Punch them. Whack them. Break their faces. What more do you want? Think of Yakuza as Tekken meets GTA. There is an open world to explore and almost all of the shops you can enter without the hassle of loading times. All of the moves might look damn familiar, perhaps from Tekken when in hand-to-hand combat or armed combat from Soul Calibur. All the bells and whistles, but none of the charm. To say the least, Yakuza has it's downfalls. The sloppy gameplay can get boring quickly and the storyline is a bit on the shallow side. There is upgrades, combos and weapons, but nothing too serious like guns. Mostly it's just sticks, bats, pipes and wooden planks. You can pick up anything from around your environment and use it as a weapon, even innocent bystanders can be used as a shield. Yakuza is what Chinese mafia should've been a couple of years ago before the release of GTA 3. maybe then we would've appreciated it more.
Paraphrased. This game freaking rules! It's the bastard child of Shenmue, GTA and River City Ransom - complete with buying wacky food at restaurants for healing, XP, and getting armor & stuff at pawn shops. I coul... Read Full Review
Most video games we've seen over the years have always been Mafia games based on the Italian Mafia through various parts of America. But we never hear much of other Mafia games until Sega released Yakuza which was releas... Read Full Review
