Current Events > Playing through Yakuza series. On Yakuza 3 right now

(+) Yeah! (+)

Game is really good. I'm about 12 hours in. Everyone was talking about how outdated and clunky it will be, but it plays really well. It came out in 2009 which is a long time ago, but it was still the middle of the PS3 era where a lot of core game mechanics were polished. The only large complaint I have with the combat is how often the enemies block, but I think this was to encourage the use of grabs and weapons over regular unarmed combat.

I actually did enjoy the beginning 5 hours in Okinawa. I recognize that there was a lot of stupid padding. It was pretty egregious how many times you made the decision to travel to Tokyo but small task on the island came up before you could actually go. But overall, it was entertaining and heartwarming.

Story obviously isn't as good as 0's or 2's, but it's entertaining. It does lack that omph to it that Kiwami 2 hinted it in one of the side quests that critiqued 3. The villains seem pretty shallow, and it doesn't feel like things aren't escalating to the degree they did in 0 and 2.

Overall, I am thoroughly enjoying this game.

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Really enjoyed 3 it seems to mostly get flak by people who played the Kiwami games before it. Lots of fun supporting characters and Kiryu shows more personality than he usually does. You're right about the blocking though it was a bit annoying

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CinderLock posted...

Really enjoyed 3 it seems to mostly get flak by people who played the Kiwami games before it. Lots of fun supporting characters and Kiryu shows more personality than he usually does. You're right about the blocking though it was a bit annoying

yeah I love all of the characters on Okinawa. The dynamic between a large scale Yakuza meeting a local small time island Yakuza brought a nice feeling. Especially when Kiryu finally revealed who he was to them.

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