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-Hello. My name is Michal, and this website is dedicated to my reviews of books, movies, and games.
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+Hello. My name is Michał, and this website is dedicated to my reviews of books, movies, and games.
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-Insted the articles here show what I thought about a given piece, how I felt and if I think it's good.
+Instead the articles here show what I thought about a given piece, how I felt and if I think it's good.
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+** Yakuza
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+*** DONE Yakuza 0 (2015)
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+:EXPORT_HUGO_CUSTOM_FRONT_MATTER+: :abstract My review of the prequel
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+I have terrible reflexes, and therefore I am very disappointed with modern gaming's obsession with action-oriented games.
+/Yakuza 0/ is a beat-em-up, so I should hate it.
+I partially do.
+
+As for the gameplay, I am not sold due to aforementioned problem.
+In /Yakuza 0/ you walk around the town and fight bad guys.
+We've got 3-D combat, combos, and quick time events.
+Most of the time, this was all I've got.
+A grueling mess of the type of gameplay I suck at horribly.
+Luckily, this is a very easy game, so on normal difficulty I had very little problems with just mushing around and winning.
+
+Then there's also a lot of additional content in the form of mini-games dressed as side quests.
+You can buy properties, watch porn movies, manage a bordello, help make a movie, play classic Sega games, became a pro at some strange form of RC car racing.
+But I don't care.
+My biggest issue with Japanese games is the sheer amount of random stuff you can do, but has no real impact on the game world.
+/Yakuza 0/ has a deep system for playing Shogi, as well as Dance Dance Revolution.
+I may be too old for this, or I have not enough time (nor mental capacity), but I never get any enjoyment from such activities.
+Make it integral to the main gameplay loop or don't bother.
+I will not learn complex mechanics for a /mini-game/.
+I barely have time to remember your combos!
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+#+attr_shortcode: :file yakuza-0-2.jpg
+#+attr_shortcode: :alt Topless asian scraming in a dramatic pose
+#+attr_shortcode: :source https://www.rpgfan.com/game/yakuza-0/
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+Yakuza 0 can be over the top
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+It is also silly
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+As a gamey-game, /Yakuza 0/ is definitely not my type.
+It may be yours - and if you like /modern/ games, then it most likely is.
+
+But there is also the story and characters.
+Those are the real meat of the game for me, and they made it an /amazing/ experience.
+
+/Yakuza 0/ is a prequel of an already established series of games.
+We control two characters - Kazuma Kiryu and Goro Mojima.
+Kazuma wants to be a yakuza, but is presumed to be a killer of /civilian/, and as a result needs to leave the mafia.
+His mission is to find who framed him.
+Goro was a Yakuza, but due to mistakes of his past, he becomes a slave to a yakuza boss and needs to do his bidding.
+At the same time a gigantic plot to take over an empty plot of land in the middle of the city is established.
+Somewhere around middle point of the game, when all pieces started to fall on their places, I begun to be annoyed when they stopped the story for, well, game.
+
+/Yakuza 0/ is a weird.
+The main story is serious, but rarely becomes dark.
+It's engaging, emotional, deep.
+All side activities are silly.
+Somehow it fits together nicely, but I don't know.
+I'd rather this was a movie or a limited series.
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+Story-wise I have give my highest praises.
+The main plot is masterful, characters are amazing (voice acting is superb).
+Top bad I was thrown out of it in order to beat yet another group of thugs.
+I clocked at 34 hours completing a bit over 18% of the game, so I am not target audience.
+Still, the main plot pulled me back in.
+After I started completely ignoring all side-content, I begun to enjoy /Yakuza 0/ immensely.
+Yes, the final fight gave me thumb-blister[fn:qte], but after that we've got something like 26 ending scenes.
+Each more emotional than the other.
+
+I want to learn rest of the story of Goro and Kiryu, and therefore I'll continue playing other titles in the series.
+Too bad that there's a game attached.
+
+[fn:qte] And it still ended in a QTE.
+Shame.