Yakuza

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Yakuza is a popular action-adventure video game series by Sega that follows the dramatic, crime-filled lives of Japanese gangsters in richly detailed urban settings.

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The Yakuza 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf action-adventure game series
video game series
combatSystem real-time melee combat
countryOfOrigin Japan
developedByDivision Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio NERFINISHED
developer Sega NERFINISHED
features hand-to-hand combat
minigames
open world exploration
role-playing elements
side stories
firstReleasePlatform PlayStation 2 NERFINISHED
firstReleaseTitle Yakuza NERFINISHED
firstReleaseYear 2005
franchiseNameChange Like a Dragon (English branding) NERFINISHED
genre action-adventure
beat 'em up
crime drama
hasEnglishLocalization true
hasSpinOff Judgment NERFINISHED
Like a Dragon: Ishin! NERFINISHED
KamurochoBasedOn Kabukicho, Tokyo NERFINISHED
knownFor cinematic cutscenes
complex character-driven plots
extensive side activities
richly detailed urban environments
mainCharacter Kazuma Kiryu NERFINISHED
mainTheme yakuza criminal underworld
narrativeStyle dramatic story-driven
narrativeTone mix of serious drama and comedy
notableLocation Kamurocho NERFINISHED
originalLanguage Japanese
platform Windows
surface form: Microsoft Windows

PlayStation 2 NERFINISHED
Sony PlayStation 3
surface form: PlayStation 3

PlayStation 4
PlayStation 5 NERFINISHED
Xbox One NERFINISHED
Xbox Series X/S NERFINISHED
primaryPerspective third-person
publisher Sega NERFINISHED
recurringElement arcade games
hostess clubs
karaoke minigames
substories
recurringOrganizationType yakuza clans
setting modern Japan NERFINISHED
targetAudience mature players
typicalSetting fictionalized Tokyo districts

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Leonard Schrader notableWork Yakuza
this entity surface form: The Yakuza
Sega notableWork Yakuza