News by Matt S. The Yakuza series is well known for its minigames, which are often so numerous and so high in quality that you’ll start playing them and then forget about the actual story of the game for dozens (and dozens) of hours. It’s the variety and sense of…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. How well has the original Yakuza held up? This was a PlayStation 2 game, after all, and as great as that console was, and many of its games still are, it was also a time where developers will still learning about crafting stories and working with…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Welcome to Digitally Downloaded’s regular catch-up news feature. With each issue we will bring you the best news that you may have missed. Grab the biggest mug you’ve got, fill it with your favourite brew, and catch up with us (and our favourite news anchor, Dee…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. With all the focus with E3 being on the stuff that the big companies show off at their meticulously planned stage shows, it’s easy to forget that backstage (proverbially) in the giant E3 hall there are a lot of other developers and publishers showing off all…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. In Yakuza 0, a typical night out starts with a wander through a red-light district, eventually dropping in at an adult video hire place that allows you to watch softcore gravure videos of your favourite ladies. Then you’ll wander over to the other side of town…
Read MorePreviews by Matt S. January is turning out to be a far better month for games than is usual – not only do we have Miku and Gravity Rush 2, but we also have Yakuza 0 and Fate/Extella to look forward to later down the track. So let’s have a…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. To get something out of the way from the outset; when I say I don’t like open world games, I don’t mean that I dislike every single game within the genre. I can happily spend hundreds of hours playing games like Yakuza, or The Witcher 3;…
Read MoreIt is difficult for me to play the Yakuza games. Not because I don’t like them – quite the opposite – but rather because, every time I do play one of the Yakuza titles, I wind up feeling very homesick for Japan. Related reading: Why Don’t You Play In Hell,…
Read MoreA mere week after Yakuza 5 dropped in the West, the Japanese trailer for the next installment of Sony’s famed franchise has debuted. Watch the debut trailer for Yakuza 6 here: The trailer focuses on Kazuma Kiryu, showing him in combat and traversing rooftops. The graphics, of course, look…
Read MoreTokyo Tribe blows my mind. Coming to us from Sion Sono (the same guy that helmed the also-brilliant Why Don’t You Play In Hell?), Tokyo Tribe is a violently clever homage and self-referential parody of grindhouse, exploitation, and yakuza films. From end to end it is an extreme pastiche of…
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