Pro tip, if you spam a heat action on an enemy or boss they will grow resistance to it and it will do less damage to them

Even as someone who's beat Yakuza 0, I had no idea you could shift your grab by pressing L1. Excellent video, Dev!

Holy shit, this. How did I not find this sooner? Now I just need to figure out how the hell Mahjong and Shogi work and I'm golden.

"blocking is essential to Yakuza's combat system" Me with my broken L1and R1: guess im screwed

One thing people tend to overlook is being drunk. The drunk status makes you fill your heat gauge a lot faster, and also enables certain powerful heat actions which you wouldn't be able to do while sober (you have to learn it from the skill tree first). Carrying a few cheap beer on you is a pretty good idea.

Dodging is essential if you get stuck in a fight with Mr. Shakedown. And have your medicine ready.

I’ve beaten 0 twice now and this video still has stuff I didn’t know

The feeling when you played the whole game on normal without knowing abut lock on...

8:31 how come the game never naturally tells you that?

Man, the tutorial of this game really really sucks, (it only teaches you to grab, light punch, and heavy punch. Thats all ._.). All the other stuff i managed to start learning after trying and tryting and trying, but now with your video i finally know how im supposed to do it. Thanks!.

"Taunting has no effect at first except badass-ary." Awesome.

Pro tip: try and unlock the 4th styles early, they are huge buffs to your characters (4th styles as in kiryus dragon of dojima style and majima's mad dog of shimano style) the way you unlock these styles is for kiryu: Beat the finance king in the money island minigame, aka the real estate royale, for majima's style: beat all the five stars in the cabaret club czar minigame the reason why these styles are buffs is because they combine all the other styles into one, like kiryu's for example has the speedy of rush, the power of beast, and the durableness of brawler and majima's: combines, thug's fast attacks, breaker's combo dancing freakshow moves, and sluggers beatdown strength, its a big buff to get these early in the game, cause if you do you actually can get a good boost on the boss fights you have to have in the end of the game and the most of the other parts of the game, and it can also help you get past street goons, men in black noveau riche and shit, when getting to places when your not kiryu with the money toss, so for the love of god unlike me please get these fucking styles before me I beg of you, I have to do it all and get it again cause I decided to not want to do it

I know this is an old vid, but I want to add something that you’ve forgotten that could be of some use to anyone picking up the series, or the release of Kiwami on PC: the higher your heat the faster your attack speed becomes, sometimes retaining your heat gauge is better for pulling off combos quicker than using heat actions. Every time you use a specific heat action it’s damage is lowered to stop you spamming them

I've always been used to approaching my action combat as stylished as possible as they usually always reward you with more satisfying results. That also counts for Yakuza, and said basically encourages the player to be experimental with your combos much like Bayonetta or DMC.

Why do I get the feeling this was made in direct response to Angry Joe's video? lol

So wait. Are you saying I shouldn't just face mash and spam health? I usually do that until the game asks me to put it on easy, then I FACE MASH TO VICTORY

Majima Slugger Style: Square x3, Triangle...GG Easy win

You read off the instructions quite nicely, and the video was in sync with everything you said. Excellent. I hope it came out the way you wanted it to, and hopefully this helps out a lot of new players. Edit: 5:08, you clarified it, but the subtitle says triangle again

Great video! I recently came back to this game after pausing for a couple of months and realised that I have no idea how anything works anymore. This has helped a lot!

Great Video Devilleon Very Informative! I ready for Yakuza 0 the hype is to real! Looking Forward for more Yakuza Content from your Channel Keep up the great work man!

WHOA WHAT? I didn't know you could switch which side you grab enemies with L1! Has that always been in the series, or is that new?

Thanks for posting this! This was very helpful! I just got into the Yakuza series. I picked up 0, 1 and 2 remastered for the PS4 pretty cheap and got the 3, 4 and 5 remastered collection a couple of weeks ago. Need to get 6 now.

thanks for this, first yakuza game ive tried and that Kuze fight was hell for me. Will take these tips into consideration

Great job, I wish there was this kind of video 5 years ago when i started my first Yakuza (3).... on my first playthrough i was a square masher and i only used finish blows accidently and i was asking myself "how did i do that" now im a pro in all these points, ever since Yakuza 5 i only used counters because they're fun to use gotta love the tiger drop

Damn fine job on the video! I'm definitely sharing this one!

Thank you for this video. Just started playing and I gotta say the game doesn't explain the combat super well. I was having a really difficult time till I found this video. Thanks m8!

This was an awesome video that really helped me out! Thank you so much! Subbed and liked!

