SecretBonusPoint said:
I assume the low Yakuza 3 score is due to cut content and not a reflection of the awesome game itself?
I think the previous game got a similar score, a 6 in GTM is still above average. Most of the reviews I've read say that the Yakuza franchise is just treading water aside from the plot.
Games TM has some beef with Toshihiro Nagoshi. The magazine went over to Japan to interview him at the time of the PAL Yakuza 2 release (some time after the JP release). He came across as a total dickhead in the interview, hardly bothering to answer their questions and totally ignoring some of them, with the writing staff ending things saying essentially 'never meet you heroes'. He seemed to have disappeared up his own arse, he had a ludicrous hairdo, a stupid beard, a fake tan, and showed nothing but contempt for the fans outside Japan. I doubt it played into this score, but it's funny anyway.