Finally got around to finishing Yakuza 0 (no spoilers)
And you know what? It’s probably one of my favorite games I played this year. I got it on Steam a few years back but only got as far as Chapter 5. I decided to give it another go and I fell in love with the game. I’m going to breakdown my experience as a whole so here’s what I thought: Positives
The Story
I love it when games have a captivating story. I would best summarize it as a murder mystery redemption crime drama thriller. Besides the first few chapters (I’ll go into more detail later on), the story’s pacing from the middle to the end was an absolute roller coaster. The character interactions and arcs some of the main cast goes through was engaging and I became invested in seeing how they would get through some of these events and how the story was going to end.
The Substories
I normally don’t care for side quests in games but the substories in Yakuza 0 were probably one of the most enjoyable aspects of the game for me. The substories felt enjoyable to play through and I feel as if it really gives depth to Kiryu and Majima who despite being embroiled in a whirlwind of events will take their time to help out those in need or even become friends with. I also found the substories to have some of the funniest dialogue in the game simply because of the outlandish situations and interactions the protagonists find themselves in. Completing substories will also net you rewards and recruiting characters within the real estate and cabaret club mini-games, which is a nice bonus.
Side Activities
Too many to count honestly. You can partake in mini-games if you want to take a break from the main story and enjoy yourself. The mini-games have a surprising amount of depth and also tie into some substories, earning you rewards if you decide to dig deeper. My personal favorites being Pocket Circuit Racing, bowling, and getting dates at telephone clubs.
Open World
While they aren’t the biggest open worlds I’ve explored, Kamurocho and Sotenbori feel like the most “alive” worlds I’ve been in. Buildings and locations feel distinguishable from one another and don’t feel generic. The amount of NPCs and random encounters whether it’s a substory or combat encounter give the cities a feeling that there’s always events going on. All of these events and design choices give these places personality and a sense of feeling alive. It’s one of the few open worlds where I feel completely immersed in. Mixed
The Combat
The best way I can summarize the combat is that it’s good but not great. What I did enjoy were the cinematic heat moves, variety of fighting styles, the combat encounters in the story, and the boss battles. The combat encounters towards the last few chapters were a rush of adrenaline as it goes hand in hand with the urgency and stakes of the story. What prevents it from being great is the lock-on and the repetition. It feels clunky to use and since enemies can dodge out of your lock-on it becomes an inconvenience to realign yourself in the heat of combat and I only found myself ever using it in one-on-one fights. I also found the combat repetitive towards the end of the game, especially in random encounters and substories. By the endgame more enemies are present and become health sponges. Overall, Yakuza 0’s combat is functional and fun but not the best I’ve played.
Real Estate
Kiryu’s main side activity is his job as a real estate agent. I found this to be uninteresting especially when compared to Majima’s main side activity of running a cabaret club. Investing in real estate is a great way to earn lots of money but the lack of depth and tedium of going back and forth between buying property and collecting your funds at the office makes this feel shallow when compared to everything else in the game.
Character models of NPC side characters
Unless you have plot relevance in the main story, a lot of the character models for the side characters and NPCs look simplistic especially in contrast to the main characters. Simple textures, lack of detail, and questionable designs on some of the side characters make the difference in quality really stand out. I wouldn’t say they look terrible, but it’s really noticeable. Negatives
The pacing in the beginning
For me, this is easily Yakuza 0’s biggest flaw.The story didn’t really pick up for me till chapter 7 and it isn’t because nothing uninteresting happens within the early part of the game. There’s a lot of dialogue, cutscenes, tutorials, and down time between the story and action which all contribute to the slow pace early on. Chapter 1 was a great start but then everything until chapter 7 becomes a slog to get through. Barring a few side activities and combat training, getting through the first 6 chapters took roughly 12-13 hours. All of the events in the beginning pay off as you progress and I’m glad I was patient enough to get to that point but this was the main reason I stopped playing the first time around. I really dislike games in which the beginning is just too slow to get everyone invested.
Enemies w/ guns
Most annoying enemies I had to fight in the game, only compensated by the fact that they have low health bars but still annoying nonetheless. Guns are unblockable in this game and while you can dodge bullets or take cover, you’ll usually be fighting them within groups of enemies. When you’re shot you’re automatically stunned and lose a good chunk of your health. My usual strategy was to take them out first but still I wish at the very least I didn’t spend so much time stunned after getting shot or having them take so much of my health.
Save System
I found this to be an inconvenience throughout my time in the game. There’s no auto saving in this game, instead you can only save games on pay phones marked on the map. At times I had to leave the game in the middle of combat, a cutscene, or side activity and had to start over again. Especially towards the end of the game where it becomes one long level of back to back cutscenes and combat. Overall, I really enjoyed Yakuza 0 and would definitely recommend it to anyone. I’m now invested in this series and I’m looking forward to playing the rest in the future.
