Imagine my surprise when I’m watching this video and you included clips of ME!? Dead Souls is a game that deserves the “Kiwami” treatment. It’s a fun game that’s hindered by absolutely horrible performance. It’s borderline unplayable at times. Love the videos btw!

I loved that cutscene where Majima says “Yo, Kiryu-chan, we better go full Yakuza on these Dead Souls zombies before it’s of the end”

I heard this is the only game in the entire Yakuza franchise that lets you replay Long battles/boss fights in premium adventure mode.

"Sounds like someone's betraying the Tojo Clan!" "It's just an Oni Alliance member Majima, sit down."

So wait... The game's japanese title is: "Like a Dragon of the END"? That's metal as fuck dude

Akiyamer (purple yakuza): "Uh oh it seems that this town is infested with Dead Souls!!" Majima (yellow yakuza) Ryuji (white yakuza) Kiryu (gray yakuza): "Worry not Purple Yakuza! It's not Of The End just yet as we arrive, we are the Yakuza 4!!!" Zombies: "oh no!! Its the yakuza 4!! Bite them!!" Gray Yakuza: "Oh no you dont!! Yakuza punch!!"

Maybe the true dead souls were the zombies we killed along the way...

"Yo, Kiryu-Chan, if we dont kill these zombies soon.. we'll be DEAD SOULS!"

After being asked to make a Dead Souls video for 2 and a half years I finally did it but I still haven't played it so if you want to complain you can send your complaints in the form of a working PS3 that optionally comes with working PS3 controllers so I don't have to use the dogshit 3rd party one I bought from EB Games and then you can also give me an English copy of the game because I only have the Japanese one because I got it for $9 when I was in Japan as opposed to buying it for like $150 off eBay thanks :) ^ Don't actually do any of that

Minor correction: The shotgun Majima uses actually appears to be a SPAS-15, basically a more cursed yet functionally better version of the SPAS-12.

This is a game that I want to play, which should be remade, I feel like it deserves a second chance.

From what I heard this was the only Yakuza game that lets you fight bosses again without going through the whole story again

"These prototypes are like DEAD souls and you yakuza cant handle them!!" - The bad guy

I love Dead Souls, unironically.

I played Dead Souls once and it was honestly very fun. The interactiions between the characters are some of the best in the series, especially with Majima, even exploring his relationship with Daigo. The gameplay is alright, the zombie design pulls heavily from Left 4 Dead with some of them being 1:1 copies, but its the only game where you get to drive around Kamurocho in a forklift so the game's worth it.

As someone who recently got done with this game, there’s a few takeaways I can see from it. 1. This game, while not having the best controls, is still incredibly fun, and the typical Yakuza-like tone of the story and dialogue makes it an absolute treat to play through. 2. I feel like if this game was to be released nowadays on Xbox, PS4, and PC, with a smooth frame rate and at least a 1080p resolution, it would be so much more fun and accessible than having to play it on the PS3 with less than 20 FPS. It genuinely feels like a remaster would do this game Justice.

Tbh, the stuff you complained about with the localization is stuff I still hear in the "better localized" games. For example in Yakuza 0, you often hear people say "Kuze-aniki" and the text reads "Lieutenant Kuze". Or I was just playing Yakuza 4 Remastered and Akiyama and Kido are talking about dreams, and Kido says "Yume...." to himself (dream) and the subtitles say "Like what?" instead as a response to something Akiyama said. Saejima will say "Kyoudai..." and the subtitle will say "Hamazaki..." Expecting word for word literal translations is a fool's errand. That's not really how localization works.

You forgot to mention kamuro of the dead which is technically a remake since it reuses everything from this game.

Managed to play this recently. Honestly if it was kb+m it'd be a lot better. Also a consistent framerate. Has the same issue as MGS4 does on the ps3. That being said the story was so over the top and goofy that it was really enjoyable. Especially the ending. The ending has stuck with me.

LAD Infinite Wealth recontextualizes Kenzan, Ishin, and Dead Souls as really weird dreams Kiryu once had. Judging by that, Kiryu must have really missed Ryuji Goda.

Honestly I think out of all the games,Dead Souls has the best out of the playable characters. Kiryu,Majima,Akiyama and even Ryuji all being playable is just awesome.

