It’s time for another round of Pick One — New Year’s edition! This week, to mark the removal of various Yakuza games from Xbox Game Pass (don’t worry, you can still grab a couple of them at a major discount for the next few days), we thought we’d take a look at the franchise on Xbox so far.
We’re not including spin-offs in this list, so the likes of Judgment and Lost Judgment don’t make the cut. So with that said, out of just the mainline entries, which is your favourite? Remember, you can only pick one!
Let’s take a look at what we’re working with:
Yakuza 0
Play as Kazuma Kiryu and discover how he finds himself in a world of trouble when a simple debt collection goes wrong and his mark winds up murdered. Then, step into the silver-toed shoes of Goro Majima and explore his “normal” life as the proprietor of a cabaret club.
Yakuza Kiwami
To save his best friend, Kazuma Kiryu takes the fall for a crime he didn’t commit, and ends up with a 10-year prison sentence. After being released, Kiryu finds himself expelled from his yakuza family, and alone in a world he no longer recognizes.
Yakuza Kiwami 2
The Tojo Clan and Omi Alliance are on the brink of war. Kazuma Kiryu, the Dragon of Dojima, enters as a broker of peace, but Ryuji Goda, the Dragon of Kansai, will stop at nothing to start an all-out war. In this world, there can only be one dragon.
Yakuza 3 Remastered
A year after the Kanto-Kansai all-out war, Kazuma Kiryu and Haruka Sawamura have left the unforgiving streets of Kamurocho for the island of Okinawa to run the Morning Glory Orphanage. Despite his efforts, shadows of Kiryu’s past threaten to entangle the Morning Glory Orphanage in a deadly power struggle involving the Tojo Clan and political world.
Yakuza 4 Remastered
2010, Tokyo. A shooting incident one night in a red-light district sets the city swirling with human desires and clamor. It was supposed to be a “common incident” for this town… until the appearance of one woman burdened with sorrow.
Yakuza 5 Remastered
In December 2012, Kazuma Kiryu left his past as a “legendary yakuza” and his place of peace in Okinawa. He now spends his days as a cab driver in a corner of Fukuoka’s red-light district, hiding his true identity. All for the sake of fulfilling the “dream” of an important person.
Yakuza 6: The Song of Life
How far would you go for family? Step into Japan’s criminal underworld with fists swinging in this explosive action brawler starring legendary yakuza, Kazuma Kiryu, who is hellbent on uncovering the truth behind a tragic accident that left his daughter comatose.
Yakuza: Like a Dragon
Become Ichiban Kasuga, a low-ranking yakuza grunt left on the brink of death by the man he trusted most. Take up your legendary bat and get ready to crack some underworld skulls in dynamic RPG combat set against the backdrop of modern-day Japan in Yakuza: Like a Dragon.
Let us know which of these Xbox Yakuza games is your favourite below.
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