Game Pass Brothers and Sisters, please play Yakuza 0 when it goes live on February 26th
Hello! First time poster here on Xboxone but long time lurker. Along with the rest of you I find that Game Pass is most assuredly one of the best deals when it comes to playing games. When I saw the news that Yakuza 0 was coming to Xbox I was elated and even more happy to see it as a Game Pass title. I already own it on PS4 but wanted to come and break it down and recommend it to people who aren’t familiar with the series or who are on the fence. I’m going to put this into points with a TLDR at the end. Please excuse my formatting as I’m on mobile.
What is Yakuza?
Yakuza is an “open-world” brawler with RPG elements set against a Japanese organized crime story. To be more specific about the setting, the game takes place in the fictional city of Kamurocho. Which is akin to the real life city of Kabukicho, recreated in almost pain staking detail especially as the series goes on. The story mainly follows series protagonist Kazuma Kiryu, but in certain entries other characters are playable like in 0. The story is mostly serious but the game excels at breaking up the main plot with sub stories that are usually funny and interesting side quests.
Really? Another open world game?
Yakuza is considered to be the spiritual successor to the Shenmue series but without the crazy time management. It is open world in the sense that you can go anywhere but only in this small Japanese city. This actually works to the strength of the game as it is easier as you play to familiarize yourself with the setting so eventually you don’t even need the map, you yourself can find your way just through a character saying let’s meet here or x event is happening in x place. In turn, there are always NPCs doing their own thing, shops you can walk into, and restaurants you can eat at that make the world really feel alive. Especially considering through sub stories, you foster and develop relationships with NPCs that can change conversations and provide additional benefits.
How does it play? What do you do?
As I said you play as up and coming Yakuza, Kazuma Kiryu. He’s essentially just starting out as a member of the Dojima family of the Tojo clan. Yakuza are essentially the Japanese mafia, so a lot of problems are handled with your fists, guns, and pretty much anything you can find in Kamurocho. I promise you will smack people with bicycles, signs, and traffic cones. Breaking up the open world exploration, you will get into a lot of fights. They do not call Kiryu the Dragon of Dojima for nothing. It is a 3D brawler where you change between multiple fighting styles. They all have their own strengths and weaknesses and can be leveled up through use. There is also “Heat Actions,” big finishing moves that devastate your opponents in painful and sometimes comedic ways. There is a heat action called “Essence of Ass Crushing,” must I say more?
You keep talking about these sub stories, are they the only side content? What are they like?
So there are 100 of these sub stories in Yakuza 0 between the two playable characters. They can range from just learning new fighting techniques to racing tiny electric cars to helping a new dominatrix satisfy a difficult customer. The sky is honestly the limit with these and anything can happen in Kamurocho. On top of that the in game arcade offers fully playable recreations of classic Sega arcade titles like Space Harrier and Outrun. There is also a real estate system where you can buy properties around Kamurocho to earn yourself money and take turf back from rival gangs. You also get to manage your own cabaret club where you manage the girls, dress them up, and help them get the most money out of their clients. TLDR: Yakuza is an amazing series with a ton of character and passion put into it. It makes you really feel like a badass Japanese gangster. It let’s you go at your own pace and knows how to put a smile on your face. Kazuma Kiryu is the toughest man ever born but also incredibly innocent and truly has a heart of gold. If you are a fan of Japanese culture, brawlers, RPGs, or even a crime story I can’t recommend it enough. If you end up playing the game and you have read this post, definitely let me know what you thought. Thanks for reading me ranting about this series. Have a great day.
Review / Thoughts---YAKUZA 0( PS4 ) *This review was made by combination of my own thoughts on it with some other review websites* Beaten in**: 50 Hours** Difficulty**: Hard** Yakuza 0 is an action-adventure video game developed and published by Sega. It is a prequel to the Yakuza series. The game takes place in December 1988 in Kamurocho, a fictionalized recreation of Tokyo's Kabukicho, and Sotenbori, a fictionalized recreation of Osaka's Dotonbori. It was released for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 in Japan in March 2015, and in North America and Europe for PlayStation 4 in January 2017. It was released on Microsoft Windows on August 1, 2018. What an absolute Unique and Great game “Yakuza 0” is.. It has great characters to great story and plenty other good stuff… It's an full form Japanese game ( if you know what i mean ) and The plot of Yakuza 0 is served up like a fresh bowl of udon noodles; simmering, full of twists and turns, and satisfying to the end. Here is my Full review of “#Yakuza 0” Pros:
Story: Simply it's Fantastic, You play as 2 controlling characters ( Kiryu and Majima ) through two different Places ( Kamurocho and Sotenbori ). Each both of them covering serious topics, as you’d expect from a game about mobsters who cut off their own pinkie fingers. It's simply one of the best story i have experience in 2018.
Characters you meet during the game are great, they are really well-done voice acting and everyone have an interesting backstory behind them. 👏
Speaking of Story, there are Sub-stories which you might encounter while roaming around.. Some of them been Serious to other been weird, helping people with simple problems, making absurd deliveries - to playing various roles, other been funny to many having tearful endings and more. There are over 100 Substories so good luck spending time finding them and finishing them.
There are Specially 2 cutscenes that stands out from even topnotch movies, those cutscenes touched my heart in a special way and I can not spoil it for you, You just have to experience it yourself and you will see it by yourself when you reached their.
