Yakuza 0

 PlayStation 4
User Score
8.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 1510 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,303 out of 1510
  2. Mixed: 69 out of 1510
  3. Negative: 138 out of 1510
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  1. billski
    Nov 20, 2020
    0
    A video game made me cry and you all know which scene that is. The hostess mini game is also fun as hell. 10/10.
  2. angel_kat07
    Nov 14, 2018
    3
    I heard great things about his game. Unfortunately it doesn't live up to the hype. The story line is predictable and boring. The battle style is too repetitive. There is also a lot of uninteresting dialogue you have to go through. I found myself getting bored every time I played it.
  3. Swishalicious29
    May 4, 2020
    2
    There is little to no objectivity here as i couldn't make it past chapter one, but here we go. For starters there is barely any actual gameplay, as most of the time is spent in boring cutscenes that last FAR too long. The combat system is lacking and makes fighting a bore. Exploration sucks as you can go nowhere without someone trying to fight you and you being unable to continue on unlessThere is little to no objectivity here as i couldn't make it past chapter one, but here we go. For starters there is barely any actual gameplay, as most of the time is spent in boring cutscenes that last FAR too long. The combat system is lacking and makes fighting a bore. Exploration sucks as you can go nowhere without someone trying to fight you and you being unable to continue on unless you do fight them. The game looks like a better version of a game from the SEGA Dreamcast era, and is choppy to say the least. One of my saves was destroyed because a chair stood between me and the doorway, and i couldn't walk past. Terrible game that i'm deleting.… Expand
  4. Zeydlitz
    Sep 22, 2018
    0
    Worst Yakuza game Ever! Dance battles are nightmare (and this S..t is REQUIRED), challenges still here, and all other bad stuff from previous games.
  5. VanDerGame
    Feb 14, 2017
    3
    This game is absolutely horrible apart from the story and fighting.
    CONS:
    - terrible graphics, there are almost no shadows, textures are low-res, lots of aliasing, no reflections and other modern techniques - looks as if it was a 10-year-old game - about half of the dialogues DON'T HAVE VOICEOVER! Instead we hear a typewriter. This is 2017! WTF? - the game is Japanese, they didn't even    This game is absolutely horrible apart from the story and fighting.
    CONS:
    - terrible graphics, there are almost no shadows, textures are low-res, lots of aliasing, no reflections and other modern techniques - looks as if it was a 10-year-old game
    - about half of the dialogues DON'T HAVE VOICEOVER! Instead we hear a typewriter. This is 2017! WTF?
    - the game is Japanese, they didn't even bother to make a version with English voiceover
    - the game is way too long, the conversations are to slow and the overall pace of the game is very low
    - you can't drive a car
    - there is no fast travel apart from taxis that stand in the corners of the map
    - maps are tiny
    - no auto-save
    - no option to switch to the other character when you like it

    PROS:
    - well developed, however too long a story
    - fighting with lots of styles

    I can understand people that like the game, cuase they played the previous versions, but I really can't understand why someone would give it 10/10. If the story was placed in GTA V universe, then it could be perfect. Avoid or buy when it's $5.    … Expand
  6. Thetruegamer
    Feb 19, 2017
    0
    This game is a sick joke, playstation 2 graphics, terrible character modelling and boring gameplay, its 2017, not 1998, possibly the worst game ever made, poorly, glitches, crashes the console also, it is also extremely sexist and derogatory to wimen
  7. Zeriou
    Sep 10, 2018
    0
    After 15 minutes of skipping every cut scene. i still didn't get to play. So i gave up.
  8. klemenhe
    Jan 25, 2017
    0
    Being an all time fan of the yakuza series I was deeply dissapointed with this long awaited sequel. The graphics are downright horrible and the gameplay is not only boring but feels nothing like its successor. Do not waste your money on this horrible milking cashgrab
  9. MaxPayneIsGod
    Nov 9, 2020
    2
    I once read that there are 2 kinds of people, people who have played Yakuza games and love them, and people who have never played them.
    Whelp, I've played Yakuza 0 and this is what I have to say.
    I knew what I was getting into, a narrative driven, RPG, brawler set in a fictional province in Japan in the 80s with crazy characters and tons of side missions, erherm, "Substories". Whist    I once read that there are 2 kinds of people, people who have played Yakuza games and love them, and people who have never played them.
    Whelp, I've played Yakuza 0 and this is what I have to say.
    I knew what I was getting into, a narrative driven, RPG, brawler set in a fictional province in Japan in the 80s with crazy characters and tons of side missions, erherm, "Substories".
    Whist being "mature" the story didn't remotely grip me, I had no interest in what was happening, what had happened or what may happen in the future.
    The combat, at first seemed fun and varied, but swiftly capitulated into mindless button-mashing and extremely repetitive encounters.
    The "Substories" were in the same vein, started off as quirky and funny, but ended up being monotonous, repetitive fetch quests with pointless rewards.
    The RPG system was also relatively redundant and boiled down to spending in-game currency on upgrading your moves and health bar - Again, no thought required, no consequences and no point.
    I've sat on this game for some time, given it more than its fair share of chances, but its just not something I'm into. The style of it, the look, the controls, there is something "off" with all of it and for a game as long as this it needs to hook you and hook you good.
    There is so much filler in this game to pad the run-time, who wants to play retro Sega games? Sending a guy to find tools for upgrades, karioke etc etc - I just doesn't interest me.
    I wanted a brawler with solid varied combat, if you want that, play Sleeping Dogs.
    Every minute I spent playing it, I wished I was playing something else.
    I genuinely fell asleep during one of the cutscenes at the end of Chapter 2 or beginning of Chapter 3 and that has NEVER happened to me before.
    I can see some people love these games and I'm comfortable I'm not one of them.
    For those of you who enjoy it, it's shonky camera, one dimensional combat, abundance of cut-scenes and juvenile Metal-Gear-esque potty humor good for you, I'll be over here playing something else.    … Expand
  10. dark0153
    Feb 8, 2022
    0
    It deserves a -10 for the inclusion of stone age pixel arcade games and forcing players to play pixelated **** in 4K in order to progress and complete the game

