Yakuza 0 (Zero Punctuation)
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This week, Zero Punctuation reviews Yakuza 0.
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I know I'm late by I do have to make a correction that Yathzee seems to have missed.
Majima was not given a high end club to manage. It was the opposite. After being tortured for a year, he was given a rundown cabaret club which he turned into a high end one. In fact, it's one of the reasons Shimano keeps him around, because of his ability to make money for them.
Late to this, but even with the millions he earns from the club he's forced to live in a shitty rundown apartment that is under constant surveillance to remind him that he is a prisoner
@@seanraf2554 and to be EVEN later to this hes under 24/7 hour Vigilance so he cant leave sotenbori without his "Daddy" s explicit consent.
Otherwise he'll get killed ... or put back in the dungeon...
@@seanraf2554 i always thought it was rundown because he didn't want to spend any money due to him saving it all for Sagawa so he can become a Yakuza again
Guys. C'mon.
Yakuza Zero Punctuation.
Nice
Jesse Isenberg's evil twin I'm disappointed it wasn't used
Fresh.
Star Fox Zero stole that joke.
Essence of Biting Sarcasm
You forgot about the real game....THE KAROAKE!
Swamp Fox watch his stream.
Shashank7170 twitch stream? If so what's his name on it?
And pachinko.
BREAKIN THE RAWR.
TMcKeon408 Hail Konami
I can agree with the bits regarding the estate agent side quest. One street in particular has a massive greasy smear that looks like Kiryu's face smeared along both sides, because I had no idea which shops you could or couldn't buy
Yeah, they fixed this for Kiwami 2 at least.
The names are in the menu for the Realest, so you can sort of work out what shop is buyable. But it would probs help if you could read Japanese too. lol
That's why I always explored the areas between collections. Even if I didn't have the money to buy new properties, I would search for their locations so I could buy them afterwards.
@@Jagji56 think it made it quite realistic. Finding a small restaurant in real life Kabukicho can be just as big as a challenge: when you don't have street names, and you just try to guess the location, going up and down to all the floors of a building to find the right place ... I am sure I have smeared my face on a few shop-windows...
Oh stop bullshitting, we know Kiryu doesn't bleed, that's just the concrete moving out of the way of Kiryu's face...
Bought the game on a whim, and because I never played a Yakuza game. Best decision of my life
I also did that and ended up playing all the games Kiwami 1 2 and undusted my PS3 and went into eBay, I had just returned from my first trip to Japan and was awesome
@@jlarrinaga Wait why'd you do that? Were you playing on PS4? Games 3-5 have all been remastered!
@@Brandon2940 ps4 costs money
same, it was on sale for 5$, i heard good things about it, nabbed it, and fell in love immediately
same, never understood whats going on but damn that pocket circuit is addictive
it's always weird when he actually likes a game.
Never, hate brings more likes and subs.
To be fair the Yakuza are weird to begin with
That's because Yakuza is the best agme series of all time.
No it isn't. He always has five games minimum he rates as his best (and at least three, usually four or five are ones he loves fully and not " thank goodness for X game there weren't better games out."
It's always dumb when someone makes this played out bland comment
He should have talked about the real hero of Yakuza Zero, Mr.Shakedown.
Brandonious15987 FUCK HIM IN HIS 10 FOOT TALL ASS
No it's Mr Libido.
Ah yes, the Indestructible Incel.
Imma get his ass one of these days....
Warm Liquid Goo Phase Mr Shakedown will make you the most money in the game. That’s what he was referencing I’m 99% sure
Im still early on in the story and just came across this guy. The next few times I saw him was like a horror movie lol. I let out a gasp and took off running the other way like it was Michael Myers 😂
I think Yakuza always got misunderstood in the west. In my opinion it's less of a GTA Tokyo and more of a Shenmue-Style street life simulator. And at that it's incredibly good. Kind of what Farming Simulator is for Europeans who are longing for the quiet life in the country.
It's a grand theft auto game but without the annoying car mechanics and stupid ass holes who in real life couldn't commit a crime and get away with it as much as I could get laid hahaaa...oh wait dood XD
In way Yakuza is sort of like if japanese developers were to remake GTA only knowing the general concept... which means, completely different.
Street life sim with an unbelievable amount of rapists and gangsters roaming the city.
Nobody:
Nabu: performs his perverted dance
@@Shadow60f i hope in the two years that have passed, you have managed to stop being so cringy, because holy shit, this comment almost made me throw up
I spent like 20hours just playing mahjong only to get nowhere near 1st place.
