Yakuza 4
Yakuza 4 is the fourth game in Sega's crime drama series, known as 'Ryu ga Gotoku' in Japan. As a first for the series, the story is split between the viewpoints of four different protagonists.
Yakuza 4 is an adventure developed by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio, released 8 March 2010 on PlayStation 3. The main story takes about 20 hrs to finish.
What Yakuza 4 is
Yakuza 4 is an adventure game developed by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio and released in 2010. It was published by Sega. It is available on PlayStation 3 only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Yakuza 4 picks up the story of Yakuza 3 one year later and takes the player back to Tokyo. The story starts when a man is shot to death in the ruling territory of the Tojo Clan, the organization that has featured in all games in the series to date. A small gang which belongs to Tojo Clan try to establish what happened and their leader is soon found stabbed to death. These events cause a heated battle between four men over money, power, status and honor. The truth becomes apparent as the lies, betrayals and entwined stories are revealed and when these 4 unflinching men get together, the new legend of Kamurocho is born.
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 4 is the fifth of 91 entries we hold in the Yakuza: Like a Dragon series. It arrived a year after Yakuza 3. The next entry was Kurohyou: Ryuu ga Gotoku Shinshou in 2010. 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 4 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 2010 averaged 70, so it scored 10 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 82, across 68 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 20 hrs.
What it launched against
Yakuza 4 launched on 8 March 2010, within three weeks of Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition, God of War III, Metro 2033 and Battlefield: Bad Company 2. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition, God of War III, Metro 2033, Battlefield: Bad Company 2.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Yakuza 4 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Characters
All 30
Dlc
Remasters
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