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Game Information
- Platform: PlayStation2
- BBFC Rating:
Suitable for 18 years and over. Not for sale to persons under age 18. By placing an order for this product, you declare that you are 18 years of age or over. - Media: Video Game
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Product Features
- Experience the Yakuza lifestyle: The most realistic Yakuza experience to date, allowing you to become immersed in the brutality of the Japanese underworld like never before.
- Cinematic Storyline: An engrossing cinematic storyline spanning over 12 intricately detailed chapters, which unveil an increasingly intricate plot capturing the vast web of deceit, violence and mistrust of Japan's underworld network.
- Authentic Tokyo: Explore the night life of Tokyo in amazingly authentic detail - from the sprawling neon-lit streets and nightclubs, to actual shops licensed specifically to deliver the authentic feel of this bustling city.
- Stylish New Fighting Engine: Bring out the best of your street-brawling skills by taking on numerous enemies at once and taking them down in style. String together a combination of fighting moves to take out multiple enemies simultaneously, or simply grab a nearby object and smash it over an opponent's head.
- Develop your character's fighting skills: Build up experience points from brawls and use the RPG style levelling up to improve your strength, stamina and techniques.
- Deep Gameplay: Accumulate weapons and items, engage in numerous side missions, interrogate and bribe informants, gamble, practise your swing in the baseball batting cages or improve your combat skills in the fighting cages.
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Product Description
Manufacturer's Description
YAKUZA invites the player to step into the shoes of the notorious Japanese underworld and experience the darker side of Tokyo like never before. As Kazuma Kiryu, you fast get drawn into the dark and seedy underworld of the Yakuza facing brutal hand-to-hand combat with everyone that gets in your way. Having been paroled after ten years for a crime you didn't commit, you return to find that your childhood friend, Yumi, is missing, your closest ally Nishikiyama has become your greatest enemy and the entire Japanese underworld is searching for 10 Billion yen which has mysteriously disappeared.
Caught between your search for Yumi, a young girl Haruka, who you feel honour-bound to protect, and the Yakuza's hunt for the key to a 10 billion payday, you quickly end up caught in a vast network of violence and mistrust as the entire Yakuza rises up against you&and they will stop at nothing to find their mark.
Set in the fictional Kamura-cho, a spectacularly authentic, seedy neon district, you'll find yourself facing off against thugs, punks and rivals using a fully-fledged, and evolving battle system. For a touch of reality you will even find the popular Japanese Suntory beverages and retail stores that have been replicated even as far as in the in-store layout and accompanying background music. The game offers a complex and extraordinary storyline which delivers richness and depth through cinematic cut-scenes as well as including gambling, batting practice, nightclubs and other mini games along the way.
YAKUZA offers you the opportunity to fully experience the darkness of the Japanese underworld &in all its glorious brutality.
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Fun:
Forget all the commments you've heard about this being the Japanese Grand Theft Auto, or a successor to Shenmue.
There's elements of both those games, but think more Grand Theft Streets of Rage. Shenmue comparisons are easy. You do wander round a virtual world, there's a strong plot, some fierce brawling, the ability to level-up or increase your range of fighting skills and, yes, you can gamble and play mini-games rather than pursue the main game.
But, unlike Shenmue this game keeps the action up constantly, with fighters waiting to accost you on every street corner. The action is much more bloody and brutal too, with some truly grusome finishing moves at your disposal.
As befits the game's 18 certificate it's also a wonderfully sleazy affair, chock full of swearing, sex and sleaze. Characters spew profanity with wild abandon and the hostess bars can soak up hours of game time and all your character's Yen.
The whole game is highly polished and visually stunning. With almost no load-times as you patrol night-time Tokyo and a beautiful neon glow coating every surface.
It's taken a long while for the PS2 to truly mature, and this is a perfect example of why you shouldn't care that the PS3's release date has been put back, you get more time to enjoy wonderful games like this.
There's elements of both those games, but think more Grand Theft Streets of Rage. Shenmue comparisons are easy. You do wander round a virtual world, there's a strong plot, some fierce brawling, the ability to level-up or increase your range of fighting skills and, yes, you can gamble and play mini-games rather than pursue the main game.
But, unlike Shenmue this game keeps the action up constantly, with fighters waiting to accost you on every street corner. The action is much more bloody and brutal too, with some truly grusome finishing moves at your disposal.
As befits the game's 18 certificate it's also a wonderfully sleazy affair, chock full of swearing, sex and sleaze. Characters spew profanity with wild abandon and the hostess bars can soak up hours of game time and all your character's Yen.
The whole game is highly polished and visually stunning. With almost no load-times as you patrol night-time Tokyo and a beautiful neon glow coating every surface.
It's taken a long while for the PS2 to truly mature, and this is a perfect example of why you shouldn't care that the PS3's release date has been put back, you get more time to enjoy wonderful games like this.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Fun:
I bought this game totally blind , i read no reviews and took a chance, I have to say im pleasantly surprised . Ok the fights are repetative but the story is very involving and well thought out, the best thing about this game though is Yakuza himself,he is a beast, a fighting machine, hes great if you learn all the moves, overall a good buy for me ,hope you enjoy as well...
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Fun:
Played this game in Japan and have to say I loved it. You play a young Yakuza who has been done over by the bosses. After a spell in jail you are free and out on the streets trying to find out what went wrong. Explore the shops, hostess bars and dingy corners of a major Japanese city and find out who stabbed you in the beack. Game play is repetetive but great fun - the story is deep and engaging! A great game all in all.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
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I bought this game already owning yakuza 2 a and yakuza 3, anda the purpose was to know how it all started, and this game is awsome :) i like it very much
Published 13 months ago by Pushky
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i bought this new but never played it i dunno if it was my tv but the picture was 2 blurry .then i bought a 32inch lcd tv was the same i even bought a hd converter lead for the ps2... Read more
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As it doesn't seem sega are going to continue the great Shenmue "Series" they started on the Dreamcast, I was interested to see this game using a similar engine to the former. Read more
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Welcome back Sega
Back in the dreamcast days Sega really was just about the best developer out there, they made creative fun games that took big risks and although it didnt always pay off for them... Read more
Published on 5 Mar 2007 by leonardo
Terrible...
If you took the five star game Shen Mue, and then removed everything which made it a great game, you would get Yakuza. Read more
Published on 15 Jan 2007 by Phil McCool
Should be called "Yak - Now Loading... - uza"
What could have been a relatively entertaining game is let down by a number of frustrating features. Read more
Published on 2 Jan 2007 by B. Wilson
GARBAGE!
Cheesy dialogue and child like fighting. Overly exagerated gameplay and a waste of a good idea. It's also one of those games where they cant be bothered to make the characeters... Read more
Published on 26 Dec 2006 by Positive Vibes
Why didn't they just finish off Shenmue instead?
I know my title sounds a little negative, but that doesnt mean i think Yakuza is a bad game. Now on to Yakuza the story its self is very well directed however very similar to that... Read more
Published on 26 Oct 2006 by M. M. Parvez
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When I heard that this was gonna be just another GTA clone I was'nt really that interested in this game, but when read a review say that it had similarities with Shenmue & Streets... Read more
Published on 11 Oct 2006 by Michael Heaney
AHH Daniel San!
After reading a few reviews about this before i actually ordered it from here, i realised it was similar to Shenmue on the dreamcast. Read more
Published on 6 Oct 2006 by Mr. Sk Wilkinson
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