Abstract: For the most part, videogames are guilty of playing safe when it comes to genre categorisation, constrained by staunch alignment to popular or recognised styles of gameplay - whether it be in the guise of a first-person shooter, an action platformer, o...
Abstract: Yakuza 3 takes us all back to Japan to deal with the problems of being a high-level Yakuza. Unfortunately, SEGA didn’t upgrade much in the game except the graphics. You can’t fast-forward through cut scenes, there’s loads and loads of reading and some ...
Abstract: While Sega’s Yakuza franchise has been wildly popular in its native Japan, it has always had more of a cult following here in the States. Though it has taken its sweet time getting here, the first next-gen title in the series, Yakuza 3, finally hit wes...
Abstract: Being a huge fan of Yakuza 1 and 2 on PS2, I went into Yakuza 3 with some pretty lofty expectations, even after hearing about some of the cuts that were made to the game by Sega of America due to the thought that we wouldn't "get" some of the reference...
Abstract: Legend has it that the term "yakuza" derives from the classic Japanese card game hanafuda. Of the many combinations of cards you can draw as a hand, the worst is eight-nine-three -- pronounced, in an old dialect of Japanese, "ya-ku-za." In order to win...
City of Kamurocho feels alive, Diverse range of fun minigames, Excellent voice acting, Revelation photo challenges are hilarious
Occasional framing problems with camera during combat, Weapon crafting system feels tacked on
Yakuza 3's compelling story, great atmosphere, and abundance of extracurricular activities make it the best game in the franchise so far....
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Published: 2010-03-11, Author: Dan , review by: cnet.com
Abstract: Yakuza 3 is a gritty, free-roaming adventure game that thrusts you fist-first into the Japanese underworld. But while it preaches violence to bend you to its will, it rewards players who uphold the hierarchical bonds of its namesake organisation. The j...
If wrote about everything in this game, you’d have a 10-page review on your hands, but the long and short of it is that Yakuza 3 is a great experience. The story’s cool, the fighting’s fun, and there’s so much to do. (Did I mention...
