Quick Introduction:
Yakuza 3 Remastered belongs to a collection of the Yakuza Remastered Collection which did release in 2020 for the PlayStation 4 and 2021 for the PC. Chronologically this is the fourth game after Yakuza 0, 1/K1, 2/K2, (3)
Plot:
The game goes by 2008-2009 on the cities of Kamurocho and Downtown Ryukyu where we continue the journey of Kazuma Kiryu and Haruka as well. We have several new families as well some returning ones from the Tojo Clan (TC). In my opinion I think the plot has some potential but it lacked quite a bit because:
Firstly, the game focus randomly on Morning Glory Orphanage which it has a decent idea the execution could be better and even after doing all the substories you might feel the same it doesn´t make sense. I could remember only 1 Substory where I was rewarded and not like do this or do that for a lot of time.
Second and lastly, Chapter 9 just why you need to make a huge cutscene telling us the plot? Black Monday? CIA? You could use the time on Ch 5-8 to develop that or make a better foreshadow. It´s just 30 mins of your life yeah nice thanks.
Gameplay:
I can´t compare this gameplay to the Yakuza 2 PS2 version since I never played it but for someone who comes from Kiwami 2 and plays Yakuza 3 right along it makes a huge difference. You will have to adapt yourself because the game expects you to use a lot of dodges, counters and attack from the back and it´s not fun for the most part. If you play on legend I wish you good luck because you will need it. There is a reason why this game is called Blockuza because enemies block and block and block a lot and you have 0 guard breaker so yeah either you fight until boredom or adapt yourself.
Side Content:
There is not much I can talk about it but Hitman system was fine yes I would say good except the Arase fight which will curse my nightmares with that Shinzaki dodging like stamina infinite lol. It rewards you very well and it will help you for the objectives itself.
Coliseum was fine as well it gives decent rewards for what you can expect but the game could actually tell you what are the requirements for unlocking the next one because the game itself it never tells for some reason.
Substories mostly are forgettable the only one who comes into the mind is a random woman asking you in a certain street and the most hilarious stuff happened like a girl almost falling or a pervert climbing the building but the rest yeah I will forget.
Minigames:
As for minigames the usual minigames comeback such as Mahjong, Shogi, Poker, Blackjack, Roulette, Koi-Koi, Oicho-Kabu, Ceelo, Cho-Han.
Mahjong is probably the one you will have the most trouble since it requires you to win with over 50k sticks difference which means you start with 25k and by the end of the round you need to end with 75k and win a lot of games but with a lot of try and error you can do it.
Hostesses It was way too fun and unnecessary. That system is just not fun. And then you create 5 hostsses for almost a 1M JPY and it´s repetitive. If they pushed a lot more for the player it would be better but hey I guess.
Platinum/100%:
This is where some parts of the Completion List and Achievements list enter.
There are 50 Achievements on Steam and 632 entries on that Completion List.
On the Completion List you need to
- Conquer 10 Hostesses
- Unlock 100 Coin Lockers (50 – Kamurocho | 50 – Downtown Ryukyu)
- Eat atleast 259 different foods (remind you that you can only eat once and not like several foods each time so yeah don´t grind it already)
- Do 88 Heat Actions (nothing too fancy just follow a guide and you will be fine. The Shotgun heat action might give you a lot of trouble but one day you will get it)
- Face 70 Different Entries on Coliseum
- Modify 76 Weapons/Gears on Kamiyana Works
- Find 10 Revelations (They are super good for the game just get them)
- Finish 19 Minigames and their requirements (Trial and error and if you need help use cheat items it will help you a lot)
As for the Steam Achievements I will only list the very hard ones otherwise I will make a review of 50 pages lol.
Ultimate Challenger: You need to play all Ultimate Matches and there are some really nasty such as Ultimate Match 5 where you face all bosses plus Komaki and Komaki is a hell without weapons but if you are patient you can do it.
Master Environmentalist: This is straight boring just watch a video and do this during the game. There is no way someone found this fun and interactive.
Break Ace: you need RNG on this one. Keep trying.
