Ryu ga Gotoku Kenzan! (PlayStation 3-Japan Version) (literal translation: Like a Dragon Arives!; also known as Yakuza Kenzan) is a spin-off from the Yakuza series of games and was the first in the series to be released on the PlayStation 3, having come out approximately a year before Yakuza 3.
SEGA has confirmed to Eurogamer that Yakuza 3 is in development for PS3.
It's due for a Spring release next year in Japan, but is currently unconfirmed for Europe.
Details on the new offering are still scarce, but we expect to be plunged once more into the criminal underbelly of Japan to explore, investigate and fight our way to victory and respect.
Yakuza is an action adventure series about the gangster movement of the same name, featuring lots of tattoos and fancy samurai swords. The first game on PS2 reviewed very positively here, but unfortunately failed to drum-up significant sales figures. This lead to the sequel being a Japan-only release.
While the PS3 version isn't an impossibility for Europe, it would have to undergo lengthy translation work, and probably wouldn't appear here until much later.
Pop over to our Yakuza PS2 review to see what you might be missing.
Has anyone heard of or played this game? It's basically Yakuza but set in the Bakumatsu era of the 1860s. It's got sword and gun fighting as well as heat actions, sub-stories, and a unique storyline with characters based on real life people but modeled after previous Yakuza characters.
It basically plays like a Yakuza game but its currently region locked to Japan and only in Japanese.
Here is some gameplay footage
Here is the opening scene from the game translated into English. I did not do this. There is a person on youtube right now going through the game and translating it into English. I've just started watching it and it's definitely worth looking into with what I have seen so far. I will link the channel and playlist below the video.
Ryu ga Gotku Ishin Walkthrough with English Translation: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzgv-tqL9lOQhB7PG_0U9u9RN6b8zwAcL
I know that the duders can't do much with this (maybe do a video like in Metal Gear Scanlon with watching Peacewalker cutscenes?) but this was really cool and I wanted to share it and get some people's thoughts on it and how it relates to the Yakuza series and how they play out gameplay and story wise.
Thanks! :)