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A demo for Yakuza 3 is due to go live on the Japanese PlayStation Store today.

That's according to Famitsu magazine, as reported by Kotaku. The mag thinks the game is marvellous, and has awarded it a score of 38/40.

If you fancy trying out the demo, it's perfectly possible - you'll just need to set up a Japanese PSN account. Or you could just read our review of the previous Yakuza title, which is probably less fun but less effort.

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GamesProgrammer Verified Games Team Programmer, Eutechnyx Ltd. #1 3 years ago

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Ill be getting that tah.
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Darren #2 3 years ago

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Hmmm... I played the Yakuza 3 demo ages ago... at least six months ago and I'm sure I got it from the Japanese PSN. Is this a newer demo then?
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Darren #3 3 years ago

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And Famitsu gave this game 4 more points than they gave Lair (34/40)... that's really comforting...
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the_dudefather #4 3 years ago

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@Darren

yeah think this is the 'real' Yakuza 3 (modern day) while the other was the samurai one
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Darren #5 3 years ago

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Oh right... I didn't realise there were two. But, yeah, the other one was the samuari one as you said.
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Rash' #6 3 years ago

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excellent! i missed out on the series last gen so will be interested to see what all the fuss is about.

Edited by 1 at 19/02/09 @ 09:45
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Krelle #7 3 years ago

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Its generally known that Famitsu are bought, and for sale, weekly. Noone in their right mind should put any attention to their scores. Read it for the news, id say.
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Beano #8 3 years ago

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@Darren : I belive you played Yakuza Kenzan and not Yakuza 3.
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Widge #9 3 years ago

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I like the principle of their scoring system, I don't treat it as x/40 though, rather 4 lots of x/10. You can get a nice scope of opinions.
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The_Inquisitor #10 3 years ago

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God, I so hope this gets a Western release soon, and hopefully with the original Japanese voice talent.
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CunningLinguist #11 3 years ago

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Downloading...
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clean515 #12 3 years ago

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Game plays really great... Sega better translate this shit, my japanese is a bit rusty.
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Arwin #13 3 years ago

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Yakuza is a well reviewed series, at least, even if it hasn't sold that well here. Will be interesting to see how it turns out.
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Artemus #14 3 years ago

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Come on Sega, bring this to Europe. Sooner rather than later this time!
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wiggy1 #15 3 years ago

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isn't yakuza 3 yakuza kenzan?
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Cyclone #16 3 years ago

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It was, sort of; the games media referred to it as such while Sega just reused the number. It's similar to the way Vice City used to be referred to as GTA IV at one point.

Does anyone know the size of the demo?
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JahB #17 3 years ago

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demo's 1217mb, i just downloaded it. the sad part is, it wasn't even worth the wait. i was a big fan of the first 2 yakuza games, but this one is shockingly bad.

it seems they didn't anything to the old ps2 code and just upscaled the graphics. quite a disapointment...
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wanderingkid #18 3 years ago

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Wow this is terrific news,
I'll get to try it at least, as a western translation is looking unlikely.
(which is a crime against humanity of course)
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Krelle #19 3 years ago

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Played the demo yesterday. Quite nice. Im not a fan of one-against-many-combat, but the world, voice overs and "feel" is just right.

Whats up with all the jaggiez thou? Its beautiful outside, but looks like shit inside at times.
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