Combat is fine once you learn its tools
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“you can always grab them, break their guard, pull off counter moves, go for Heat Actions, or even use bladed weapons”
Steam review · 37.8 h played ↗
Yakuza 3 Remastered
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 81%Very Positive · 81%RGG Studio2021Beat 'em up · Action · Adventure
The verdict
A dated PS3-era Yakuza with a heartfelt orphanage story and a great antagonist, but notorious for enemies that block constantly. Skip it if combat frustration or slow pacing puts you off.
Great for
Series fans who want Kiryu's story and the Okinawa orphanage, and have patience for dated combat
Main risk
Enemies and bosses block constantly, making fights tedious, and the slow orphanage start can drag
What players love
Heartfelt story and Kiryu's orphanage arc
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“The shift to Okinawa and Kiryu’s life running the orphanage provides some of the most wholesome, emotional character moments in the entire series.”
Steam review · 30.4 h played ↗
Memorable cast and strong antagonist
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“The antagonist was also fantastic. The contrast between him and Kiryu is very deep and thematically well executed.”
Steam review · 120.5 h played ↗
Relaxed Okinawa setting and atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“love the okinawa setting, its very refreshing and unique after 3 games of just kamurocho/sotenbori”
Steam review · 26.1 h played ↗
Great soundtrack
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 positive reviews
“some of the best tracks ever contributed to the franchise (Fly)”
Steam review · 56.5 h played ↗
What players complain about
Enemies and bosses block constantly (Blockuza)
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“The actual fighting in this game is unfun to absolute epic proportions. It's mainly due to the fact that enemies just spam blocks and you don't really have any tools for breaking blocks.”
Steam review · 16.3 h played ↗
Original delisted and locked in a $130 bundle
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Let people buy this great game without having to spend £100 again”
Steam review · 48 h played ↗
Dated graphics, controls and design
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“old, clunky & ugly feeling "remaster" of Yakuza 3”
Steam review · 0.6 h played ↗
Slow start with too much orphanage filler
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“it's literally 20 hours of nothing”
Steam review · 36.2 h played ↗
Boring or weak substories and minigames
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“Substories are... boring. Most of them lack fun and ridiculousness of the substories from the earlier entries.”
Steam review · 31.6 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support26 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel Core i5-3470 or AMD FX-6300
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 or AMD Radeon HD 6870
Storage26 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel Core i7-3770 | AMD FX-8350
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 | AMD Radeon HD 7870
Storage26 GB available space
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel Core i5-3470 or AMD FX-6300
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 or AMD Radeon HD 6870
Storage26 GB available space
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