UNSC AI Nebula but like he says in the video, people get shot and get up two seconds later, like with wen hai lee. He only showed awano getting shot in the shoulder.
@@RandomDude647 the western release of nier made originally brother sister and father daughter (protag aged up) into just the lather because only gestalt was released, just to become brother sister for the first time to westeners in the remaster of replicant. That was what my brain worms proceeded and will uphold.
late but man i gotta respectfully disagree, the yakuza 0 story had me in its grip all the way to the end, goro majima has the most memorable character introduction i think ive ever seen in a game
Same I had no idea how he would turn up in the original cause yakuza 0 was my first yakuza game and goddamn he made me so interested in the series as a whole
Goro Majima's story was just the most interesting period. I fell out of caring about Kiryu's side of things early on, but Majima had all the best bits down to the cabaret. It almost broke me to see what his character got reduced to that is literally his staple of the series just because I loved his part in 0 so much. But this game is just awesome all the way around. Never had a game make me care about doing sidequests, but my God the excellent writing be joining a cult, men dressed in geisha (correct?) outfits, mj and the zombies, teaching a dominatrix how to be a dominatrix, even the pocket circuit shit is fun or stopping a burusera ring or pretending to be someone's SO or Mr. Libido. Jesus Christ, what the fuck did this game not have? It was love at first sight. And it's pacing, the way it gradually introduces you to everything or how all of it really feels like a day in the life in the most realistic sense while being completely fucking absurd is why this game will go down as one of the greats. Perhaps obscure, but give it time. Cult classic for sure.
"Yakuza has an incredible ability to betray its own serious tone with ridiculous, bombastic spectacle." *Well, I'm a Metal Gear fan, so I'll be right at home*
You could say he's back back if he made a new league video. just to see him react to the new features that are now in the game, like new champs, items, etc. cause that would mean he's back at lol, not gaming which he did not leave. Also i meant it, it'd be really awesome if he'd make a league video
Thanks for linking that article that was great, honestly imagining some gruff Japanese ex-boss getting hype about smashing a dude's head in with street sign just brings a smile to my face. Also "Katsu pork bento gives you more energy than ramen - that is realistic". What a lad.
"with a bolder more memorable story this would've been a classic" This game literally had one of the best stories I've ever had the pleasure of experiencing.
@@Corrupted-Sun He didn't even finish the game in my opinion honestly, got the the 5th chapter and left it at that with playing all the side quests. It's all optional, he's just getting mad over something he literally chose
@@jazzynyc_99 it doesn’t matter where a story comes from, an exemplary story is simply exemplary. Being a book doesn’t make something any more or less likely to be a good or bad story, nor does being a game, movie, show, etc. Not all games are standout exceptions that can go with the best of all genres, but there are far more than you seem to think, arguably including Mass Effect, Nier, Three Houses, Witcher, Yakuza, and many more. If you actually played through the Yakuza series, you’d see why your argument is just goofy. Hell the scripts and background lore for these stories are often made into literal books, like Nier that released a box set of 7 books for a finalized script. Not only are they just as good or better than some of the best books out there, but they are literal books already lmao. It seems to me that book readers with chips on their shoulders should actually pay attention to the top tier story writing in front of them instead of tearing it down for no real reason
@@rastas_4221 I love all the games but to be honest not many of them had really good stories. They tend to be a bit convoluted and unnecessarily complicated (cough yakuza 5). Yakuza 0 really stood out in that regard, I haven't experienced anything quite like it since. Other than 0 I think Like a Dragon and the two Judgment games also had really good stories.
HELL SPOON 3/5 dunkey dunks is like a 10/10 normal people dunks. If you love random hilarious moments and ridiculous action sequences, this game is for you. Will not dissapoint
I nearly always agree with Dunkey, but him saying that this game doesn't have such a captivating story just baffles me. Despite it being my first Yakuza game, it made me care so much for Majima and Kiryu and even some other side characters. That final scene with Majima made me tear up tbh
I'm pretty sure he's changed his mind on the story here. Watch his Best of 2022 video, where he puts Yakuza Kiwami at Number 5. And that Yakuza 0 did make him further invested in that Sequel.
y'all please buy this game. sometimes they don't release in the west because it sales horribly over here, but trust me, it's definitely worth 60$ I have 84 hours in it and JUST beat it. This game will have you tearing up at one moment, then the next you're helping a woman be a better dominatrix. it's so insane you just have to play it lol
I think his rating system is based on all time... so 5/5 would be stuff like Super Mario 64, stuff he really considers a true masterpiece with few or no flaws
I think that depends on whether a game is judged for what it did during it's timeperiod, and for that SM64 truly deserves nothing less than 4, or for how well it does for today's standards. And judged like that, every game will eventually become a 0.5. I mean, of course Yakuza 0 is better than SM64 when it was designed for systems with like a couple of hundred times the computing power of the N64.
Ok, I can see the writing, though that's a bit of an uneven match. It's a platformer designed for everyone vs. an adult-only thriller-action-JRPG(? I guess). But objectively, yes, Yakuza has the better writing. Everything else is kind of my point. Of course SM64 would lose to Yakuza 0 in every way when there just is more of everything. Not only on screen due to more computing power, but also in the game in general as the Blue ray has like 700 times the capacity of the biggest N64 cartridges. (25 GB minimum vs. 64 MB maximum, if i didn't confuse some values). And it would probably look the same if you compared Yakuza to some game 20 years from now. It could get 1/5 for graphics because it isn't even VR.
Patrick Donohoe I'll be honest... I think i was really drunk when I wrote that comment... I have no clue what I was trying to say. PS. I am currently really drunk.
Your comment was posted 26 minutes ago as I'm typing this. I'm going to go check Metacritic to see whether you're right or not. Edit: You fuckin' liar.
the amount of people defending it in the comments made me try it and, gotta disagree with dunk. it was in fact a very good game with a strong, well-executed story & fun gameplay.
