Yakuza 0

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8.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 489 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 421 out of 489
  2. Mixed: 31 out of 489
  3. Negative: 37 out of 489

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  1. barbagodx
    Sep 1, 2023
    9
    It's arguably one of the most enjoyable games in the franchise, with a better chance of getting into it.
  2. apokalipto
    Aug 13, 2023
    9
    Very good game. I enjoyed playing this game a lot. I strongly recommend this.
  3. Asspull
    Jul 10, 2023
    5
    yakuza 0
    the small games inside yakuza 0 just fine .tossing money is nice one like assassin creed 2.
    the sense is different ,this make pistol and machete look less dangerous . the story mix too many fiction stuff. open world ,various items and characters ,as a game not bad .but I just not enjoy playing this . it looks too much precaution of death and sex content . to kill or not    yakuza 0
    the small games inside yakuza 0 just fine .tossing money is nice one like assassin creed 2.
    the sense is different ,this make pistol and machete look less dangerous . the story mix too many fiction stuff.
    open world ,various items and characters ,as a game not bad .but I just not enjoy playing this . it looks too much precaution of death and sex content . to kill or not supposed to decided by player .
    ...
    I was expecting yakuza told me how to dig hole hide body not KOF .    … Expand
  4. Toshi_inu
    Jul 4, 2023
    10
    Una obra de arte el mejor Juego de la saga Yakuza, historia impactante, sobre todo una gran historia entre Majima y Makoto
  5. Tintler
    Jun 26, 2023
    8
    Oynadığım süre boyunca her anından zevk alarak oynadım.

