FULL REVIEW: https://wp.me/p4T35p-fS7 Let me address a few questions that you may have. Yakuza 6: The Song of Life is not as fun as last year's Yakuza 0. That does not mean it is bad, but you will miss elements like Majima and Mr. Shakedown. The game is very nostalgic in its storytelling and has a tone, not unlike the first Yakuza (Kiwami). This is the culmination of twenty-eight years in the life of a now beloved, badass character. Remember that he is basically a tragic hero, so do not expect all sunshine and rainbows. I think that fans of the series will enjoy the plot. Regardless, do not be afraid to make this your jumping on point as the story is standalone. I mentioned that this game has glitches but there is nothing nearly game-breaking to worry about. For some reason, the internet likes to make comparisons to Grand Theft Auto. I can assure you that GTA V and Online have many more technical issues. As of the publishing of this review, I have put in at least a full day (24 hours) of play time. The biggest complaint I have is the inability to turn off the auto-save. Despite five separate save files I have to wait until my next playthrough to experience certain moments again. This is because the auto-save does not necessarily overwrite the file you are currently using. I hope a patch allows it to be disabled. As a PlayStation 4 exclusive, Yakuza 6: The Song of Life must be experienced unless you hate the genre. It is literally one of the games that further justifies and enhances your purchase of the console. Not to mention that fan support has shown SEGA that this franchise is just as popular outside of the Asian market. I make a big deal about games not being worth their price tags; this is not one of those instances.

This is the final game for Kazuma Kiryu-- though not the final Yakuza game. But this is the end of Kiryu's decade long story, a beautiful story might I add. I purchased the After Hours edition and it was VERY worth the purchase. The photos do not do justice to the bar glasses or ice stones, the designs look much better in person and the glasses feel nice and cold, most of all with the ice stones in them. The art book is full of fan art and also a lot of design art for characters, and the game comes in this cool collectible box. I love this purchase, and it's the first collector's type of game I've bought and it's definitely worth a buy. I loved it, and now I'm going to go play the game! Ciao!

Love the collectors set, wanted the glasses quite a bit, GCU helped, the series is like a successor to shenmue but way more polished following kiryu throughout all of his trials, from start to finish, glad they are bringing more of this out, i played 0 , got the first and this, the second remake comes out later this year and 3-5 are being remade to, no reason to to grab them all, they can be time sinks or you can just play the main story and skip the rest.

HUGE IMPROVEMENT from Yakuza 0. Obviously 0 had some stuff that was better... but overall this is a much more polished product. The difference is that this game was made for the ps4... so you're going to see a huge difference in graphics. I think this is a great place for people to start who aren't sure where to start in the series. There's 7 main games... 0 came out last year... they recently re-made part 1 for the ps4 (it was a ps2 game) then there's part 4 & 5 on the ps3. I'm not sure if part 2 was on the ps3 as well.. if not it was on the ps2. This is more of a fighting game... but you can use a lot of things in your environment as weapons. There are weapons and stuff you can buy... but they dont last very long. You're going to be doing a lot of punching and kicking... this is not GTA i think this is a must buy for anyone who likes stuff like this.

Yakuza 6 is fantastic throughout and a joy to play through. Can't wait for the Shin Yakuza series to begin. The glasses from the collector's edition are super nice and the artbook is gorgeous. 5 stars on all of it. A must have on PS4.