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YAKUZA 4 (PS3)

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Description:The Yakuza series is without a doubt one of SEGA’s most critically acclaimed adventure series of recent years, detailing the life of fictional Japanese mafia legend Kiryu Kazuma and the seedy underworld of red light district Kamuracho. In Yakuza 4, the drama unfolds around Kazuma and three other characters - loan shark Akiyama, escaped convict Saejima and detective Tanimura.Gameplay remains largely unchanged from the traditional adventure-cum-beat’em up style that the Yakuza series is known for. You’ll be exploring the city centre unraveling parts of the storyline in one moment, and then engaging in fierce combat with street gangs and wannabe punks in the next. Here’s where the meat of the game comes in - each character has their own fighting style and special moves that can help you tackle opponents in spectacular ways.Alongside the usual punch and kick moves, you can pick up objects from the street and use them against your enemies, or build up a HEAT bar and pull off some ridiculous combos - like slamming your heel into someone’s face. Quick Time Events in boss battles add to the tension as well.In between goon-smashing sessions, you’ll have the opportunity to explore other assets of Tokyo’s dark side - from karaoke bars with somewhat promiscuous women to hostess bars and other activities. Yakuza’s certainly not a game for the innocent tourist.Supported accessories:DualShock 3 Vibration FunctionInformation:Development Company: SEGASoftware House: SEGAVideo Dimensions: 3DPublisher: SEGAPoint Of View: Third-person, over the shoulder

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Vincent
4.0 out of 5 stars Awesome
Reviewed in the United States on June 15, 2021
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The game is awesome, my only problem is it took about 2 and 1/2 weeks to receive which I was aware of, but when it arrived the case had a big piece of it that had been broken off inside while being shipped. Other than that, perfect, and it did ship a bit faster than expected
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4.0 out of 5 stars Open-world a tema criminale da non perdere
Reviewed in Italy on March 30, 2017
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Vorrei prima farvi notare che questo gioco NON è stato tradotto in italiano, anche se la lingua inglese del gioco non sia tanto incomprensibile. Nota positiva però, non ha subìto rimozioni di contenuti nella versione Europea come in Yakuza 3.

Yakuza 4 è un open-world a tema criminale giapponese, con una grafica bella e "vivace" ancora oggi, un'estrema quantità di attività e missioni secondarie da fare in città e una trama lunga e varia che mischia il gangster drama con l'humour. Rispetto a Yakuza 3, è sicuramente un gran bel passo avanti in termini di trama e contenuti.

Il gameplay è principalmente incentrato sul combattimento corpo a corpo, ed è reso molto più vario grazie all'introduzione di tre nuovi personaggi giocabili (le armi da fuoco sono anche utilizzabili, ma solo raramente). Rispetto a Yakuza 2 e 3, soltanto il distretto di Kamurocho è esplorabile, ma con nuove zone accessibili come tetti e fogne. Come da tradizione, la città è ricchissima di negozi, salagiochi e molti altri edifici che danno la possibilità al giocatore di interagire con tanti personaggi e svolgere le diverse missioni che si trovano esplorando.

Trama a dir poco fantastica e varia, dato che racconta le vicende dei quattro protagonisti individualmente (ognuno con una sua storia), che si ritrovano successivamente insieme per risolvere i propri problemi. Purtroppo, non mancano alcune piccole forzature in certe scene, e il ritmo rimane abbastanza altalenante, anche se la situazione è migliorata rispetto al precedente capitolo.