@@thedude3005It's just that Yakuza isn't really all that violent It can show some pretty ugly things but it never goes full cynical I personally like that about it, but some may believe it would have benefited from more shocking scenes
@@imjustlikedenji5954 kiryu fucking sidesteps a fucking rocket. I don't know what kind of violence you want from this game but that shit goes harder than any amount of violence
Let's be real here it suffers from final fantasy 4 syndrome where loads of characters unnecessarily die to make the villain look badass. The story was phenomenal anyway though but shibusawa is possibly the worst villain I've ever seen
@@cursedinari7434 Sagawa's kills were meaningful and Shibusawa had some weak buildup as the main villain in my opinion, Oda's death being the biggest thing he does until the end. I think most of the characters introduced were meaningful and died in meaningful ways.
Garrett Oliva Garrett Oliva I agree. I never said that they were bad characters, I apologize if I conveyed that wrong. All the characters they introduced were interesting and had their own unique goals and ambitions, and I loved them all.
Hold up, Sagawa is not a villain! Tbh it kinda pisses me off how Yakuza fans praise Kuze as this super badass villain (I think he's a total bitch) and either hate or completely ignore Sagawa. He (Sagawa) was the one who stood by Majima even after his many fuck ups. He could've thrown Majima under the bus to save his own ass, but he sticked with him until the end. I agree with Shibusawa being an underdeveloped villain though. We barely get any insight on his character until moments before fighting him.
This game is a fking blast. Even if the story might not be your taste the over-the-top bombastic gameplay really makes this a unique title & a fun title at that. Does what a game should do and that is deliver 100% fun.
Also the business side stories give you a lot to do when you need a break from all the cutscene driven story. The catfight club, Majima's business as a cabaret club manager, gambling with the homeless in West Park, the underwater death match colliseum, Mr. Shakedown, it's all like a fantastic John Woo film you play your way through. Ever want to kill a helicopter with a handgun then fish up some sea turtles and masturbate to some softcore Japanese porn? This game actually lets you do that. It's the best game of all time.
It's bizarre how the game distributes money. I spent so much time doing the business side stuff and didn't even make a dent in how much the moves cost to upgrade.
@@videogamedunkey As Kiryu I "grinded" the business while doing the pocket racers and other side missions. By the end once you have everything he makes a billion yen every few minutes, with the highest tier moves being a billion each. I became overpowered as hell, but it's weird because the beginning of the game can feel really overwhelming. The cabaret club Majima runs though NEVER makes anywhere near the same amount of money.
"Then it had me, then it lost me, then it starts reeling me back in, nope! Suitcase." That sentence is so dunkey-like, but illustrated with Yakuza gameplay, it purely shows that the game was made for him.
Yakuza 0 was my first game of the series and it was awesome. Bought Yakuza Kiwama and I thought it was the continuation of Kiryu and Nishiki adventures, boy.....was I wrong.
Right there with ya bro. I thought it was gonna be Kiryu, Nishiki, Reina, and Yumi as the best squad ever.... And then literally everything happened..........
He saves this titles for the ones where he just dicks around in the game. His dunkviews are the closest things to serious videos on his channel. P.S The gif that your avatar is based on gives my soul happiness. Then again, anything with Zone does that.
Honestly though, the game fools you into thinking it pulls punches by letting some characters survive, only to kill them later on in just the right way to heighten tension and make the player realize that shit got real. The campy, absurd parts emphasise the serious scenes in my opinion. I think those moments really cement the setting as a world of eager, hot-blooded people who wear their hearts on their sleeve, and I'd much rather have a lively if somewhat fantastical world instead of a super gritty "realistic" one. Nevertheless, solid points. I give this review five Dunko points out of seven
The thing about REALISM in a lot of games is they forget that light hearted and goofy shit exists irl. It's similar to that whole Real Is Brown issue with a lot of games where they seem to think vibrant colors just don't exist.
jsh020 as a person who just got into the series through Yakuza 0 and was looking forwards to the rest of it, you kind of ruined a lot of the story there :/
Not really, each game tends to have a self-contained story and knowing what happened to the characters before/after doesn't make much difference. I mean at the end of Yakuza 4 Kiryu is fighting Daigo on a rooftop, beginning of Yakuza 5 he's talking to Kiryu as if nothing happened between them. Don't worry about these details being spoilers because Daigo's involvement in Yakuza 4 is so small that he might as well not have been in the game at all, but they needed an end boss for each character.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COVERING THIS GAME! This series needs to get more popular in the west and I hope people can see how fucking amazing and genius this series is. It's worth so much attention and Yakuza 0 is one of the best, most complete and extensive games I've played in a long time.
I've tried playing several Yakuza games and I've never actually finished any of them. The bizarre shifts in tone ruin the experience for me. Am I supposed to be playing some gritty game about murderous gangsters, or watching some weird Japanese game show?
Its never gonna get popular in the west. To much story. To much cutscenes. Unskippable if anything. Westerners dont like that. The closest they got was Last Of Us. MGS4 barely made it here.
It has absolutely nothing to do with the volume of story. Some of the most popular games of all time in the west are very story-heavy. Some of them are even Japanese.
Yeah, we hate cutscenes and story and lack of action, that's why RPGs are so popular and games like the original mass effect trilogy and witcher 3 are considered some of the best right? Lol what is it with people trying so hard to denounce their own culture
This might just be me, but the story had me hooked almost the whole way through. It made me hella emotional at points, something I wasn't expecting at all.
As a kid, I remember playing the original Yakuza game on PS2 back when it first came out and I remember enjoying it, but for whatever reason I totally forgot the franchise existed, most likely because it wasn't a big name in the west. Fast forward to 2017 and I'm looking at some random selection of PS4 games on Amazon, and I see Yakuza 0 for like £20-something. I'm like "Hey, a prequel to that old game I had. Sure, why not." *ADD TO CART*. Best decision I've made all year. Totally fell in love. The serious, gritty crime thriller story (which contrary to what was said in this review does have something of a body-count) juxtaposed by the completely hilarious absurdity of all the side missions and mini-games, presented in an awesome beat-em-up which has some of the most satisfying mechanics of any action game I've played and only gets better as the game progresses. It's some of the best fun I've had in gaming this year, second only to Breath of The Wild. For me, it's easily a 9/10. They've also brought out Yakuza Kiwami, a remaster of the original (which I am currently playing) and there's a remaster of Yakuza 2 on the way. If you've never delved into this series before, now's the time.