Basically 20 hours well fucking spent my dude. Now enjoy another 20 hours each of all minigames until you start delving into the sidequests, which will take u about another 20 hours and then go for the main quest. Another 20 Hours! =D Jokes aside, i fucking love everything about Yakuza 0 and im definetly getting all the others in the main series.
Hopefully in the four years since posting this comment, you've realised Mahjong is an overly complex nightmare of a game that requires a ton of acquired knowledge to be remotely confident at and have stopped beating yourself up about it. :)
Considering I've never even played a Yakuza game. Yakuza Zero may be on my top ten list of favorite games this year, maybe even of all time. Idk maybe it's because I haven't had the chance to play others so it doesn't feel stale. But the arcade style gameplay mixed with the incredible story has had me addicted unlike any other games I've played since maybe Witcher 3. I'm curious to hear how other more experienced players feel about it.
As a long-time fan of the Yakuza series, seeing people like you who would undoubtedly take an interest in it but were never properly exposed to it and its identity due to how it was marketed until playing Yakuza 0, it gives me hope that Yakuza will only continue to grow from now on. I've been seeing a lot of people trying out Yakuza 0 and falling in love with the franchise afterwards. Yakuza Kiwami, a remake of the first game is coming out this summer which is the perfect follow-up for Yakuza Zero, look forward to that!
Chase B It's the first Yakuza game I've ever played and it is hands down my favorite game of the year so far. Fucking love every minute of it.
Wait what? When did Yakuza 5 ever get a PS4 version?
I've always wanted to like Yakuza games, but I've never finished one. I always get bored before the end.
WDKaze the zombie one i kinda love hate it because... come on holy shite majima!!!!!
The thing that makes Yakuza 0 stand out, in my opinion, is the "soap opera"-esque approach to storytelling, while still delivering a story that's way better than anything a soap opera would ever contain.
There's an interview a sega rep did once with Yakuza members as they played Yakuza (which is called 'Ryu ga Gotoku' in Japan, explaining all of the not-very-organized-crime things you do in the series), and they commented on how realistic the whole thing actually is, with the criticism that they don't actually get into that many fights, surprisingly enough, and that Kiryu's suit was just too fancy for a guy of his rank.
Best part of Yakuza: The Karaoke.
And the dancing naked diaper man.
Which Karaoke song was your favourite? Mine was 24hr cindirela.
Judgement
I actually like the Yakuza games especially for the stuff in between the main story. The kind of things Yahtzee does not seem to like are really what draws me in. Doing the funny sidequests, entertaining yourself by playing all kinds of mini games ... Yakuza is great in that it offeres so much variety that whatever your mood may be you always find something you's like to do now.
4:36 Is that the third or fourth time Yahtzee implied our collective mums like fucking sailors?
In the words of Kazuma Kiryu, "I peacocked your mom".
I know! I'm a massive RTS fan and I don't agree with all of his reviews but I still absolutely love them! :p
It's more like the dozenth.
The month is almost over and Yahtzee still has Nioh, For Honor, Halo Wars 2, Nier: Automata and Horizon Zero Dawn to review. I don't envy him.
Robin Powell don't forget zelda
Robin Powell nioh done. Probably for honour maybe the next or the 5 inde games he has been playing
Robin Powell There's a fucking Halo Wars 2???
Despite knowing he will probably tear into it, im cautiously excited for his Horizon: Zero Dawn review.
Dayne Fishwick have not seen the ads for the armrest or carsale popping around youtube?
One of the best games ever made, I'm completely addicted, good job there's another two entries released within the next year.
Yup, as soon as I finished it, I immediately went online and preorderd Kiwami. Im hooked
Agreed. This game is awesome. Love the 80s atmosphere, the interesting plot twists, the sense of humor
see this is one of the reasons they need to localize Ishin. because what would be funner than playing a brick faced kimono dressed man who apparantly kills himself then fights the shogunate, fan dances, and chicken races?
Kayleb Lang The people behind the localization of the Yakuza games have already stated a couple of times that the chance of Ishin coming to the west is unfortunately, zero.
Guess it's a good thing KSS did a full translated guide then. Looks like I'll have to pick up the Japanese version and play that way.
TRAV If I remember correctly for Ishin it was because they believed the game wouldn't have as much impact outside Japan since they wouldn't have the understanding and knowledge about the group and figures shown and their impact on the history of Japan. I said screw it and bought the game and am using the KHHSubs fan translation guide.
yeah it's too Japanese for the western demographic it will get bashed in a heartbeat. I bought the game years ago anyways
"Long-winded and weirdly hilarious" is a great tagline for the Yakuza series as a whole.
yeah that's why he literally said "so, a Yakuza game" directly after that line. you are very smart
Oh come on! Nothing about the softcore porn videos, girl wrestling and phone dating? That is so easy material for jokes!