Come al solito, Yakuza offre un pacchetto completo senza DLC "obbligatori" e bug evidenti. Lo consiglio a chi non ha mai giocato alla serie? Sebbene la trama non sia "molto" collegata ai precedenti capitoli, è comunque consigliabile giocarli, oppure iniziare il nuovo prequel Yakuza 0 uscito su PS4. Dopotutto, tutta la serie la consiglio vivamente ad ogni appassionato di open-world con tanto di combattimenti, dialoghi e elementi memorabili.
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Trukmuch
5.0 out of 5 stars Très bon
Reviewed in France on June 16, 2016
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Excellent jeu, ne connaissant pas la série je ne m'attendais pas à accrocher autant ! Non seulement le jeu propose de longues cinématiques des épisodes 1, 2 et 3 pour ceux qui ne les auraient pas fait (comme moi) mais en plus le regorge d'activités et de contenu (même si certaines ne sont pas passionnantes). On peut facilement atteindre les 80h de jeu.
Beaucoup de narration et de cinématiques, très bon RPG.
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Tybalt OneEightSeven
5.0 out of 5 stars Cooles Games
Reviewed in Germany on February 2, 2016
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Cooles Game sehr schnelle Lieferung, hab es noch nicht durch, da ich wad anderes angefangen habe. Werde es aber sicher nochmal in angriff nehmen.
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Jon Rosenberg
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the Greatest Melodramas in Gaming History
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 17, 2013
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To describe a story, a song, or a game as being melodramatic is frequently to condemn the title in question and imply that it is shot through with strains of mawkish sentimentality and lacking in the finer distinctions of better works. Yet there is a place for melodrama, it is a perfectly legitimate narrative form and one which, when done right, can be as moving, well made and memorable as anything else. And that is a good description of Yakuza 4. Indeed, from a narrative standpoint, it encapsulates the whole of the franchise. Yakuza has been an on-going melodrama and this, the 4th entry in the main series, is the high point so far.

When Yakuza 3 came out in 2010 it was a vast step forward for the series in both game-play and story telling. The fully voiced animated cut-scenes, the vast array of side missions, the excellence of the fighting system (which might be the best brawler the PS3 has seen) and, above all, the way in which the threats and stakes to the peace and security of the protagonist's (Kazuma Kiryu) orphan charges is raised from chapter to chapter was enthralling, compelling and delightful. If that game had one major flaw, however, it was that it felt, in some ways, rather like a side story when following on from the events of Yakuza's 1 and 2. So, when Sega brought out Yakuza 4 not long afterwards, using a great deal of the same animation and architecture, rather than seeming like a let down, it seemed far more as if the producers and writers had got the series back on track. Don't get me wrong, Yakuza 3 is an excellent game. It's gorgeous to look at (the colours in beach scenes in Okinawa are jaw droppingly lovely) exciting and fun to play, yet it did feel only tentatively connected to the preceding games. In 4 we had a game which had all these improvements and yet with a story which felt like a much more natural successor to the events of Yakuza's 1 and 2.

Added to this Sega introduced another element which has given a much needed lease of life to the series: multiple protagonists. Meeting, getting to know and learning the fighting styles of the three new player characters gives Yakuza 4 a fantastic freshness. Yes, I could see how some players, being deeply attached to Kazuma, might call foul on this, but I wasn't one of them. Each of the three new comers had something to them, both as well written characters and as differential fighting styles, which made them a thoroughly enjoyable additions to the series. Whether it was laughing at the the laid back humour of Akiyama, or coming to sympathise with bone deep pain of Taiga Saejima, or being pulled into the depth of the mystery which is the life of Tanimura, they're all excellent foils for The Dragon of Dojima. Equally, learning and coming to terms with (two different things) their fighting styles was both fascinating and fun. After playing Kazuma for eighty hours straight in 3 it was a rather unsettling experience to have to get a feel for the timing and styles of each of the others. It was even unnerving, but unnerving in a good way. Clearly Kazuma, once leveled up, is a near god like fighter, so having to make the most of the ponderous strength of Taiga, or the panoply of holds and throws which make up Tanimura's arsenal definitely kept me engaged. Of the three new comers I felt that Akiyama was the least interesting fighter, but the bite and humour of his dialogue more than made up for that.

Yakuza 4 is, without any doubt in my mind, a brilliant and compelling melodrama in game form. The game itself is excellent, both as an open world brawler and a thoroughly evocative Japan simulator. The graphics are a trifle dated, it's not a major issue but you can easily tell that what we're looking at is four, maybe five years behind the curve for a PS3 release. It really doesn't matter though as the art style more than makes up for the sub-part technical graphics. When you add great music, superb surround sound and stellar voice acting (God's above Takaya Kuroda's Kazuma Kiryu is astonishing) the over all production values in this game are just stellar. There are only a few reasons for not playing Yakuza 4, but, if you own a PS3, if you aren't someone who loathes Japanese culture, and you don't detest open world gaming, then do yourself a favour and buy a copy of Y4, you're in for a treat.