Speaking of cutscenes, The graphics of the environment and characters during a rendered cutscene is just joy to watch as they nail down every single details in it. You can see characters injury to even small details like pierce of ears they he used to done it… Its Phenomenal
The BOSS battles are Spectacular to watch and very intriguing to fight. Each Boss has a unique way to beat him with some of the best heat actions movies that i have ever seen in a fighting video-game. It has to been experienced by yourself
With been main story and substories there are plenty of side-activities you can do in “Yakuza 0”. Wanna sing, do Karaoke, Wanna dance so go to disco, Wanna watch 18+ videos go to that location, Wanna do pocket racing, go to the arena to many many more like ( Beating Mr.Shakedown, Playing Pool, Darts, making deliveries, Playing Outrun,Fishing, Enjoying Some Female Wrestling, Going Bowling and many many MORE )
BUT the main two side-quests are the Real estate ( Kiryu ) and running a cabaret club ( Majima ) and THEY ARE AWESOME.. As a real estate, you are a manager of it and you have to buy properties and make more money than your rival and beating them at the end…. And at one point, playing as Majima, running the hostess bar and taking over fans from across Osaka. I personally dominated each territory in turn, dressed my best girls up in different attire, did their make-up, set staff for shifts, recruited, and ran each night’s shift, wrapped up in a game inside a game. I was at it for an entire 4 day almost. They can be there own games inside the main game… Think of it.. 🤔
Let just say that IF you are planning to play it or have already played it… you will meet 1 character in it named “Mr.Libido and……. The rest is history
SOUNDTRACK….. OMG ITS FAN-FREAKING-TASTIC. Who ever made it deserve a Round of applause 👏👏👏… its fits perfectly with the game and with the fights.. IT'S A MUST-TO-LISTEN SOUNDTRACK…. GG
Speaking of Fights. “Yakuza 0” has an interesting Fighting mechanic. Majima has a “Thug” style that feels like something out of UFC with a lot of heavy hits and powerful strikes along with a “Slugger” style that utilizes a baseball bat and a “Breaker” style that turns break dancing into violent choreography. Majima is clearly the most unique and his “Breaker” style, in particular, is just loads of fun. Spinning around on the floor with tons of particle effects and limbs flying is just wild to witness. Kiryu has a “Brawler” style that is clearly a less refined version of his previous move set along with a “Beast” mode to tackle bigger foes and a “Rush” mode. The “Rush” style, in particular, is amazing to toy around with and can even get you out of a jam when your health gets low. Based around a simple form of boxing, you get a lot of quick hits and evasive maneuvers that increase in speed as you build up your “heat” gauge.And each can be upgraded, not only by spending cash, but by completing the training of the colourful characters who teach you each style.
The “heat” gauge System has been refined from previous installments, focusing more on multiple levels of build-up that can then turned into different finishing moves. These are some of the most gloriously absurd displays of violence ever put in a game, with animation that look brutal and would leave the recipient in a hospital for quite a long time. How people can even breathe after receiving some of these punishment is a mystery. BUT HE IS TOTALLY NOT DIED BTW…..
Cons:
The first half of the game is VERY slow and can get repetitive and boring as you learn about characters, combat and other stuff so GET READY FOR A SLOW FIRST HALF… Cause the second half gets better
While the graphics of rendered cutscenes are phenomenal, The graphics of the game are not so good as 1. It is a Japanese game and 2. It was initially released on 2015. As you walk through the streets, the building are not so greatly rendered and you see a lot of pop-ups ( Just to be noted, it played on PS4 { not Pro } and have no idea how it is on PC )
Another negative about this game is for those who does not wanna read subtitles cause if not then this game is not for you, Yakuza 0 was initially released in Japan so the voice-acting of this game is all japanese and the subtitles are been translated into english
There are also many invisible walls around the map that you are not allowed to go to which sucks. And during some missions you are just restricted to go on a certain path which makes it feels as this is not-so-much an open world map
Tutorial to learn new moves of each style has been done really poorly and can get repetitive very fast, Its doing one stuff over and over again with actually dying on a tutorial, I MEAN COME ON. i just did not liked it
As you are running around the map, You will encounter many thugs as you are the hunted person, at start they might be fun to fight each now and than as you get to your next objective but doing it over and over and over again gets annoying and repetitive really fast. At least you can throw money to Distract them later on in the game
Sometimes the camera angle during a fight or moving around the city can get awkward and you might get stuck, it's not a big issue but still it is a issue
Final Verdict: 8/10 ( Excellent ) Were it not for the wealth of activities and side stories available around every corner, Yakuza Zero would still be a riveting game for its story alone. It does a fantastic job of pulling you into the plight of its main characters and holds your attention through every step of their winding journeys. But, when you take in everything the game has to offer, Zero becomes something special. Yes, its presentation leaves a lot to be desired at times and the fights aren't always as engaging as they could be, but the rest of the game is incredibly diverse and engaging. The sheer amount of activities at your fingertips would feel overwhelming if they weren't so inviting--you're never pressured to do one thing or another. It is worth getting if you are ready to read and wanna have a thrilling adventure of emotions Follow @videogames._.exe on Instagram for more reviews :)
