Popular Post dermarx Posted September 10, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 10, 2018 (edited) Coming to Japan in December 2018 and to the west in 2019. It looks and feels like a Yakuza Game (coming from the same studio), but is a courtroom thriller as they discribe it. A Story Trailer ist online, as well as more infos about the game: Quote Sega is proud to announce that the new courtroom thriller from Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios, Project Judge (working title), will release in 2019 on the PlayStation 4. Project Judge will feature the voice acting talents of Japanese actor / artist Takuya Kimura as the game’s main protagonist, Takayuki Yagami. Project Judge takes place in modern day Tokyo, following a serial murder case. The main protagonist, private detective Takayuki Yagami (played by Takuya Kimura), is a man of conviction who fights for his beliefs, despite the overwhelming despair surrounding him. Kimura has met extensively with the game’s development team to craft this protagonist, dedicating more than 1,000 minutes of voice recording time for his lines. By putting forth so much effort in developing this role, Project Judge aims to redefine what it means to truly bring a character to life. Other talented actors, including Akira Nakao, Kenichi Takito, Shosuke Tanihara, and Pierre Taki were brought in to play the game’s supporting roles. Additionally, the rock band Alexandros enhances the drama to its peak with the original theme song Arpeggio and feature song, Your Song. This game is developed by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios headed by Sega Chief Product Officer Toshihiro Nagoshi. The studio is known primarily for their work on the Yakuza series, which has sold over 11 million copies worldwide. To create an experience in line with the studio’s core belief to “Create enjoyable games that address mature themes” the team spent more than 3 years developing Project Judge‘s story and characters. Enhancing the game’s position as a courtroom thriller and embodying the feeling of playing a detective, players will need to utilize key investigative skills in conjunction with unique gameplay features to unveil the truths hidden at the core of Project Judge‘s plot. What lies beyond the suffering and failures of the man trapped within his past; is it a divine revelation, or something more sinister? Stay tuned for more information on Project Judge, the courtroom thriller action game brought to you by the prolific tag team of Takuya Kimura and Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios. ■ Characters Takayuki Yagami (cast: Takuya Kimura) The main protagonist of Project Judge. A fiercely idealistic ex-defense lawyer turned private detective. After facing a devastating betrayal by one of his former clients, he became known as a fraud who lets murderers run free, effectively destroying his reputation. Now he’s caught up in an enigmatic serial murder case and will need to push his investigative skills to their limit to solve it. Takashi Genda (cast: Akira Nakao) A gritty lawyer who has taken on the role of overseeing Yagami’s growth since the start of his career as a lawyer. Even after Yagami’s incident that forced him out of the legal world, Genda still looks after him and helps him find work from time to time. Kazuya Ayabe (cast: Kenichi Takito) A detective with Tokyo PD’s Organized Crime Division. Ayabe is a crooked cop who withholds information on investigations for his own benefit, but often helps Yagami with his cases – for a price. Mitsuru Kuroiwa(cast: Shosuke Tanihara) A detective with the Tokyo PD’s Organized Crime Division, famous for his leadership skills and high successful arrest rate in Kamurocho. A talented officer who plays by the rules, Kuroiwa sees unknown elements like Yagami as a dangerous nuisance. Kyohei Hamura (cast: Pierre Taki) Captain of the Matsugane family, a subsidiary of the Tojo Clan based in Kamurocho. Hamura is self-centered, but he’s also a mastermind skilled in taking others down for his own benefit. He’s heavily involved with Yagami throughout the serial murder case. ■ Comment from Alexandros “We are very honored to be part of such a wonderful production. The demo video that Director Nagoshi showed us was so cool, we were able to envision a song very quickly. From there, we had multiple meetings and the lyrics kept flowing until it was a complete piece that we feel very strongly about. We are very excited to play the game ASAP (laughs).” Source Edited September 10, 2018 by dermarx 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godwulf_MTL Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 These guys are just killing it, day one for me. I dont expect them to drop info on Shin Ryu ga Gotoku (New Yakuza) at TGS then, we will probably have to wait until this is released. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Undead Wolf Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 I watched the trailer, and I must say, this looks incredible! I'm curious to see what the actual gameplay is like (will it be similar to Yakuza?), but the story alone has me intrigued. I love it! It's nice that we don't have to wait for a localisation announcement either. Confirmed western release at the same time as the announcement, yes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dermarx Posted September 10, 2018 Author Share Posted September 10, 2018 5 minutes ago, Undead Wolf said: I watched the trailer, and I must say, this looks incredible! I'm curious to see what the actual gameplay is like (will it be similar to Yakuza?),.... Forgot the gameplay trailer; updated my Post. Check it out 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZireaelSan Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 All aboard the hype train! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Undead Wolf Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 8 minutes ago, dermarx said: Forgot the gameplay trailer; updated my Post. Check it out Holy shiiiiit, that looks awesome! So yeah, the combat is quite similar to Yakuza, even down to switching fighting styles, but the protagonist looks especially agile. I love how he can jump off walls into an attack and there was even one point in the trailer where he kicks a dude in the face when riding a skateboard (might be a cutscene but still cool either way!). The gameplay outside of combat looks a lot more varied than in Yakuza, though. Lock picking, tailing people, investigating, etc. The minigames they showed off look really fun too! From what I could tell, it looks like the game takes place in Kamurocho, so I'm sure we'll see some familiar characters make an appearance. Wow, this has quickly become one of my most anticipated games. It can't come soon enough! