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Yakuza 3 demo on Japanese PSN News

PlayStation 3 News by Ellie Gibson

19 February, 2009

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
19/02/09 @ 09:17
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Ill be getting that tah.
Darren
19/02/09 @ 09:19
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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?
Darren
19/02/09 @ 09:21
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And Famitsu gave this game 4 more points than they gave Lair (34/40)... that's really comforting... ;)
the_dudefather
19/02/09 @ 09:23
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@Darren

yeah think this is the 'real' Yakuza 3 (modern day) while the other was the samurai one
Darren
19/02/09 @ 09:25
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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.
Rash'
19/02/09 @ 09:32
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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.
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19/02/09 @ 09:34
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The demo is excellent, quite a lot of dialogue which you wont be able to understand but the fighting engine is just as good as it ever was but with the Kenzan improvements (selecting weapon on the Dpad is especially useful).

Now if only they would add subtitles to it.
Krelle
19/02/09 @ 09:46
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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.
Beano
19/02/09 @ 10:02
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@Darren : I belive you played Yakuza Kenzan and not Yakuza 3.
Widge
19/02/09 @ 10:05
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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.
The_Inquisitor
19/02/09 @ 10:07
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God, I so hope this gets a Western release soon, and hopefully with the original Japanese voice talent.
CunningLinguist
19/02/09 @ 10:09
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Downloading...
clean515
19/02/09 @ 10:32
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Game plays really great... Sega better translate this shit, my japanese is a bit rusty.
Arwin
19/02/09 @ 11:30
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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.
Artemus
19/02/09 @ 11:49
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Come on Sega, bring this to Europe. Sooner rather than later this time!
wiggy1
19/02/09 @ 12:09
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isn't yakuza 3 yakuza kenzan?
Cyclone
19/02/09 @ 13:58
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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?
JahB
19/02/09 @ 16:25
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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...
Crofto
19/02/09 @ 16:26
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Never played the first two games, but I often hear the game has some similarities to the Shenmue games which is more than enough to get me interested.

I'll download it sometime this week.
wanderingkid
19/02/09 @ 16:29
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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)
Krelle
20/02/09 @ 05:02
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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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