Image: Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio/SegaRoss Miller ( he/him) is Polygon’s Senior Commerce Editor for the summertime. He has almost twenty years of experience in media and was a founding editor of The Verge.
There is no franchise business rather likeYakuza It’s a legendary tale concerning the criminal abyss focused around the calm and virtuous Kazuma Kiryu, a.k.a. the Dragon of Dojima, that has a solid dashboard of unique and humorous substories. Right currently, GOG is supplying a massive discount on the mainline Yakuza series on computer.
Through Sept 10, you can get a 7-game collection that consists of the very best variations of Yakuza 0 with Yakuza 6: The Song Life for much less than $34, conserving 70% off the complete cost. This package consists of the “Kiwami” remakes of the very first 2 Yakuza games in addition to the remastered versions of Yakuza 3, 4, and 5.
Yakuza Complete Series
$ 34$ 112 70% off$ 34$34 at GOG
Each game included in this collection can be bought separately and are likewise for sale in between 45% and 70% off their basic $19.99 cost:
- Yakuza 0 is presently for sale for $10.99
- Yakuza Kiwami is $10.99
- Yakukza Kiwami 2 is $5.99
- Yakuza 3 Remastered is $5.99
- Yakuza 4 Remastered is $5.99
- Yakuza 5 Remastered is $5.99
- Yakuza 6: The Song of Life is $5.99
Note that this package concentrates on the mainline, Kiryu- drivenYakuza games That suggests neither turn-based game from the a lot more current Ichiban Kasuga period is consisted of (e.g. no Like a Dragon or Infinite Wealth). The collection likewise does not consist of any kind of Yakuza offshoots such as Like a Dragon: Ishin!, The Man Who Erased His Name, or the wonderfully strange Yakuza: Dead Souls. That claimed, Ichiban Kasuga’s launching game, 2020’s outstanding Yakuza: Like a Dragon, is currently on sale from GOG for $11.99 (was $19.99).
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If you require anymore convincing regarding why Yakuza is among the very best– and absolutely among the strangest— franchise business this side of Kamurocho, take a look at this fantastic essay from Super Eyepatch Wolf (care: some collection looters):
… And likewise this picture that I arbitrarily discovered in the Polygon picture data source. No, I will certainly not be describing– you’ll simply need to play the games and figure out on your own.