Why Side Stories are the Heart of Yakuza 0

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Published on ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWqMG5og-4A


Game:
Yakuza 0 (2015)
Duration: 8:02
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This video started as an exploration as to why I spent so much time playing the Real Estate Royale and Hostess Club minigames in Yakuza 0. Why I dedicated so much time to this side content, and why I feel the side content is the heart of the game (while not discounting the main narrative and how well it's woven). There's discussion on player agency, on "linear" as a dirty word when talking about games, and how we sometimes discount the joy of narrative agency.

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Transcript: https://davegamethoughts.blogspot.com/2019/12/why-side-stories-are-heart-of-yakuza-0.html

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Yakuza 0 Statistics For Dave's Videogame Journey

At present, Dave's Videogame Journey has 165 views spread across 2 videos for Yakuza 0, with his channel publishing less than an hour of Yakuza 0 content. This is less than 0.10% of the total video content that Dave's Videogame Journey has uploaded to YouTube.