Yakuza 5 Remastered

 PlayStation 4
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8.0

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  1. Positive: 73 out of 100
  2. Mixed: 19 out of 100
  3. Negative: 8 out of 100

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  1. TheMegaGodz
    Aug 1, 2020
    8
    An enjoyable entry in the Yakuza series. I'd say it ranks right in the middle of it's predecessors. Not as good as 2 or 4, but better than 1 and 3. The side stories were a nice addition. However, the plot got really messy, especially towards the end. By the time I had gotten to the final fight, I had pretty much forgotten what the actual conflict was. I also did not like Shinada at all.An enjoyable entry in the Yakuza series. I'd say it ranks right in the middle of it's predecessors. Not as good as 2 or 4, but better than 1 and 3. The side stories were a nice addition. However, the plot got really messy, especially towards the end. By the time I had gotten to the final fight, I had pretty much forgotten what the actual conflict was. I also did not like Shinada at all. Really annoying character that was barely relevant to the actual story.… Expand
  2. DeathDrager
    Jul 28, 2020
    9
    From initial D to Cabela's hunting to a rhythm game to mlb the show.
    This game just takes you to a journey that no other game does.
  3. Nereaux
    Jul 9, 2020
    10
    I'm not sure why this title has been metabombed in terms of user scoring, this is one of the more beloved entries of the series. It's a less refined and focused experience than Yakuza 0 but does a LOT of unique things from a series standpoint that has not been replicated since. Also has an amazing bosses and music.
  4. RegularWaffles
    Jun 20, 2020
    8
    While the game does have some flaws, this remastered version is a welcomed upgrade.
  5. Mikeb86
    Feb 12, 2020
    10
    Best of the 3 remasters, if you like yakuza then you will like this one aswell, amazing games and I love the fact that they are all on ps4 now! Also if you like these check out judgment! Great game too, can't wait for the Western release of 7 now
  6. SaiyanPride89
    Feb 23, 2020
    10
    This game will always hold a place in my heart. I get so nostalgic when I play in Fukuoka city. This game isn’t the best in the franchises and the story drags on a bit halfway,(Saejima snow village) though it thankfully picks up, but man I love this game. This game has 5 cities to explore, the most in any Yakuza game and they’re all packed with hilarious or emotional sub stories. CombatThis game will always hold a place in my heart. I get so nostalgic when I play in Fukuoka city. This game isn’t the best in the franchises and the story drags on a bit halfway,(Saejima snow village) though it thankfully picks up, but man I love this game. This game has 5 cities to explore, the most in any Yakuza game and they’re all packed with hilarious or emotional sub stories. Combat and graphics engine is greatly improved on from Yakuza 3/4. Like any game in the series, this one is must have for any Yakuza fan. It’s insane that the future of the series outside of Japan rode on how successful this game would be. We’ve come a long way Yakuza fans.… Expand
  7. Daniel0809
    Sep 20, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Akiyama is my favorite character hands down but when he and harkura investigate Park-san's murder the story line gets amazing, Hollywood couldn't write a story this good. I think the whole yakuza series is a solid 8. The ending what harkura said about kiryu was so good, love the game.… Expand
  8. Xenogears88
    Feb 26, 2020
    10
    I typically take 10/10 reviews with a grain of salt, but in this case, it is well deserved. I am a big fan of the Yakuza series and have played every entry in the main series thus far. With that being said, I consider Yakuza 5 to be the embodiment of everything that makes the Yakuza series great. It never takes itself too seriously, and is by far the most over-the-top entry in the series.I typically take 10/10 reviews with a grain of salt, but in this case, it is well deserved. I am a big fan of the Yakuza series and have played every entry in the main series thus far. With that being said, I consider Yakuza 5 to be the embodiment of everything that makes the Yakuza series great. It never takes itself too seriously, and is by far the most over-the-top entry in the series. With Yakuza, as much as I love the games and as great as the story is, there are times when get tired of the fight to fight to fight nature of the storyline, and look to mini-games to mix up the tedium. This is where Yakuza 5 shines. Each character has their own unique mini-game(s) that are enjoyable and help keep the game fresh. While I can see that some may be turned off by Haruka's story, being that it is rhythm game oriented, I thoroughly enjoyed it and felt that, for what it was, they did a great job.
    If you are a Yakuza fan, you will be doing yourself a disservice by not playing this masterpiece.    … Expand
  9. EvgenyBychkov8
    Nov 13, 2020
    0
    Худшая часть серии. История топчится на месте. Когда казалось что хуже истории Саеджимы некуда снизу постучалась Харука. Отвратительный персонаж
  10. N-Finite
    Feb 2, 2023
    8
    YAKUZA 5
    هي لعبة فيديو أكشن ومغامرة قصصية ، تم تطويرها ونشرها بواسطة SEGA ، و هي الجزء الرئيسي الخامس في سلسلة YAKUZA ،اعيد اصدارها كنسخة محسنة مع رفع دقة وضوح الشاشة و تحسين معدل الإطارات ، مع نصوص إنجليزية مُعاد ترجمتها ، ومحتوى مُستعاد من النسخة اليابانية لم تكن متوفرة سابقا في الاصدار العالمي .
    تقدم اللعبة تجربة قصصية غنية و عميقة بشكل افضل من جميع الاجزاء السابقة ، تم إضافة العديد    YAKUZA 5
    هي لعبة فيديو أكشن ومغامرة قصصية ، تم تطويرها ونشرها بواسطة SEGA ، و هي الجزء الرئيسي الخامس في سلسلة YAKUZA ،اعيد اصدارها كنسخة محسنة مع رفع دقة وضوح الشاشة و تحسين معدل الإطارات ، مع نصوص إنجليزية مُعاد ترجمتها ، ومحتوى مُستعاد من النسخة اليابانية لم تكن متوفرة سابقا في الاصدار العالمي .
    تقدم اللعبة تجربة قصصية غنية و عميقة بشكل افضل من جميع الاجزاء السابقة ، تم إضافة العديد من المدن و المواقع الجديدة التي عززت من محتوى اللعبة بشكل إيجابي، و اعطت نفحة من التجدد .
    المزيد من الشخصيات القابلة للعب و لكل شخصية خصائص تتميز بها عن باقي الشخصيات الاخرى، إضافة إلى العديد و العديد من المهمات الجانبية المختلفة التي تعكس عوالم ألعاب "ياكوزا" الخاصة و المميزة .