Those parts are too good to criticize.
It's more that those elements are already intentionally comical so making fun of them would be missing the point.
I watched the Angry Joe video (I'm a masochist) and one of his first comments was that the game is good despite being "easy to make fun of", and his example of this was the scene of Majina spotting the half-naked hostess club guy near the beginning of his story; because I guess Japan are such an inferior subhuman culture they somehow view an air-humping man in his underwear as 100% serious.
Dead Stock Paradise or...they really give zero fucks.
"Which is a shame, because it's me job."
i'm really disappointed you didn't call it "Yakuza Zero Punctuation"
Yakuza actually aren't much on violent crime, they are more of a semi-legitimate business based on money lending and aggressive investing, with a side business in security and imports. The illegal part of what they do is keeping rival businesses away and insider trading.
christopher Christos it's scaring me how you know this
AmongGaming he probably used the power of Google
And human trafficking, can't forget that
They are most definitely involved in violent crimes too.
@@Shashank7170 but not in the same way as american crime syndicates. They don't bother with petty crimes and will definitely protect people in the districts they control. They are like the last remains of the Shogunate but they are illegal.
You missed the perfect opportunity to call this Yakuza 0 punctuation.
The stopping of petty crimes is a yakuza thing though. Yakuza blackmail, cheat and other bullshit... yakusa don't like flagrant crimes happening on their territory so the police can't have an excuse to come close. As a foreigner for example you're ironically safer in yakusa territory... but then again japan is one of the if not the most safest country to be so not much to worry about on that front anyway (minor exceptions aside)
The Original Yakuza of the past had honor and pride in their organization to lead, at some point a new generation of Yakuza, which now act more like gangsters than badasses in nice suits, started mugging people and does not use any form of respect for anyone.
Just like the street gangsters in the west, they all started going bad because they want respect, but doesn't want to give any. Bigotry basically.
The original and old origin of a Yazuka is like a organization of like-minded people defending what they believe is right, like against foreigners or invaders in the medieval era of Japan since government and governing by higher class citizens is far and few in between.
@@dra6o0n they have always been evil criminals. Don't justify it
"like a water slide connecting two floors of a dmv office" wonderful analogy. Thanks for making clever content!
This is one of your funniest, best-written reviews in a while. I was smiling the whole time and then busted up laughing at the last line.
but man, the chicken you can win from the bowling minigame to make your manager. i mean damn does it really need anything else?
"Like a water slide connecting two floors of a DMV office."
...Brilliant.
"Which is a shame since that is me fucking job" funniest line of the video.
I finally played it myself!
@@Shashank7170 thoughts
actually I believe you're in the wrong here for once yahtzee. The deveolpers actually made sure to interview actual yakuza for this game to make sure it was accurate and actually japanese mafia are quite different from the usual garden variety of western thugs
They also said Kiryu's coat that he wears after he leaves the Yakuza was stupid. ...I'm not kidding.
Ethan Edwards yeah but the coat is more rule of cool like Kiryu beating dudes up with motorcycles and tanking bullets to the chest by just flexing really hard.
I hope this was a joke. How the absolute *fuck* can one hear the information "the actual Yakuza are involved in what gets to make it into the game" and not immediately realize that it's less "collaboration to get the truth out there" and more "cast us in a positive light, or we'll fucking murder your families."
@@RepublicOfUs except that's not how it went? It was like Yakuza 3 or something they got some Yakuza in to play the game, when the game was basically finished mind you, and they said yeah the way the Yakuza was internally was pretty good but they didn't like how kiryu was dressed as such a high ranking member and they also said they would have just shot a lot of the people and not beat everyone up
It actually hurts how many people compare yakuza to gta when the similarities are slim to none
To be fair Yakuza was completion bullshit, before completion bullshit was actually a thing.
To also be fair, Dragon and Mad Dog styles are very much worth unlocking. You also gain amazingly fat stacks on the path to get there so you can pay for upgrading the skill trees
This just in: Yahtzee has a new novel out!
Betta66 It's out!?
Ked Viper its called "Will save the universe for food". Reminds me of one of his zero punctuation videos where a hobo pyramid head holds a sign saying "Will rape for food"
One of the best reviews he's done, I'm crying I laughed so much.
Shame he sounds like he didn't get the secret styles.
@@ShinRyuuji When it's something that hinders him.
