Yakuza's Black Sheep

Yakuza 3, the first PS3 Yakuza game the west ever got. In comparison to the modern games, this one smells. But when it came out it, this game was typically rated higher than both of the PS2 games, so clearly they did something right. Unfortunately they also did a lot of things left.
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[@SnowiestAngeman]

So this is in reference to the description, but out of curiosity I looked at all the Yakuza games, the two Judgment's, Like a Dragon Ishin and Fist of the North Star Lost Paradise on Metacritic (which isn't the MOST accurate website ever, but still). The Japan only games aren't on there and I only looked at their initial PlayStation launches for each of them. From bottom to top, we got: Dead Souls - 64 Lost Paradise - 72 Yakuza 1 - 75 Yakuza 2 - 77 Yakuza 4 - 78 Yakuza 3 - 79 Kiwami/Judgment - 80 Ishin - 81 Lost Judgment - 82 Yakuza 5/6 - 83 Yakuza: Like a Dragon - 84 Yakuza 0/Kiwami 2 - 85 Looking at this list made me realise that Judgment and Lost Judgment suffered the biggest injustices from game critics in gaming history. Judgment should be like a 99 and Lost Judgment should be a 485.

[@doc8187]

JE and LJ should be both 1000s...

[@chevlin1469]

judgement should be 1000; 1 point for every time I use flux fissure

[@jeveritt8398]

Little surprised about kiwami being so high definitely benefited from the excitement around the franchise at the time

[@deepflare1028]

@@jeveritt8398 Yeah, sadly most of these reviews (especially IGNs) aren't very accurate and undeserved

[@Wompond]

I loved Judgement but I think it’s rated where it should be. It absolutely has some of the most compulsory substories that kill the pacing and also the tailing missions were really dry in that installment. Currently playing through LJ though and so far I can believe its a 10/10 RGG game from everything so far.

[@draydra]

"Kiryu-san, up here in the millennium tower...you, me and Daigo, we are YAKUZA 3" had me dying

[@SM-gd2rn]

*sixth chairman

[@bootywarriorda3rd]

After that... He died

[@ilovetiddies-q2x]

No he flew ​@@bootywarriorda3rd

[@vurhn2009]

He promised everything: Women, Money, Power, and Women.

[@Koichi-Kun]

I don’t call it blockuza anymore, after chapter 5 it turns into a really cool rhythm game where the only button is triangle

[@cattiston374]

Me when I’m bad at Yakuza lol. “My child will upgrade their stance, learn the boss pattern and train to finally beat it” “I’m not gonna sugarcoat it, R1 + 🔺”

[@B3llyk0]

Komaki parry is better cause you get a free combo after it

[@Koichi-Kun]

@@B3llyk0 yeah but no sugarcoating

[@hurykles99]

That's the problem.... you have to wait for chapter 5 for it to get better

[@B3llyk0]

@@hurykles99 my man yakuza 0 is the slowest game of them all

[@mnla3650]

Fun fact: Yakuza 3 is Takaya Kuroda (Kiryu's VA) favorite game in the series.

[@kbqz]

It's the favorite game of many people in east Asia. The yakuza 3 hate is mostly by western communities. That's probably because most members of westerns communities didn't play at the time of release of the yakuza series, as it wasn't so popular at that time (it was popular thanks to 0). Its one of the yakuza games with the most new features compared to the previous one. It was so loved at it's time of release here...

[@vurhn2009]

I am in the Western side and I didn't have too much hate playing it first time on Steam in 2021 so it was like hey more Kiryu and Yakuza yey. I'm mostly gotten used to it playing hard even though I got skill issue but mostly I played with keyboard and mouse the fact the game is a timeless classic says a lot about the game which I'm so glad. However, I am intrigued by the story of 3 than 4 and 5 just is much better imo I guess it's the jankiness that made me love Yakuza 3 and I will be playing it just for 100%.

[@ROBOHOLIC1]

I liked 3. It felt like a time capsule for that period in time so it gives me a very homely feel.

