Yakuza 3 Review

Story 7.9- Kazuma Kiryu is back and he kicks some more ass! But this time, he's doing it for orphans??? The story is ok, not the best out of the yakuza games. Still lots of twist and turns and dramatic moments though. 2 years after the 2nd game, kazuma is now running an orphanage, finally away from his yakuza life.NOTE* for anyone who doesn't know, Yakuza is japanese mafia. Things are going well for him until 2 of his friends get shot and some sort of conspiracy involving the land his orphanage occurs, threatening his kids. Once again he goes back to the yakuza way of solving things.

Graphics 7.9- This game came out in 2008 but just came out over here so of course it looks pretty outdated. The game still looks acceptable though. The entire cities you roam in look great! character models look ok. The only part where the graphics actually shine is when your beating the crap out of people. For some reason it looks good above all. Literally....

Gameplay 9- this is how yakuza works. You walk around towns/cities like an rpg(you talk to people to receive quests, buy items/trade/sell,Lvl up). Then every once in a while someone runs up to you and then the fighting begins. Its pretty cool how it works. When they run up to you and get done talking with you, the crowds walking around the streets start to crowd around the fight, NO LOADING SCREEN.The fighting is where this game shines. Its a "button masher"(punch,kick,grab,block,dodge) but what makes it unique is there's a bar in the corner called your heat meter. When you fill it up to the right length, you can grab the enemy and go to the environment( or if you unlock a specific move-don't need it environment) and then trigger a heat move. These moves are basically just finishers but they look really awesome and there's more than 80.Some range from badass to just plain silly.Aside from the fighting there's also lots of minigames you can play like pool,darts, or better... karaoke.

Replayablility 9- This game's story mode is easily 20 hours long. Add minigames and 101 sidemissions and you've got 7 plus hours right there. This game is pretty addicting but might turn off some people since its subtitled.

overall 8.5- Worth it if your a fan of jrpgs

Publisher- Sega
Developer-Amusement visions
HOW I REVIEWED THIS
Played through twice. Done most of the side missions (80%). Total playtime-63 hours.Trophies available