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We knew it was coming soon, but not this soon. If you already have a Japanese Playstation Network account, Japanese gangland fun is only a few button presses away.

And if you don’t already have one, they’re free and easy to create (just Google it).

Sega’s actually supplied two demos for Yakuza 3 (known as Ryu ga Gotoku 3 in Japan). This serves two purposes: to keep the overall download size down (together they’d weigh in around a whopping 1.8 gigs) and to accurately represent different aspects of the game.

One demo focuses on story and contains the prologue chapter of the game while the other emphasizes the free-roaming, NPC-interacting, mini-gaming bits that make the Yakuza series so much fun.

It should be noted that if you’re not fluent in Japanese, you’ll probably have little to no clue what’s actually going on (it’s heavy on the text and dialogue), but if you’re at all familiar with how Ryu ga Gotoku plays, it shouldn’t take long to figure things out.

For everyone else, well, you can stare at the pretty graphics as you stumble your way through 17th century Japan. You’re guaranteed to do some head-knocking along the way and, really, isn’t that what being a gangster is all about?

       
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  • ash
    i downloaded these items from the japanese store, and i didn't think much of them really. they aren't anything to be exited about, that's for sure.
  • ash is gay
    Your just a knob.
    This game is ace, having had 4 fights on it in the first go with great item interaction and weapons not to mention hilariously funny moves. I haven't seen the 17th century bit though.
    Shenmue style game.
    Quaiity.
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