[@vurhn2009]

Yeah I agree, can't agree with people who hated it more I just love 3 more.

[@niclasneziru1854]

When Mine said "Well, it seems you truly are like a dragon. Let's fly" I almost broke in tears

[@felickscarljohnson4572]

Mine is in my eyes the best final boss in the series (character and motivation wise). The final boss ost slaps too.

[@amitojsingh7583]

Tendo, mole, kuwana, shirakaba all better

[@felickscarljohnson4572]

@@amitojsingh7583 like I said my opinion

[@amitojsingh7583]

@@felickscarljohnson4572 objectively brain dead opinion then

[@yudi-weiss3827]

Imo his theme in ishin slaps even harder, goddamn soar’s a banger

[@uwu-ge6oj]

your opinion suckssssssss

[@VXMasterson]

Kiryu Dad Simulator was really fun.

[@drinkkp]

I think a Yakuza 3 "Toes only" challenge would be quite fun to watch

[@MiniDallas000]

Common drinkk W

[@hanthemaa]

add a live feet cam to your videos

[@revolt_4588]

So true

[@XAROPE51]

it's funny sugarcoat man

[@amberhernandez]

Almost as fun as taunt-only Lost Judgment!

[@88PES]

Like others, I just finished Yakuza 3 a couple months ago after coming off Kiwami 2. The first hour or so was a little frustrating and it was jarring to be in Okinawa after becoming so accustomed to Kamurocho and Sotenbori, but it was such a fun Yakuza experience all around once I got used to the combat. You know a series is great when its black sheep is still amazing.

[@DTownNash]

Same. I was expecting it to be up to speed with Kiwami 2 not knowing it was actually a sequel to a PS2 title on the ps3

[@Kingdom850]

@@DTownNash 3 arguably could have used a Kiwami remake since it is pretty rough in some areas.

[@wi1dcard192]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@Kingdom850giving the whole remastered trilogy the Kiwami treatment would have done a lot to bring the whole series up to a modern standard but that’s asking for a lot lol Looks like the games get a Kiwami remake around 9-10 years after the initial release (looking at Kiwami 1, 2, and Ishin) so hopefully we’ll see something in 2027? (9 years after the remastered releases)

[@wi1dcard192]

The interesting thing is playing 4 right after. You can definitely tell how it’s a way more polished game built on the framework of 3 with how a lot of the little issues are smoothed over- there are now lead in animations for moving in the open world like the modern titles so kiryu isn’t Roblox spinning, blocking is substantially less of an issue, and the ability unlocks are way less linear so you can tailor progression a little

[@nicholasdanger627]

The story in Yakuza 3 had me bawling at times

[@wult5044]

y3 honestly might be one of my fave games in the series, i really loved my time in Okinawa and all the new characters were so lovely. im also a sick fuck who found the combat incredibly interesting and engaging

[@wult5044]

also the orphanage stuff was just as main and important as the yakuza plot fight me

[@Alejandro-dl3kd]

True

[@LaGiniComenta]

What I love about Yakuza 3 is that you can see how Kiryu matures. Being the dad in the orphanage makes him grow up. I love how before he confronts Mine, he tries to convince him to do the right thing, to change the course of his actions and be a better guy. Only when he refuses, Kiryu confronts him by force. He had the same situation with Nishikiyama in Kiwami 1, but he didn't talk to Nishiki. He didn't try to change his mind, he went full combat mode in the final battle. This time, he tried and I like to think that it was because he changed and he matured. I love Mine as an antagonist as well. And even tho the story line is a little weird (looks like something big is going to happen but in the end it's almost nothing xD) and even tho the combat is frustrating, I liked this Yakuza.

[@mackenzie_ish]

I think mine's age definitely helped with kiryu's talk with him as well, since kiryu sees daigo as his son and mine is younger than daigo, so I assume kiryu thought of mine in that way too (or at least he did in that scene leading up to their fight).