I emulated Dead Souls! I absolutely loved it, but yeah the game might crash if a new update for the emulator rolls out and dead souls doesn't like it. Had to revert to an older version of the emulator because it kept crashing, but it was a smooth and extremely fun time! One of my favorites

Baa, baa, black sheep, Have you any wool? Yes sir, yes sir, Three bags full. One for the master, One for the dame, And one for the little boy Who lives down the lane

the crashing got fixed in rpcs3 you gotta turn on "force CPU blit emulation" in the debug tab

I loved how much majima DS gave us

One of my favorite yakuza games thus far. I'm currently playing early Y5, so I still don't have a full picture of the entire franchise. But god did I enjoy this game. I played it on a RPCS3 like you did, and had crashes too. It's such a shame I had to rush it and not do many substories because good lord was the content good. The substories are silly, you get to play with characters never playable before, the OST goes SUPER HARD and the gunplay really isn't as bad as youd think once you try it out. Not only that, but the game has powerful scenes too. It's not usual to see Kiryu lose twice in a row. He was forced to run away and intentionally "kill" someone. Really shows how the main cast would react angainst impossible odds and what would they do with their back against the wall. If you haven't played this and you manage to get yourself a copy of this game, do it. You will not be disappointed. Also, fuck IGN.

I really wish this got a remake with smoother combat and all-platforms availability, along with normal subtitles. It's a lot of fun.

this is the best game in the series simply bc we can become homies with ryuji

This made me a dead soul enjoyer

This is my most replayed Yakuza game and the only one I ever got the platinum trophy in I will not be taking any questions

Best yakuza game 💯💯

not sure why they didn't just have you punching zombies instead.

I appreciate this game if anything just to see Yakuza canonically unhinged rather than it being limited to the substories.

dead souls ost literally goes so hard, its criminally underrated.

I've only played this for a SEGA Charity Livestream, And while the gameplay is booty cakes, Majima's introduction in the game is the funniest shit I've ever seen in the entire series. Some fun story elements, But man that gameplay though.

Yakuza Dead Souls gives insane Ninja Blade vibes, thats why I liked the game alot.

Running through Dead Souls now, this game could easily find an audience with some tweaks. It almost kinda plays like the Wii Dead Rising which.... Isn't really a compliment but there is some similarities Tighten up the aiming, adjust how item pick ups work, fix the damn frame rate, and give it a proper localization A Dead Souls Kiwami while probably wouldn't sell like current Yakuza titles, but I guarantee the fans would appreciate it as they already somewhat appreciate what we have now. It's really not a terrible game it just needs more time in the over

Thanks to the Majima karaoke in this game

btw in judgment theres a minigame in club sega thats literally just dead souls (plus in rpcs3 you can make dead souls look like a remasterd game and also make it run well but it still crashes)

Just wanted to add a little bit that was missed Dead Souls has two references The first being the Majima Everywhere but in Judgement, if you go to the massive Club SEGA, There is a game there called Kamu Of The Dead which has remastered/HD Modelled graphics and models of Kamurucho and the Zombies. It's also a Light-gun game so it's two references in one, a Dead Souls reference and a House Of The Dead reference The arcade also has the four main bosses from Dead Souls in it, it's just missing the Dead Souls story

Can't concentrate on video I got jumpscared by my old managers.

Jonathan Ferguson being on screen in a non Jonathan Ferguson video brings me joy.

Confession time: This was the first Yakuza game I played...I'm not kidding. I didn't know about the series at the time and was just looking for something to scratch that zombie itch. Looking back now, I'm glad I played it because the main series itself is just as fun. REALLY wish it got a remaster or a "Kiwami" style remake, but considering that RGG studios poked fun at Dead Souls in 0 and Kiwami 1, they likely want to pretend this never happened.

I been playing it on my ps3 its so fun, love that u get 2 aiming modes, ive always loved zombie spin-off games.

"Do not wish for easy lives my friends. Pray to be stronger men"

I wish RPCS3's compatibility tracker was more up to date. It says Dead Souls is "Playable" (which is RPCS3's highest rating), but that's from a 2021 test. Now I hear you saying the game doesn't play nice with newer versions of RPCS3. What a bummer. I really wanted to try this game.

I actually played and finished the story mode of this game with my friend on RP3 on the Pc. It’s a pretty good spin off and remind me of arcade shooter games like “House of the Dead.” We did have to mess with the settings of RP3 for a bit to play it, but it played very smoothly afterward.

Leon hyped asf right now.

i mean the game gave us Majima's Get To The Top, that's like an easy S+ alone

The subtitle part killing me lol.

Still waiting for RGG to make Dead Souls Kiwami

I feel like you kind of lose your credibility by never having actually played the game your self.

