davidwhangchoi
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Yakuza 0 Review Thread
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these can be 25 hour game or 200 hour games. you get what you want out of them.
please don't try to 100% it.
sammyCYBORG
Member
Why isn't the game available on Amazon UK?
Sold out.
Kenzodielocke
Banned
Because the demand is higher than they thought.
FallingEdge
Member
Lmao this "I did it for the trophy" trophy.
Too good.
Too good.
Argos is the only UK place I could find saying they have stock for launch day.
FallenGrace
Member
Just want to thank the guys and gals who kept mentioning the track Bubble in these Yakuza 0 threads. Finally gave it a listen.
I've had it on repeat for maybe 2 hours. Can't stop listening to it. Can't stop.
I've had it on repeat for maybe 2 hours. Can't stop listening to it. Can't stop.
kuroneko0509
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i am actually very interested to see if the west would tackle this matter or not or if it's even possible. considering the subject matter and focus of the yakuza series. that it's always been made for the japanese male gamer, and it's that it's about the japanese mafia which is indeed male dominated.
while folks say that inclusion is always a good thing, how does that work into this framework?
nagoshi recognizes the series for what it is and sticks to his guns regardless.
see sliconera article:
http://www.siliconera.com/2016/05/2...layers-female-theyll-still-keep-manly-series/
SuitedforGaming
Member
Still waiting on my copies (I preordered 2 copies to support the series)
I don't get them until Tuesday.
AMAZON
I THINK THE TIME HAS COME TO SHIP MY COPY NOW
AMAZON
please
Welp. Just got shipping details from Amazon. Even though they were happy to charge me for release date delivery they're not going to make it by that date. Typical!.
And this isn't the first time this has happened either. Gave them a piece of my mind. On the bright side I got my one-day delivery fee back and an extra month of free prime out of it. Still a bit annoyed though.
Also, I see you got banned. So I'm speaking to myself, I think. Insanity ensues.
Megawarrior
Member
I cancelled all 6 games I had preordered with amazon and did best buy in store pick up instead. Not worth the BS.
Man, these January releases are killing me. After overspending on games significantly through October/November/December, and knowing that I'll be overspending again in February/March, I tried to be responsible and only buy one game in January. I decided on RE7 after really enjoying the demo, but now the reviews of both Yakuza 0 and Gravity Rush 2 are starting to work their magic on my self-discipline. I mean, the remaster of Yakuza 1 comes out in NA in Summer, right? It's only rational that I buy and play through the prequel now??
Son Of Sparda
Member
I'd say that as a male, a game made for males like me doesn't mean that requires all female characters within the game need to be either saved, ogled or treated like property and that doing so doesn't make the game 'more manly' as it does more for people who don't mind lazy character development or characterization. I imagine Yakuza also have sisters, mothers, wives, etc. Yakuza 5 did a great job with Haruka having her own agency and Mirei Park was great.
I wouldn't dare suggest making the series less manly, I just don't equate manliness with two dimensional female characters and don't see how Kiryu would be any less of the best badass ever if the game also had female characters not in distress, or just there for sex or as property (it does, but they're rare).
Yakuza 0 is a great game though, and this discussion probably would be best in a different thread aside from the review thread.
davidwhangchoi
Member
OT is up =)
SuitedforGaming
Member
Is GameSpot dying? I'm pretty surprised at the amount of views.
Pretty much. I was a long time user on Gamespot. It began dying after Greg Kasavin left. He was my favorite reviewer. He inspired me to review games (initially written reviews and now video reviews)...Good times
Anyway, the death was accelerated after the Jeff Gertsman controversy and most of the users jumped ship to Giant Bomb. Gamespot is now a former shell of itself waiting to collapse.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Yeah, Gamespot is kind of irrelevant. They just lost all their "new blood" talent too, so who even knows who is there nowadays.
I remember that I used to read the GS reviews 10 (?) years ago... before that, my go to site was the G4MERS (Portugues site) that now is some shit called sapo.pt (???) and the review quality is disgusting... Now I just go and check IGN to see the intro of the review and jump straight to the conclusion - i like that they just go and say 'the graphics are X, the gameplay is Y but the story is W', so that I can have an idea of the game without actually knowing specific...
anyway, back to the topic: Yakuza seems like a great game, I will pick it up in the future for sure.
anyway, back to the topic: Yakuza seems like a great game, I will pick it up in the future for sure.
AuthenticM
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It's just a matter of time before Gamespot.com redirects to Giantbomb.com. I mean, videogames.com already does, lol.
Kingpin Rogers
Member
Finish in 10 mins, hopefully it will be at home waiting for me. Are there any day one patches or installs that I'll have to get through before I can play?
30yearsofhurt
Member
Put 6 hours into it tonight. Rush mode is OP.
I enjoy reading Peter Brown's content, but aside from that I would agree. There isn't much notable left
davidwhangchoi
Member
damn, user score is 9.0 on metacritic
TetraGenesis
Member
This could honestly grab me if I've never played Yakuza before?
Yes. Plenty of newcomers in the OT are liking the game a lot.
Yes. Do it!
I'm a bit late but here is my (Gameblog's) review: http://www.gameblog.fr/tests/2675-yakuza-0-ps4
8/10 with our "Essential" label.
8/10 with our "Essential" label.
Alexios
Cores, shaders and BIOS oh my!
OT is locked but this isn't so... Just finished this, it's shorter than I expected. There's little of note outside the (pretty cool) main story and I found myself only using one fighting style (despite upgrading equally), Beast for Kiryu and Slugger for Majima as they seemed the most effective. 8/10
30yearsofhurt
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Isn’t beast meant to be used with weapons you pick up off the ground? I find myself never using beast.OT is locked but this isn't so... Just finished this, it's shorter than I expected. There's little of note outside the (pretty cool) main story and I found myself only using one fighting style (despite upgrading equally), Beast for Kiryu and Slugger for Majima as they seemed the most effective. 8/10
I was using slugger primarily for Majima and brawler for Kiryu
Only on chapter 7 tho. 25 hours in
Alexios
Cores, shaders and BIOS oh my!
Not just weapons, its standard attack automatically picks up objects (bicycles, whatever) and continues the combo seamlessly. But even without that it seemed more effective for multiple enemies given the large basic swipes and to stagger singles as well to me, just like Majima's Slugger. Idk.
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The Cockatrice
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OT is locked but this isn't so... Just finished this, it's shorter than I expected. There's little of note outside the (pretty cool) main story and I found myself only using one fighting style (despite upgrading equally), Beast for Kiryu and Slugger for Majima as they seemed the most effective. 8/10
60+ hours is short?
Alexios
Cores, shaders and BIOS oh my!
I finished it in ~35, granted without spending much time in stuff like the management but I didn't feel compelled to for any reason, same for stuff like fishing or building up my friendship with the people that let you transfer money back and forth as I always seemed to have plenty with both characters, and I was coming off Like a Dragon which took me ~80 hours. That one had a lot more actual side quests (at least like the little girl calling you daddy in this one, not just strangers needing help, or maybe I'd do more of those too if there was an overarching goal like in the Hero missions of Like a Dragon and they were finite and unique rather than randomly generated) and things to do beyond the mini games and standard encounters and even management was more important as it gave you another party member to build up (but it's not like that took a good chunk of that time, maybe a couple hours, I didn't max it, I didn't exhaust fluff side tasks in that game either, far from it). I might go back to both games to do more side stuff but with the story all told and not much story to those tasks beyond getting the money to max out your fighting styles or in Like a Dragon new gear I'm not very motivated. Moving on to probably Kiwami 2 for now as I've played the original first game but not the sequel.
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