Beginners guide to the underworld criminality in Yakuza game

Yakuza

1. What is Yakuza?

An exciting criminal dramatic atmosphere followed the march of Kazuma Kiryu, the yakuza gangster who was once an orphan who is struggling to improve his life in Kamurocho's mysterious criminal world.

Yakuza series presents a unique blend of game genres with a common denominator of fierce fights and interesting characters woven into its strings with a series of plot events. Despite being immersed in a criminal life, he expected to experience emotional moments and a strange sense of humor that balanced the traits of the darkest series.

Criminal epic origins
Sega started this ambitious series on PS2 and concluded Kiryu's journey on PS4. Over the past few years, key inputs in the series have been updated to fit the PS4 with the Yakuza 5 Remastered edition joining The Yakuza Remastered collection on February 11, 2020.

2. Learn about Dragon of Dojima

Yakuza primarily reviews details of Kazuma Kiryu's life from 1980 to the present time as the series expanded to include many playable characters.

Kazuma Kiryu

The main hero of the series and nicknamed Dragon of Dojima is the title of his fortune due to his amazing rise in Tojo clan.

Despite his sobriety and his tendency to solve problems by force, Kiryu has a strong sense of humor and a desire to make an effort to help others.

Clans

Yakuza is organized into clans headed by a chief who controls their constituent factions. Clans branch out into criminal families, often operating separately, while still subject to clan control.

Tojo Clan clan
Tojo Clan is one of the strongest organizations in releasing this series for Tokyo (Tokyo) with 30,000 members among its network of criminal families.

Omi Alliance clan
A rival organization headquartered in Osaka, it engages in frequent clashes with Tojo Clan. It is the largest clan in the Kansai region, with 35,000 members spread over 120 families.

Families

Each family has an internal hierarchy and a large family that defines its ethical policies and teachings. Families working in Kamurocho are subject to the power of the Tojo clan.

Dojima Family
One of the largest families under the control of Tojo clan during the eighties of the last century, it is also the backyard of Kiryu Kazuma who quickly rose to the ladder of leadership until he attained the rank of Lieutenant Advisor (Lieutenant Counsel).

3. Explore your playing style

Yakuza is famous for mixing different styles of gameplay and storytelling. Here are the advantages that await you.

1. Explore Kamurocho

Heading from Kamurocho, Yakuza is a fictional version of the real Kabukichō (Kabukicho) entertainment district in Tokyo.

Enjoy all the Japanese civic life has to offer - karaoke bars, shops, play cages, restaurants and arcade games dotted around the city. Watch out for criminals looking to fight a fight - or dare and confront them for points of expertise.

2. Improve your fighting skills

Each game lends its distinct touches to the series with a mixture of street fights and martial arts battles, but the game's basic nature remains the same.

Heat gauge
Heat gauge rises when successful attacks are carried out. When you fill out a portion of the bar, you will enter Heat mode, which gives you an attack speed booster and slight damage.

Heat actions
Knockouts and fierce attacks you can perform in Heat mode. Get rid of your enemies with a strong punch and crush their forces by throwing them on the walls or grab the enemy personnel from their legs and turn like a hurricane.

Skill Tree
Gain experience by making your way through everything from the henchmen to the powerful yakuza bosses, then invest your points in new abilities. Will you build a basic force or move directly to amazing movements?

3. Play mini-games

Kamurocho is packed with great mini-games to enjoy when you need to rest from fierce battles and solve mysterious puzzles. Do your best at the disco, swing your heart at a karaoke bar or enjoy the classic arcade games recreated from Sega.

4. Where is the starting point?

Kiryu's journey spans many decades-spanning seven games, but you can easily switch to any game and have fun. Look out for a chronological summary of his adventures.

Yakuza 0 (events take place in 1988, and published in 2017)

You will get to know Kiryu, the 20-year-old gentleman who is trying to get past the ranks of the Dojima family in this introductory version of Yakuza that captivates hearts.

After being accused of falsehood in a murder, and expelled from the family, Kiryu makes his way on a mission to clear his name from this charge. Meanwhile, on the ground in Osaka, Goro Majima, a former member of yakuza, is trying to rejoin the Tojo clan with assassination missions that don't go exactly as planned.