Awesome video, exactly what I needed. I’m late to the party but this series (Yakuza) is amazing!🤙🏾

Only just found your channel, all stuff in this video I already knew but it's so well put together I subbed.

i'm a new player (new meaning i havent touched a gamepad in 10 years and have never ever played a fighting game) so i'm playing on easy mode, but even then it sometimes feels like a challenge. thank you for the video, i'll be trying these tips out!

Thanks a lot for this vid, as a newcomer to the Yakuza serie I really appreciate it.

fantastic work Dev!

"sometimes enemies will counter grabs" tell that to Kuze who I destroyed by going all hulk on him by grabbing his leg in beast mode

New to your channel and to this game. Thanks for this video. I'm ready when I get the game and ready to kickass🔥

seven years later and this still may be a life saver! Was already trying not to spam square and weave in rush combos, but I was forgetting I could redirect with normal attacks and probably waiting too long to use certain combos, stuff like that which really made me wonder why a 2v1 felt like I was getting jumped by a whole squad. Thank you!!!

That was really helpful! Thanks a lot!

I know this video is old but you saved this game for me! The combat seem shallow to me just mash square a few times then press triangle and do heat actions when I can but this guide helped and I learned a lot. Now I’m switching styles more often dodging grabbing it’s so much more fun now thanks!

Great video man! Awesome work

Just what I needed . Thanks!

Thank you very much I needed this.

very good video, thanks for the tips as this is my first Yakuza game and I'm really enjoying it

i recently bought Yakuza 0, and this.. actually made me realise that i went from knowing quite a bit of the combat to quite a good amount of the combat, and some more from here very cool, since i thought maybe i should know a lil' more

Great video. Thank you!

Thanks for this! I watched my best friend play this at release (and pretty much all of the Yakuza games since), but I personally could never get a hang of the games and have little beat-em-up or fighting game knowledge to fall back on. Looking forward to giving Y0 another go with this advice.

I'm a returning player and needed this video, thanks!

very good video man! i really need it! tx alot again

Excellent video!

good video. very clear and helpful

Great tip/explanations 💯👌

I really appreciate you making this video. I recently started playing yakuza 0 on pc and I got my ass handed to me by groups. I’m familiar with many action games like dynasty warriors dmc3, and this game is waaaay different. I’ve never seen a game where you can guard while being comboed

...Yo! I've played Yakuza 0-6 and repeated 0 a couple of times already...I never knew you could cancel out the heat prompt to do a normal heavy attack! I was just watching this for fun but I actually learned something! Thanks!

That prompt coming up at a stomp trick changed my life lmao

thank you for this very informative video! I keep finding myself in situations where a group of fast attackers swarm me into a corner and they knock me on the ground and as soon as I get up they knock me down again. I just started playing a few days and I have no idea what style is most useful for this situation. fights are starting to get harder too and it's pretty frustrating...

Thanks man. Greetings from Russia. I just discovered Yakuza series on PS4 (starting with kiwami moving to zero) and this video really helping. What a beautiful fucking game.

Good video mate, nice one

Thanks a lot for this gonna go buy it now;)

Thank you for this video.

Very nice and informative! Now I'm ready to make some big money in the bubble economy. XD

Thanks leon for the video. Came here trying to refine my combat system. Glad that you differentiate between precision combat and button mashing.

I wish I found this video sooner I would've linked this video in a comment to every vid featuring a newcomer to the series. I always assumed the mechanics were a lot easier to understand, but now I realize what I did differently was experiment, when I start a new game I try out what each button does and try to explore any option I can think of

great video, more helpful than the ingame tutorial i feel like it wasnt explained great as a new player

Also, having played all of the games except the Samurai spin-offs.. I didn't know you could switch your grabbing-hold by pressing L1... MIND BLOWN.

Good video I'm on chapter 7 and still found this helpful

Nicely made video

Really helps complete noob like me a lot :D thx for the video dude

The heat actions in 0 seem as hilarious and brutal as in Kiwami 2. Glad I got this game for 5 bucks on sale. Also thanks for that nice guide which should help a lot in combat

Bought this on Steam the other day. Good thing I found this now when I'm in ch 2 rather than further down the line.

I preordered Yakuza 0!

Great video, now send it to a certain twitch user. I was one of those at 1st who thought the combat was one dimensional but once i started upgrading and reading the descriptions i realised just how many variations there was.

Great video it helped me a lot I kept spamming square at first

Just finished Yakuza 0. Time to watch this.

Just bought the Game 2 days ago, I like the fighting style, but your Tips helped me out a lot Thanks for the Vid.