[@SilverBen2000]

“The game is actually very easy, even on legend” Meanwhile I can’t beat it because of the mack chase in kamurocho

[@wdp1a73r]

I struggled a LOT with the Tamashiro boss fights on hard, WHA MAKES YOU THINK ILL DO THAT AGAIN WITH THE BASTARD ON LEGEND!? (FUCK THAT GUY)

[@jole5861]

Token Yakuza 3 defender here. Weapons, quick step attack, counters, and use of certain accessories/consumables can all make the game feel a bit nicer to get through.

[@bipstymcbipste5641]

Those shouldn't be necessary imo. It feels wrong to use weapons. Side step was broken, don't wanna spam counters or heals

[@jole5861]

@@bipstymcbipste5641 To me, the game feels like it was balanced with at least some weapon usage in mind, hence weapon crafting being added. It's true that side step is broken, but pc users can download a patch to fix it. If you don't have access to that patch, then you can still get the quick step to work semi-reliably, it just requires you to dodge at an angle. It's unfortunate that that's the case, but it is still possible to play around the bugged mechanic with a bit of practice.

[@armagedd0nn694]

@@bipstymcbipste5641 learn wallbounding and quick step attack combo loops then you will see why people actually praise yakuza 3's combat, its the bog standard yakuza at its finest, its nothing special, but nowhere near bad either

[@devilmaycrysarockingdontcome]

​@@bipstymcbipste5641why should game mechanics not be necessary?

[@stinkymonke3622]

Yakuza 3 is ass at the start, but chapter 5 onwards it is PEAK combat wise and the story goes full hog wild

[@zackerymathiad5075]

The title should have been the block sheep of the franchise

[@hesiolite]

Yakuza 3 fan here. I had a blast with the game playing the og version on my ps3. And after looking into it, it's pretty clear all the blocking people complain about is caused by the 60fps brought by the remastered version.

[@kanewar2979]

You know you made an incredible game series when the black sheep of your series isn’t even that bad

[@uselessknowledge-h9n]

You can dislike it, and this totally fine. But dont skip it, this such a expirience.

[@Hezzadude12]

Man I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Kiwami 3 would be incredible - like legit would get rid of the bad elements of Yakuza 3 and give us some juicy modern Dragon Engine combat with its cool story and great characters. Plz RGG… plz…

[@scatterkeir]

I've seen people say "there definitely won't be a Kiwami 3", I'd say there definitely will be, just not necessarily this console generation.

[@scatterkeir]

@@Tomodachi_12 Shorten the mandatory golf. Or even make it fun!

[@sonoda944]

Or make most of the orphanage stuff a substory and not a mandatory "plot quest"

[@bibblehouse]

@@sonoda944 the game will be 6 chapters long lol

[@radaf4429]

It wouldn't fix the horrid story

[@judgementrizzy]

I'm a Yakuza 3 defender but I agree about the combat. But I love the characters and really enjoyed the first few hours just being Kiryu Dad Simulator. I'd happily play an entire game centred around taking care of the orphans.

[@jameswolf3302]

Honestly, i liked yakuza 3 BECCAUSE of the 1 million hp bosses. Every single yakuza game has amazing bosses that i just wish they had a bigger health bar to last longer, like Kuze in the sewers, and i got that in yakuza 3. The only boss i didn't like is Lao Ka Long.

[@armedweiss5531]

Shoutout to the IF7 version of Lau Kau Long where you have to fight all 3 of his weapon variants at the same time while on a time limit which is an absolute nightmare

[@wi1dcard192]

⁠@@armedweiss5531if7 was a damn nightmare, lau ka long aside joji kazama was such a pain with how your bodies would switch and for 10 seconds you just couldn’t deal any damage at all while still being open to getting hit yourself

[@ekSil0]

​@@wi1dcard192hard to get used to but so satisfying when you master it

[@loto7197]

This game has a unique charm, one which I cant quite put my finger on. I remember finding the game a chore to play at times (first played in 2020), yet to this day it's story is the most memorable to me, particularly the ending sequences. I find it much more charming than the other entries but im not sure why, it has to be more than just the setting.

