Although we live in a global world, not everything around us is equally global. Many things that surround us have an obvious local flavor and therefore have a hard time leaving a certain environment or fail to take hold outside of a certain context. Sometimes they simply need time. Letting them grow little by little, slowly permeating people’s cultural imagination, until they become part of their daily lives. Exactly as has happened with the Yakuza franchise.
While it is true that the Yakuza franchise has arrived more or less regularly in the West, it is no less true that it has always been very niche. Only since Yakuza 0 and later Yakuza 6: The Song of Life began to make more noise, settling as a great franchise to be reckoned with his jump to the J-RPG in the excellent Yakuza: Like a Dragon. Seventh installment of the blood that changed the name to the Japanese, Like A Dragon, to capitalize on the growing success of the saga taking advantage of its jump to a new genre with a new protagonist.
So it’s great news that virtually the entire Yakuza franchise has arrived on the GOG digital store. Available from Yakuza 0 to Yakuza 6, these seven games would normally cost 112 euros, but being newly released, Yakuza Complete Series can be purchased for the ridiculous price of 33.99 euros. A truly laughable price when we take into account that between the seven games we have more than 200 hours of gameplay telling only their main stories. Probably more than 1,000 if we are completists.
In addition, it is worth remembering that the Yakuza saga is far from ending soon. Its more action-focused spinoff Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name is out on November 9 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X and PC, while Yakuza 8, better known as Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, which will continue its J-RPG style, is out in early 2024 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X and PC. So if there’s a time to jump into the pool and buy almost every Yakuza at an absolutely ridiculous price, this is it. May nothing make you regret not making your 2023 the summer of Yakuza.
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