Yakuza 0 is something that I enjoyed playing but I do not think I'll play again in a very long time. For this review, I will be sharing my pros and cons of this game.
Pros-
The combat- This game has some excellent combat, it feels much more smoother and better paced than Yakuza Kiwami.
Open World- This game's open world comparing it to Yakuza Kiwami's open world, I am going to have to say I love Yakuza 0's more. Late 80s Japan is one of the most beautiful settings in history in my opinion and Yakuza 0 did it right.
Music- I mean.. what can I say? The Yakuza music goes hard.
Two different characters- At first I was skeptical about going back and forth between Kiryu Kazama and Goro Majima, but actually the game did it quite well. Switching characters about every two chapters or so. And I really loved the different skill sets they have, I personally enjoyed playing Majima a lot more than Kiryu just because of the "Breaker" move set.
Story- I really enjoyed the story in this game, I found it a lot more interesting than Yakuza Kiwami. I'm not going to spoil it, but this game has a wild story.
Cons-
THE DAMN CUTSCENES- I know, this story is a great story to follow, in order for a great story you need some cutscenes, but half of the damn game is cutscenes. I want to fight, I want some action, Yakuza Kiwami had way more of that than Yakuza 0.
Felt way too easy- I played this game on the normal difficulty and it felt like easy mode, when i played Yakuza Kiwami on normal difficulty, it felt hard as hell, I could just suck at video games but this game just felt way too easy.
The chapters were way too long- This kind of goes back to the cutscene thing but the chapters in this game are ridiculously long. Yakuza Kiwami chapters were only about an hour in length, this game had like hour and a half long chapters, with some 45 minute ones here and there. And I feel like a lot of this has to do with the cutscenes being way too long.
Overall, Yakuza 0 is a good origin story to the Yakuza series, if this game would have been shorter in length and had more gameplay, it would havve been a great game. It is still a very good game, I just do not see myself playing it again anytime soon. I'm very excited to see the continuation in the series with Yakuza Kiwami 2.
Pros-
The combat- This game has some excellent combat, it feels much more smoother and better paced than Yakuza Kiwami.
Open World- This game's open world comparing it to Yakuza Kiwami's open world, I am going to have to say I love Yakuza 0's more. Late 80s Japan is one of the most beautiful settings in history in my opinion and Yakuza 0 did it right.
Music- I mean.. what can I say? The Yakuza music goes hard.
Two different characters- At first I was skeptical about going back and forth between Kiryu Kazama and Goro Majima, but actually the game did it quite well. Switching characters about every two chapters or so. And I really loved the different skill sets they have, I personally enjoyed playing Majima a lot more than Kiryu just because of the "Breaker" move set.
Story- I really enjoyed the story in this game, I found it a lot more interesting than Yakuza Kiwami. I'm not going to spoil it, but this game has a wild story.
Cons-
THE DAMN CUTSCENES- I know, this story is a great story to follow, in order for a great story you need some cutscenes, but half of the damn game is cutscenes. I want to fight, I want some action, Yakuza Kiwami had way more of that than Yakuza 0.
Felt way too easy- I played this game on the normal difficulty and it felt like easy mode, when i played Yakuza Kiwami on normal difficulty, it felt hard as hell, I could just suck at video games but this game just felt way too easy.
The chapters were way too long- This kind of goes back to the cutscene thing but the chapters in this game are ridiculously long. Yakuza Kiwami chapters were only about an hour in length, this game had like hour and a half long chapters, with some 45 minute ones here and there. And I feel like a lot of this has to do with the cutscenes being way too long.
Overall, Yakuza 0 is a good origin story to the Yakuza series, if this game would have been shorter in length and had more gameplay, it would havve been a great game. It is still a very good game, I just do not see myself playing it again anytime soon. I'm very excited to see the continuation in the series with Yakuza Kiwami 2.