I remember hearing Yakuza is very similar to Shenmue, getting the game from the Dreamcast costs money and really hard to find, so I decided to tell my sister to get Yakuza Kiwami for me. And I had a blast playing the game that I recently bought Yakuza 0 to understand the History of the game
One of the few dunkey videos I don't agree with. I've been playing games since the SNES and after starting on Yakuza 0 this year it jumped up to my top 5 games of all time. The story is amazing, the characters are are great and there isn't a character you can hate. Even the villains (aside from maybe Lao Gui and Dojima) are likeable and full of personality.
I just finished Yakuza 0 last night and finally came back to watch this video I had bookmarked forever so it wouldn't be spoiled. I'm an old man, so previous to this my favorite game ever was prolly Morrowind or Shadowrun on Sega Genesis. About 2-3 hours in Yakuza 0 cemented itself as the greatest game I've played since Morrowind, and that was like 20 years ago. Goddamn I love this game
I'm relatively new to the Yakuza series, and as everyone did, I started with 0. I've had my fair share of video games, either story-driven or skill based, and needless to say 0 is one of my most memorable and best experiences. This is the only game that made me die from laughing because of everything else and actually shed a tear because of the story. One of the best games I have played, for sure.
Goro apparenty the way he is only due to the guy dieing for him having a hard on for fighting. All the villains has nothing on Roy gouda man have legitmant reasons.
Dead Dead how I actually played last of us part 2 I didn’t review bomb the game like every one else I spent the 60 bones and played 33 hours and Liked it
Majin Myron I played through it and thought it was okay. The gameplay and level design was definitely a step up from tlou1 but the story was annoying and frustrating beyond belief
Tbh I don't understand in the slightest what dunkey meant by, "more compelling story." The story naturally draws the player in and in my opinion is compelling enough that I couldn't have asked for more.
finally played this game. It's probably one of my favorite games of all time now. Such absurdity and seriousness all wrapped into 1 game. Loved the story, and I enjoyed Kazuma's journey of how he became the dragon of dojima. The subplots in the main story reminded me of the telanovelas that would play on Telemundo when I was a dumb kid sitting in the living room with my mom. Because of that feeling, it felt like a wave of nostalgia hit me from beginning to end in the most weirdest way possible. I love this game.
After 3 years I finally able to play it. One of the top tier game in my book. Seriously, if you're looking for new series to play, do this. It is time consuming but every second is worth it, and hey, NOW is the perfect moment to play this. I finished it in 2 weeks and I'm planning to finish every single yakuza games to fill my quarantine time lmao
@@VSaccount well I spent like 100 hours in yakuza 0 because I just love getting sidetracked by the minigames. I'm on Kiwami now. since there's like many copied minigames I might not spent as much time
They couldn't figure out how to make goro the eginma he is so they had him idolize the man who saved him in the jail at the cost of his life all the dude did was get off on fighting
I'm so glad Yakuza 0 is getting so much more attention than previous Yakuza games. It's still not much though. This is probably one of the best games of all time and I'm definitely playing the rest of the series now. Thank you for this video Dunkey as it's what finally made me decide to buy Yakuza 0 a month ago. #MAKEYAKUZA0POPULAR
Hey, dunky. This review of Yakuza 0 made me laugh enough to actually get it. It turned out to be one of the best games I've ever played. My love to your content. Thanks.
Cmon dude.. that chicken has a degree in finance.
And he's still somehow a better manager than a TV Director and Journalist.
Tell me more.....
@@cameronrhyne7826
There is not more it.
Just a great manager chicken.
and fish too
WHY ARE PEOPLE SO SPECIEST
@topple
Yes
How did he overlook the fact that you can beat people up by break-dancing?
Spoilers maybe
Spoilers maybe
He literally showed Awano's death
UNSC AI Nebula but like he says in the video, people get shot and get up two seconds later, like with wen hai lee. He only showed awano getting shot in the shoulder.
@M B thats not a spoiler
"There's one where you protect Michael Jackson from zombies, while he moonwalks down the street"
Sold!
Me too
When I sounds insane but it’s actually in the game
From *ZOMBIES*
Apparently "Thriller" was shot in Kamurocho and directed by Steven Spiel-- I mean SPINNING himself.
And that's actually one of the DULLER sidequests in the game.
I like how when dunkey said weak subplots he showed the the blind girl which is one of the most important things going on in the story 😭
Which kinda makes me wonder if he was just trolling.
he would probably understand if majima was a sad dad and she was changed to a child and yakuza was a western game
@@to2wacze612hope this is a Nier joke because I like it.
@@LJCG777 it's a The Last of Us joke. Nier isn't a western game, it's by japanese devs
@@RandomDude647 the western release of nier made originally brother sister and father daughter (protag aged up) into just the lather because only gestalt was released, just to become brother sister for the first time to westeners in the remaster of replicant. That was what my brain worms proceeded and will uphold.
You can win a chicken who can become your manger? now that's where i draw the line, come on Michael Jackson we are out of here
i think you mean magic johnson
reference to his skyrim video?
That Skyrim bideo reference is pathethic. Come back in 10 years!
Doran Martell salty
Not a Pinecone its also a reference, you dumb, and a hilarious one at that.
dun dun dun.............dun-keeeeeeeeeeey
whats that song does anyone know
Yagiz Tunceli it's the convenient store music in game
its the song for a store in japan called Don Quijote i believe
Yeah i found it thanks
don don don, donki! don quijote!
Is this the new season of Jojo?
not as over the top though
TheMagicToaster JoJo makes this game look about as normal as can be.
It's the long lost part 3.5
READ
THE
FUCKING
MANGA
OR
I'LL SPOIL IT ALL
YukikoBestgirl Arigato gyro.
late but man i gotta respectfully disagree, the yakuza 0 story had me in its grip all the way to the end, goro majima has the most memorable character introduction i think ive ever seen in a game
Majima's introduction in Yakuza 0 was LEGENDARY.
Same I had no idea how he would turn up in the original cause yakuza 0 was my first yakuza game and goddamn he made me so interested in the series as a whole
Yakuza is now one of my favourite franchises and I've only played 0, and I'm going to play Kiwami soon so here's hoping
@アンティオコス relatable. I've tried playing kiwami but kiryu is so bloody boring in my opinion.