Yakuza 0 is like a breath of fresh air in an industry oversaturated with open-world games whose sheer map size is focus in marketing and a means to pad out game time, often combined with repetitive, mind-numbing tasks (Ubisoft sandboxes) or being forced to drive around these gargantuan and lifeless maps just to activate the next mission (Grand Theft Auto V). Yakuza 0 is a polar opposite to these franchises as we can roam around in two tiny, dense hubs; Kamurocho and Sotenbori. Any step taken in these little towns is another opportunity to fall into one of hundred substories, one more elaborate than the other. These substories, as well as being able to build up friendships with npcs across the map, make the world feel alive and engaged. It also helps that Kamurocho and Sotenbori are modeled after real-life entertainment districts, which allows for great immersion which is exactly what Yakuza is going for. This immersion and quirky Japanese charm cover up some of Yakuza’s glaring issues. It is often clunky and cheapish with cutscenes inconsistently going from animated to choppy marionettes, invisible walls, and constantly being plagued and challenged to fights by thugs on the street. You can avoid fighting these by throwing money in the air to distract them, but you have to be at a complete standstill to do it, and it takes pace out of the gameplay. Still, playing as naive warrior for self-perceived justice as Kazuma Kiryu or as sly and formidable Goro Majima is delightful. Both have their little quirks and personality traits that remain consistent, which elevates the humor in substories. They also both have multiple unique fighting styles, each of these satisfying for different reasons. There are fighting styles that are quick and focus on combo-ing your opponent down, but you can also just swing around a bicycle or whatever else you can get your hands on. Its two-plotlines story is absorbing and the constant switching between main characters is well-timed so it keeps up momentum, but the real quality of Yakuza can be found in its countless of fleshed out and deep minigames. I’ve definitely spent at least twenty hours on the cabaret club; a simple game matching a hostess to customers and attending to them. It is oddly addicting and also serves as a faux-dating simulator with JAV actresses for true degenerates. There’s also the real estate royale in which Kiryu obtains properties and beats up his opponents goons. Or Pocket Racing, a surprisingly varied and challenging minigame where you race against children with miniature cars. Or the karaoke. Or the telephone club. Or the catfights. Those last two fit in with a general air of trashiness Yakuza omits, but all of these minigames (and the collecting of “telephone cards” in the open world, which are just half-naked women) can easily be ignored and avoided. Yakuza 0 is one of the most charming, genuine, varied, and entertaining videogames I have played in a long time and for its low price (only 20 dollars at time of writing) I would heavily recommend this to anyone who is interested or doesn’t mind quirky elements of Japan.
As late as the mid-1960s, the Soka Gakkai was not making major investments in foreign real estate
Notice these two consistent sources:
March 19, 1966, my twenty-first birthday, a rite of passage, the day I had waited for so I could drink legally. The year before, on my twentieth birthday I had made elaborate plans for this day: which bars I would go to, which of my friends would go on a pub crawl with me through Beverly Hills, where we had gone to high school. So the long anticipated day had arrived, but I wasn’t in Beverly Hills, and I hadn’t had even a single drink. Instead, I was standing in front of the first American headquarters of the Sokagakkai, the old Boyle Heights post office building in a rundown section of East Los Angeles. I had received my Gohonzon just five months earlier, and now my leader had asked me to be a “yusohan,” whatever that was, for a one-day visit of President Ikeda to the United States. There was going to be a leaders’ meeting of the entire West Coast, plus a few leaders from other parts of the United States, which turned out to be a group of maybe 85 people who fit into the old mail-sorting room. Source
From Mark Gaber's second book, "Rijicho":
"It was a pretty funky organization back then. No fancy three-story Joint Headquarters on the beach; all we had was that old broken-down Post Office building in downtown Los Angeles." "I remember being toban there, sleeping with the cockroaches...at night, the whole floor would move." (p. 266) The First Headquarters on Lincoln became a Jiffy Lube. (p. 318)
The event where everything changed was the Sho-Hondo Building Contribution Campaign in late 1965:
The period for collection of the donations was four days, from October 9 to the 12, 1965. According to Soka Gakkai's official statement, they reported that the unprecedented amount of 35.5 billion yen had been donated within Japan, alone. (Seikyo Shimbun, Oct.18, 1965) Source
They refused to accept the money collected by the US members, and Mr. Saito, Brazil's General Director, embezzled most of what had been collected in Brazil:
It was during these years that great contribution drives were taking place throughout the world to build the Grand Main Temple (Shohondo) at Taisekiji in Japan. Members were encouraged to give, give, and give, as this was an event that took place only one time in the entire history of Buddhism. The Soka Gakkai now wants not only the hearts, minds, and souls of its members, but also their money. In America, members gave, gave, and gave. However during one planning board meeting, we were told that president Ikeda had decided that the American contribution for Shohondo should stay in America to promote Kosen-Rufu in America, that the Japanese members could afford the cost of building the Shohondo. Source
Of course the dictator Ikeda made the decision, all on his own, without consultation with anyone else.
So the trust and intent with which the members gave their all for the building of the Grand Main Temple was defrauded and diverted for additional real property acquisitions, everywhere.
