Nothing short of amazing; one of the best games I have ever played. I grew up with the Shenmue series, and if you ever played one of those games then stop reading this and buy the game, you'll LOVE it. The story is actually quite simple; if I was to explain it to you, you'd probably be pretty underwhelmed. Yakuza 0's power comes from HOW the story is told. I was constantly on the edge of my seat, and at one point my stomach was hurting from how much I was tensing my muscles (this is a good thing). The story is even better if you've never played a Yakuza game before (since you won't know which characters will live to appear in later games), but I highly recommend playing this game again if you decide to jump down the Yakuza rabbit hole and make it to Yakuza 5. I do have some issues with the pacing of the story in the early-game, and the combat (specifically in regards to how heat works), but only in comparison to other Yakuza games. The PC version has some technical issues, but PC Gaming Wiki is a great resource to use. Yakuza 0 goes on sale pretty often, and is still pretty cheap usually. Play this game, and please also play the rest of the series!

Reviewed on Sep 16, 2021


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