    Yan görevleriyle, mini oyunlarıyla, hikayesi ve gerçekleşen twistleriyle tam bir başyapıt. Hikaye nasıl devam edecek acaba diye zevk ile oynuyorsunuz.
  6. ebbest
    Jun 23, 2023
    10
    I think this is the best chapter of the series,
    Story 10
    Combact system 10
    graphics 8
  7. AgentLvi
    Jun 18, 2023
    9
    Excellent game. The story is so enjoyable, scoring is really great, visual is decent, and the voice is stunning
  8. Mustolini
    Jun 9, 2023
    9
    This was the first Yakuza game that I played ever. But I really enjoyed it. The story was good. But it hade it's upp and downs. But it hade it's banger moments and it usually goes for 20$ dollar and it's a steal.
  9. lesiuML
    Jun 3, 2023
    8
    Really amazing story telling, definitely one of the best story driven game. A lot of side activities, beautiful graphics and setting with lot of attentions to details. Brilliant and very unique humor. Yakuza is a perfect example how to make very serious game with lot of humor that isn't ruining the immersion. Combat is interesting but honestly wasn't my cup of tea. Nevertheless Yakuza isReally amazing story telling, definitely one of the best story driven game. A lot of side activities, beautiful graphics and setting with lot of attentions to details. Brilliant and very unique humor. Yakuza is a perfect example how to make very serious game with lot of humor that isn't ruining the immersion. Combat is interesting but honestly wasn't my cup of tea. Nevertheless Yakuza is surely very memorable experience with amazing plot twists and outstandingly designed characters. It's simply an amazing game. If you like Japan culture or something more than just good stories - this is definitely game you must try.… Expand
  10. curzon_dax
    Apr 7, 2023
    7
    game is very subjective if you're gonna like it. it's well designed for its genre; it offers a relatively large open world of progressive adventuring without being excessively large; its battling style is relatively complex and you can progressively become better and better at it while the story is fitting for a crime story. however for my tastes it was very excessive in verticalgame is very subjective if you're gonna like it. it's well designed for its genre; it offers a relatively large open world of progressive adventuring without being excessively large; its battling style is relatively complex and you can progressively become better and better at it while the story is fitting for a crime story. however for my tastes it was very excessive in vertical progression design; the game has you doing repetitive mundane tasks in order to have minor progress every time for minor benefits in battle (if you take the money system out of the picture (e.g. by using a trainer) the game feels extremely barebones for little gameplay since the repetition for more and more money is what gave a lot of its apparent depth); the battle style is subjective if you're gonna like it and you might like it if you're into that kind of genre but I personally found it cumbersome and repetitive and not worth the trouble going the full road of perfecting my gameplay for this game while the story was nothing extraordinary but I definitely can't give it a very low score because it's obviously subjectively great if you're into that kind of genre.… Expand
  11. levoxyl
    Mar 28, 2023
    10
    Best game ever. Story is so interesting you wanna continue playing. So many turn tables ,great combat, stories,substories,money,farming,satisfying, easy, just remember to save it in the phone boots
  12. Shadowxxx
    Feb 19, 2023
    0
    disgusting trash disgusting trash disgusting trash disgusting trash disgusting trash
  13. TIMOFEIKA
    Feb 12, 2023
    9
    Good game but I kinda don't like how you need money to upgrade. Good combat, and I like the 80s vibes. And 30 hours of story? pretty good.
  14. Targaryen006
    Feb 5, 2023
    9
    Story
    -Main story 4/5
    -Side Quests 2/5
    -Story Direction 4/5
    -main characters 4/5
    -side characters 4/5
    Gameplay
    -Combat 4/5
    - open world 3/5
    -general gameplay 4/5
    Graphics 4/5
    -Environmental design 4/5
    -Animations 3/5
    -optimization 3/3
    on my record : 35h
  15. YorneerDaGooch
    Jan 31, 2023
    10
    UNDOUBTEDLY the best game in the series and the most fun and unique gaming experience that ive ever played, The characters are amazing, Atmosphere is amazing, Gameplay is amazing. This game never missed.
    If you are planning on getting into the franchise, This is the best place to start.
  16. Pembroke_Watts
    Dec 13, 2022
    6
    I found the gameplay to be lacking. The combat is fun but has little depth, and after a while, it felt a bit repetitive. The soundtrack is not at all memorable, and I disliked much of the side content. Nonetheless, I liked the plot, and was mostly what kept me interested throughout.
  17. lucvsds
    Nov 22, 2022
    5
    Achei esse jogo muito bom, confesso que não estava dando tanta esperança pra ele, pois nunca tinha visto nada sobre. A razão pela qual deixo essa nota... é que não tem autosave. Eu acabei gostando tanto do jogo que esqueci completamente de salvar, e bom, tive azar de acontecer uma queda de luz justo no dia. Perdi 6 horas de gameplay, e não tenho vontade de recuperar elas kkkkk, agora jáAchei esse jogo muito bom, confesso que não estava dando tanta esperança pra ele, pois nunca tinha visto nada sobre. A razão pela qual deixo essa nota... é que não tem autosave. Eu acabei gostando tanto do jogo que esqueci completamente de salvar, e bom, tive azar de acontecer uma queda de luz justo no dia. Perdi 6 horas de gameplay, e não tenho vontade de recuperar elas kkkkk, agora já foi, mas vou aproveitar os outros jogos da franquia quando puder.… Expand
  18. Karlsefniy
    Nov 18, 2022
    9
    With epic and long cutscenes, good characters, great music, pretty good gameplay for each character and weird substories, Yakuza 0 is beautiful and stupid at the same time, and I love it. While dealing with stuff like organised crime through the main storyline, you can do substories like helping a child buy an obscene magazine, being friends with a chicken, helping Steven Spielberg recordWith epic and long cutscenes, good characters, great music, pretty good gameplay for each character and weird substories, Yakuza 0 is beautiful and stupid at the same time, and I love it. While dealing with stuff like organised crime through the main storyline, you can do substories like helping a child buy an obscene magazine, being friends with a chicken, helping Steven Spielberg record a clip with Michael Jackson, and probably my favourite of all, singing karaoke. One of the minuses for me was the fact that cutscenes in substories were text-based, but it was adding to the comedic tone, so it was no big deal.… Expand
  19. ulufarkas
    Nov 6, 2022
    4
    I have wasted 88 minutes of my life, 18 gb of my internet data, and 20 bucks. Even 20 years old GTA 3 has better mechanics. This game is totally trash except you are playing it just for the story.
  20. kinsang
    Sep 12, 2022
    9
    เกมแรกของซีรี่ย์ที่เล่น และเป็นเกมที่คุ้มค่าทุกวินาทีที่เล่น ถึงแม้จะไม่ใช่เกมที่สมบูรณ์แบบ แต่เป็นเกมที่จะตราตรึงอยู่ในใจแน่นอน
  21. Wondux
    Aug 19, 2022
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Generally a very fun game. As a "Yakuza" fan, it was exciting to see appears of characters from the series. The story was well-written, although there were some Japanese cliches in the story. (not being able to save a character because you are late, or as seen in the other games, getting shot only because of dropping your guards and your gun down) That did not bother me too much as I just accepted the fact that it is a part of the culture and a form of art. The side missions were very enjoyable to me as well.
    However, the presentation of the story was kind of annoying for me. There were voiced cutscenes, non-voiced scenes, and voiced comic-book-style panels. This was more cheap than artistic to me. I felt like that was done only to cut the budget down. It did not serve any purpose, at least not that I could notice.    … Expand
  22. krlwarkrl
    Jul 16, 2022
    9
    9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 99 9 9 9 point !
  23. muzmuz
    Jul 11, 2022
    4
    As interesting the story everyone thinks it has, the pacing is heavily crippled by mind-bogglingly slow text animations and transitions, making Sega's cutscene-focused narrative-heavy crime-drama a sluggish almost agonizing experience. Unfortunately, the horrendous level design, janky gameplay, annoying saving mechanics and inconsistent cutscenes didn't help compensate for that.

