Yakuza

Decent gameplay, worth playing. I reccomend you rent it.

User Rating: 6.8 | Ryuu ga Gotoku PS2

By imacheater2k5 | Review Date: October 13, 2006

This game looks good, there's no doubt about that. But the gameplay gets repetitive, and the fighting system isn't indulging enough. You'll find people running up to you for no apparent reason, dropping a few F-Bombs, and then you watch a LOADING screen disguised as a versus display. You fight the enemies for a few seconds, and then you find yourself back running around. That's another issue; you run around the city in this game so many times that you won't even really need a map anymore. The great graphics and decent sound don't make up for the boring gameplay. Rent this game first.

P.S. Prepare for the most cussing in any video game ever made.

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