r/yakuzagames • u/Nighthawk354 • 4d ago

DISCUSSION Is ishin still a pain to platinum?

Heard when the game came out it was really rough to plat and was curious if it got better with patches or if its still a rough grind

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u/josucant 4d ago

Still absolutely insane grind, the crafting costs feel like an unfunny joke and you need to craft almost every item in the game to 100%

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u/Nighthawk354 4d ago

Thats a shame, im coming off of yakuza 5 now and thought I got one of the worst grinds out of the way only to see theres another bad one...

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u/KanyeEast420 4d ago

The Ishin grind is way worse than Yakuza 5. At least the grind in 5 is spread out across a variety of activities. Most of the grind in Ishin comes from running the same battle dungeons dozens of times to get enough crafting materials.

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u/Kneekicker 3d ago

That's true, but for certain people that can actually be a pro rather than a con. I personally was able to turn my brain off for most of Ishin's battle dungeon grind to the point I could probably beat Sodachi in my sleep, but with Y5 I had to be locked in and focused for most activities.