Video Game Preview: Yakuza 0 - Work Your Way Up The Ranks

Published January 30, 2017

Get ready to travel back to the 80’s with Yakuza 0 from Sega on the PlayStation 4, we are just going to take a peek at what the game has to offer. Originally the game was released in Japan the 12 th March 2015, now players from the rest of the world can get into the action with the worldwide release the 24 th of January this year.

Japan was very colorful in the 80’s.

The game will be an open world action adventure taking place in December of 1988, players will assume the roles of Kazuma Kiryu and Goro Majima who find themselves in the middle of a power struggle between all of the dark organizations in Japan.

Expect lots of combat action with and without weapons.

The game comes as a prequel to the long running series of Yakuza games and this time it promises to be even greater thanks to next generation graphics. I think we can definitely expect to get lost in 80’s era Japan fighting our way up the Yakuza ranks.

Its always better to pay up before they come to collect.

The game promises a newly revamped skill tree system with gradual unlocks as you progress through the story. A new feature is that you can use money acquired in the game to buy skills, previous titles used experience to acquire skills. Money is liberally awarded in the game and it will be interesting to see how it affects game play, as it might make the game too easy.

Who wants some money ?

But until the full review is here all I can say is that it’s going to be a very interesting game with lots of Japanese humor. And remember to keep an eye out for Mr. Shakedown rumor has it that he will beat you up and take your money.

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