This game really deserved the remake treatment that Yakuza 1 and 2 got. The movement in this game especially is really bad and you can almost never go straight forward without going slightly to the left or to the right. The combat in this game, while having a lot of good ideas, is not realised very well. Enemies will block all of your attacks and it becomes impossible to damage bosses because they always counter you. If not for the Komaki moves I doubt I would have been able to finish this game on Hard difficulty. The story however, is pretty good. It follows the ending of Yakuza 2 directly, with Kiryu now owning an orphanage. As the game goes on, the story gets even better, especially during the final chapters of the game.

Reviewed on May 19, 2022


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