After the completion of the Grand Main Temple, the Shohondo, in 1972, a trip to Central and South America was planned. It was learned that in Brazil, many members had complaints about their leaders and the loss of money that had been collected for Shohondo. Myself and three other people would accompany a guidance team for the members faith, while attempting to find and retrieve the lost funds. After Panama, we went to Brazil for a general meeting in San Paulo. Following the general meeting, Ikeda returned to Japan leaving us and the guidance team in Brazil to encourage and talk to the troubled members. We learned that the members were tired and discouraged and that the leaders had hidden and stolen money raised by the members for the intent to build the temple. The Brazilian leader responsible was strong-armed into returning the money, which was to be taken to the United States. In 1974, it was discovered that Brazil Soka Gakkai General Director Roberto Saito (currently Honorary General Director) was embezzling the organization's money. Vice President Satoru Izumi (currently Chief of the Supreme Guidance Council) came from Japan to handle the incident, and the three of us, he, NSA General Director George Williams (currently General Director Emeritus) and I, set off for Brazil. In the end, he was told that if he returned the money, no questions would be asked, and we collected $1 million. We put it into 2 suitcases and conveyed it to Los Angeles. Source
Where it promptly disappeared, no doubt! Wasn't this the Brazil members' money?? Shouldn't it have remained in Brazil to be "used for kosen-rufu" there as the USian donations remained in the US?? Anyhow, in the early 1970s, property acquisitions in the US began in earnest: The Santa Monica World Culture center was purchased in 1975 - you can read the official records here, showing it was purchased for between $2 million and $3 million. As of 2003, it was valued at over $7.9 million:
To give you some perspective, an 1,190 sq ft 2 bdrm 2 bath apartment listed at that same address is valued at $2,859,681. (Is this the Ikeda apartment??) The Malibu property was purchased in 1972 for just $109K - it was finally sold in 2003 for $14.5 million:
So this gives us a time frame for the Soka Gakkai's sudden and inexplicable flushness with money - 1965. They needed a way to launder it, so they claimed it was all "member donations" for building the Sho-Hondo, a concept deliberately connected to this point in time for purposes of explaining away where all that money came from. The Soka Gakkai leaders already knew there would be no audits.
I'm thinking that the Sho-Hondo contribution campaign was a precedent-setter - they pushed those poor losers to contribute all their pennies, empty their piggybanks, and in the meantime, they were amassing a big yakuza-generated pile of cash to fold into the proceeds. Since there would be no audits, no government regulation or oversight (since it was "religion"), the amount they collected could be attributed entirely to the membership, despite all their acknowledgment that the members were from the lowest, poorest, sickest strata of society. The Sho-Hondo campaign served its purpose - to demonstrate just how much financial muscle the Soka Gakkai membership could muster, despite how destitute it appeared on the surface. Who knew bake sales and raffles could produce so much profit?? It wasn't real; even as the poor brainwashed suckers were searching their couch cushions and pockets for pennies, the total was being obscenely inflated via organized crime money, dirty money needing to be laundered. And since no one would ever figure it out, this would be the precedent behind every other large-scale real estate purchase anywhere in the world - if the members were sufficiently motivated, they could produce basically any amount of money the Soka Gakkai wanted, according to the Soka Gakkai. The Soka Gakkai could purchase anything it wanted, and at twice the market price (as we saw in Canada and in Calabasas, CA). And if anyone questioned, all they needed to do was to point to that historic Sho-Hondo contribution campaign, when in a matter of days, these poorest of the poor were somehow able to contribute MILLIONS of dollars for this purpose. Source
This was an audacious scheme; if they got away with it, then Ikeda would definitely become King of Japan. Ikeda's plan to take over Japan would be a cakewalk compared to THIS!
Review / Thoughts---YAKUZA 0( PS4 ) *This review was made by combination of my own thoughts on it with some other review websites* Beaten in**: 50 Hours** Difficulty**: Hard** Yakuza 0] is an action-adventure video game developed and published by Sega. It is a prequel to the Yakuza series. The game takes place in December 1988 in Kamurocho, a fictionalized recreation of Tokyo's Kabukicho, and Sotenbori, a fictionalized recreation of Osaka's Dotonbori. It was released for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 in Japan in March 2015, and in North America and Europe for PlayStation 4 in January 2017. It was released on Microsoft Windows on August 1, 2018. What an absolute Unique and Great game “Yakuza 0” is.. It has great characters to great story and plenty other good stuff… It's an full form Japanese game ( if you know what i mean ) and The plot of Yakuza 0 is served up like a fresh bowl of udon noodles; simmering, full of twists and turns, and satisfying to the end. Here is my Full review of “#Yakuza 0” Pros:
Story: Simply it's Fantastic, You play as 2 controlling characters ( Kiryu and Majima ) through two different Places ( Kamurocho and Sotenbori ). Each both of them covering serious topics, as you’d expect from a game about mobsters who cut off their own pinkie fingers. It's simply one of the best story i have experience in 2018.