[@GavinHolmes2k8]

Think mine is one of my favourite antagonists. You sympathise with him and i kinda wished he survived and became an ally in future installments

[@ikenumi]

i just finished yakuza 3, as my first yakuza game i will say is one of the best to get into the games, they show kiryu as a dad and is very emotional. Maybe is not one of the best yakuza games but at the emotional level is really good as a star of development of character

[@cheeseball2967]

3 music is god tier

[@MikeJr9284]

Yakuza 3 is my favorite Yakuza game and I don't care what anyone says.

[@esqueletomatadordeotakus4119]

Ok

[@WeeGeeX]

you... didnt... warn me.... about.... the chases.

[@hairy_putin]

No, I have not heard Saturday Night lover, because I am a certified Kitto Change Myself enjoyer

[@Dr.Pootis]

As someone who's only been playing the series for about 2 months, I can safely say I've been fully converted considering at 2:03 my train of thought went from "they made pissing into a minigame?" instantly into "it's Yakuza, _of course_ they made it into a minigame."

[@littletopo1]

I always kinda liked the orphanage stuff. I'm a sucker for a game where you just vibe for a while.

[@Dylamn]

Wasn't expecting to love Y3 as much as I did. After Y0, YK1 and YK2, I was worried I was gonna burn out. But being on holiday for half of the game was actually very refreshing, and enjoyed hanging out with the kiddos and living the cute island life. The Nakahara family was great too. Then I got really burned out with Y5, but when Y6 basically copied the idea of spending time with the orphanage again, and becoming friends with another Islander Yakuza family, and having Kiryu wear his shirt without a jacket, I appreciated it so much that I played the absolute fuck out of that one because of my memory of enjoying Y3. Man, I can't believe Nakahara stopped existing after Y3. That's Kiryu's new kyodai, for cryin' out loud.

[@simon8r10]

I felt super burnt on Y4 despite taking a good chunk of time after 3 to play it, whole game honestly felt a mess to me. I really enjoyed 5 but ended up taking a few month break in the middle, game took me way more hours to finish than any other mainline game so far but I did enjoy the story and certain side content.

[@realsong-fake]

Yakuza 3 was a great game for 2009. I enjoy it more than some other classics from the same year(arkham asylum for example). It does not age very well though.

[@marleonka.]

I honestly really like Yakuza 3 in terms of the theme and story, i just play on easy and I have fun

[@mullaoslo]

A Yakuza Kiwami 3 may become my personal favorite of the series.. The story and characters is one of the best in the series, just iron out the gameplay kinks and we are golden

[@Flameclaw123]

This was exactly how I felt too after finishing 3. I really hope it gets the Kiwami treatment someday so people stop writing it off - I think it is a tough transition from Kiwami 2's combat but with some tweaks it would honestly give the rest of the series some stiff competition (honestly it's pretty high up there for me as-is, but I'm not blind to its flaws either lol)

[@NotEnder]

although it is understandable that Yakuza 3 is disliked its genuinely unfortunate because the depth this game has with wallbounds and combo systems is pretty immense, and also has some fun tech/mechanics involved like reversing a tiger drop, i wish more fans did talk about wallbounding because its a great system that Yakuza had that's now just gone and replaced with Juggling which is still great but FOTNS has both and the combo potential in that game is really elevated by it

[@DragoonCenten]

Wall bound goated, Y4 would have easily been the best game in the series if it had 3's wall bounding.

[@_balep4ik_333]

I don't really care about blocks and story, because (at least for me) yakuza 3 has the most atmospheric location with some really cool substories and that's more than enough for me

[@epicjoeman8685]

yakuza 3 has been my favorite since playing through most of the series

[@klaus.sfc01official30]

I am still waiting for yakuza 3² where the villain will be "yoshitane craft"

[@mr.marvin]

I like Yakuza 3.

