Tizoc
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As the 'Year of Dreams' comes to a close, I find that many a PS4 owner, let alone PS4GAF are neglecting one of the big surprise announcements during PSX '15:
Yakuza 0 getting a Physical and Digital English release in 2016. (Note that Yakuza 0 shipped over 500,000 units combined in Asian regions and Japan COMBINED)
Known in Japan as Ryu ga Gotoku (Like a Dragon), the Yakuza series are best described as action games, with lots of punching people in the face, stomping on people's faces and the occasional pile-driving people's necks on the pavement. And that's just a handful of the violently satisfying actions you can do in the series.
Yakuza 0 is a prequel.
This can't be instated enough; being a prequel means you don't have to worry too much about the story and can easily get into the game without knowing much from the previous games.
Yakuza 0 takes place in 1988 Japan at the time of the "bubble economy" and focuses on 2 characters:
The first is long-time protagonist Kiryu Kazuma during his early years working for the Tojo Clan in Kamuro-cho, Tokyo
The other character is Majima Goro who is sent to Osaka to oversee the prosperity of a club.
More about the game and characters will be explained in the videos I link below.
To get a good understanding of the series and to garner interest in Yakuza 0, I present to you 2 videos by HyperBitHero-
The first is a video about the series in general, as he gives a quick look at all games in the series released in Japan by Jan. 2015
Please watch in 1080p/720p for best quality
Next is HBH's newest video where he talks about Yakuza 0, the series' first English PS4 title, and showcases its fantastic gameplay elements and combat-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZD2eufsDII
Please watch in 1080p/720p for best quality
The first 7 minutes cover the story of the game based on what was shown in Japanese trailers and has some scenes from the first chapter for each character . As such there wouldn't be any spoilers, if you would like to go into the game with as little info about the plot as possible though, just start watching from around 7:20 as that's where HyperBitHero showcases the combat and the gameplay elements present in Yakuza 0.
Hopefully this video and impressions from fellow GAFfers will interest you more into following and eventually picking up this game, cuz hey you can NEVER have enough Outrun in your life.
As a small bonus, here are some WEBMs of the combat and city exploration within the game
Yakuza 0 getting a Physical and Digital English release in 2016. (Note that Yakuza 0 shipped over 500,000 units combined in Asian regions and Japan COMBINED)
Known in Japan as Ryu ga Gotoku (Like a Dragon), the Yakuza series are best described as action games, with lots of punching people in the face, stomping on people's faces and the occasional pile-driving people's necks on the pavement. And that's just a handful of the violently satisfying actions you can do in the series.
Yakuza 0 is a prequel.
This can't be instated enough; being a prequel means you don't have to worry too much about the story and can easily get into the game without knowing much from the previous games.
Yakuza 0 takes place in 1988 Japan at the time of the "bubble economy" and focuses on 2 characters:
The first is long-time protagonist Kiryu Kazuma during his early years working for the Tojo Clan in Kamuro-cho, Tokyo
The other character is Majima Goro who is sent to Osaka to oversee the prosperity of a club.
More about the game and characters will be explained in the videos I link below.
To get a good understanding of the series and to garner interest in Yakuza 0, I present to you 2 videos by HyperBitHero-
The first is a video about the series in general, as he gives a quick look at all games in the series released in Japan by Jan. 2015
Please watch in 1080p/720p for best quality
Next is HBH's newest video where he talks about Yakuza 0, the series' first English PS4 title, and showcases its fantastic gameplay elements and combat-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZD2eufsDII
Please watch in 1080p/720p for best quality
The first 7 minutes cover the story of the game based on what was shown in Japanese trailers and has some scenes from the first chapter for each character . As such there wouldn't be any spoilers, if you would like to go into the game with as little info about the plot as possible though, just start watching from around 7:20 as that's where HyperBitHero showcases the combat and the gameplay elements present in Yakuza 0.
Hopefully this video and impressions from fellow GAFfers will interest you more into following and eventually picking up this game, cuz hey you can NEVER have enough Outrun in your life.
As a small bonus, here are some WEBMs of the combat and city exploration within the game
Code:
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https://fat.gfycat.com/FlatPowerlessAfricanharrierhawk.webm
https://zippy.gfycat.com/SociablePeriodicAsianlion.webm
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