Gᴀᴍᴇᴘʟᴀʏ

　
　　If you’re like me and jumped into the Yakuza series because it was finally ported to PC, or started with Yakuza 0 like most people, you might not expect much from the remastered titles, especially Yakuza 3, 4, & 5. After finishing 0, Kiwami 1, & Kiwami 2, jumping into the remasters feels like an instant downgrade.

　I don’t have an issue with that, though, because these are remasters, not remakes, so it makes sense. Since I’m more into the story than the tedious gameplay of Yakuza 3, I actually finished this game faster than any of the previous PC titles.

　That said, the lack of QoL improvements in this game is noticeable, especially for substories like the 'Trouble Maker' ones—I believe they’re completely absent. Unlike in the past, we can search for all the substories in Yakuza 0 but in 3? yea good luck with that.

　As for combat, it’s definitely downgraded. You don’t get the three or four combat styles like in the previous titles, so you should know what to expect from an older game that’s been remastered rather than remade. For me, that’s fine.
　

Gʀᴀᴘʜɪᴄ

　
　Welp, there you go, PlayStation 3 graphics. Well, I’m not really into graphics too much. even Wukong, which only sells graphics, didn’t win GOTY, so why bother with them? No wonder that game got defeated by Super Sony Brother Bot.

　Anyway, Ryu looks bulkier and wider, like Wide Putin... not sure why. Also, Haruka looks so ugly, maybe because I jumped into the Yakuza remakes first. So yeah, you know what you’re getting. I also noticed Yakuza 3 uses a lot of daytime maps, unlike the previous titles that are always set at night. I mean, Kamurocho looks better at night; it has that feel.

　And yeah, I noticed all those maps were crafted by hand instead of relying on lighting, which is probably why they could make this game for PlayStation 3. Imagine if Yakuza was made by Square Enix, it’d probably have the most broken PC optimization because all the lighting would be rendered instead of using whatever tricks Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio pulled off. Overall, the night maps still look gorgeous, but the day maps? They’re pretty hideous.
　

Mᴜʟᴛɪᴘʟᴀʏᴇʀ

　
　They have same kind of mini-game, but I don’t think it supports multiplayer. And yeah, this is like a remaster edition. people are playing it only because they’re attached to the story, so I don’t think I need to check that out.
　

Cᴏɴᴛʀᴏʟ

　
　If you see a user leaving a negative review for this game just because they're using a keyboard and mouse, block them, they can't even read.

Works fine with a D-input gamepad.
　

Pʟᴀʏᴛɪᴍᴇ

　
　Main story takes around 16h to beat, 100h for completionists, and about 26h for all styles. For me, though, I finished in 22h, just walking around randomly. Sometimes, I focused on substories if I saw them, but when nothing showed on my map, I just kept progressing.
　

Sᴛᴏʀʏ

　
　　There’s no real impact in this game, but I’m not sure about the later titles. I’ll let you know once I finish them. Anyway, this is literally not about Yakuza; everything is falling apart. I mean, people are afraid of John Wick after he soloed many armies, but Kiryu? Come on. ‘Hey, I’m the new chairman of the Yakuza, and it seems people know this dude named after a dragon. I think I can defeat him.’ Bam, bam, bam. ‘Oh, how could you defeat me? I have money, I’ve lootboxed, this isn’t possible!’ Yeah, the villains in Yakuza feel rushed, but since I love the gameplay and story, I didn’t mind too much... well, not so much for this one. It’s literally the beach episode – a retired old man running his orphanage, just like he dreamed of. Overall, this beach episode needed more swimsuit waifus like many summer anime episodes.

And because im already attached to yakuza so yeah, tortured my self with this season.
　

PC ᴘᴏʀᴛ

　
Tested OS
Windows 10 Pro | 64 Bit, Version 22H2.

Hardware
CPU　AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
GPU　NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
RAM　16 GB DDR4

Performance Test
　•　30 FPS.
　•　Run on SSD.
　•　HD resolution.
　•　Low Preset (For this review)
　•　CPU | Medium Usage (unoptimised)
　•　GPU | Low Usage

Game Optimization
　Check out my full in-depth review for the unoptimized problems.
　

Aᴄᴄᴇssɪʙɪʟɪᴛʏ

　
Audiotory
　✓　Playable with disability
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Speaker config
　•　-
Sound Setting
　•　Master
　•　Music
　•　SE
　•　Cinematic

Visual
Colorblind
　✗　Deuteranopia
　✗　Protanopia
　✗　Tritanopia
　✗　Custom
UI
　✓　Dark
　✗　Scale
　✗　S. Preset
Subtitle
　✓　on/off
　✗　Scale
Display
　✓　Fullscreen
　✓　Windowed
　✓　Borderless
FPS
　✓　30
　✓　60
　✗　Unlimited / Any
Misc
　✓　Vsync
　✗　Gamma
　✗　Contras
　✗　Brightness
　✓　Resolution Scale
　✓　Customize config file
　✓　Advanced graphic setting

Motor/Body disability
Control type
　✓　Simple
　✗　Complex
½　Slow reaction
✓　Binding custom control

Verdict
　Really hate the beach map for this game since there's no brightness, contrast, or other settings.
　

Bᴜɢ / 𝙲𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚗

　
　•　Unoptimised
　•　No trouble maker item
　•　Day map looks awful
　•　Story seems short and pointless

　ⓘ　Build ID 6407476
　

DLC

　
　no DLC
　

Exᴛʀᴀ

　
[VALVᴱ] Suggested Region Price
Correct　　:　2
Cheaper　 :　7
Overprice　:　31
Overal score : 4.7/10
Gameplay Meh, graphic Nah, story dang, not good.

Community Health
　✗　Toxic
　✗　Moderator/Developer Problem

Note :
　It's fine if you just want to know about the story after Kiwami 2...
　

Oᴘᴘɪɴɪᴏɴ

　
　　I'm only playing this because I'm already attached to the story, but I wasn't expecting much from this version. Anyway, I remember waiting for the anniversary of Ryu ga Gotoku, hoping for Kiwami 3, and yet we got the Majima Pirate thing.
　

Rᴇᴄᴏᴍᴍᴇɴᴅᴇᴅ?

　
　Yes! On Sale!
　

Oᴛʜᴇʀ

　
Previous reviews have been posted　:
　•　Toram Online
　•　Phantom Breaker: Omnia

Playtime source　:
HLTB
Suggested price source　:
SteamDb
　

Due to Steam's 8k-character and limitation for reviews, read the full in-depth review in this guide!