Yakuza Kiwami (events take place in 2006, published in 2017)

This reinvigorated classic on PS2 sees Kiryu return to Kamurocho after spending 10 years behind bars for a crime he didn't commit. Kiryu is instantly plunged into a big conspiracy, where his best friend desires to kill him - track down Goro Majima and compete with him in a friendly fight to bring Kiryu back to life.

Kiryu also encounters during his journey on the run by a little girl named Haruka, who asks for his help in finding her missing mother. It seems that this young man will not be able to catch his breath ...

Yakuza Kiwami 2 (events take place in 2008, and published in 2018)

When a prominent member of the Tojo clan is killed, the tension between the two clans escalates to a boil, leaving Kiryu with the decision to prevent an intense gang war. This puts him in a confrontational confrontation with another ambitious gangster who seeks to defeat him.

Kiwami 2 includes Majima Saga, an openable three-chapter series that expands the story to include the character loved by the public Goro Majima, famous for Mad Dog of Shimano.

Yakuza 3 (events take place in 2009, and published in 2010)

Kiryu escaped from the hectic lifestyle of Kamurocho, as he tries to improve his life by operating Sunshine Orphanage in Okinawa accompanied by Haruka.

Peace does not last long in Kiryu's life as he discovers that a local Yakuza leader is trying to close the orphanage. This eventually causes him to return to Tokyo to solve another mystery.

Yakuza 4 (events take place in 2010, and published in 2011)

This part has a slightly different role by providing the game with three additional characters that can be played with Kiryu. Its events develop about one year after the Yakuza 3 events, as murder on Tojo Clan's territory sparks an investigation by Kiryu and his new friend.

Yakuza 4 brings you a kind-hearted loan business, Shun Akiyama, a former suspect criminal, Taiga Saejima, and a corrupt Tanimura policeman - with all of their private life stories and exotic little games.

Yakuza 5 (events take place in 2012, and published in 2015)

Kiryu is called back from his retirement from the Yakuza realm when peace between the two clans is on the verge of collapse.

Yakuza expands the number of players with Taiga Saejima and the return of Shun Akiyama, as well as introducing the former baseball player Tatsuo Shinada.

Haruka is a playable character in this portal of the series, as a teenager trying to win a Japanese talent show in Osaka. Prepare yourself for improvised dance encounters instead of getting into a fight!

Yakuza 6: The Song of Life (events unfold in 2016, published in 2018)

The last chapter of the journey shows us Kiryu who is older and wiser, and has begun to strive to improve his life - and shows us the persistence of his problems in some way.

After being released from prison, he discovers that Haruka has gone into a coma after a car accident, leaving her young son Haruto without care. Kiryu must navigate the secret criminal world that he left to protect his loved ones.

Yakuza: Like a Dragon (set in 2019, published in 2020)

An entirely new adventure introduces Ichiban Kasuga, a young guy in the Tojo clan who has surrendered for a murder he did not commit to protecting his criminal family.

Upon his release from prison after 18 years, the world went his way, and no one seemed to remember his biography. Ichi's mission to unravel the mysteries of the things that happened during his prison time makes him embark on a journey to find his ex-family chief - but not everyone is happy to see him ...

The Yakuza Remastered Collection

Get ready for Kiryu's adventures in the three most critically acclaimed chapters of the reinvented Yakuza story.

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5. Sub parts

If you have completed the main series and want a new development touch in the Yakuza gameplay experience, please see the following options.

Judgment

Instead of playing with an evil character in Yakuza, you can wear Takayuki Yagami's mantle as a private investigator chasing a mysterious thug known as Mole.

Judgment provides investigative mechanisms to balance the game's action-packed nature. Track clues, play with tools, cross-examine witnesses and much more as you solve the mystery of the murders of many yakuza members.

Yakuza: Dead Souls

Yakuza presents the horror atmosphere of staying in this fun and unfamiliar subpart featuring four characters from the main story, including Kazuma Kiryu and Goro Majima.

Save Kamurocho from the zombies in the air of the apocalypse using force or a large arsenal of weapons and upgrades as you make the way through the zombie hordes using kicks, sniping and shovel movements. Maybe you can stop during your trip and play a quick round of table tennis in zombie style?

Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise

This post-apocalypse rivalry is an adaptation of Fist of the North Star, a grassroots anime game, mixed with Yakuza's gameplay - from combat to crazy mini-games.

Take on the role of a martial arts expert named Kenshiro, but you can buy the Yakuza costume if you start to miss Kiryu.