Yakuza 3 Remastered

I only started the Yakuza series in 2024 and my first part was Yakuza-0. After that I played the Kiwami parts. Maybe the comparison is unfair, but compared to the previous parts, Yakuza-3 is unfortunately the least fun. The mini-games in particular (especially fishing and the cabaret) have annoying gameplay. The battles and general movements also feel far too rough. What is cool, however, is that you can play in Okinawa. Translated with DeepL.com (free version)

It is pretty clear a lot of the dev time went into bringing the series to ps3 but they didn't try to make an epic like with y1 or y2, they knew their limits and crafted an excellent story within those limits. all the games so far (I'm in the middle of y5 as of writing) are amazing but there is just /something/ about it that makes this one stand out to me above the others. I don't think it will be for everyone but for those of us that it is for, its really for us.

Another great entry in the series, though this one gets off to a bit of a rough start. Once your abilities develop more, it gets a lot better, though. Speaking of abilities, these might just be the most over-the-top in the series so far; the heat skills are SO satisfying and fun to use. The substories are here, of course, and just as entertaining, and the weapon modding is pretty fun, too. There are some unfortunate activities, like the running minigame that keeps popping up, but otherwise, same old Yakuza, and that's a good thing. The story is great as ever; tons of crazy twists, tonal whiplash, and yet again, somehow it manages to be great, when most other games that try this fall flat on their faces. You're now in charge of an orphanage in gorgeous Ryukyu, a tropical paradise, and there are little life challenges both there and in the bigger arena of the usual Yakuza melodrama, each just as compelling, in my eyes. I know a lot of people don't like the orphanage segments, but I did; the camaraderie and little life lessons really made them shine for me. I can't really think of any new characters that I didn't like; even the goofballs in the new family really grew on me. The only real problem story-wise is the pacing; there is SO much extra content that if you're going for completion, you might completely forget what you were even doing, even by Yakuza standards. Everything wrapped up pretty well in the end, though.

Good.

the cabaret sucks so bad in this one!