A few days ago the demo for Yakuza 3 (Ryu Ga Gotoku 3 in Japan) came out on Japanese PSN. By cheating the system I downloaded the Japanese demo due to being a big fan of the Yakuza series. The demo has some flaws.

I had to download the demo twice, at first the demo had gigantic load times, but the second time I downloaded it and installed it everything went very smoothly.

Oh boy has the game been improved. First of all, when navigating through the town of Kamuro-cho you are no longer bound by fixed perspectives, you have full camera control all the time. Second of all, battles occur without any screen transition, instead all the pedestrians on the street run away from the place you will fight in and line themselves around the street ends to watch the fight. The game also has a wast assortment of mini games that are actually fun. Also the difficulty level of the combat has been increased, atleast when facing story enemies. Also there are more quicktime events in combat, some of which are pretty impressive. The demo itself is pretty long for a demo, lasting out for around 25 minutes if you don`t screw around.

There also was some plot but I barely understood it. Anyway, for those of you who are impatient, here`s a small walkthrough for the demo.

- Enter the club Stardust (blue door right next to where you start).

-Watch cutscene, then fight the yakuzas, the battle ends when you defeat the yakuza in the blue suit with the katana.

-Defeat the Yakuzas, watch cutscene

-Exit Stardust and head for the two pink triangles marked on your map while avoiding the police until you reach an alleyway. Watch the cutscene.

-Fight the foreigners in black suits, but be careful of the bigger one, he has some stronger moves and more health.

Congratulations, you have beaten the Yakuza 3 demo.

Oh yeah, I will defenately import this game along with Ryu Ga Gotoku Kenzan next month, expect my reviews sometime next month or the month after that. Also sorry I had no screenshots.