While having to start each character from scratch can be off-putting, it’s hard not to warm to newcomers Akiyama and Saejima, the latter also giving us some meaty backstory for Majima. Yakuza 4Īn interesting change of course for the series by introducing multiple protagonists. The only frightening thing about Dead Souls was that it was almost the last Yakuza game the west ever got. If you do want a decent shooter from the Yakuza team, you’re better off with Binary Domain. But really, there’s something very un-Yakuza about going around the streets shooting things with guns. Instead, it’s hard not to feel that this was a wasted opportunity and just a bit phoned in.Ĭompared to the Japanese period drama spin-offs, the zombie apocalypse setting of Dead Souls meant it had the right kind of western appeal. Given the debt Yakuza owes to Streets of Rage, reskinning the classic arcade brawler with Kiryu and Majima should’ve been a delight. Bit of an unfair pick as it’s just a free mini-game released on Steam as part of the Sega 60th anniversary.