    No    As interesting the story everyone thinks it has, the pacing is heavily crippled by mind-bogglingly slow text animations and transitions, making Sega's cutscene-focused narrative-heavy crime-drama a sluggish almost agonizing experience. Unfortunately, the horrendous level design, janky gameplay, annoying saving mechanics and inconsistent cutscenes didn't help compensate for that.

    No matter how great people think the story is, this is a video game, not a movie.    … Expand
  24. HaGiaLuan
    Jul 7, 2022
    9
    Game rất hay, lúc đầu tôi không mấy quan tâm lắm đến tựa game này tuy nhiên dạo gần đây ngay đợt sale summer của steam tôi đã biết đến nó yakuza 0 một game cực kỳ hay, đồ họa , gamplay đánh đấm quá đã .
    Lenovo i5, ram 8gb, intel iris xe chơi khá thoải mái , mượt mà.
    9/10.
  25. The_D4RknesS
    Jul 3, 2022
    10
    this one is really worth 1000, much better than the crap released on the PS2 where you just walked around, watched cutscenes and talked
  26. EnsarO
    Jun 28, 2022
    10
    Best Yakuza game ever made. This game is amazing from start to finish. The only problem with this game, it has an ending.
  27. Antohadance
    Jun 22, 2022
    10
    Приквел к гениальной серии японских бит м апов. Мне игра практически всем понравилась, особенно сюжетом, разве что графика слабоватая
  28. AngryGeek
    Jun 6, 2022
    7
    Baka mitai kodomo na no ne
    Yume o otte kizutsuite
    Uso ga heta na kuse ni waraenai egao miseta I love you mo roku ni iwanai Kuchi beta de honma ni bukiyou Na no ni na no ni **** Sayonara wa ieta no Dame da ne dame yo dame na no yo Anta ga suki de suki sugite Dore dake tsuyoi osake demo Yugamanai omoide ga baka mitai Baka mitai hontou baka ne Anta shinjiru bakari de Tsuyoi    Baka mitai kodomo na no ne
    Yume o otte kizutsuite
    Uso ga heta na kuse ni waraenai egao miseta

    I love you mo roku ni iwanai
    Kuchi beta de honma ni bukiyou
    Na no ni na no ni ****
    Sayonara wa ieta no

    Dame da ne dame yo dame na no yo
    Anta ga suki de suki sugite
    Dore dake tsuyoi osake demo
    Yugamanai omoide ga baka mitai

    Baka mitai hontou baka ne
    Anta shinjiru bakari de
    Tsuyoi onna no furi setsunasa no yokaze abiru

    Hitori ni natte san nen ga sugi
    Machinami sae mo ****
    Na no ni na no ni ****
    Miren dake okizari

    Honma ni roku na otoko ya nai
    Soroi no yubiwa hazushimasu
    Zamaa miro seisei suru wa
    Ii kagen mattete mo baka mitai

    Dame da ne dame yo dame na no yo
    Anta ga suki de suki sugite
    Dore dake tsuyoi osake demo
    Yugamanai omoide ga baka mitai

    Honma ni roku na otoko ya nai
    Soroi no yubiwa hazushimasu
    Zamaa miro seisei suru wa
    Nan na no yo kono namida baka mitai    … Expand
  29. Sholva
    May 2, 2022
    10
    This is how you make a prequel.