Snowiest finally made a video about Dead Souls.

I never knew they replaced Bahh Bahh Blacksheep with Rainbowsheep. I’m so lucky I grew up with Black sheep and not that.

I would love if Sega gave this game the Kiwami makeover! I played it back in the day via Gamefly and it was fun!

Rpcs3 crashing on everyone Meanwhile Imontheedgeofmyseat: Playing dead souls on my steam deck!

dead souls isn't the first game where majima is playable, see the ultimate matches from Kenzan that did the interesting thing of letting you play as bosses against other bosses (including the final boss vs musashi) so technically it'd make 2.55 games where majima is playable

It felt more like Dead Rising than a Yakuza game

One of my favorite Yakuza

the first minute i expected "how can you see into my eyes" at any moment

More like yakuza PEAK souls Seriously though if we got a remake that fixed some technical issues this wouldn’t be considered a “black sheep” anymore. Also Ryuji lives canonically and you can’t change my mind

5:28 I don't know about that, Battlefield 4 had 107 weapons and that worked out well enough. 2042 need MORE guns!

I've been trying to play through Dead Souls recently (on actual hardware) and yeah... I also get hit with nausea at points

About RE Revelations, I played it on 3DS in like 2016 and spent the entire time kicking myself for not playing it sooner. Of all mainline REs, Rev on the DS isnt even a mainline game yet it still stacks up right next to RE5 for me; of you liked the Lost in Nightmares DLC in RE5 Gold - Rev is like that, but like 6-8hrs longer with more old school enemies and more lore than a little inconsequential side story ever needed. Less content than a console game, yeah, but it was the return to form that I needed to see after RE6 killed the series for me. Completely won me back.

One reason I'd love to have Dead Souls properly localised and remastered to fix those two sections (the forklift certified Ryuji and Kiryu in a tank) is because the game is very fun to play around with, doing all the side stuff, minigames, dateable zombies even. There is a lot to love about this game and I honestly hope RGG picks it up some day as well as Kurohyou. Edit: Forklift Section is bad because you have exact amount of fuel you need to complete it and if you do one mistake, you have to start over which sucks ass. Kiryu tank section is so bad that most of the time you will end up restarting the mission until you get that one perfect run to finally complete it.

Love the thumbnail

Funny how KZfaq decides to crash when I watch THIS video

That thumbnail is hilarious 😂

every time i watch one of your videos i become more convinced that you are some alternate reality version of me from australia

When it gets to the credits and you see the credits going through old games you realize that they definitely thought 4 was gonna be the last game which is funny to look back on and i feel like people look over things in this game that carried over what definitely carried over to 5 is parts of the map for sure heck even still has the single restraunt in the underground mall lile 5

I love this game. The worst parts are the frame rate and the stiff aiming mode, but if it was remastered with better controls and decent performance, it could be an all-time classic.

excited for the tale of Yume soon

This game did a lot of things before any other game in the series did them. Sometimes it's only things my girlfriend and I care about, like riichi music in mahjong, but _sometimes it's playable Majima singing karaoke._ Also the big cheese himself, Gouda Ryuji, whose arm is...well, yeah, it's a great game. It also controls fine. The controls are _weird_ but they're not _bad._ There's three aiming modes, which sounds unnecessary, but it's pretty fun once you get used to it. The game can get janky on stairs and some other situations, and the frame rate is, like, 5, but I will always love this game.

Something I find absurd is how some people insist that the game is hot garbage, just to say "I don't know, I never played it." But at the very least, you're not being biased like these people. Back on the PS3, the game had few performance issues, especially around highly populated areas, but otherwise it was fine. The aim system was stiff, but to be fair, it was pretty much a first since previous Yakuza game didn't exactly focus on aiming guns and what not. The reason the story was over the top, was because it was meant to be the final game in the franchise, as evident by the beautiful credits scene showing casing every game to that point..... Then Yakuza 5 popped up. The story is quite decent, but the comedic elements are toned down to make the story more serious. But there's plenty of comedy, especially in the Substories. Other than that, the story can use some polish here and there. The game was very creative with how the threat of the zombies got overtime; You start with a small sealed off section of Kamurochu being infected with zombies, but as the story progress the infected areas become bigger and bigger, to the point where most of the map is consumed by the zombies. The variety of enemies was also decent, from the annoying Hostess zombies that screech and call in zombies, to the mutant freaks that pose a mini-boss level threats. But my biggest gripe with the game and especially translated games in general is how the English translation teams usually take way too many liberties, and write things that either make so sense or make characters act out of character.