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternalChaos72 Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Ohhhh this looks amazing, will definitely be keeping an eye on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PooPooBlast Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Duuude this looks awesome. I saw your status update btw and now I know what you're talking about It looks like Yakuza meets infamous minus the shooting projectiles/flying. I probably won't pick it up however until I go through each and every single Yakuza game first. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Undead Wolf Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 5 minutes ago, PooPooBlast said: It looks like Yakuza meets infamous minus the shooting projectiles/flying. I'm curious: how does this look anything like inFamous? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madbuk Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 So this is like those Sherlock Holmes games mixed in with an open world and Yakuza combat? 2019 just continues to get more exciting, 2017-2019 has been crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyMason Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 I was kinda thrown off by the "courtroom thriller" thing, I was expecting something like Phoenix Wright (heh). It's basically Yakuza with an investigation mechanic - IDC, I love everything these guys put out! Nice to have a different take on the formula, I really never get tired of playing these games! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Undead Wolf Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 If anyone's curious, someone uploaded gameplay of the demo (available on the Japanese PSN store btw). If nothing else, check out the part at 35:22. I'm assuming that's going to be the opening in the full game? Either way it's pretty rad. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intoner_Zero Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Oh my god, KimuTaku ga Gotoku lol!! Oh, this looks awesome and I'm so happy there's a new game in the Ryu ga Gotoku universe! Totally getting this when it comes out.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yuna4353 Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Instant day one buy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redgrave Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Looks sick, as expected of a Yakuza game. Playing as a hardened detective is something I've been wanting since L.A. Noire so this is definitely a treat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairuto Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Correct me if I'm wrong, I'm a newcomer and lover of the Yakuza series, but do Ryu Ga Gotoku have multiple studios and how big is their development team? They must be pretty huge seem to be pumping out 2 games a year lately, I know Kiwami's are remakes but extensive remakes at that, they're killing it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UlvenFenrir Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 17 minutes ago, Bailey97 said: Correct me if I'm wrong, I'm a newcomer and lover of the Yakuza series, but do Ryu Ga Gotoku have multiple studios and how big is their development team? They must be pretty huge seem to be pumping out 2 games a year lately, I know Kiwami's are remakes but extensive remakes at that, they're killing it!! Prob because they use alot of the same assets would be my guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narxivias Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 I am super thrilled about this announcement. As a big Yakuza fan, to see that team working on something different while keeping to their strengths is amazing. And who knows? They could tie it in some way. Maybe a cameo of Majima or Kiryu or something! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cckerberos Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 I find it really distracting that they have a major actor as the model for the main character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
communistwookiee Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Sega in general is on fire right now. They've been killing it with Yakuza, the Shenmue remasters, Valkyria Chronicles 4. What can they do next? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptirle Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Glad to see Pierre Taki from Denki Groove making a comeback... his last involvement in games was in Forbidden Siren 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dermarx Posted September 11, 2018 Author Share Posted September 11, 2018 (edited) There is a 51 mins long Presentation Video online: It's basically at the start of this video something that looks like the opening movie of the game @Undead Wolf mentioned above, followed by some sort of interview with the director and the cast of the game. Edited September 11, 2018 by dermarx 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispy_Oglop Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 I'm relatively new to the Yakuza series, with only 0, Kiwami and Kiwami 2 in my playlist. But with the new remasters they announced, plus Fist of the North Star, which is basically Yakuza in a FotNS skin, plus Project Judge, my game time over the next 18 - 24 months is going to have a certain theme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PooPooBlast Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 22 hours ago, Undead Wolf said: I'm curious: how does this look anything like inFamous? The smoky/foggy environment, the different colours that are at display and a little bit of the melee combat (not the flips and what not). I mean it's not that similar to InFAMOUS but it is giving me some vibes. Lol just don't dwell on it too much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Undead Wolf Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Even the main menu is stylish as hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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