It’s the stories and characters, which really define the Yakuza series. Something that SEGA wants to highlight with a few new videos leading up to the western release of Yakuza 6: The Song of Life.
What worked once clearly works twice, as SEGA is doubling up on Kazuma Kiryu’s underworld troubles with an English port of the first Yakuza sequel. Yakuza Kiwami 2 will drop in the West in August, picking up a year after the dragon of Dojima settled his score in the first game.
Honour, civil war between gangs and a life behind bars. Yakuza is all that and so much more. Yakuza 6: The Song of Life however? One thing is for certain: It’s the end of the Dragon of Dojima. Is it a touching farewell song or a drunken karaoke ballad in its construction however? Apparently, it’s a damn fine farewell to arms as critical reviews have been mostly positive so far.
You’re walking down the streets of a Japanese red light district. Minding your own business, possibly thinking of grabbing a drink when all of a sudden a random group of ruffians demands that your face becomes best friends with their knuckles. In any other sandbox game, such an encounter would be a sloppy fight of note. Basic, sluggish fisticuffs, right? Not in Yakuza 6: The Song of Life.
There's a Yakuza 6 demo. The idea was that people could play the opening moments of the game, and if they liked it, be able to pay and keep playing. Sometimes ideas and reality diverge, and the version on the US store didn’t have the necessary restrictions.
Bad news for anyone looking to walk the streets of Japan and introduce the faces of local ruffians to the emergency wing of a Japanese hospital: You won’t be doing any criminal activity of that sort until April.
Yakuza Kiwami 2 was announced last month, which will also make use of the Dragon Engine to give combat that little extra oomph when you smash a rival gangster’s face through a car windshield. It looks beauitfully bonkers so far.
Yakuza Kiwami’s fresh coat of paint has done wonder for the aging sandbox brawler, even if some wrinkles have still managed to stubbornly hang on. It may not reach the same highs as the prequel Yakuza O, but Kiwami still has plenty of charm, story and more than enough action that sets the scene for the Dragon of Dojima to return on a grander stage next year.
Have you ever double-checked your doors at night because something just didn’t feel secure? …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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