Goro Majima's story was just the most interesting period. I fell out of caring about Kiryu's side of things early on, but Majima had all the best bits down to the cabaret. It almost broke me to see what his character got reduced to that is literally his staple of the series just because I loved his part in 0 so much. But this game is just awesome all the way around. Never had a game make me care about doing sidequests, but my God the excellent writing be joining a cult, men dressed in geisha (correct?) outfits, mj and the zombies, teaching a dominatrix how to be a dominatrix, even the pocket circuit shit is fun or stopping a burusera ring or pretending to be someone's SO or Mr. Libido. Jesus Christ, what the fuck did this game not have? It was love at first sight. And it's pacing, the way it gradually introduces you to everything or how all of it really feels like a day in the life in the most realistic sense while being completely fucking absurd is why this game will go down as one of the greats. Perhaps obscure, but give it time. Cult classic for sure.
me: "You can do literally everything in GTA"
Yakuza: "Hold my sake"
Sterkriger it’s true gta 5 sucks big dick but yakuza is best AND IS
-RUSSIAN- JAPANESE
OOOOHHHHHH RUSSKEY
GTA: Steal shit, go to a strip club
Yakuza: Everything
@@dolphinboi-playmonsterranc9668 but still cant drive a vehicle
@NohrPaladin very true except gta 4 which had a good combat system
They finally did it. They finally made a better Karaoke game than _Sleeping Dogs_
Except that the Yakuza series does that since before Sleeping Dogs :D
No, it didn't. Sleeping Dogs is a pale imitation of the Yakuza series.
sleeping dogs is better just because of emma stone
DeGioNesi
Is Emma Stone better than 5 JAV stars? Hell no.
sasuke270 13 wait something like this is on PS2?!?! Sign me up!!!!!
"Yakuza has an incredible ability to betray its own serious tone with ridiculous, bombastic spectacle."
*Well, I'm a Metal Gear fan, so I'll be right at home*
Andrey Kvasha Oh... sorry, I really did not know that.
I'll be mindful next time.
Josh Bee Oh man...
GLORIOUS NIPPON STEEL FOLDED OVER 1000 TIMES
Aidan Keogh "A Hind D?"
How aout nips? What if I want to be a weeb and call the Elevens?
3:09 Dunkey was ahead of his time
I came back to this vid just for that moment
Same
Lmao the “Baka Mitai” meme was really popular in the community when the game came out, it’s just become mainstream now
DA ME DA NE
@@mpikoul Dame yo
DUNKEYS BACK BABYYYY
Bar Bar Jinks and im african american white male
He was never gone
When did he leave?
You could say he's back back if he made a new league video. just to see him react to the new features that are now in the game, like new champs, items, etc. cause that would mean he's back at lol, not gaming which he did not leave. Also i meant it, it'd be really awesome if he'd make a league video
Eduard George Puiu he did do that , on sky's channel
fun fact: these games have been approved by actual yakuza.
Where's the source to that?
Holy crap!
I'm curious, what does a Yakuza do though?
Howya Doin basically they're Japanese mafia.
Thanks for linking that article that was great, honestly imagining some gruff Japanese ex-boss getting hype about smashing a dude's head in with street sign just brings a smile to my face.
Also "Katsu pork bento gives you more energy than ramen - that is realistic". What a lad.
I bought the game just to own that chicken.
How much would it cost to buy a chicken with management skills, though?
I want to have it for the karaoke
ControL.FPS a cock with good management skills is hard to come by these days
You could have bought a real chicken with about half of that money. To be fair a real chicken wouldnt be a good manager.
It was supposed to be a turkey!
"with a bolder more memorable story this would've been a classic"
This game literally had one of the best stories I've ever had the pleasure of experiencing.
I think he did too many side activities/spaced out his time before and after missions too much, not sure.
Facts
@@Corrupted-Sun He didn't even finish the game in my opinion honestly, got the the 5th chapter and left it at that with playing all the side quests. It's all optional, he's just getting mad over something he literally chose
it's not a bad story by any means, but video game players should read an actual book sometime
@@jazzynyc_99 it doesn’t matter where a story comes from, an exemplary story is simply exemplary. Being a book doesn’t make something any more or less likely to be a good or bad story, nor does being a game, movie, show, etc. Not all games are standout exceptions that can go with the best of all genres, but there are far more than you seem to think, arguably including Mass Effect, Nier, Three Houses, Witcher, Yakuza, and many more. If you actually played through the Yakuza series, you’d see why your argument is just goofy. Hell the scripts and background lore for these stories are often made into literal books, like Nier that released a box set of 7 books for a finalized script. Not only are they just as good or better than some of the best books out there, but they are literal books already lmao. It seems to me that book readers with chips on their shoulders should actually pay attention to the top tier story writing in front of them instead of tearing it down for no real reason
Still waiting for that super Mario 2 dunkview
Or Earthbound playthrough.
Random Name he will not make any review about mario 2 only a dunkview
super mario 2 is just that kind of game that can't be described with words
Random Name THE KING DOES NOT NEED ANY REVIEWS BABEEEEEE
You already know that's the best game.
Petition for that ending to be your theme tune from now on
Boyinaband ayyy its the school guy
Boyinaband who made the tune should get a granny
Just saying
Just kidding, jesus that was bad... I'm sorry you had to read that
Slaughter Round
Let me get a succ
All for it
The fucking main story ain't shit compared to the karaoke.
Lance Vance 嘴干净点
图看看 if ur gonna speak Spanish speak it to urself
it makes you want to dance...
You must be joking. This game's story is fucking brilliant
Literally one of the best video game stories of all time
@@rastas_4221 I'm playing through Yakuza 3 right now and I am liking it a lot. Rikiya is my boy
@@rastas_4221 I love all the games but to be honest not many of them had really good stories. They tend to be a bit convoluted and unnecessarily complicated (cough yakuza 5). Yakuza 0 really stood out in that regard, I haven't experienced anything quite like it since. Other than 0 I think Like a Dragon and the two Judgment games also had really good stories.
@@ssp9181 ANIKIIIIII
@@ssp9181 oh no..
can I buy the karaoke separately?