@@ShinRyuuji he said he wanted to get all businesses, and you need to finish the real estate Royale quest to unlock it, so it's not that hard
It also sounds like he only tried a couple of minigames and didn't bother with the Sub-Stories
Eh, it wouldn’t have mattered frankly.
In my opinion, you’re better off just using the standard styles because by the time you get the secret styles you’ll have maxed out the other ones.
I like the music for the styles and Majima’s 3-man KO heat action, but they are kinda lacking compared to the others.
I needed this before work 😂👌❤
I appreciate that the outro music didn't blow out my eardrums this time. Not sure how long that's been the case, but I appreciated it this time.
the yakuza series is basically a spiritual successor to shenmue, which is why it's so fun to play.
Spiritual successor and complete overtaker
and shenmue can fuck the right off because Yakuza did it better
@@BoostedMonkey05 having played Shenmue and couldn't get into it(stopped when I had to look for Sailors) and put over 80 hours in Yakuza Kiwami 1. Completely agree.
Yakuza 0 -Punctuation-
You forgot to mention how you can win a live chicken in a bowling tournament and put it to work managing one of your real estate districts.
For a second I was really confused because I thought he had already reviewed this game, then I realized I was thinking of Dunkey's review
blahthebiste I
blahthebiste
That's probably the way how their humor...
I need to try out this series...
never get tired of the analogies man, they always fucking hit me
What I loved about Yakuza 0 (My first) was that the sheer goofiness of the side missions was always available whenever the main story was getting too dark and twisted. It was nice to be able to take a break and help a man get a battery for a goddamn cell phone, or solve a crossword puzzle.
Or help a man connect with his estranged daughter
Everytime he says Yakuza I see Other Joe's dance......Anyone else? If so please help
Alexane Rose You're not alone, fellow AJ fan. You're not alone.
Mat0s - 316
I'm getting them flashbacks
Oh god, the sax is playing again dood :'(
It was hilarious though dood XD
10 minutes, and already 2k views. You're on fire
You know yahtzee there are quite few videos that take an in depth look at Yakuza Zero if your interested in why you still enjoy the game.
I was waiting for this one.
I came to say goodbye to one of my favorite episodes of zero punctuation farewell I move on to less greedy lands
You have to admit. There are quite a bit of subtle details to Kiryu's stone face.
earlyer today, i thought up a reason you might find them so fun: they are like a theampark with a main story, but lots of games to play, using an internal currency that you can easily get by bopping roaming punching bags, or going along the main story.
The cabaret mini game is one the best parts.
I love the first part of the game. As someone thats been wanting to go to Japan for awhile now its absolutely amazing how much detail they put in just to make it feel alive. I could walk the streets foe hours in this game. The little mini games are perfect for the setting. The food shops have authentic cuisine so it makes me literally want to go even more.
Im not sure how many people are aware of this but Yahtzee now streams on Twitch every Wednesday around 11am PST. Its not quite as good as LDO, since there's no Gabe, but its still a good watch.
Wow posted on my Birthday
A couple of flaws with what yahtzee has said in this, first off the reason kiryu is curb stomping ass holes beating on civilians is because they are on the dojima's turf and even after that !SPOILER! he becomes a civilian himself so he's just helping out, a bit more of a spoiler is that big daddy kazuma didn't think kiryu would make a good yakuza basically because he's a good person dood.
As for the food for completion sake with no benefit's that's also not true, it get's you CP which can be used to purchase bonus effect's and items from the shrine, that and well you need to recover health and as an extra bonus fact alcohol boost's your heat gauge and in higher level's will even have bonus effect's such as heat going up when hit rather than down dood.
Third issue, majima hasn't killed anyone before and was also Spoiler again sorry, he was lied to and told they were scum, instead it was a blind girl who was with a guy who was doing the opposite of the bad thing's Goro was told, not easy to kill an innocent person even if you are scum dood.
Forth issue, the real estate business and cabaret were way's to get a lot of money quickly to level up among other thing's but they also unlocked their ultimate styles so yeah not a 100% completion thing as much as more content, that said goro's cabaret game took too long so I can give you that about it dood.
I know I said all this but I'm not having a go, it's just it's a long game and there is no way yahtzee would know a lot of this so for the sake of people who take his humour reviews as law this is just a nice point out that he didn't give the game his "full" attention and just beat it ASAP, it kinda made a lot of his jokes fall flat which is sad because the guy's freaking hilarious dood. XD
Behind the times gamer I know I’m 2 years late, but who is big daddy Kazuma?
this game is bloody fantastic.
theres 4 fighting styles each..
