Yakuza 0 2015

Released: March 12, 2015
Genres: Role-playing (RPG) · Simulator · Hack and slash/Beat 'em up · Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3 · PlayStation 4 · PC · Xbox One
Developers: Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio · Sega Games
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Where to buy

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Is it still worth playing?

Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio's 2015 open world action game for the PlayStation 3 and 4 in Japan, released in the West in 2017 and later on Windows and Xbox One. It is a prequel to the first Yakuza, set in December 1988 and January 1989 in the fictional districts of Kamurocho and Sotenbori, so newcomers do not have to know the series. You alternate between Kazuma Kiryu in Tokyo and Goro Majima in Osaka, each with three switchable fighting styles plus a Legend style, in combat that is an old fashioned brawler. Kiryu invests in real estate and Majima runs a cabaret club. Side content includes bowling, baseball, karaoke, arcades, UFO catchers and Sega arcade games such as Out Run. It is worth playing now for a dense, hand built city where serious crime drama sits beside absurd comic side stories, in a prequel that needs no earlier game.