Yakuza attempts to spin an epic yarn about the lives of men and women wrapped up in organized crime and the consequences the lifestyle bestows upon them. The big attraction here is the narrative. Yakuza 4 sprinkles in a few extra characters, though the basic mechanics and minute-to-minute gameplay are largely identical. For the majority of the proceedings, players will be in charge of piloting Kazuma Kiryu, the main protagonist of the franchise. The mean streets of Kamurocho (and Nagasugai, Tsukimino, Kin'eicho…) The street views in Yakuza 5 do see some benefit from the increased resolution available in the PC port.Īs with the other titles in the Yakuza series, the games in this remastered trilogy follow the exploits of organized crime members doing organized crime things, either in service of moving up the ranks or escaping the lifestyle altogether. It bundles the enhanced versions of Yakuza 3, Yakuza 4, and Yakuza 5 with some alterations to include bonus content and remove content that is considered offensive for modern audiences. This prompted Sega to dress up the remaining PS3-era Yakuza titles for a bundle known as the Yakuza Collection Remastered and released it for PS4 last February.įast forward another year and the Yakuza Remaster Collection is now ready for consumption on PC (along with Xbox One). On the heels of that success, lavish remakes of the first two games in the series, sold as Yakuza Kiwami and Yakuza Kiwami 2, were greenlit and performed well with western audiences. It began to pick up lots of mainstream momentum on North American shores around the time Sega released Yakuza 0 for PS4 in 2017. For the early part of its existence, the Yakuza series enjoyed success and notoriety that was mostly contained to Japan.
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