Idon't think the story is removable from this Karaoke game to begin with.
what are you doing here
Yakuza Dancing All Night confirmed
Parappa
yeah it's called project diva... altho unfortunately there's no majima dressed as and idol, your gonna have to buy yakuza kiwami for that...
But can I play it on the Grush?
This guy is asking the real questions!
wish i could thumbs up this a million times
Jake Gives If this game doesn't have a JoJo reference...
Why did you do this? I can't stop laughing
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this game now has my full attention.
HELL SPOON 3/5 dunkey dunks is like a 10/10 normal people dunks. If you love random hilarious moments and ridiculous action sequences, this game is for you. Will not dissapoint
HELL SPOON it's awesome
ciscoloza So the divison is a 10 out of 10?
HELL SPOON Now ? Shame on you Yakuza is the best
HELL SPOON yo same
I nearly always agree with Dunkey, but him saying that this game doesn't have such a captivating story just baffles me. Despite it being my first Yakuza game, it made me care so much for Majima and Kiryu and even some other side characters.
That final scene with Majima made me tear up tbh
FACTSSSS, finally. Ig the story was more Anime japanese type of drama, and that style wasn't his jam.
I'm pretty sure he's changed his mind on the story here.
Watch his Best of 2022 video, where he puts Yakuza Kiwami at Number 5. And that Yakuza 0 did make him further invested in that Sequel.
I literally cried at the Nishiki and Kiryu scene, it was so heartbreaking
Have you played Majima in Kiwami 2 yet? When you do grab a whole box of tissues cause it will make anyone and everyone cry like a little bitch
It’s a stronger story than 99% of games. Only a few had me gripped like yakuza 0 did
y'all please buy this game. sometimes they don't release in the west because it sales horribly over here, but trust me, it's definitely worth 60$ I have 84 hours in it and JUST beat it. This game will have you tearing up at one moment, then the next you're helping a woman be a better dominatrix. it's so insane you just have to play it lol
keep your communist game to yourself!
Brodrash I really can't tell if you're serious or not lol
Oh im as serious as could be bucko!!!!!!!
Brodrash "fascist"
Seriiusly LOLing so hard
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Best album of all time
DiscOjeSUs100 *CUZ THIS IS THRILLER*...
yo brit guy why you censor your comments on Warhammer? you some sort of Nazi? i'm tellin wall street jewrnal
Look at me replying to a TotalBiscuit comment over here
3/5? Out of all the shit of this year I thought this was a solid 5/5 in my book
I think his rating system is based on all time... so 5/5 would be stuff like Super Mario 64, stuff he really considers a true masterpiece with few or no flaws
This should get a 4-4.5 then
I think that depends on whether a game is judged for what it did during it's timeperiod, and for that SM64 truly deserves nothing less than 4, or for how well it does for today's standards. And judged like that, every game will eventually become a 0.5. I mean, of course Yakuza 0 is better than SM64 when it was designed for systems with like a couple of hundred times the computing power of the N64.
Ok, I can see the writing, though that's a bit of an uneven match. It's a platformer designed for everyone vs. an adult-only thriller-action-JRPG(? I guess). But objectively, yes, Yakuza has the better writing.
Everything else is kind of my point. Of course SM64 would lose to Yakuza 0 in every way when there just is more of everything. Not only on screen due to more computing power, but also in the game in general as the Blue ray has like 700 times the capacity of the biggest N64 cartridges. (25 GB minimum vs. 64 MB maximum, if i didn't confuse some values).
And it would probably look the same if you compared Yakuza to some game 20 years from now. It could get 1/5 for graphics because it isn't even VR.
JUST finished This game last night and I agree. The story is a damn masterpiece. It's so good. I would've given it at least a 4
Yakuza 0 is now on PC.
It's a really good port.
Get it.
Nothing in the port changed aside from the controls. This makes me happy.
@@AAAAAAA-nh7jvThe port is perfect. If you have a PlayStation controller it recognizes it and it's perfection
It recognizes XBox One controllers too :>
Awww I like ur pfp I have an albino budgie that looks just like urs
It’s on game pass too
This game is a shoe-in for sleeper hit of 2017. It's got some flaws but combat's amazing and it has so many great story moments.
This is title what it is because is not his regular joking video (a comment)
RedSoul001 thats a good point, thanks. I noticed only some are not jokingly titled and wondered why.
Patrick Donohoe I'll be honest... I think i was really drunk when I wrote that comment... I have no clue what I was trying to say.
PS. I am currently really drunk.
RedSoul001 well that explains the poor grammar in your first post. Although your second post is without flaw. Well done sir.
RedSoul001 when I read your first comment I thoght it was deliberately goofy as a joke about the games subtitled dialogue lol
I can't find it anywhere. For the love of god, please someone give me the music at the end. I need help.
th-cam.com/video/iJyYrrDKYZE/w-d-xo.html
all hail the dunk
videogamedunkey I want weeds
I want this to be your theme song from now on!!!!!!
What does dunkey mean in the song thoug
0:16 Jesus Christ it's Jason Bourne
The Pootisborn LMAO
The Pootisborn
Did my man just call Makoto a weak subplot?
bruh
Ikr!!!!!
When are dunkviews being added to metacritic
in 26 minutes
Your comment was posted 26 minutes ago as I'm typing this. I'm going to go check Metacritic to see whether you're right or not.
Edit: You fuckin' liar.
Loaf of Coatbread
But I changed it. It's 26 minutes now. At first I wrote a different number.
Well shit. Guess I'm the liar now.
When Metacritic actually decides to get proper reviews rather than "how scared are we of pissing off the publisher?"
what happened to the top quality charcoal dunkey ?
no charcoal in this one, they really dropped the ball
That's sad to hear
fools, charcoal is only a myth
Biggus Dickus wot? IS DAT (A PRO) SEXUAL HARASSMENT (GEMJI?!)
Charcoal is overrated anyways, Propane is the master fuel.
It reeled me in, and then suitcase.
the amount of people defending it in the comments made me try it and, gotta disagree with dunk. it was in fact a very good game with a strong, well-executed story & fun gameplay.