[@melancholiclonging8641]

You uploaded this at the perfect time for me since I just finished the game for the first time earlier today. I enjoyed it but did have some complaints. The constant blocking got annoying and I also felt that sometimes Kiryu just wouldn't do certain attacks to enemies on the ground like I wanted him to. I do like all of the minigames though and Okinawa is my favorite setting of the games I've played so far. I didn't mind doing the stuff for the orphanage since I just liked exploring Okinawa (as small as it is) and I thought the choice to make Kiryu run an orphanage was one of the best things that they could've done for his character in regards to development. I didn't like that they just wrote Sayama out though. The story had a lot of moments that I like, like how when Kiryu beats Majima in the arena, Majima grabs Kiryu's hand when Kiryu helps him up, in contrast to how he ignored it and got up on his own in 2. It felt like he had developed as a character, even though his role in this game was smaller. I also liked the final dialogue that Kiryu has with Mine and I liked him as a character, though I did feel like some story elements for him were just taken from Nishiki. And the part of in the beginning of the game when Kiryu comforted that one girl that got bullied because she was an orphan was very sweet. Rikiya was great too. I didn't like that this game did a fake-out death scene since 2 just did that. My only other complaints that I have is that the running missions were annoying as hell (Mack was cool as shit tho) and I hated how small your inventory was in the game. Also you were spot on about how annoying the die hard fans of the game are in regards to saying that everything is a skill issue. They annoy the hell out of me. I still really did enjoy the game even if the gameplay was clunky and I'll probably replay it at some point. I give it a 7.5/10.

[@mjc0961]

"As if the game didn't drag on enough" No see, that's intentional, Like a *_Drag On_* hahahaha ...I'll show myself out

[@DDRWakaLaka]

man........

[@THE-META]

I'm enjoying this series so much, can't wait for future videos of it 😄

[@SirBigWater]

Honestly though, after playing through all the games in in February 2020, finishing with 7 almost exactly a year after i started (then doing the Judgment games later in the year of 2021), i really enjoyed 3. I think alot more than the previous games (i played the Kiwami versions of 1 and 2). Its gonna sound weird i think to alot of people, but when i started with 0 i almost didnt even continue playing the series. I took a decent aized break cause i just wasnt grooving with it. (I still very much enjoyed it though . Just almost never returned) Eventually when back to it and finished it and continue the series. I had already bought the physical release of 3-5 on ps4, so i was invested monetarily (not 0, that was free with ps plus a while back). Might as well finish. Its a 3way tie for me for best Yakuza. 3, 5, and 7 are near number 1. Just cant decide which.

[@willcapewell5700]

Damn legit had almost the exact same experience it's crazy

[@gundambakanexus]

I really like that a lot of Yakuza 3s shortcomings comes from its age, but those aside its honestly fantastic. They just got too ambitious with some of it being the first mainline game on newer hardware. An interview with hidenori shoji from alex moukala stated that a lot of people look to Clay Doll on the Cradle for setting the bar on making tracks in future games in the series and thats honestly based

[@bananabuns1369]

i dont listen to any negatives of this game because they decided to make daigo sexy as fuck, and im happy

[@revbladez5773]

No respect for Yakuza 3, no respect for you. I do not make the rules.

[@synmad3638]

Yakuza 3 combat feels better than Kiwami 2 combat idc idc

[@kk-995]

Just in time for lunch, cheers bro 👌

[@dncewzrd]

Had a rough time with this, even considered skipping at times, but I powered through to the end and I’m glad I did

[@JellyJman]

Honestly I really enjoyed Kiryu as a dad, seeing him be a great role model really added to the character from 1&2. I also never thought the story segment dragged on but I guess I was fine with the game not only being a Japanese Crime Drama

[@eduardmanecuta5350]

This game was amazing. Was the second Yakuza/Ryu Ga Gotoku game on ps3. First game was Ryu Ga Gotoku Kenzan, which wasn't never port. Also, they did cut some stuff in the remastered version because of PC.

[@amberhernandez]

Kiryu has the same run cycle as Bulk's chase scene from The Amazing Bulk.