P.S. The game is worth the playing just to get to the epic coolness of the introduction to the final fight sequence. Trust me, it will have you laughing out loud in sheer delight.
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checkmate101
4.0 out of 5 stars Like Marmite you will love it or hate it
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 9, 2012
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This game really is not for everyone and I can understand its low sales BUT having never played the previous games Yakuza 4 has turned me into a fan. By now most people will know you get to play as 4 characters (with different fighting styles) who meet up in the finale of the story. What I liked most was how the story was developed. At first it seemed a simple dull let's stop these guys but then that all changed when I started playing as Taiga Saejima, a man who has been imprisoned for 25 years and finds out that he wasted his life in prison for what I cannot explain without spoiling the story. All I can say is it's not as simple as it first appears and that is the part that gripped me most. There is no way I can talk about the story without giving away spoilers so all I can say is it builds over time and you begin to see it from the 4 different perspectives of the characters who come together for the final fight. It does seem a little bit like Avengers but done in a more serious way that could be closer related to mafia movies.

Now the make or break part of the game.

The cutscenes make it for many but also break it for others. For me I found them very interesting and enjoyable with some great acting from all the characters. One scene involved a Yakuza singing in a hostess bar and goes mad when your character turns the music off which ends in a brawl, while another scene you will see the character's friend kill someone and wonder why they did it. You really feel that everything in the main story is done for a reason and the results of such actions have on each of the characters. The problem with the cutscenes is that they can be very very long. I'm talking 5-10minutes of a cutscene which is why it will annoy some people as games such as RDR, GTA give you quick 2-3 minute cutscenes. The next problem for many is that it is in Japanese and Chinese language so you will have to rely on subtitles to understand what the characters are saying so if a cutscene came on you have to fully focus on the game by yourself rather than letting someone interrupt you. (Also do not skip cutscenes as they are all important even if they are long)Also after the cutscenes you will get chunks of in game text boxes which ruin such great cutscenes. I hope they get rid or reduce the amount if they create another game. I've watched many and enjoyed old Chinese films where they don't speak English and films such as "Crouching tiger, hidden dragon" so subtitles don't bother me as much as some others.

In terms of the graphics and presentation you can see it is very dated and not even close to the likes of games such as Uncharted but graphics don't make a game, it's more about the gameplay and story which this game has.
It has a lot of content but keeping it brief, instead of quickly killing someone with a gun these guys prefer to beat their enemies to death in the most violent, animalistic and comedic ways I have seen. It's like a cross between, Tekken, Dragonball z and using triangle like it's your best friend. One part of the game I almost felt sorry for my enemies as I was in a room fall of weapons while controlling Kiryu Kazuma and all I can say is being shot to death would be a nicer way to die. I always felt disappointed when I had less than 10 enemies attacking me as I didn't want the fighting to stop. The quick time events just add to the intensity of the fights as I had to protect myself from someone trying to kill me with a chainsaw. It's not all fighting thou as it would get tedious. You can also chase people, solve clues, play table tennis, bowling, get drunk, gamble, go to hostess bars etc etc etc it's just so much that I cannot mention them all and despite completing the main story after 20hours of play I've only completed 10% of total content. Another thing that I enjoyed most was the revelations. These were small quick time events where you would see some comedic situations where your character can learn moves from.

I can't really add more other then to say its story element is the strongest point of the game but because it is not in English it will put many off but I still suggest giving it a try because if it was in English we would be hearing about this game a lot more. SEGA do need to cut out the constant text, reduce the cutscene length, improve the graphics and reduce the amount of random street fights or at least make them more challenging but still the game is great and very underrated. There may be many open world games that perform better than this such as Assassins Creed and Batman AC but it still provides you with 20-30 hours of content, interesting mafia style story and incredible brutality so you can't complain about that.
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