People get distracted from the main story for hours then say they don't remember it. Do most of that in premium mode not in the story
@@Hiroakiarai88 nah do them during the story, just going around looking for substories isn't as fun as just randomly finding it an doing it
@@thedude3005It's just that Yakuza isn't really all that violent
It can show some pretty ugly things but it never goes full cynical
I personally like that about it, but some may believe it would have benefited from more shocking scenes
@@imjustlikedenji5954 kiryu fucking sidesteps a fucking rocket. I don't know what kind of violence you want from this game but that shit goes harder than any amount of violence
Miracle Johnson is my favorite pop star
SomeRandomDoctor give him the award for best man
Stephen Spinning is my favorite Director
Abdan Syakuro also my favorite real estate manager
Wow they finally made another Cowboy Bebop game
Now that's where I draw the line, come on Ein we are out of here
Dafuq...
i made this video
bump
Larry Stotlemyer good job
that's all I need to know
It's jus like a real Dunkey video how did you do it?
Larry Stotlemyer dunkey lelelelelelelel
“If only it had a More memorable story” wot?
Let's be real here it suffers from final fantasy 4 syndrome where loads of characters unnecessarily die to make the villain look badass. The story was phenomenal anyway though but shibusawa is possibly the worst villain I've ever seen
matabi shippuden I’ve been looking for a good description of how I felt about that. Thank you. Sagawa and Shibusawa definitely suffer from this.
@@cursedinari7434 Sagawa's kills were meaningful and Shibusawa had some weak buildup as the main villain in my opinion, Oda's death being the biggest thing he does until the end.
I think most of the characters introduced were meaningful and died in meaningful ways.
Garrett Oliva Garrett Oliva I agree. I never said that they were bad characters, I apologize if I conveyed that wrong. All the characters they introduced were interesting and had their own unique goals and ambitions, and I loved them all.
Hold up, Sagawa is not a villain! Tbh it kinda pisses me off how Yakuza fans praise Kuze as this super badass villain (I think he's a total bitch) and either hate or completely ignore Sagawa. He (Sagawa) was the one who stood by Majima even after his many fuck ups. He could've thrown Majima under the bus to save his own ass, but he sticked with him until the end.
I agree with Shibusawa being an underdeveloped villain though. We barely get any insight on his character until moments before fighting him.
This game is a fking blast. Even if the story might not be your taste the over-the-top bombastic gameplay really makes this a unique title & a fun title at that. Does what a game should do and that is deliver 100% fun.
Also the business side stories give you a lot to do when you need a break from all the cutscene driven story. The catfight club, Majima's business as a cabaret club manager, gambling with the homeless in West Park, the underwater death match colliseum, Mr. Shakedown, it's all like a fantastic John Woo film you play your way through. Ever want to kill a helicopter with a handgun then fish up some sea turtles and masturbate to some softcore Japanese porn? This game actually lets you do that. It's the best game of all time.
Isaac Borg story was pretty great imo
I love hard boiled crime drama, and Yakuza's story is 100% this best you can get for it.
Jojo's bizarre adventure: *SlamDunk(ey) Yakuza Gospel*
Another GODDAMN Jojo reference lmfao
WOW! Is that a jojo reference!
No dignity.
skrull zee is that a jojo reference?
Yea! +1 always Jojo's reference
"Bizarre systems"
You literally select a point on the -sphere grid- upgrade wheel and press a button. It ain't rocket science.
It's bizarre how the game distributes money. I spent so much time doing the business side stuff and didn't even make a dent in how much the moves cost to upgrade.
videogamedunkey yeah i agree, its like the game forces you to do mr. shakedowns glitch because its impossible
The business gives you enough money to make you overpowered as fuck, without the business you are right though
Yup ! And you do it fo da maneeeey !
@@videogamedunkey As Kiryu I "grinded" the business while doing the pocket racers and other side missions. By the end once you have everything he makes a billion yen every few minutes, with the highest tier moves being a billion each. I became overpowered as hell, but it's weird because the beginning of the game can feel really overwhelming.
The cabaret club Majima runs though NEVER makes anywhere near the same amount of money.
he’s been riding the wave before it was even *created*
He predicted the karaoke meme
its been a meme for well over 2 years
@@ganibattlebeard yeah and this video was made 3 years ago soo...
*yh*
its been a meme in the fanbase since 2014
"Then it had me, then it lost me, then it starts reeling me back in, nope! Suitcase."
That sentence is so dunkey-like, but illustrated with Yakuza gameplay, it purely shows that the game was made for him.
2:31 "You can go BOWLING, and win a *CHICKEN* to be one of your managers. This is real." ~Dunkey
Yakuza 0 was my first game of the series and it was awesome.
Bought Yakuza Kiwama and I thought it was the continuation of Kiryu and Nishiki adventures, boy.....was I wrong.
Right there with ya bro. I thought it was gonna be Kiryu, Nishiki, Reina, and Yumi as the best squad ever....
And then literally everything happened..........
@@kartikayysola Man yo I just went through that right now. Man this is sad.
Hey you still got to see Majima in action though
CERTIFIED DAME DA NE MOMENT
Yeah. I cried when I played kiwami :(
"A bolder, more memorable story." What?
DAME DANE
DAME YO
DAME NA NO YO
anta ga... suki de, suki sugite...
doredake tsuoi o sake demo...
yuga manai, omo idega, bakamitai
It’s dame dane
AN TA GA
SUKITE SUKI SUKITEEEE
funny how baka mitai is a meme now
This guy is 3 years early
You could've titled it to "Dunkuza 0". Missed opportunity right there dunks.
He saves this titles for the ones where he just dicks around in the game. His dunkviews are the closest things to serious videos on his channel.
P.S
The gif that your avatar is based on gives my soul happiness. Then again, anything with Zone does that.
Zone-tan is best girl
he did a dunkuza 3 for yakuza 3
His Dunkviews are his review videos.
King Arturia Yakima best girl
Honestly though, the game fools you into thinking it pulls punches by letting some characters survive, only to kill them later on in just the right way to heighten tension and make the player realize that shit got real.
The campy, absurd parts emphasise the serious scenes in my opinion. I think those moments really cement the setting as a world of eager, hot-blooded people who wear their hearts on their sleeve, and I'd much rather have a lively if somewhat fantastical world instead of a super gritty "realistic" one.
