Gameplay: Love it, brings me back to Shemune, especially with the save points being a physical object.
Soundtrack: Amazingly cheezy.
Sound Design: Every punch has an impact and rush mode makes you feel like ♥♥♥♥♥ about to go down!
Story: As goofy as the Trailer was, this has a real serious tone to it. Mixed in with the hilarous cutscenes and drunkards, this balances itself well when the game should be goofy and fun, and have a dark, serious and gripping narrative for the player to delve into.

After a few hours of playing this game, I do highly recommmend it, and it a really good port from the PS4. Although I did have some issues with Audio lag and my CPU bottlenecking when V Sync was turned off, I also do, like what the game says, to play this with a controller (I used a DS4) as there were times where it was much easier on my hands to use the controller rather than reach across the keyboard to smash a key only to not make it in time.

HIGHLY RECOMMEND, HAVE FUN

I fell in love with Yakuza, from its crime thriller to the absurd weird things that happen in between.
Yakuza Zero’s beat’em up is absurdly fun to play. Each character has four styles of fighting (Neutral, Light, Heavy and an unlockable Ultimate style) that varies between each other (such as Kiryu’s quick Rush and Majima’s agile, dance-like, Breaker) creating variation from each character at the right doses. The difficulty suddenly spikes at the later stages of the game, but it’s nothing that hinders the experience.
One of the clever design choices is by making the overworld small but dense. Full of sidequests and fun and diverse side-activities, that goes from Bowling to underground betting on Bikini Dressed Woman Cat-fight (that’s right), Kamurocho and Sõtenbori are lively places full of lively people.
The game’s story sure isn’t anything deep. It isn’t a game that blew my mind by it’s deep messaging, yet playing the 30+ hours of Majima and Kyriu’s story was totally worth it. It is a by the books crime story, but it’s characters single handily carry the story to greatness. A good story isn’t about having complex situations, is about complex and believable reactions by the characters who experience these situations, and this game sure does that. This added to the level of care the developers gave to the most mundane of activities creates believable side-characters and deepens the protagonists even more.
Visually the game is good, there is a great level of polish to all of the nooks and crannies of the streets, but the old engine makes the game sometimes look like a maxed out PS3 game on PC.
This game is a complete package, and unless you absolutely hate Beat’em Ups, there’s no reason to not pick up this game. 20 Dollars on Steam is a damn steal.

My first game ever since it was ported to Steam and it is now one of my favourite games. Love everything this game offered: Solid storyline, good character development, fun and quirky sidequests, etc… Can’t wait for the rest of the series to be on PC