Man, thanks for this video. I didn't know you can shift your grabs or temporarily disable Heat Actions for hitting downed guys. The game's tutorial really didn't say anything about all this (...or maybe it did, but I never saw properly :P).

Great video. Thx

thanks for reading us in-game tutorial

I know this video is old by now, but I just got this game recently. I am in chapter 7 and I didn't even know about the L2 thing, so thanks

Very good demonstration for the combat i enjoyed this game since it features four fighting styles honestly perfer this over other brawlers any day as it has more potential then other brawlers

Is the save system like mafia definitive edition where you finish the story you can go back to the chapters if you miss something? I want to start yakuza 0

You can combo into grabs? I've seen guys doing back breakers and powerbombs, but I don't know how

Because of your videos, I got an itch to play these games. I search it up and it turns out humble bundle had a sale for all three for about £22. I've been playing 0 non stop for a few days now. I have to say this video really helped me in fights

Since i'm not a beginner & i would use in the start of the game higher difficulty. But also i know that this guide will help even experienced player to know some basics again in just to make sure he didn't lost any tricks in the sleeve. I'm enjoyed to watch this =) i hope it will help even for Yakuza newcomers)))

All these tips are good, They're also all in the in-game Notebook. From the comments here it seems navigating menus is tougher than the combat, though.

Can you please help me with the combat in this game so basically I am new to this game, this is the first time I'm playing a Yakuza game and what I don't understand in this game is when I fight a group of opponents they always attack me from behinde and I don't know how to avoid it (I start hitting one guy and immediately another guy punches me from behind I don't know how to avoid that), my second problem is fighting bosses, they started to be hard for me since I fought Nishitani, Sera, Kashiwagi, Nishikiyama (when I start to attack them they evade my attack and then they perform combos on me I don't get it how am I supposed to avoid their combos after they dodge my attacks, it gets harder when they get heat mode). If you can help me with these two problems I would be really grateful and thankful to you :)

Knowing that there are a lot of people struggling with this game's combat system makes me realize how few people play actually complex character action games, which is sad. I always though Yakuza was a pretty comfortable intro into the genre, but it just goes to show how unpopular beat-em-ups are in the west. Hopefully this game sells well enough to get some new fans into the series.

Even though this is will not be my first introduction to the Yakuza series, there are still some things about the controls even I didn't know about, like holding down R2 to cancel all heat moves. But kudos to the video I think it's a great introduction to the game I can't wait to play it. 👍🏾

*watching him combo someone while all the enemies just watch him and not punch him to break his combo at all* Is the Japanese version just easier or what because I literally have knees flying at me the entire time I am playing

Thank you

The grab swap (from front to behind) is really handy for someone like me who's trying out a bunch of different heat actions in Kiwami - a bunch of those require a grab from behind, but the AI's tracking is so good that it's very hard to get a grab at an enemy's back, particularly when you've got a mob to deal with as they can quickly knock you out of heat mode if you're not properly managing them (ie: you're running around like a chicken trying to get behind someone rather than punching 5 people at once)

splendid

I know this is an older video but thank you so much for making it! I picked up Yakuza 0 yesterday and while I think I'm doing alright with it your tips opened my eyes to some things I had overlooked. :)

Hey.. I had a problem when i equipped a weapons my characters didnt spawn the weapons.. do you have any suggestions ?

Mashing Square looked really effective

Thanks bro

Wish I didn't have to look this up. I felt like I was going to pull my head out of my head.

everytime i watch one of these tutorials, i get even more convinced Kiryu is a Virtua Fighter character thanks to the sheer complexity of his moveset.

I think when I played it at launch I was maybe a bit on the mashing button side of things but not exactly, I was just inputting combos too fast between square and triangle (X and Y on Xbox controller). It was my first Yakuza game as I had been extremely interested from the sidelines for a LONG time, and now I've lived and breathed and watched as Kiryu never killed anyone the whole series. If I knew the combat was more.. deliberate(?), Like.. I'm not sure if I'm right about this but it feels like similar to dark souls (just because it's a familiar example for me), input queueing is a thing. I wasn't AS familiar with beat em up games in general so I kind of assumed it was more about fast, powerful, flashy moves being shown. Actually replaying now after getting a better pc and it's weird because I felt like I understood the mechanics better than I did before even though I hadn't learned anything new, it just clicked as if I had knew all along lol I

"Completely hilarious": pour boiling water onto enemy's faces

This is my first yakuza game. I started playing a couple of days ago. A friend gave me the order in which to play these games. Im on this one with my first boss fight with Kuze. But he has been kicking my ass.

Good tips. thank you.

The only problem I had is that sometimes the timing is off for no reason. Tiger dropping people ended up kicking them instead