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After being released in Japan a while back, Yakuza 3 finally hits American stores. Yakuza 3 is the Japanese version of Grand Theft Auto, and is a lot of fun to play. This bad ass fighter is a Japanese Mafia game, Kazuma has left the Mafia to care for his own orphanage. Later his old associate's become really irritated and threaten the kids, Kazuma has no choice but to kick some ass. The game really provides a solid story, and has lots of very interesting moments, making it a lasting appeal. Since this game was released a while back, the graphics are a bit outdated. There is nothing really special about the game, it does provide us with some nice cut scenes, but some area's of the game are really plain. The game does focus a lot on fighting, but the didn't do a lot of work on the environments. But this open world adventure does provide us with solid gameplay. They offer a lot of depth with the items and move combination's. This game does feel like a button smasher at times but is really fun to play, and I really enjoyed beating down some Japanese Mafia. The controls are pretty easy to understand and do provide enough depth to do really amazing combo's. Overall Yakuza 3 is a great game but would have been better if it were released earlier. I rate this game 8/10.

8/10 "GREAT"