Yakuza
Just as Kazuma, a former rising star in the Yakuza, emerges from prison after a murder cover-up, 10 billion yen vanishes from the Yakuza vault, forcing him once again into their brutal, lawless world. A…
Yakuza is an adventure developed by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio, released 8 December 2005 on PlayStation 2. The main story takes about 20 hrs to finish.
What Yakuza is
Yakuza is an adventure game developed by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio and released in 2005. It was published by Sega. It is available on PlayStation 2 only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The game follows the story of Kazuma Kiryu (Darryl Kurylo/Takaya Kuroda), a yakuza whose life changes when his boss, Sohei Dojima, attempts to rape Kiryu's childhood friend, Yumi Sawamura (Eliza Dushku/Miyako Uesaka)). When Dojima is murdered by Kiryu's best friend and fellow yakuza, Akira Nishikiyama (Michael Rosenbaum/Kazuhiro Nakaya), Kiryu accepts blame for the murder, and is imprisoned for ten years. During his incarceration, Kiryu is expelled from his organization, the Tojo Clan, and Yumi goes missing. After his release, he learns that ten billion yen has been stolen from the Tojo Clan's private bank, and that the entire Japanese underworld is now searching for the lost wealth.
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 is the first of 91 entries we hold in the Yakuza: Like a Dragon series. The next entry was Yakuza 2 in 2006. Its critic score of 77 is 5 points below the series average of 82. The highest-rated entry is Yakuza 0: Director's Cut at 88.
How it was received
Yakuza holds a critic score of 77 out of 100. That places it above 56% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2005 averaged 67, so it scored 10 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 77, across 76 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 20 hrs.
What it launched against
Yakuza launched on 8 December 2005, within three weeks of Kingdom Hearts II, Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence, Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones and Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Kingdom Hearts II, Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence, Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones, Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Yakuza 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.
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