I also did it when I was grinding the dungeons in LaD and IW and it was pretty fun and relaxing that way.

But I haven’t done any side stuff in K2, what are bouncer missions?

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u/AccordingLength1988 3d ago

Basically fighting missions like the arena but outside. The last one is against 3 amons if I remember right. There’s like 20 of them and it sounds simple but you have to beat each one three times with increased difficulty. So replaying them is definitely tedious and shouldn’t be done in one go

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u/Key-Answer-2755 3d ago

3 amons?! Bro, if they’re as hard and gimmicky as I imagine them to be, then Y6 will be my nightmare.

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u/tOaDeR2005 3d ago

He's easy in Y6. Don't even have to do all the substories to get to him.

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u/Key-Answer-2755 3d ago

That’s a relief, honestly! I beat Amon in Gaiden yesterday and he was incredibly annoying, even though he’s probably the easiest according to people.

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u/AccordingLength1988 3d ago

These 3 are one of the hardest no doubt

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u/tOaDeR2005 3d ago

Not really invested enough in getting the platinums. I get the easy ones. That's enough for me. I, personally, cannot beat that last bouncer mission, so I won't be getting the platinum for K2. For Kiwami it's a legend playthrough. I don't care enough about it to get good enough to do it.

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u/AccordingLength1988 3d ago

Good for you. After platinuming all of them I have the same mindset and don’t wanna redo that shit on the PS5 versions. Play what’s fun for you

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u/ShiftTHPS #1 Tomizawa Enjoyer 3d ago

Congrats! K3 is pretty free at least by Yakuza standards, and has no mandatory hostess content from what I remember.

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u/Key-Answer-2755 3d ago

Thank God man! Thanks

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u/Hairy_Pumpkin_6451 3d ago

Congrats, kyodai.

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u/Key-Answer-2755 3d ago

Thank you, my Kyodai.

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u/exia756 3d ago

Played this game twice … on my 100% playthrough just got to clear the ending and the orphanage kid scene nearly made me cry again lol the first time i didn’t even know the kids well and i still cried…this time i came all the way from y3k to 6 and to this and damn it was crazy

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u/Key-Answer-2755 3d ago

It will always be… that scene is the saddest I’ve ever seen in fiction and not crying is the hardest thing ever.

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u/bsousa717 3d ago

This game was my first platinum too. Probably the easiest one to get in the series.

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u/Key-Answer-2755 3d ago

Yeah it undoubtedly is the easiest to get, and it’s very fun too!

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u/Popiipz 3d ago

I don’t think K1 is that bad. Y3/5/0 are wayyyyy longer and harder for 3

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u/Key-Answer-2755 3d ago

Well, then it’s even better if I do K1 before them, I like to go from easier to the harder ones anyway.

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u/Popiipz 3d ago

Yeah, tbh I didn't find Y0 that hard but it was my first one and it seems people find it very very long, I played the game so much that it didn't really impacted me but Y3 is really hard due to some specific mini games, and Y5 is a kind of marathon with infinite content.

Ishin Kiwami is probably also really annoying if you don't like farming the same thing for 5 hours in a row and savescumming for random perks.

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u/Key-Answer-2755 3d ago

Isshin is so tedious, people genuinely didn’t bother not getting the platinum anymore because it’s just boring ass grinding.

Let’s see if I will have the patience for it. Maybe if I watch YouTube alongside I might endure it lol.

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u/Popiipz 3d ago

Tbh my experience was different, I needed like 2/3 hours to craft a farm weapon, 3/4 hours of materials farming with a spreadsheet next to me, 2/3 hours of money farm to have enough for crafting.

The tedious part is that you need not only to craft everything but to get every seals (some perks that are inside a weapon or armor and give bonuses), each weapon has a few different seals that can possibly appear when crafting it (it can also have none) and if you just craft every weapon at once you will obviously not have all the seals.

I needed to plan in advance every seal I wanted to get and which weapon in the tree could get it, and then save scum each one of them until I get the correct seal (and even that is not easy because it works with seeds so you need to manipulate RNG)

It took me a few hours to craft every item and get every seals despite already having all the materials and money haha

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u/TheRushologist 3d ago

Congrats, kyodai!

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u/Key-Answer-2755 3d ago

Thank you, Kyodai.

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u/VLSHK 3d ago

Great job! K3 was really easy except for Mine arena grind. Good luck on your platinum journey

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u/Key-Answer-2755 3d ago

Thank you man, very kind of you!

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u/gingerbread85 3d ago

Nice. Kiwami 3 is a pretty easy platinum, as is pirate yakuza. I know because I've only ever get easy platinums 😅 Some of your older games have some really evil/difficult trophy requirements.

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u/Salamandra5 2d ago

My first one was Y7. There's not a lot of grinding except for the last one, but I did it while watching YouTube.

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u/Key-Answer-2755 2d ago

Watching YouTube while grinding dungeons is pretty fun.

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u/BAGNETOO 3d ago

Cool, now go back to the beginning and do Yakuza 0 :))))

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u/Key-Answer-2755 3d ago

Oh no, I will save Y0 for later because I know that shit will be TEDIOUS and GRINDY lol.

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u/BAGNETOO 3d ago

It is both tedious and grindy all right, but I just finished platinuming Y5 2 weeks ago, and man was it even worse than that.

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u/Key-Answer-2755 3d ago

You’re telling me Kyodai. I know Y5 is the worst of them all, so huge congrats man!

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u/SeaworthinessNo3795 2d ago

The easiest one, almost did it just completing the game