Nevertheless, solid points. I give this review five Dunko points out of seven
The thing about REALISM in a lot of games is they forget that light hearted and goofy shit exists irl. It's similar to that whole Real Is Brown issue with a lot of games where they seem to think vibrant colors just don't exist.
Ah. It pulls a reverse Final Fantasy IV; in that game, there's about ten major character deaths, two of which turn out to be real.
almost every character in yakuza 0 is dead by yakuza 3 aside from majima and kiryu.
jsh020 as a person who just got into the series through Yakuza 0 and was looking forwards to the rest of it, you kind of ruined a lot of the story there :/
Not really, each game tends to have a self-contained story and knowing what happened to the characters before/after doesn't make much difference. I mean at the end of Yakuza 4 Kiryu is fighting Daigo on a rooftop, beginning of Yakuza 5 he's talking to Kiryu as if nothing happened between them. Don't worry about these details being spoilers because Daigo's involvement in Yakuza 4 is so small that he might as well not have been in the game at all, but they needed an end boss for each character.
This video convinced me to play these games.
1000+ hours later, worth every second.
Majima best girl.
Goromi 💦
Obatarian😤😩💦💦
Narancia
Eva Sarker ah I see your a man of culture as well
Not in this game tho 😄😄😄 dont spoil
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COVERING THIS GAME! This series needs to get more popular in the west and I hope people can see how fucking amazing and genius this series is. It's worth so much attention and Yakuza 0 is one of the best, most complete and extensive games I've played in a long time.
I've tried playing several Yakuza games and I've never actually finished any of them. The bizarre shifts in tone ruin the experience for me. Am I supposed to be playing some gritty game about murderous gangsters, or watching some weird Japanese game show?
Its never gonna get popular in the west. To much story. To much cutscenes. Unskippable if anything. Westerners dont like that. The closest they got was Last Of Us. MGS4 barely made it here.
Duran Sok "Too much story" Then please explain why Witcher 3 is considered one of the best games ever made?
It has absolutely nothing to do with the volume of story. Some of the most popular games of all time in the west are very story-heavy. Some of them are even Japanese.
Yeah, we hate cutscenes and story and lack of action, that's why RPGs are so popular and games like the original mass effect trilogy and witcher 3 are considered some of the best right? Lol what is it with people trying so hard to denounce their own culture
“Weak subplots”
>shows catalyst for literally the plot of the entire game and every single event that happens
This might just be me, but the story had me hooked almost the whole way through. It made me hella emotional at points, something I wasn't expecting at all.
Nah man it isn't just you. Thousands agree.
Yo, you sound like you think reality makes sense.
"You can go bowling, and win a chicken, to be one of your managers."
I'm sold.
As a kid, I remember playing the original Yakuza game on PS2 back when it first came out and I remember enjoying it, but for whatever reason I totally forgot the franchise existed, most likely because it wasn't a big name in the west.
Fast forward to 2017 and I'm looking at some random selection of PS4 games on Amazon, and I see Yakuza 0 for like £20-something. I'm like "Hey, a prequel to that old game I had. Sure, why not." *ADD TO CART*.
Best decision I've made all year. Totally fell in love. The serious, gritty crime thriller story (which contrary to what was said in this review does have something of a body-count) juxtaposed by the completely hilarious absurdity of all the side missions and mini-games, presented in an awesome beat-em-up which has some of the most satisfying mechanics of any action game I've played and only gets better as the game progresses. It's some of the best fun I've had in gaming this year, second only to Breath of The Wild. For me, it's easily a 9/10.
They've also brought out Yakuza Kiwami, a remaster of the original (which I am currently playing) and there's a remaster of Yakuza 2 on the way. If you've never delved into this series before, now's the time.
RJ M I had no idea there were plans for a Yakuza 2 remaster! I never had the chance to play that game! You've made my day! :D
What is even better is that they have made a remake of the game, not just a remaster
Mattheus Henrique Pires Yeah, that's what I meant to say, sorry
I remember hearing Yakuza is very similar to Shenmue, getting the game from the Dreamcast costs money and really hard to find, so I decided to tell my sister to get Yakuza Kiwami for me. And I had a blast playing the game that I recently bought Yakuza 0 to understand the History of the game
Yakuza kiwami you can call that remake
One of the few dunkey videos I don't agree with. I've been playing games since the SNES and after starting on Yakuza 0 this year it jumped up to my top 5 games of all time. The story is amazing, the characters are are great and there isn't a character you can hate. Even the villains (aside from maybe Lao Gui and Dojima) are likeable and full of personality.
Yeah, same here with the game. It never goes to "weak sub plots"
I just finished Yakuza 0 last night and finally came back to watch this video I had bookmarked forever so it wouldn't be spoiled. I'm an old man, so previous to this my favorite game ever was prolly Morrowind or Shadowrun on Sega Genesis. About 2-3 hours in Yakuza 0 cemented itself as the greatest game I've played since Morrowind, and that was like 20 years ago.
Goddamn I love this game
I'm relatively new to the Yakuza series, and as everyone did, I started with 0.
I've had my fair share of video games, either story-driven or skill based, and needless to say 0 is one of my most memorable and best experiences. This is the only game that made me die from laughing because of everything else and actually shed a tear because of the story. One of the best games I have played, for sure.
Untill you actually play the others your opion is invalid they did a terrible job keeping things on track whilst keeping inline with the sequals.
Goro apparenty the way he is only due to the guy dieing for him having a hard on for fighting. All the villains has nothing on Roy gouda man have legitmant reasons.
I really want Halo 5: Recap Reloaded Revived Renewed
Me too, the Halo Recaps are some of the best Dunkey vids
It makes me want it more, considering I gave up half way through and have no idea what the fuck 343 was doing.
He must do Halo reach and odst recap too
Daniel Lima Well in the Halo 4 recap he said they "weren't much" indicating he didn't like them
there's no pelican
Finally played this game in its entirety.
Not sure what Dunkey meant by being taken out of it. I was hooked 100% of the time to the story.
Imo ch2-5 was extremely boring, but once you reach ch6 the story gets amazing.
Dunkey and bubba are the boring ones
BUT THE STORY WAS THE BEST PART...
