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Yakuza 6: The Song of Life - Essence of Art Edition

2016
SportHack and slash/Beat 'em upAdventure

Open World

Yakuza 6: The Song of Life is a poignant farewell to its long-running protagonist, Kazuma Kiryu, and an evolution of the series' established formula. The Dragon Engine delivers a gorgeous, fully explorable Kamurocho and Onomichi, with a seamless transition between combat and the open world. Players will find themselves immersed in a compelling narrative filled with brutal street fights, karaoke sessions, and the series' signature blend of melodrama and absurdity, making it a fitting sendoff.

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In Yakuza 6, Kazuma Kiryu will find out exactly how much people are willing to sacrifice for family - be those ties through blood or bond - when he investigates a series of shadowy events that involve the ones he holds closest to his heart. Fresh out of a three-year prison sentence, an older and weathered Kiryu comes to find out that his surrogate daughter, Haruka, has gone missing from the orphanage he looks after. The trail leads him to his old stomping grounds in Kamurocho, where he discovers that she has been struck by a car and now lies in a coma. To make matters worse, Kiryu learns that Haruka now has a son that he must look after. With baby in hand, Kiryu journeys to the seaside town of Onomichi, Hiroshima to unravel the truth about Haruka, her son, and a sinister secret that the Hiroshima yakuza are harboring.

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