CHALLENGE FINDERS ROY APPEARANCE!?!??!?!1?!?

Dead Souls is a great game, and yes definitely it does have framerate dips here and there and it takes a while getting used to the controls. However it never crashed for me, and I got platinum on both the Japanese and English versions of the game. There is very sad an unfortunate that you had random crashes. Due to the struggling PS3 hardware, this is the game the most that I feel would have benefited from a 60fps upgrade to PS4.

this is RGG the game that I'm kicking myself the most for not picking up back then

Best yakuza game, best zombie game

Maybe my RPCS3 is cursed or something, but I made to Chapter 5 without any crashes in Dead Souls. I used recommended settings from RPCS3 Wiki and my game copy is European. I kinda dropped Dead Souls anyway, since the gameplay is not too fun compared to main series and camera that makes my head ache after I play for a long time, maybe I will finish it someday.

Fun fact: Dead Souls actually did get a few soundtrack remixes... in Project X Zone 2.

the hot secks scene of majima and daigo in drag was worth maxing the game

Does anyone know how to emulate this game? RPCS3 crashes every couple seconds trying to get past the game's title screen, it's a real pain

TALK ABOUT NON BINARY DOMAIN WHICH WAS DEAD SOULS 2

I tried emulating Dead Souls a few months back and constantly fucking fought with the game to make the crashes stop. Gave up after losing several hours due to not being able to save. Didn’t find out this was a whole issue until I watched this. Go figure

you making a retrospective video without even playing it , seriously?? i know emulator crashing is an issue but there is recommended setting on the rpcs3 wiki that can make hte issue less often(i beat the game with rpcs3)

I bought it from the PS3 PSN store a couple years back. I thought it was fun.

Just finished this video after finishing Dead Souls and yeah, alot of this sounds about right tbh. I did emulate this game though, so I didn't get any of the performance problems that I noticed was present when I played it on the ps3. Emulating this game is probably a good way to go, but you do have to mess around with some settings so it doesn't crash every 2 minutes as you mentioned. It is fun, the controls are jank, the story is quite good, but not as impactful as other stories as it's not meant to be taken as seriously. The bosses range from piss easy to incredibly annoying, especially that one boss with Kiryu and Akiyama. Overall, fun amd enjoyable game with some sections feeling like a slog to play through, especially on replays and in my honest opinion does deserve some sort of remake or ramaster.

I'm pretty sure the first "new" localization was from Yakuza 5's first worldwide release in 2015

I might be the weird one but Dead Souls was actually my first Yakuza game lol 😅😂

Not really into narrative driven games. Id LOVE to play this and buy it instantly on steam.

Yakuza is canon to the Dark Aether story

Stranger of Paradise Final Fantasy Origin retrospective next??????😮

basically yakuza if they just repurposed dead rising

The loading screens were long as hell like seriously it's ridiculous

I legit want this to get a remaster on PC. Not just because it’d be cool to play this game with mouse and keyboard, but I think the performance could drastically be improved on better hardware.

Hello Mr. SnowiestAngeman, what are your top 5 games of all time.

I own this game and I don't think it's that bad but It was repetitive playing same missions however there's still enjoyment to find

Played through the whole game on RPCS3 two years ago, locked 4K30. Back then it would indeed crash every so often, but not too often as to actually hinder progress in a significant way. The controls are absolute ass and are far and away the largest hurdle between you and the joy that is many other parts of the game. It's got a lot of fun character interactions, great substories, and the music? Well, let's just say Akiyama's battle theme never needed to go anywhere near as hard as it did, but... It sure did. Amon was... Somewhat easy to fight in this game, apparently. Huh. Anyway it's a fun romp if you can get over the controls and figure out the proper settings for good, stable emulation. Definitely an interesting way to close the chapter on the book of OE games (Kenzan up to Dead Souls, basically)

All this game needs a good remake. Played it on PC (yeah it crashed a few times), had a lot of fun with it, but there are issues. Whoever designed the shooting controls never played any shooting games and the camera is terrible. Localization is also bad, there and there are some boring parts (like the whole sewer side activity). On the other hand it has it's great moments, some genuinely good ideas (like having a shared inventory and XP/levels/skills for all characters), and if it's not considered canon, the story is fun. Still more fun to play than Like a Dragon.

I was about to try this on the ps3 emulator but it does crashes a lot u cant even get pass one cut scene.. shame cause i was really curious about this game