Just finished Yakuza 0 after exactly 32:59 hours (18,18% completion rate lol). What an incredible game from start to finish. After Chapter 6 or so, I abondened the side stuff - also it entertained me greatly - because the story is just that great. Riveting, thrilling, emotional and their way of hyping up climax moments is incredible. The cinematics are numerous, the music is on point, the game oozes style in those regards.
+ Story is fantastic
+ the large roaster of characters is well supported within the framework of Yakuza 0, and I don't even speak of the endless quirky side-mission characters
+ As I mentioned, the presentation and music is fucking HYPE (just watch the intro-trailer at the beginning when starting the game -->
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-qQaEYekAE)
+ The small, but dense city areas are full of detail and stuff to do. A vast GTA-style city would have hurt this game immensely
o The combat is servicable. Nothing to write home about, but still fun, especially in boss battles where you just want to beat the shit out of certain individuals
- Fuck gun-wielding enemies, though. Get that shit outta there
- I don't know if this is necessarily a review-"negative", but man... there is some creeeepy shit in this game lol
I'm honestly baffled at how good this game is. Baaaffled. I'm so glad I tried this game after all the hype the Allies have build up for it.
I can't wait for Kiwami.