Yakuza 3 Review - PS3

To quote Wikipedia for a moment, the Yakuza are described as ‘members of traditional organized crime syndicates in Japan’. In my mind I consider them to be the Japanese equivalent of the Mafia or Mob. To keep things simple let’s consider Yakuza the overall brand name for these Japanese gang members; each gang is controlled by different ‘Family’ which is formed of many ‘Clans’ across the country. With so many ‘Families’ in play you can imagine that the rivalry can be pretty extreme to say the least; if Yakuza 3 is anything to go by then I am considering changing one of my lifelong ambitions to visit Japan. Why? Well for starters it appears that without warning, brutal fights seem to burst out between Yakuza members every few minutes in seemingly normal Japanese town centres.

You can read the rest of my review over at Gamesweasel.com