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What you MUST know when playing Yakuza 5 on your PS3
Make sure you have 50-60 GB free on your PS3. Remember the PS3 downloads the full game size but requires the SAME game’s size free on your system to properly install it.
This being the 5th game in the series, some might be concerned about the plot. What I can say is, that you’ll be spending so much time with the gameplay stuff that the story or plot won’t matter much. As such go in for the gameplay and you will be more than rewarded.
The game will be available as a PS Plus Freebie on Aug. 2nd for both EU and US PSN
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What to expect from the Yakuza series' gameplay
The Yakuza series are an RPG series with brawler-style/beat'em-up combat and a Stylish Action game with RPG elements.
The games primarly take place in Kamuro-cho and various cities in Japan. The cities function as a sort of hub, from which you can access shops and minigames.
As is common in Japan, walking around town attracts the attention of thugs who would beat the shit out of you just for not wearing their fav. brand of cologne.
Defeating enemies and/or completing missions earns you EXP to level up and get stronger and learn more combat abilities.
There are other stuff you can buy or do to earn small EXP rewards, along with items and weapons.
With Yakuza 5, keep in mind that it will start somewhat slow, but once it opens up, you may find yourself having spent 10 or even up to 20+ on the very first chapter alone (the one that focuses on Kiryu).
Don’t be surprised by this, the game just has that much fun stuff to do in it, from beating the living crap out of street thugs, to playing pool and billiard, bowling, batting center, Singing Karaoke with cute hostesses, fishing, cheating in Mahjong, trying to finish Virtua Fighter 2 with all characters to actually ENJOYING the Japanese Taxi Driver Simulator the first chapter utilizes.
That last part is subjective, some like it, others don’t, but if you manage to get a hang of it, you’ll be doing it simply for the dialog Kiryu and his customer has while driving them to their location.
Now you may think that Taxi Driving is dull, that’s fine, I didn’t care for some of the Taxi stuff myself, although you CAN customize the paint and decal of your Taxi vehicle, as well as upgrade it into a racing car. That’s right, you can actually tune up your generic Japanese Taxi vehicle with racing car parts. That’s just how awesome this game is.
FURTHERMORE, and despite being more simplistic than its predecessors of the concept in question, the game also features a ‘Free Drive’ option, where you get in your Taxi and just drive around the main highway circuit. This is unlocked after a few more Taxi missions, and while at first it may not seem appealing…
Well let me put it like this.
You’re playing the Free Drive mode; you’re on the highway, with your pimped out Taxi Card promoting your favourite Idol.
Now close your eyes.
Open the following, with your eyes closed and ENVISION, driving through the highway with that theme blasting from your high end sound system.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_zAxPqKa8Y
Yes
That is how awesome this game, and this franchise, that you neglected the whole time you had a PS3, is.
As for the rest of the game, well it’ll have its fair share of Japanese wackiness, cocky thug head busting and the dozen or so mini games and side stories that you’ll put hours and hours into.
Feel free to use Spoiler Tags if you want to discuss the story, but putting it simply, if you want a game that has lots of actual GAMEPLAY content you can go back to and play over and over, this is the game to go for.
…and you can expect Yakuza 0 to also have this level of content you can do in-game, plus a Photo Mode!
That’s what makes this franchise so fun and loved; it gives you so many mundane and simple side content that they’re fun to play and go back to from time to time, be it to take a break from the main game or just to pass the time with a simple minigame, or just to blast ROOOOOOOOJ UV LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHV all day long.
