Yakuza 0

I was ignorant and avoided the Yakuza (RGG) franchise for many, many years. I probably thought it to be like a "Japanese GTA" or something. Then I got Y0 gifted to me. Boy, was I wrong! It's hard to find real faults in Yakuza Zero. The gameplay is super satisfying and varied, art and audio drop-dead gorgeous, and the story is actually damn intriguing and emotional. One moment you may be laughing your butt off, beating up tough-guy criminal scum on the streets and wasting your well deserved loot money by playing retro arcade classics. The other second you're tangled in a sinister crime drama, where the line between good and evil is blurry. One might be overwhelmed by the amount of content Y0 provides, but have no fear: if any of the stuff ever starts feeling boring or overstaying its welcome, you can indeed just back away and roam around, do something totally different for as long as you feel comfortable with! The world of Yakuza is not some grand open world, but rather densely packed, cute and small one. For total newbies, Y0 is a stellar starting point if you're interested giving the series a shot. For the old-time fans, Zero provides a well crafted backstory for the series' two main characters, and a well deserved "soft reboot", fleshing out some of the past characters and giving Kiryu a breather from the tumor known as Haruka. Expect A LOT of fan service none the less, though!

I may have played all the Ryu Ga Gotoku mainline games, but RGG0 is still one of my favorites (aside with Kiwami 2). I have 600hr+ on Steam and I really wanted the DRM free version, so I have my very own copy of the game. What I like the most in this game is the strategies to get the most money as fast as possible! It's really interesting how my 1st playthrough differs from my last in this way. This said, everything is gold in this game : great story, all-star cast, so many different kind of substories and mahjong !!! I definitely will play again the other RGG games on GOG (and I wish for Gaiden also!! Pretty please)

I'm giving this five stars because I would absolutely play it again. I only picked it up recently in the Yakuza bundle on GOG. Having seen a few clips of the fighting it seemed intriguing and I was willing to give it a go. Little did I know that there was actually a well developed game and story waiting for me. It's not perfect. I will admit that some of the cutscenes run long, along with some of the action sequences. Quick time event's aren't a feature I'm a fan of either. That being said it is weirdly packed with many different things to do. I don't love them all but generally they don't impinge on the main game elements or story. If you're looking for something absolutely free form I'd stay away from this title it's not Japanese GTA.

Great story, combat, side missions, minigames, characters, cities, and gameplay.

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