Characters you meet during the game are great, they are really well-done voice acting and everyone have an interesting backstory behind them. 👏
Speaking of Story, there are Sub-stories which you might encounter while roaming around.. Some of them been Serious to other been weird, helping people with simple problems, making absurd deliveries - to playing various roles, other been funny to many having tearful endings and more. There are over 100 Substories so good luck spending time finding them and finishing them.
There are Specially 2 cutscenes that stands out from even topnotch movies, those cutscenes touched my heart in a special way and I can not spoil it for you, You just have to experience it yourself and you will see it by yourself when you reached their.
Speaking of cutscenes, The graphics of the environment and characters during a rendered cutscene is just joy to watch as they nail down every single details in it. You can see characters injury to even small details like pierce of ears they he used to done it… Its Phenomenal
The BOSS battles are Spectacular to watch and very intriguing to fight. Each Boss has a unique way to beat him with some of the best heat actions movies that i have ever seen in a fighting video-game. It has to been experienced by yourself
With been main story and substories there are plenty of side-activities you can do in “Yakuza 0”. Wanna sing, do Karaoke, Wanna dance so go to disco, Wanna watch 18+ videos go to that location, Wanna do pocket racing, go to the arena to many many more like ( Beating Mr.Shakedown, Playing Pool, Darts, making deliveries, Playing Outrun, Fishing, Enjoying Some Female Wrestling, Going Bowling and many many MORE )
BUT the main two side-quests are the Real estate ( Kiryu ) and running a cabaret club ( Majima ) and THEY ARE AWESOME.. As a real estate, you are a manager of it and you have to buy properties and make more money than your rival and beating them at the end…. And at one point, playing as Majima, running the hostess bar and taking over fans from across Osaka. I personally dominated each territory in turn, dressed my best girls up in different attire, did their make-up, set staff for shifts, recruited, and ran each night’s shift, wrapped up in a game inside a game. I was at it for an entire 4 day almost. They can be there own games inside the main game… Think of it.. 🤔
Let just say that IF you are planning to play it or have already played it… you will meet 1 character in it named “Mr.Libido and……. The rest is history
SOUNDTRACK….. OMG ITS FAN-FREAKING-TASTIC. Who ever made it deserve a Round of applause 👏👏👏… its fits perfectly with the game and with the fights.. IT'S A MUST-TO-LISTEN SOUNDTRACK…. GG
Speaking of Fights. “Yakuza 0” has an interesting Fighting mechanic. Majima has a “Thug” style that feels like something out of UFC with a lot of heavy hits and powerful strikes along with a “Slugger” style that utilizes a baseball bat and a “Breaker” style that turns break dancing into violent choreography. Majima is clearly the most unique and his “Breaker” style, in particular, is just loads of fun. Spinning around on the floor with tons of particle effects and limbs flying is just wild to witness. Kiryu has a “Brawler” style that is clearly a less refined version of his previous move set along with a “Beast” mode to tackle bigger foes and a “Rush” mode. The “Rush” style, in particular, is amazing to toy around with and can even get you out of a jam when your health gets low. Based around a simple form of boxing, you get a lot of quick hits and evasive maneuvers that increase in speed as you build up your “heat” gauge.And each can be upgraded, not only by spending cash, but by completing the training of the colourful characters who teach you each style.
The “heat” gauge System has been refined from previous installments, focusing more on multiple levels of build-up that can then turned into different finishing moves. These are some of the most gloriously absurd displays of violence ever put in a game, with animation that look brutal and would leave the recipient in a hospital for quite a long time. How people can even breathe after receiving some of these punishment is a mystery. BUT HE IS TOTALLY NOT DIED BTW…..
Cons:
The first half of the game is VERY slow and can get repetitive and boring as you learn about characters, combat and other stuff so GET READY FOR A SLOW FIRST HALF… Cause the second half gets better
While the graphics of rendered cutscenes are phenomenal, The graphics of the game are not so good as 1. It is a Japanese game and 2. It was initially released on 2015. As you walk through the streets, the building are not so greatly rendered and you see a lot of pop-ups ( Just to be noted, it played on PS4 { not Pro } and have no idea how it is on PC )
Another negative about this game is for those who does not wanna read subtitles cause if not then this game is not for you, Yakuza 0 was initially released in Japan so the voice-acting of this game is all japanese and the subtitles are been translated into english
There are also many invisible walls around the map that you are not allowed to go to which sucks. And during some missions you are just restricted to go on a certain path which makes it feels as this is not-so-much an open world map
Tutorial to learn new moves of each style has been done really poorly and can get repetitive very fast, Its doing one stuff over and over again with actually dying on a tutorial, I MEAN COME ON. i just did not liked it
As you are running around the map, You will encounter many thugs as you are the hunted person, at start they might be fun to fight each now and than as you get to your next objective but doing it over and over and over again gets annoying and repetitive really fast. At least you can throw money to Distract them later on in the game
Sometimes the camera angle during a fight or moving around the city can get awkward and you might get stuck, it's not a big issue but still it is a issue