[@mackenzie_ish]

I feel like the orphanage stuff really is only fun in retrospect now because we know how important those characters are to kiryu, especially in gaiden. at the time, I can see it being super grating because it's not at all what you expected out of kiryu when the game opens with daigo getting shot.

[@ThePeteriarchy]

4:57 FKN THANK YOU. I still get people rambling at me about how this combat's flawless, that it's actually really good, that it's "realistic", even, which is the worst take of the bunch. And how I don't dislike the combat because it's boring and broken, but because "skill issue", despite the fact that I've never died once throughout Yakuza 3 through 5... I enjoyed the hell outta Yakuza 3, and I even disagree with the notion that the orphanage parts were boring or unnecessary because it all serves to build a lot of what Kiryu's character becomes throughout Yakuza 4 through 6, and deals with a lotta real issues that orphans dealt with at the time that I never gave a lot of thought toward before playing this game. Hell, I still think its fishing is the best in the series. But pretending like the combat is actually hard and ISN'T a just an exercise in patience without even the actual challenge of something like a Souls game is just outright silly.

[@unusualpizza]

disagreed

[@Swagmaster1102]

I feel like Blockuza is good, all things considered. It’s one of the most expressive installments Kiryu has shown, characters feel more in depth, especially with the backstories or expansions (like Hamazaki) and is also a skill check. It accidentally teaches you to rely on not rush combo spamming.

[@JKSmith-qs2ii]

I finished Yakuza 3 two days ago and thought it was just great, I loved it, enjoyed it more than 2. Imagine my surprise when I looked online only to find out people hate it. I genuinely almost dropped the series halfway through Y2 because of the bad story but man Y3 reignited my love.

[@Tuschi17]

I enjoyed it fine enough and it certainly has enjoyable highs. Getting all the achievements ended up being quite a chore though. Having to finish all the hostesses just to get to Amon was very unfun, too.

[@bupperreal]

Homie can literally never make a bad video

[@DragoonCenten]

Public Service Announcement: Use The Grab Button

[@Malzenomamador3412]

7:30 Fuuuuck,every thime that one youtuber uses the smt3 ost i never undertand a thing beacuse that banger in the background

[@BVCM]

I love how much Xenoblade music you're using now lol

[@midoriyee]

I went into Yakuza 3 just saying "This sucks" for like the first 2 hours of the game but looking back now it was actually pretty fun and I still recommend playing it if you can suffer through the first few chapters

[@ryuzxa]

4:28 diabolical backshot

[@HayatoEvoker]

This is more a critique on the footage you play in the back as you talk cause the video itself rips ass, great watch; this may be a personal thing, but when I watch a Yakuza 3 related video I expect footage from Yakuza 1, Kiwami, 2, Kiwami 2 and 3, not games like Judgment or 7, especially when I'm going through both of those trying to not be spoiled to enjoy them as much as possible Not trying to be an ass and I'm sorry if I am, but like, I didn't expect to see a Kaito boss fight spoiler in my Yakuza 3 retrospective Regardless, can't wait for the Yakuza 4 vid, that one will be fun lmao

[@mnla3650]

The Kaito boss fight is one of the filler missions in Judgment. It's not really important to the story

[@HayatoEvoker]

@@mnla3650 this does help to know, ngl Thanks for that

[@gaylper98]

fuck i miss rikia

[@C_Ranked]