Overall: 6/10 | C Tier
Yakuza 3 Remastered belongs to a collection of the Yakuza Remastered Collection which did release in 2020 for the PlayStation 4 and 2021 for the PC. Chronologically this is the fourth game after Yakuza 0, 1/K1, 2/K2, (3)
Plot:
The game goes by 2008-2009 on the cities of Kamurocho and Downtown Ryukyu where we continue the journey of Kazuma Kiryu and Haruka as well. We have several new families as well some returning ones from the Tojo Clan (TC). In my opinion I think the plot has some potential but it lacked quite a bit because:
Firstly, the game focus randomly on Morning Glory Orphanage which it has a decent idea the execution could be better and even after doing all the substories you might feel the same it doesn´t make sense. I could remember only 1 Substory where I was rewarded and not like do this or do that for a lot of time.
Second and lastly, Chapter 9 just why you need to make a huge cutscene telling us the plot? Black Monday? CIA? You could use the time on Ch 5-8 to develop that or make a better foreshadow. It´s just 30 mins of your life yeah nice thanks.
Gameplay:
I can´t compare this gameplay to the Yakuza 2 PS2 version since I never played it but for someone who comes from Kiwami 2 and plays Yakuza 3 right along it makes a huge difference. You will have to adapt yourself because the game expects you to use a lot of dodges, counters and attack from the back and it´s not fun for the most part. If you play on legend I wish you good luck because you will need it. There is a reason why this game is called Blockuza because enemies block and block and block a lot and you have 0 guard breaker so yeah either you fight until boredom or adapt yourself.
Side Content:
There is not much I can talk about it but Hitman system was fine yes I would say good except the Arase fight which will curse my nightmares with that Shinzaki dodging like stamina infinite lol. It rewards you very well and it will help you for the objectives itself.
Coliseum was fine as well it gives decent rewards for what you can expect but the game could actually tell you what are the requirements for unlocking the next one because the game itself it never tells for some reason.
Substories mostly are forgettable the only one who comes into the mind is a random woman asking you in a certain street and the most hilarious stuff happened like a girl almost falling or a pervert climbing the building but the rest yeah I will forget.
Minigames:
As for minigames the usual minigames comeback such as Mahjong, Shogi, Poker, Blackjack, Roulette, Koi-Koi, Oicho-Kabu, Ceelo, Cho-Han.
Mahjong is probably the one you will have the most trouble since it requires you to win with over 50k sticks difference which means you start with 25k and by the end of the round you need to end with 75k and win a lot of games but with a lot of try and error you can do it.
Hostesses It was way too fun and unnecessary. That system is just not fun. And then you create 5 hostsses for almost a 1M JPY and it´s repetitive. If they pushed a lot more for the player it would be better but hey I guess.
Platinum/100%:
This is where some parts of the Completion List and Achievements list enter.
There are 50 Achievements on Steam and 632 entries on that Completion List.
On the Completion List you need to
- Conquer 10 Hostesses
- Unlock 100 Coin Lockers (50 – Kamurocho | 50 – Downtown Ryukyu)
- Eat atleast 259 different foods (remind you that you can only eat once and not like several foods each time so yeah don´t grind it already)
- Do 88 Heat Actions (nothing too fancy just follow a guide and you will be fine. The Shotgun heat action might give you a lot of trouble but one day you will get it)
- Face 70 Different Entries on Coliseum
- Modify 76 Weapons/Gears on Kamiyana Works
- Find 10 Revelations (They are super good for the game just get them)
- Finish 19 Minigames and their requirements (Trial and error and if you need help use cheat items it will help you a lot)
As for the Steam Achievements I will only list the very hard ones otherwise I will make a review of 50 pages lol.
Ultimate Challenger: You need to play all Ultimate Matches and there are some really nasty such as Ultimate Match 5 where you face all bosses plus Komaki and Komaki is a hell without weapons but if you are patient you can do it.
Master Environmentalist: This is straight boring just watch a video and do this during the game. There is no way someone found this fun and interactive.
Break Ace: you need RNG on this one. Keep trying.
Overall: 6/10 | C Tier