There are secret styles you can get, making 4 styles each.
The most immaculate recommendation for a game I've ever heard. Thanks I'll buy it!
imagine not talking about the side quests
I love the eyebrows for "men with serious facial expressions".
A water slide in a DMV office... hey Yahtzee, when the Nobel Prize committee mails you your prize do you have a speech planned or are you just going to wing it?
Yakuza -1, pre-order now!
probably one of his funniest vids yet
1:05 - 1:06 - I want that as my text message ring.
I enjoy the way you pronounce Majima, sounds almost like Mortimer.
Never played any of the Yakuza games but now I'm tempted to try it
Joseph Murray I highly recommend it, the story and characters are absolutely amazing, and besides the main story there's an incredible amount of fun and goofy sideshit to do.
Kazuma Kiryu Alrighty though you forgot the most important factor...Serious faced guys dressed in a sharp suit suplexing other serious faced guys into basically anything heh.
Oh, that was the least insane shit when you played a Yakuza game. That was nothing compare to Karaoke and Disco Dance segment.
"3 fighting styles" pfah... if only you knew-
The Yakuza maybe criminals but they've also been known to provide relief funds during natural disasters so some of them can be considered anti heroes.
The Yakuza are just the living embodiment of "professionals have standards"
This is the earliest I think I've ever been in a video am I a part of the cool club now?
Dont think I ever got around to saying this, but bonus points for including that face from the culture club in there for the 80s reference.
Yatzee manages to make me chuckle with the simplest of things. like this time having the bad guy say "But thats illegal!" immidiately sounds ridiculous in my hand, in some kind of British boy's accent.
Yahtzees point about Kazuma not committing much crime is the reason why I wish the games had their original title in the west. It's only called Yakuza over here.
You should probably mention the original title - which is "Like A Dragon".
how you come up with those lines is beyond me.
"like a waterslide connecting two floors in a DMZ office" brilliant and fucking funny
More importantly.. Yahtzee's review of Nioh is on the website.
Im about halfway through the Yakuza series and i have to say i've fallen in love
Starting my Largest marathon yet
The mental picture I just had with Majima reacting with shock and saying "But that's illegal" will never get old for me 😂
When you talked about buying buildings... I FUCKING felt that
Yakuza 0 is *amaaaaazing!*
Yakuza games are one of those games that you can rip apart why its bad, but by the time the credits role you know deep down that you can't complain and deny how much fun you had throughout the 25-40 hour experience.
The combat gameplay just sucks. The only thing that kept me playing was the plot. But the middle just keeps repeating dialogue and explanation that is fluff until you get to the end where it’s hype. The story is ok.
@@wetsoup5529 You love it ❤️
I thoroughly enjoyed Yakuza 0
I haven't watched a Zero Punctuation video in a while. It's nice to come back to one that's about a game I know a bit about, is funny and is loud enough to drown out the dad snores of the girl next door to me (or Gestapo as my autocorrect calls her. apparently we are living in Nazi Berlin where your next door neighbour can be a traitor and a scoundrel).
There is extra content for completing stuff. You get points and you can spend them on upgrades and special items
yakuza 0 is fucking awesome
So when is he going to do Nioh?
He did it this week. Go to the Escapist Channel to find it.
Tyler Tourk just checked channel... Nioh wasn't there >.>
He meant that it's on the escapist website. Meaning it will be on youtube next week.
He did this week
"Like a water slide connecting 2 floors of the DMV office."
WEEEEEEEEE!! Aww...
Kyriu actually is being a Yakuza when he "saves"people in kamuorcho. The yakuza extort businesses for extortion money and beats punks who try to extort on their turf. He actually says that the first time he does it
3:46 made laugh so freaking hard!
Yeah but it has New Japan wrestlers doing wrestling moves in boss battles therefore 12/10
I just realized, he said that each character only has 3 styles of combat, which means he didn't unlock legend style.
Nope he sure didn’t
(Throws money in the air)
When are you going to review twister or connect 4?
To be fair, the restaurant completion thing isn't that bad since the meals are super cheap (compared to the money that disco stomping people gives you), are mostly massive heals (which is useful after a few unlucky fights or any encounter with Mr. Shakedown), rewards you with CP for completing each one (which can be used to by gameplay upgrades), and can lead to at least one neat side quest and having to figure out how the fishing mini-game works.
I liked running a cabaret club much more than just buying property and waiting for the money to finish getting collected..
Anybody else have a strange craving to Disco...?
YAKUZA 0 The Pier Soothing Sounds
Breaking the raaaaw... ♪
I love this game