Right
I just found this channel and it's amaaaaazing. You should try league of legends
he quit lol but he have like 100 videos of ut
+startat1 it*
Weak subplots? And you dare to give me the scene where majima meet makoto? Your opinion is trash, biased, i win bye bye
Don't get too triggered
@@ndl0857 how about u d!e
TLOU2: 4 out of 5
Yakuza0: 3 out of 5
[Baka Mitai Music Stop]
They both good games
@@majinmyron936 that's an L on you my man
Dead Dead how I actually played last of us part 2 I didn’t review bomb the game like every one else I spent the 60 bones and played 33 hours and Liked it
@@majinmyron936 good for you, people liked the last jedi too
Majin Myron I played through it and thought it was okay. The gameplay and level design was definitely a step up from tlou1 but the story was annoying and frustrating beyond belief
Yakuza 0: Serious, gritty crime drama with conspiracy and drama all throughout
Also Yakuza 0: You win a chicken that can manage real estate
3/5.......Huh???
don't take the scores seriously.. he gave GTA V a 0/5
Well is gta v as amazing as yakuza 0? Come on man/woman!!
3/5 is good tho
You gotta understand who dunkey is before u can get what his ratings are.. 3/5 is solid
When donsly gives a game a 3/5 it means he liked it and it held his attention, although it has some flaws.
"A boat load of weak subplots"
*shows Makoto*
I cannot forgive this Mr. Dunk
did he just say lame sub plots? what the fuck is he on
Coke
The 3/5 upsets me and fills me with ungodly amounts of rage
3/5 means its a good game but it just needs a little more improvement its not bad at all
@@slop4308 But, so many of us are claiming it to be one of the best games of all time. That's why the 3/5 is baffling.
5/5 we found out, dunkey does not understand this gem
1:22"Starts introducing a bunch of weak subplots" *shows a main mission*
Tbh I don't understand in the slightest what dunkey meant by, "more compelling story." The story naturally draws the player in and in my opinion is compelling enough that I couldn't have asked for more.
3:36 Dunkey I think you should keep this as your video outro.
3:00
Dame da ne dame yo dame na no yo
Anta ga suki de suki sugite
Dore dake tsuyoi osake de mo
Yugamenaii omoide ga
Baka Mitaii
Dunkey cured my cancer!
yea but
dame da ne
dame yo dame na no yo
anta ga suki de suki sugite
dore dake tsuyoi osake de mo
yugamanai omoide ga
baka mitai
i thought the story was pretty great tbh
I find the story great too.
Don't let other people's opinion affect yours.
I bought this game because of your review, and it's gotta be one of the best games I've played this year! Thanks, Dunk!
SJMC Me too.
I give this game a 10/10 IGN rating
IGN is more likely to give it
"4/10. Too much Japanese"
Yeah your right, but it's a 10/10 in my heart
Lol they actually gave it an 8.5/10
Basically a 10/10 by IGN standards
It's not an average game though.
Masterpice
iss-uh mass-ah-peece!
"With a bolder, more memorable story" lol
??
Do a Dunkview for pizza hut.
More like Pizza Butt
pizza but pizza but throw in the oven and watch em burn blah blah shut ya mouth
Domino's?
For a game called "Yakuza" you leave the Yakuza pretty quickly
Japanese title is Ryu Ga Gotoku or Like A Dragon in english.
@@cleversmart0303 I am aware
"Can't wait to experience what being a yakuza is like🤗🤗"
*finishes first chapter*
"😨"
I could listen to the Don Quixote theme on repeat forever TO THIS DAY
finally played this game. It's probably one of my favorite games of all time now. Such absurdity and seriousness all wrapped into 1 game. Loved the story, and I enjoyed Kazuma's journey of how he became the dragon of dojima. The subplots in the main story reminded me of the telanovelas that would play on Telemundo when I was a dumb kid sitting in the living room with my mom. Because of that feeling, it felt like a wave of nostalgia hit me from beginning to end in the most weirdest way possible. I love this game.
I'm 21 hours in and spent it all racing my cars and playing poker. 10/10
This game is fucking amazing! Play it, NOW!
After 3 years I finally able to play it. One of the top tier game in my book. Seriously, if you're looking for new series to play, do this. It is time consuming but every second is worth it, and hey, NOW is the perfect moment to play this. I finished it in 2 weeks and I'm planning to finish every single yakuza games to fill my quarantine time lmao
ive spent over 40 hours in each game
@@VSaccount well I spent like 100 hours in yakuza 0 because I just love getting sidetracked by the minigames. I'm on Kiwami now. since there's like many copied minigames I might not spent as much time
If you only played 0 then your opinion is invalid this is a percule
They couldn't figure out how to make goro the eginma he is so they had him idolize the man who saved him in the jail at the cost of his life all the dude did was get off on fighting
3:09
This a 10/10 game for me so I don’t agree with his stance but I’m glad he showed off a lot of what it has to offer
I'm so glad Yakuza 0 is getting so much more attention than previous Yakuza games. It's still not much though. This is probably one of the best games of all time and I'm definitely playing the rest of the series now. Thank you for this video Dunkey as it's what finally made me decide to buy Yakuza 0 a month ago. #MAKEYAKUZA0POPULAR
How are you enjoying the current timeline
I'm back one more time, just wanna say, this is still the best game of 2017. YEAH
The only game that dunkey can't make fun of when *the game make fun of itself.*
Fun fact: The same guy who made the karaoke, is the director of Yakuza Like A Dragon (Yakuza 7), so Sega did actually give him the big award
Makoto, weak sub plot? I think thats actually the first time i've heard a bad take from Dunkey
3:09 this man is a time traveler
No, he he used a clip from a karaoke song and it's not a shitty deepfake
How
Dunkey is the kind of dvd copy of shark tale to give last of us 2 a 4/5 and yakuza 0 a 3/5.
Ah nice, grading a critic based on his scores and not what he has to say
Hey, dunky. This review of Yakuza 0 made me laugh enough to actually get it. It turned out to be one of the best games I've ever played. My love to your content. Thanks.
Yakuza is like my future bastard child which was conceived in a sex-motel.
I must posses the chicken manager! 私は本当に鶏が大好きだよ!!!!