Yakuza 0
Game » consists of 4 releases. Released Mar 12, 2015
A prequel to the original Yakuza set in 1988, featuring a young Kazuma Kiryu and Goro Majima as dual playable protagonists.
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5 (2) 4 (2) 3 (0) 2 (0) 1 (0) 4.5 starsAverage score of 4 user reviews
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Gloriously Weird 0
I've always been incredibly intrigued with the Yakuza series, but when your option seemed to be with the 5th entry in the series it was really hard to take the jump. Then, walks in Yakuza 0, the perfect jumping on point. Jumping in sight basically unseen, I can't say I really knew what to expect. Considering the little I saw of earlier titles in the series I only knew Yakuza was a lot of video game, and extremely strange. Right off the hop I was totally in for everything that was going to b...
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Yakuza 0: A Yakuza Renaissance 0
Before Yakuza 0, my experience with the series was limited to Yakuzas 1 and 3. And while I enjoyed the very basic plot 1 features quite a bit, 3 is strange as it's first 10 hours have a large focus on tending to an orphanage. Not exactly the gripping yakuza and crime-focused story you'd expect. Contrast this with what I've experienced with 0. From the start the story is compelling, entertaining, and far better written than what 1 and 3 had to offer. I'm unsure if this is due to better writing on...
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Fantastic action (and funny as hell) 0
Yakuza is currently my favorite gaming series. Despite it's outlandish action scenes and downright weird characters and situations, no other game series has such in-depth portrayal of contemporary life and culture. The cities are small, but the countless minigames, restaurants, side quests and shops make them feel really densely packed. Just like real life cities. I almost wish that every country besides Japan had their very own culture specific 'Yakuza'-style game.The previous entry in the seri...
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An amazing entry into a storied franchise 0
I came into Yakuza 0 knowing only that GB did a piece on them, and that it was supposed to be a good time.Coming in blank was the exact answer. To that end I won't go into more detail than "if you want a Japanese ass Japanese game with a ton to do, play this". ...
1 out of 1 found this review helpful.
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