Final Verdict: 8/10 ( Excellent ) Were it not for the wealth of activities and side stories available around every corner, Yakuza Zero would still be a riveting game for its story alone. It does a fantastic job of pulling you into the plight of its main characters and holds your attention through every step of their winding journeys. But, when you take in everything the game has to offer, Zero becomes something special. Yes, its presentation leaves a lot to be desired at times and the fights aren't always as engaging as they could be, but the rest of the game is incredibly diverse and engaging. The sheer amount of activities at your fingertips would feel overwhelming if they weren't so inviting--you're never pressured to do one thing or another. It is worth getting if you are ready to read and wanna have a thrilling adventure of emotions Follow @videogames._.exe on Instagram for more reviews :)
Review / Thoughts---YAKUZA 0( PS4 ) *This review was made by combination of my own thoughts on it with some other review websites* Beaten in: 50 Hours Difficulty: Hard Yakuza 0 is an action-adventure video game developed and published by Sega. It is a prequel to the Yakuza series. The game takes place in December 1988 in Kamurocho, a fictionalized recreation of Tokyo's Kabukicho, and Sotenbori, a fictionalized recreation of Osaka's Dotonbori. It was released for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 in Japan in March 2015, and in North America and Europe for PlayStation 4 in January 2017. It was released on Microsoft Windows on August 1, 2018. What an absolute Unique and Great game “Yakuza 0” is.. It has great characters to great story and plenty other good stuff… It's an full form Japanese game ( if you know what i mean ) and The plot of Yakuza 0 is served up like a fresh bowl of udon noodles; simmering, full of twists and turns, and satisfying to the end. Here is my Full review of “#Yakuza 0” Pros:
Story: Simply it's Fantastic, You play as 2 controlling characters ( Kiryu and Majima ) through two different Places ( Kamurocho and Sotenbori ). Each both of them covering serious topics, as you’d expect from a game about mobsters who cut off their own pinkie fingers. It's simply one of the best story i have experience in 2018.
Characters you meet during the game are great, they are really well-done voice acting and everyone have an interesting backstory behind them. 👏
Speaking of Story, there are Sub-stories which you might encounter while roaming around.. Some of them been Serious to other been weird, helping people with simple problems, making absurd deliveries - to playing various roles, other been funny to many having tearful endings and more. There are over 100 Substories so good luck spending time finding them and finishing them.
There are Specially 2 cutscenes that stands out from even topnotch movies, those cutscenes touched my heart in a special way and I can not spoil it for you, You just have to experience it yourself and you will see it by yourself when you reached their.
Speaking of cutscenes, The graphics of the environment and characters during a rendered cutscene is just joy to watch as they nail down every single details in it. You can see characters injury to even small details like pierce of ears they he used to done it… Its Phenomenal
The BOSS battles are Spectacular to watch and very intriguing to fight. Each Boss has a unique way to beat him with some of the best heat actions movies that i have ever seen in a fighting video-game. It has to been experienced by yourself
With been main story and substories there are plenty of side-activities you can do in “Yakuza 0”. Wanna sing, do Karaoke, Wanna dance so go to disco, Wanna watch 18+ videos go to that location, Wanna do pocket racing, go to the arena to many many more like ( Beating Mr.Shakedown, Playing Pool, Darts, making deliveries, Playing Outrun, Fishing, Enjoying Some Female Wrestling, Going Bowling and many many MORE )
BUT the main two side-quests are the Real estate ( Kiryu ) and running a cabaret club ( Majima ) and THEY ARE AWESOME.. As a real estate, you are a manager of it and you have to buy properties and make more money than your rival and beating them at the end…. And at one point, playing as Majima, running the hostess bar and taking over fans from across Osaka. I personally dominated each territory in turn, dressed my best girls up in different attire, did their make-up, set staff for shifts, recruited, and ran each night’s shift, wrapped up in a game inside a game. I was at it for an entire 4 day almost. They can be there own games inside the main game… Think of it.. 🤔
Let just say that IF you are planning to play it or have already played it… you will meet 1 character in it named “Mr.Libido and……. The rest is history
SOUNDTRACK….. OMG ITS FAN-FREAKING-TASTIC. Who ever made it deserve a Round of applause 👏👏👏… its fits perfectly with the game and with the fights.. IT'S A MUST-TO-LISTEN SOUNDTRACK…. GG
Speaking of Fights. “Yakuza 0” has an interesting Fighting mechanic. Majima has a “Thug” style that feels like something out of UFC with a lot of heavy hits and powerful strikes along with a “Slugger” style that utilizes a baseball bat and a “Breaker” style that turns break dancing into violent choreography. Majima is clearly the most unique and his “Breaker” style, in particular, is just loads of fun. Spinning around on the floor with tons of particle effects and limbs flying is just wild to witness. Kiryu has a “Brawler” style that is clearly a less refined version of his previous move set along with a “Beast” mode to tackle bigger foes and a “Rush” mode. The “Rush” style, in particular, is amazing to toy around with and can even get you out of a jam when your health gets low. Based around a simple form of boxing, you get a lot of quick hits and evasive maneuvers that increase in speed as you build up your “heat” gauge.And each can be upgraded, not only by spending cash, but by completing the training of the colourful characters who teach you each style.