    Yakuza 0 is without a doubt one of the best games in the series, and it is quite obvious that RGG Studio knew what they needed to do, to make this game the amazing prequel that it is. Certainly, it is the best entry point for anyone wanting to get into the franchise, and this is the way I did it, years ago, when this game came to the PC. But the    This is how you make a prequel.

    Yakuza 0 is without a doubt one of the best games in the series, and it is quite obvious that RGG Studio knew what they needed to do, to make this game the amazing prequel that it is.

    Certainly, it is the best entry point for anyone wanting to get into the franchise, and this is the way I did it, years ago, when this game came to the PC.

    But the interesting thing about Yakuza Zero here is the fact that…once you’ve played the whole series, going back to Zero…is even more amazing compared to the first time. At least…this is the case for me, because then we can appreciate the huge amount of care and attention to detail put into this game, with so many little details and bits here and there referencing things that we get to learn, to some extent, in the following games.

    Replaying this game is quite nice, and since I didn’t have a review posted here for this one (I thought I had) well, I just replayed it recently and this is a good time. This game is top epic quality from start to finish, of that there’s no doubt.

    Performance wise, this is a decent port here on the PC, it has some minor caveats here and there, but nothing that a quick visit to PCGamingwiki can’t fix, and other than those small quirks, the game runs pretty nice on the PC.

    I originally played this game on my old i5 4690K and GTX 1070 machine, and it ran quite fine at 1080p with some Super Sampling on top too, enough to do 60 FPS at all times.

    Currently, on my Ryzen 5 3600 and RTX 3060 Ti, I have played at 1620p DLDSR and with SSAAx4 on top, so that’s a lot of resolution, and still able to keep locked 60 FPS at all times.

    What amazed me the most the very first time I played, back in the day, were the incredibly detailed character models, especially in the cinematics (there’s a mod on PC to switch the in game models with the slightly higher versions used in cinematics, which I used and works great) and their facial expressions, animations and skin quality / textures and their eyes…are just insanely well done for a game not precisely sporting the latest state of the art tech when it comes to engine and stuff like that.

    It’s a testament of RGG Studio’s skill when making these types of games, they know how to do it well.

    And the music…well, this franchise has amazing tracks, and Yakuza 0 has some memorable tracks, for sure.

    The voice acting is incredible, one of the best I’ve seen and you can feel that the actors had a blast when working on this game.

    Gameplay is pretty fun and enjoyable, it never gets old with all the style switching and great amount of different heat actions available, and yeah...feeling the weight of each hit on the controller when it vibrates enhances the experience. Good combat doesn't need to be overly complex, and I think this game strikes a good balance, and I'll never get tired of punching thugs in a game like this, it's just very fun.

    All in all…Yakuza 0 is one hell of a start for the series so if you’re one of the lucky people out there who’s yet to experience the series…congratulations, the journey is one to cherish forever, enjoy. This is a great game, from an amazing franchise.    … Expand
  30. Yaav13
    Apr 24, 2022
    9
    My truthful honorable incorruptible conclusive rating of this considered game: 9.
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#14 Best PC Game of 2018
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#35 Most Discussed PC Game of 2018
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#54 Most Shared PC Game of 2018

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Metascore
86

Generally favorable reviews - based on 23 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 23
  3. Negative: 0 out of 23
  1. GamingTrend
    Mar 26, 2020
    90
    If you have never played a Yakuza game, Yakuza 0 makes for the perfect entry point. It introduces a host of wacky characters and starts the journey of Kiryu that certainly doesn’t end here. Beyond that, though, Yakuza 0 is just a damn good game, and that’s rad.
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  2. RPG Fan
    Aug 28, 2019
    85
    One of the best video game prequels ever made and one of the best entries in the Yakuza series, along with some of the best gameplay.
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  3. CD-Action
    Dec 4, 2018
    90
    I’ve steered clear of Japanese games since I figured out long ago they’re not my cup of tea. But Yakuza is something else. It was my first contact with the series and although at first I did mind the fact that it trails behind Western competition in many aspects, I quickly ceased to notice it. I know it’s an overused cliché, but damn, Yakuza has a soul! And an exceptional story, one of the best I’ve experienced in games since I started playing them almost thirty years ago. Even if you avoid Japanese games, do yourself a favour and give Yakuza 0 a chance, because it is ridiculously fun and you need to experience it too. [10/2018, p.69]
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