    Otherwise its a decent game
  11. zxcvbnnm
    Nov 11, 2020
    0
    worst yakuza game ever terrible graphics and soundtrack
    I don't like this game
  12. austinzmchen
    Feb 5, 2021
    0
    The combat experience is average if not boring. The story is the best i have experienced, every character is fully developed, and very real! Big thumb-up to the screenwriter!!
  13. PochtiPRO
    Feb 21, 2021
    0
    Characters - 10 out of 10
    Story - 10 out of 10
    Graphics - 10 out of 10
    Battles - 10 out of 10

    Ending - 0 out of 10
    "Call club" grind - 1.5 hour of useless gameplay
    The game is generally excellent, but the grind of side stories related to the "call club" or "sun cabaret club" took me two days and did not bring anything. The whole impression of the game is ruined
  14. shin777
    Jun 6, 2022
    0
    Game is 10/10, but Sega is so bad company not translating their games even after remastering them
  15. Mindurbidniss
    Jul 14, 2021
    0
    Yakuza 0 isn't a game. It's an interactive CGI. 10 mins of actual playing for every hour of engagement doesn't constitute a game. The worst offense is the absence of multilingual dubbing so get ready to do a lot of reading. What little gameplay there is consists of stiff, PS2 gen combat. That could even be forgivable if there were awesome graphics or animation. There aren't, eachYakuza 0 isn't a game. It's an interactive CGI. 10 mins of actual playing for every hour of engagement doesn't constitute a game. The worst offense is the absence of multilingual dubbing so get ready to do a lot of reading. What little gameplay there is consists of stiff, PS2 gen combat. That could even be forgivable if there were awesome graphics or animation. There aren't, each character is a low textured cartoon covered in some oddly glowing "aura" during combat. Cutscenes can look nice depending on which version they randomly choose to show (some are in game engine and some are CGI) too bad the game looks nothing like that. Also, these are Yakuza, gangsters, yet no one is actually killing anyone. Everyone just gets a "beat down" so that you'll end up fighting them again 5 mins later in the story. It's just a miserable, overrated experience. Minigames are what most people praise about this franchise... They're boring.… Expand
  16. tk_248
    Dec 23, 2021
    3
    выбесила боевка, после бладборна это просто унижение... а еще концовка бесконечная
  17. fabgo
    Sep 29, 2022
    2
    Lame game. Graphics are very dated. Super slow load times on PS5 (Why? How?). Really clunky UI.

    There is very little voice acting or animations. Lots of subtitle text reading. Side quests require you to memorize words and phrases. You need pen and paper to play this game, and write down answers. I gave up when I was asked to TYPE a 20-character password phrase (in Japanese of course).    Lame game. Graphics are very dated. Super slow load times on PS5 (Why? How?). Really clunky UI.

    There is very little voice acting or animations. Lots of subtitle text reading. Side quests require you to memorize words and phrases. You need pen and paper to play this game, and write down answers. I gave up when I was asked to TYPE a 20-character password phrase (in Japanese of course).

    Main story was OK for as far as I got... it didn't grab me in any way. It was all very cliche, and not very believable.

    It's also a lonely game. You run around by yourself and do solo things, like playing video games within the video game, and there are few meaningful interactions with NPCs.    … Expand
  18. Bigdude17
    Jun 10, 2022
    1
    Bad gameplay, poorly written story, awful production values, terrible leveling system, shallow combat and bad world design.
    Incredibly Overrated game.
  19. Max552
    Dec 31, 2022
    0
    Can't say I was a fan. Played and found it too easy and quite boring. I really don't see the fuss about these games.

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#24 Best PS4 Game of 2017
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#22 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2017
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#19 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2017

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Metascore
85

Generally favorable reviews - based on 87 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 77 out of 87
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 87
  3. Negative: 0 out of 87
  1. RPG Fan
    Aug 8, 2018
    85
    Yakuza 0 is a lot of Yakuza, showing a great deal of excess, brilliance and occasional frustration in equal fashion. There's lots and lots to do, a great story to breathe in, and wonderful characters who play well off each other. At the same time, 0 lacks some of the innovations and gameplay conceits that came with later titles, and it's also just as frustrating in places as some of the franchise's more egregious offenders.
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  2. PLAY! Zine
    Oct 12, 2017
    90
    Yakuza Zero is a fantastic game. Spectacular main story combined with great diversity of sub-stories and solid gameplay create a rather unique game.
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  3. Games Master UK
    Apr 2, 2017
    90
    A fantastically bonkers open-world gem that finally opens up the magic of the series to everyone. [March 2017, p.64]
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