The “heat” gauge System has been refined from previous installments, focusing more on multiple levels of build-up that can then turned into different finishing moves. These are some of the most gloriously absurd displays of violence ever put in a game, with animation that look brutal and would leave the recipient in a hospital for quite a long time. How people can even breathe after receiving some of these punishment is a mystery. BUT HE IS TOTALLY NOT DIED BTW…..
Cons:
The first half of the game is VERY slow and can get repetitive and boring as you learn about characters, combat and other stuff so GET READY FOR A SLOW FIRST HALF… Cause the second half gets better
While the graphics of rendered cutscenes are phenomenal, The graphics of the game are not so good as 1. It is a Japanese game and 2. It was initially released on 2015. As you walk through the streets, the building are not so greatly rendered and you see a lot of pop-ups ( Just to be noted, it played on PS4 { not Pro } and have no idea how it is on PC )
Another negative about this game is for those who does not wanna read subtitles cause if not then this game is not for you, Yakuza 0 was initially released in Japan so the voice-acting of this game is all japanese and the subtitles are been translated into english
There are also many invisible walls around the map that you are not allowed to go to which sucks. And during some missions you are just restricted to go on a certain path which makes it feels as this is not-so-much an open world map
Tutorial to learn new moves of each style has been done really poorly and can get repetitive very fast, Its doing one stuff over and over again with actually dying on a tutorial, I MEAN COME ON. i just did not liked it
As you are running around the map, You will encounter many thugs as you are the hunted person, at start they might be fun to fight each now and than as you get to your next objective but doing it over and over and over again gets annoying and repetitive really fast. At least you can throw money to Distract them later on in the game
Sometimes the camera angle during a fight or moving around the city can get awkward and you might get stuck, it's not a big issue but still it is a issue
Final Verdict: 8/10 ( Excellent ) Were it not for the wealth of activities and side stories available around every corner, Yakuza Zero would still be a riveting game for its story alone. It does a fantastic job of pulling you into the plight of its main characters and holds your attention through every step of their winding journeys. But, when you take in everything the game has to offer, Zero becomes something special. Yes, its presentation leaves a lot to be desired at times and the fights aren't always as engaging as they could be, but the rest of the game is incredibly diverse and engaging. The sheer amount of activities at your fingertips would feel overwhelming if they weren't so inviting--you're never pressured to do one thing or another. It is worth getting if you are ready to read and wanna have a thrilling adventure of emotions Follow @videogames._.exe on Instagram for more reviews :)
Yakuza 0 real estate map. For yakuza 0 on the playstation 4 faqwalkthrough by cyricz. Yakuza 0 features tons of exciting and rewarding mini games one of which is the real estate mini game. Yakuza zero is the sixth main game in the yakuza series and a prequel to the first game. This article is a stub and is under construction. Real estate royale properties. Yakuza 0 real estate map. Yakuza 0 features tons of exciting and rewarding mini games one of which is the real estate mini game. Walkthroughs items maps video tips and strategies. The real estate royale is one of yakuza 0s most exciting and rewarding features. Receive a score higher than 80 to take 10 more real $ 0.00 0 items; Pretty Knits are the prettiest, best priced Knits in Pink and Green. Pieces can be mixed and matched to make multiple outfits. Pretty Knits are designed to mix and match and most are custom made as ordered. We can also make your top and bottom 2 different sizes if needed. yakuza 0 real estate properties Real Estate Royale Properties. Here follows a list of all the properties you can purchase, separated by district. I didn't include the price involved because really you should be prepared to spend a bundle regardless. This list is mainly for people wondering just where each property is, because it's not like the game is telling you. Leisure Real Estate Royale is straight forward: after you've completed the tutorial in Chapter 5, you build up control in an area by buying properties, using your advisors to improve those properties, and completing events related to the Five Billionaires. Events are triggered by reaching 30%, 60%, and 90% control of an area. The Real Estate Royale is one of Yakuza 0’s most exciting and rewarding features. This Yakuza 0 Real Estate Royale Guide will cover everything you need to know about the real estate game including mechanics, staff, stores, payouts and more. Real Estate Royale Your Staff. You are not alone in your efforts to buy out the town. You'll have a staff on hand which you can utilize to improve your chances of making massive amounts of cash. Managers are available in order to affect your income and participate in Money Battles. Security are used in order to protect districts against ne'er Yakuza 0 Real Estate Map. Properties Yakuza 0 Walkthrough & Guide GameFAQs Yakuza 0 Dream Machine Guide. Leisure King Wiki Guide IGN Yakuza 0 All Real Estate Locations YouTube. Yakuza 0 – Tachibana Real Estate – 4gamez.de Pleasure King Yakuza 0 Wiki Guide IGN. Yakuza 0 Dream Machine Guide Electronics King Wiki Guide IGN. The following is IGN's guide to the Gambling King Area in Yakuza 0. Properties. Yakuza 0 is a prequel game in the action-adventure series set in the cities of Japan. The Real Estate Broker This page seeks to help you navigate through the Real Estate. Tuesday , Kiryu attempts to take back the city's properties from the Five Billionaires. Yakuza 0 is a prequel game in the
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