Even though I only finished Y0 for now, it might be a stretch but Kiryu and Majima are already among two of my favorite characters in fiction. Both of them are characterized wonderfully throughout the entire game not only in their heartfelt and emotional journey but also through exploring Kamurocho/Sotenbori through their lens. They are goofballs, dense at times and awkward, yet endearing, passionate and just charismatic in what they do, everything from beating up goons to singing karaoke feels like a man putting everything they have into doing what they love and what they have to do. As someone who loves story with ideas of forging your own path, by the end these two characters are the very embodiment of it and I fucking love them so much.
Yakuza 0 is an absolute masterpiece not just in balancing serious crime drama while embracing its silliness, but also manages to be one of the most fun, thrilling and emotional experience I've ever had with any piece of media. The story is absolutely incredible, a political war between different factions in the family that had me tearing up in some of the latter half of the story, it really shows how good a quality of a story is when I love every single one of the antagonist, from the three lieutenants, Sagawa, Nishitani etc., all of them with their compelling motivations and able to stand on their own as characters through their presence and excellent voice performances, creating some of the most cathartic boss fights in any game for me.
Admittedly some of the minigames had me pulling my hair out and I didn't like some of them (need the catfight shit gone) but the positives outweigh the bad ones easily. As someone who completed all the 100 substories I can also say I absolutely love them. These two cities I spend hundreds of hours exploring are densely packed with things to explore and different people to meet that feels like a living breathing place, and that is my favorite kind of setting tbh
Oh yeah I also 100% the completion list #realfan even though Y0 could be the peak for me I'll still really excited for what is to come for the rest of the games
Yakuza 0 is an absolute masterpiece not just in balancing serious crime drama while embracing its silliness, but also manages to be one of the most fun, thrilling and emotional experience I've ever had with any piece of media. The story is absolutely incredible, a political war between different factions in the family that had me tearing up in some of the latter half of the story, it really shows how good a quality of a story is when I love every single one of the antagonist, from the three lieutenants, Sagawa, Nishitani etc., all of them with their compelling motivations and able to stand on their own as characters through their presence and excellent voice performances, creating some of the most cathartic boss fights in any game for me.
Admittedly some of the minigames had me pulling my hair out and I didn't like some of them (need the catfight shit gone) but the positives outweigh the bad ones easily. As someone who completed all the 100 substories I can also say I absolutely love them. These two cities I spend hundreds of hours exploring are densely packed with things to explore and different people to meet that feels like a living breathing place, and that is my favorite kind of setting tbh
Oh yeah I also 100% the completion list #realfan even though Y0 could be the peak for me I'll still really excited for what is to come for the rest of the games