(written 3/31/2020)
I think most people would agree when I say Yakuza 0 has something for everyone. Intriguing story with well-written characters? You got it. Minigames? A ton, some better than others, with varying degrees of...mature content. Humor? Honestly, doing some of the substories was probably the hardest I've ever laughed playing a video game. Whatever you're looking for, Yakuza 0 has. I will say that I'm biased towards Majima and that he generally has the better content (Kiryu gets most of the funny substories though). The real estate minigame in particular made me sick of playing as Kiryu at certain points because it was just a matter of grinding for cash and then just wandering around town for 10 minutes in between, and I enjoyed Majima's combat styles more, but that's just me personally. It also got to the point where I was just throwing money at all the street thugs who wanted to pick a fight so they'd leave me alone (which is actually a genius mechanic, to Sega's credit). However, this is mitigated by the fact that there's always something else to do in this game if you're bored of one thing. You'll probably tire of the gameplay loop, but you certainly won't tire quickly.
I think most people would agree when I say Yakuza 0 has something for everyone. Intriguing story with well-written characters? You got it. Minigames? A ton, some better than others, with varying degrees of...mature content. Humor? Honestly, doing some of the substories was probably the hardest I've ever laughed playing a video game. Whatever you're looking for, Yakuza 0 has. I will say that I'm biased towards Majima and that he generally has the better content (Kiryu gets most of the funny substories though). The real estate minigame in particular made me sick of playing as Kiryu at certain points because it was just a matter of grinding for cash and then just wandering around town for 10 minutes in between, and I enjoyed Majima's combat styles more, but that's just me personally. It also got to the point where I was just throwing money at all the street thugs who wanted to pick a fight so they'd leave me alone (which is actually a genius mechanic, to Sega's credit). However, this is mitigated by the fact that there's always something else to do in this game if you're bored of one thing. You'll probably tire of the gameplay loop, but you certainly won't tire quickly.