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Yakuza 0 Is Rough Around The Edges And That Makes It Great

A screenshot of Goro Majima, one of Yakuza 0's protagonists, elbowing a man in the back of the head.
A screenshot of Goro Majima, one of Yakuza 0’s protagonists, elbowing a man in the back of the head. Image: Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios / Sega

I’m fairly late to the Like a Dragon party. To date, the only games I’ve played are Yakuza: Like a Dragon, Infinite Wealth, Gaiden, and the spinoff, Judgment. They’re all great games and I’ve enjoyed sinking hundreds of hours into the series across all of them, but I think the most interesting of the bunch is the latest one I’ve picked up: Yakuza 0. A prequel to (most of) the rest of the games, Yakuza 0 is credited with popularizing the series in the West, and it’s a shame that more of its design principles and tenets didn’t survive as the franchise continued to balloon. – Moises Taveras Read More

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