After hours of messing about with the demo, it was with great excitement that I sat down with the full game. Could it possibly be as good as the demo for the whole length of the game?

"The Yakuza series made its debut back in 2005 on the Playstation 2. Now, the neon-lit underworld of Japanese mafia, expensive suits and large back tattoos has made its way onto the PS3. Yakuza 3 has gathered enough momentum to finally make it across Japanese borders, but is this gang giant putting up a hefty fight, or should the feud be put to sleep?"

"The structure of the game will be instantly familiar to fans of the series, with players venturing through Okinawa, and later Tokyo, engaging in a number of missions, combat and assorted distractions. The variety of the story advancing missions has been improved drastically, with a much greater amount of attention having been paid to the pacing. Often cited as one of the most important aspects of developing modern story-driven games here at Electronic Theatre, Yakuza 3 may not have perfected ..."

"Yakuza 3 is yet another great entry into one of the least appreciated “big name” game franchises outside Japan. The sales-versus-quality ratio is way out of whack, and it's likely this game will continue the tradition of being almost completely ignored by anyone who isn't already a fan of the series. That's a real shame, as the series continues to be entertaining from beginning to end, offering stories full of drama and mystery, an insane amount of potential adventures, and top-notch battle m..."

In what is AAG's first Playstation 3 review, our newest team member Yuto Hayasaka takes a look at Ryu Ga Gotoku from Sega. Ryu Ga Gotoku in Japanese literally translates into ‘Like a Dragon’. This is the fourth instalment of the action based RPG series developed by Sega which first appeared on the PS2 back in 2005.