Yakuza 4 Remastered

released on Jan 17, 2019

A remaster of Yakuza 4

The game from 2010 has been remastered for the PS4 with one of Yakuza 4's main protagonists, Masayoshi Tanimura, being recast and getting a visual makeover. Kamuro Chou, the entertainment district is about to be bloodbath again. This time, we have four rising dragons. Each of the protagonists has a different fighting style and each of them has to go through sets of impossible trials to find their destiny. The line between game and reality is further blurred, earlier, in 2009, Sega hosts a beauty pageant, and the seven winners became models of their game avatars. Some of them are bar girls, some are hostesses, visit the "play spots" with them, ask them to date in the spas and sing karaoke with them. The Rising Dragon is looking for a successor, will you be it?


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The final boss made me want to smash a brick against my head

This review contains spoilers

This game has one of the most bombastic Yakuza soundtracks of the bunch. Akiyama is great, I just wish they knew what to do with him after this. Tanimura was okay, but his final boss, despite the gameplay, was one of the best thematically and that intro is so awesome. Speed Star, Infinite Handcuffs, THE MYTH? Banger after banger, play this game and ignore the one Saejima scene they just could not help but put in the game for some reason.

Also the rubber bullets is so funny in hindsight.

first yakuza game i just plain didn't understand the plot of, though it wasn't even particularly complicated. it felt like all the bad guys at the end were kinda shoehorned in in a weird way??

all the new characters are interesting in their own ways
i enjoyed having the story broken up into parts, i think it helped with the pacing
combat is fun with each character having a unique style
story is good, i liked how everything pieced together