I'll post some interesting tid-bits, but I can recommend reading the whole thing
"...Following the cinema scene, the game switches into battle mode. Your task is to work with your two buddies to defeat the entire lot of yakuza scum. This is not an easy task, because one of the guys midway through the fight gets enraged at the fact that he's losing and pulls out a sword. Thankfully, you've got the entire Stardust, both lower and upper lounge areas, to use as your battle ground, and can also pick up all varieties of furniture from the ground to use as weapons.
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One of the nice features of the Yakuza 3 battle system that wasn't in the original Yakuza is the ability to assign weapons to d-pad hot keys. This allows you to switch between weapons with just a button press. The demo started Kiryu off with a nunchaku, longbow and blade knuckles, each bringing about a different feel to the fight.
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While the city will be familar to players of the first two games (the third, Kenzan, took place during the Edo Era, so Kamiyacho was, of course, nowhere to be found), there are some obvious improvements. The buildings are more detailed, and the streets are flooded with people at times -- so many people that you'll have to push your way to get through.
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There's plenty to the yakuza experience that, while not getting to try out for ourselves, we saw other players sample. In typical Yakuza style, the game has a number of mini-games, including golf, arcade games, and a rhythm-based karaoke game complete with actual voiced songs. We saw one player sampling an arcade game that looked like a 2.5D shooter.
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Also catching our attention was Kiryu's method of learning moves. As with Kenzan, Kiryu will be able to learn moves by watching closely as things happen around him. In the demo, a young girl was grabbed from behind by a thug. She let out a huge scream, but then took care of the wretch on her own, tossing him over, then kicking him. As she performs these moves, you're prompted to make "quick timer" style inputs. Perform these successfully, and Kiryu will learn the girl's moves for use in a future fight."
http://ps3.ign.com/articles/950/950036p1.html
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I want a western release of this game, it looks really cool!
