“Yakuza 0. 13 hours in. Still on chapter 1. I’ll never finish this f—g game.” - petbastard, 2019
Report 21: Big Boys Time V: VS Kuze
Woah, now that was… a timesinker alright.
As I understand, this game is considered a pretty solid entry point for the Yakuza franchise. Even though there were a few moments that are clearly hinting at the previously developed games, I really enjoyed the story and the characters. Also really liked the fighting mechanics (even though I don’t exactly have anything else to compare them to yet).
It is chock full of content and minigames. I was terribly bad at some of them (disco, batting cage, shogi) though. MCs’ subplot minigames are kinda weird - Real Estate Royale is really profitable but mindnumbingly boring and mediocre, yet Cabaret Club Czar is pretty engaging but barely makes enough profit for the late game (although the rewards for beating bosses are pretty generous). Hated the Catfights minigame with a passion - at least the casino minigames aren’t lying to you about them being purely RNG-based. Loved karaoke, mahjong, racing, teleclub minigames.
Although it is very pleasant experience to complete things in Yakuza 0, it became so overwhelming I had to draw a line somewhere. Climax Battles were the straw that broke the camel’s back, the moment I realized: “okay, I’m getting annoyed and I’m not sure if I want to do this anymore”. I really didn’t want to soil the wonderful experience I had with the game any longer. I’ll probably finish the Hardcore mode and get another achievement or two later, but I’ll doubt I have it in me to beat the substories bosses and finish up the completion list. I actually kinda liked mahjong when I got used to it, but I’m not sure if I’m ready to dedicate myself to completing it. Still too dumb for shogi though :/
Despite all that, maybe someday I’ll complete it properly. But I’m not sure. As of right now, my completion list is at 91%, and I’m fine with that.
Overall, loved it. Want to do more. Later. Don’t wanna exhaust myself.
Backlog progress status: dame dame, dame yo, dame nano yo
Wow I have this game on my Wishlist for some time now, but honestly this is the first time I realize how long it would take to 100% it
It IS a pretty big game contentwise. It’s even kinda cheap for the sheer amount of it.
So true, the price on release 20$ is actually what misled me, I thought it would be a glorified prologue like MGS Ground Zeroes