Yakuza 2
Yakuza 2 plunges you once more into the violent Japanese underworld. In intense brutal clashes with rival gangs, the police, and the Korean mafia, you will have opportunities to dole out more brutal…
Yakuza 2 is an adventure developed by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio, released 7 December 2006 on Wii U, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 2. The main story takes about 20 hrs to finish.
What Yakuza 2 is
Yakuza 2 is an adventure game developed by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio and released in 2006. It was published by Sega. It is available on Wii U, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 2.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Yakuza is a 2005 action-adventure game developed and published by Sega for the PlayStation 2. It was released in December 2005 in Japan and in September 2006 internationally. The story follows Kazuma Kiryu, a yakuza who spent ten years in prison for a crime he did not commit. After being released, he learns that the criminal underworld is searching for 10 billion yen that has been stolen from the Tojo clan. The game takes place in Kamurochō, a realistic recreation of Tokyo's Kabukicho district.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, open world and sandbox. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Yakuza: Like a Dragon series
Yakuza 2 is the second of 91 entries we hold in the Yakuza: Like a Dragon series. It arrived 12 months after Yakuza. The next entry was Ryuu ga Gotoku Kenzan! in 2008. Its critic score of 80 is almost exactly the series average of 82. The highest-rated entry is Yakuza 0: Director's Cut at 88.
How it was received
Yakuza 2 holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2006 averaged 65, so it scored 15 points above the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 20 hrs.
What it launched against
Yakuza 2 launched on 7 December 2006, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Wii Sports and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.
Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Wii Sports, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Yakuza 2 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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