I pretty much agree with most of what you said, in general I don’t blame people for not caring too much about this game. But that said weirdly enough this is one of the RGG games I go back to pretty often. I enjoy the low key vibes of taking care of the orphanage even if it is just walking and talking with npcs, it’s just refreshing to have one of the few moments in the series where Kiryu can be happy for once where he doesn’t need to solve problems by punching a thug (although it still happens from time to time). On top of that Okinawa is probably my favorite area in the series, just as someone who lived in the Caribbean for a good chunk of my life, small beach towns just really appeal to me. In terms of gameplay too, while there are issues I have with the enemy AI and the 20 million health pool that bosses have, this is also at the same time one of my favorite versions of Kiryu to play as, particularly with the way bounding works and being able to do some really sick wall combos, it’s a shame that you have to get deeper in the game to be able to fully utilize it but once you get a gist of it from experimenting, it really makes most enemy encounters super fun and makes the boss fights really hype when you’re able to land a juicy wall combo. Again it doesn’t excuse the AI being wack but I really have the most fun making use of Bound and I really wish there was a way to communicate it better to most players than it being a single tutorial hint you get from Komaki. Like I said at the start of this, I don’t blame any person who considers this game to be their least favorite since it is a pretty old PS3 game where they were figuring things out, but I do think the things that are cool about this game are REALLY COOL, it’s not a Yakuza 0 or Lost Judgment in terms of my favorites in the series but it’s a game I appreciate a lot more as time passes Also Daigo’s feet really got them dawgs out there, it’s craaaazy

[@DarKKnightt07]

Thanks for letting me know that 3 comes before 4 lmao

[@lolcat]

Playing in release order helps you appreciate 3 more. Obviously going from Kiwami 2 to this would be rough.

[@Hollow022]

Yakuza 3 got so much better for me after playing the PS2 games. I get most people came to Y3 after Kiwami 2 (as did I) but I can really appreciate the games combat after playing Yakuza 1 some.

[@agwzh]

Another SnowiestAngeman W.

[@MidlifeCrisisJoe]

The real problem with the block system in Y3 is that it's balanced around group fights because the way around the high block rate is to switch targets as someone not currently targeted won't be blocking. So if you bounce from opponent to opponent, you'll avoid the blocking almost entirely, but when you have a 1v1 (which, like half the fights in the game are and all boss fights are) there's no way around this. Also that first fight with the knife guy is a pain because you can't unlock your moves and upgrades until AFTER that fight.

[@pheemarts]

When majima said “this is the last fight of the yakuza 3” I balled

[@armagedd0nn694]

I love yakuza 3. The combat is decent because Kiryu had some really op wall-bounding, among the many new things it brought to the game. I always find people to be shallow when they say the yakuza 3 combat was mediocre because of how much the enemies block when this really isnt an issue if you turn your brain on and use counters, combos where u hit from behind and wallbounds.

[@NicknamingName]

6:36 10 years funny guy

[@JoCaTen]

After finishing Kiwami 2 along with the others, coming to 3 felt weird, the graphics switch had to get used to. It was really an interesting experience

[@dandyguyinspace]

The worst part of Yakuza 3 is that there are no more correspondingly numbered Xenoblade games with music to be used in future videos

[@ac8911]

I foolishly set my first Yakuza 3 playthrough on *HARD* mode and I am really kicking myself in chapters 8 and 9. It is absolutely infuriating watching low level goons blocking sword blows with their bare hands.

[@Dinklr]

I disagree about the boss fights being too long. It honestly feels like most yakuza bosses fold in like 30 seconds and it doesn't give the chance to really fight them for that long. Also i really enjoyed the orphange stuff even more than the conspiracy because it felt fresh and new and seeing dad kiryu was tons of fun.

[@CavanDuck]

Completing the Pool minigame in Yakuza 3 Remastered was one of the worst experiences of my life :)

[@guesty924]

I love yakuza 3 BECAUSE of the enemies blocking and huge boss healthbars. makes fights harder. IMO 3 has the best boss fights in the series being rivaled by lost judgement

[@TanniMachine]

imo they don't make the game harder, like Snowiest said they just make the fights tedious. After a few hours this game is pretty easy whether you decide to spam or not - either choice is fine. The fights just tend to last longer because both parties do piss all damage. 3 does have Mine's boss fight though which is arguably one of the best in the series

[@guesty924]

@@TanniMachine thats true, but i find all of the fights fun and can clear them in 5 mins or less unless its mine, so ig im different.

