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Yakuza 0 Director's Cut

Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2 • 2025

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Quick resume

Discover the decadence and danger of 1980's Japan as you fight like hell through its neon-lit entertainment districts in the definitive edition of the action-adventure crime drama that created yakuza legends.

Global score

75/100

Genres

Action, Adventure, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Fighting

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  • Escapism

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  • Cooperation

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  • Competition

    theHunter: Call of the Wild™

Pros

  • Engaging story and characters
  • Varied and satisfying combat system
  • Rich open world with many side activities
  • Quality of life improvements like save anywhere
  • Multiple language dubs including english

Cons

  • High price for upgrade and delisting of original
  • New cutscenes controversial and sometimes awkward
  • Multiplayer mode is minor and underpopulated
  • Large installation size
  • Some ui and technical quirks

Analysis

Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Value, Intimacy.

How to use the graph
Similar games map

Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Motivations” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

  • Purple star: the game you are viewing on this page.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Colour: groups of games with comparable motivation patterns (statistical clusters).
  • Hover a dot for a quick preview; click to compare it in the panel on the right.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom out and see more games.

Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers.

Motivations

  • Autonomy
    4

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  • Competence
    3

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  • Competition

    Game with the same Competition vibe

    -2

    "Focus is mostly on personal progress and experience; multiplayer exists but is cooperative and casual rather than competitive."

    Capsule for theHunter: Call of the Wild™ theHunter: Call of the Wild™

    "Focus is mostly on personal story progression and side content; multiplayer mode exists but is minor and not highly competitive."

  • Continuation
    4

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  • Cooperation

    Game with the same Cooperation vibe

    1

    "Some multiplayer/co-op modes exist but most gameplay is single-player focused."

    Capsule for Puffin Planes Puffin Planes

    "Includes a co-op multiplayer mode, but main game is primarily single-player focused."

  • Creativity
    2

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  • Domination

    Game with the same Domination vibe

    -3

    "Interactions are mostly narrative-driven with balanced character relationships; no emphasis on exerting control over others."

    Capsule for Red Dead Redemption Red Dead Redemption

    "Interactions are balanced with story characters; no strong emphasis on exerting superiority over others."

  • Escapism

    Game with the same Escapism vibe

    5

    "Highly immersive world and story provide strong escape from real life"

    Capsule for Phoenotopia: Awakening Phoenotopia: Awakening

    "Highly immersive story and world provide strong escape from real life."

  • Expectation
    -4

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  • Experimenting
    3

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  • Exploration
    4

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  • Expression
    2

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  • Fantasy
    4

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  • Fellowship
    1

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  • Growth
    3

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  • Health
    -4

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  • Idle
    -3

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  • Intimacy
    -2

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  • Leadership
    1

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  • Progression
    5

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  • Relaxation
    3

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  • Sensation
    3

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  • Status
    0

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  • Story
    5

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  • Strategy
    3

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  • Thrill
    3

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  • Value
    -2

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  • Violence
    4

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  • Survival
    1

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Last update: 23/05/2026