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 mysterious young girl will lead Kazuma to the answers if he can keep her alive. 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.
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Unpretentious, contemporary, classical in form and plot-driven.
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
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- Platforms
- PlayStation 2
- Developer
- Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio
- Publisher
- Sega
- Released
- December 8, 2005
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Third person
- Time to beat
- 20 h main story
IGDB rating 7.7/10 from 76 ratings.
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