[@youmanyousef]

gotta love the thumbnail

[@Elaina2206]

Me playing Yakuza 3 and spamming square square triangle through the entire game (I was to stubborn to do a different combo) which made some boss fights last a hour

[@artur.-]

is so strange to think that kiryu in 0, is 20y, and in 3, he is 40y

[@du5k.17]

I kinda liked 3, the story kept me but dear god the Lau fight was such a slog. The final boss was really really good but hoo boi was I glad to be done with that game

[@revolt_4588]

5:42 bro seriously... that combo only does stuff if they arent blocking, ik it still deals damage if enemy blocks but thats like chip damage, who would do this man

[@stellardong3866]

Yeah wtf lol

[@TallTapper]

still somehow my 2nd favorite game of the franchise

[@marcman1999]

I live this game so much

[@goastem2991]

You know despite the controversy yakuza 3 is actually a guilty pleasure of mine, just loading into the game and just taking in the sights

[@Malzenomamador3412]

Why guilty? The game is amazing, only the remaster ruined the combat

[@isaiahwhitlow7801]

This game is mechanically not good, but its still one of my favorites out of pure bias and nostalgia (It was my first Yakuza game way back on ps3). Dad Kiryu, Mine, Rikiya make it so worth it for me. Tiger Drop always is the wave, but this game made me fall in love Komaki Parry lol. Abuse the shit outta it.

[@adrenaliner91]

I had much more fun with 3 than I had with 0... I consider 0 my personal black sheep of the series.

[@legend7951]

As much shit as this game gets, It's still my second favorite in the series (after 5, which beats it just slightly). The vibes of 3 are amazing, I've spent legit hours just walking around the okinawa map examining every little bit of the town and it's beautiful. The ryudo boys, especially rikiya, might be my favorite characters in the entire series, they kind of remind me of kiryu in 0 and watching them grow as the story moves on is great. It's sad that people will ignore this game due to its general consensus in the fanbase of being the worst in the series. (4 is the worst by far imo)

[@Flameclaw123]

Yeah I gotta say having just played 3 and 4 (and now midway through 5) I really don't get how people think 3 is way worse than 4. Admittedly I'm someone who places a lot more emphasis on story and character beats compared to combat, and 4's plot/characterization was obvs kneecapped by trying to juggle so many protagonists, to the point that even the characters themselves are like "yeah idk what's going on anymore let's just put a ton of money on a roof and hope the writers can come up for 4 guys for us to fight." Is the scene in 3 where they just sit you down and tell you the plot clunky? Yeah, sure. But I just don't get how people think that and the blocking mean this game is skippable when it's got some of the best Kiryu moments in the entire series. I'd probably agree that 4 is the weakest, but it's still got plenty to enjoy. The scene on the beach with Haruka after Hamazaki shows up is one of my favorites ever, Saejima gets some great moments despite the infamous twist, and I enjoyed a lot of 4's substories. But I'd put 3 head and shoulders above it by almost any metric other than combat tbh.

[@urbanizeddreams]

The golden era of the Yakuza series. Loved 3 and replayed it many times. Also one of the few games that I got Platinum in.

[@Cat_in_The-Box]

Yakuza 3 became blockuza when it got remastered. Original wasn't like that.

[@929Finn]

I actually really enjoyed Yakuza 3. Going in with low expectations due to it's reputation I was blown away by it. The side content def blew through my time but most of it was pre enjoyable (I felt the same with the school stories in LJ). The fucking bosses were way too tanky though.

[@320speed]

Greatest game in series

[@thatrandomcrit5823]

Strategic forgetfulness to not mention Michiru...

[@lovelydumpling]

Tekken 3 music :)

[@savageboi8619]

I only died twice in this game The first time was I forgot to buy healing items and I was already low during the first fight with the blonde guy in the alleyway The second was when you're chasing the one kid who ran away and this one NPC kept changing direction so I'd keep bumping into him The game was pretty easy but the atrocious damage dealt made it feel twice as long as it should have

[@officialiamkhaos2769]

Perfect timing I just beat the game yesterday