Yakuza 0 Any% Speedrun in

Originally streamed on my twitch channel: / bignono
Well, it has come to this. The run has been pushed so much that it needed a new route, and this new route involves getting our shotguns not from a substory in chapter 2, which we now skip, but from an equipment search in chapter 4. This saves around a minute in total, but unless we get good luck in chapter 4, the run is dead right there. This was first come up with and used by JustSayKuro, who had the record with this route at one point.
Luckily, this run got that good luck, and I am proud to say it is the culmination of a grind that made me much more consistent at the parts of the run that do rely on my execution (i.e. almost everything else).
This is not an amazing run in many places - chapter 2, 6, 7, 10 and 14 all have fairly significant time saves still. But luck being what it is, I am quite happy with the fact that I could get not just a 3:23:xx but a sub 3:23:30 with this new route.
I will return one day for the 3:22:xx, which, as this run shows, is very achievable. But first a break is in order. I have a bunch of things I need to take care of: improving the Legend run of this game, getting back the OG2 record, learning new runs and optimizing old... the future is looking pretty exciting. But I had a blast with this game, and I loved (almost) every moment of running it.
I'll be back, and definitely in less than a year this time.

[@masterjohn69]

Woah breaking ze world, record

[@tauschen507]

Gotta love how the second kuze fight intro is unskippable

[@BubbleBassGotClass]

Hey man big ups for getting the record. Just played it for the first time so it’s wild seeing it be played like this lol Congrats man 🎉

[@sand7775]

Legend 🫡

[@Kingnocitsyakuza]

good job

[@GniefFiar]

Well done on WR! I've been thinking about trying this category. What're the odds of getting a Broken M1985 in that equipment search? Should I stick with the old Password Protected route?

[@BigNoNo]

I can't say for certain what the odds of getting a shotgun in the equipment search are, but I can say from experience it doesn't happen often. I would certainly recommend sticking to Password Protected unless explicitly going for WR. Hope you'll enjoy the run! It's a good one. I will be making a tutorial for it in the near future, at which I'll also update my notes for it. But watching my previous PB with the Password Protected route should give you a good enough start.

[@GniefFiar]

@@BigNoNo Thanks for the tips! I'll definitely be sticking to the old route then.

[@Padky]

yosh

[@jaketno]

Who'd have thought the optimal strategy involves easy mode, and a shotgun? lol Frl though nice video

[@BigNoNo]

If you are unhappy with the idea,of a run Easy difficulty, I also speedrun 0 on Legend: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5O0q42PmcSoqrcsi=YWbpsOGlZsoByQcG

[@jaketno]

@@BigNoNo Nah this is cool lol I was just kidding

[@YourCrazyDolphin]

Strategy is still shotgun though lol​@@BigNoNo

[@BigNoNo]

@@YourCrazyDolphin The shotgun is mostly not used for bosses or in ch1, but no one expects KZbin commentators to actually watch the video they comment on

[@YourCrazyDolphin]

@@BigNoNo I didn't say it was your only strategy. It is a pretty big part of it though given that a lot of fights are neither boss fights nor chapter 1.