    الملاحظة المتكررة في ألعاب "ياكوزا" هي بطء رتم الاحداث ، و في هذا الجزء تحديدا يزداد الامر سوءا مع تكرار هذا الامر في بداية كل فصل من فصول اللعبة(و خصوصا في الفصل الثالث)، بطريقة تشعر اللاعب بأنه قد بدأ اللعبة من جديد عند بداية كل فصل، و هو امر محبط و يكسر من الوتيرة المتصاعدة للأحداث .

    إضافة إلى مشاكل في الكاميرا و التحكم ، فالكاميرا لا تستجيب بالشكل المثالي و بطيئة جدا أثناء الاستدارة ، و تؤثر سلبا على اسلوب اللعب، خاصة في القتال و الاستكشاف .

    YAKUZA 5 متوفرة حاليا على كلا من أجهزة
    PLAYSTATION 4 و XBOX ONE
    و الحاسب الشخصي PC ضمن حزمة
    THE YAKUZA REMASTERED COLLECTION
    التي تشمل كلا من
    YAKUZA 3 و YAKUZA 4.    … Expand
  11. Devilatwork
    Mar 20, 2021
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Yakuza 5 takes what made the other series cool and forces the player to participates in them regardless if they enjoyed it or not. Nothing about the combat has been added or upgraded in this game compared to Yakuza 4. Everything you learned in the previous game you have to learn again through the same beats as before because "You got so good as being a taxi driver".

    Each side story comes with a new mini-game that forces the player to partake in regardless if it was enjoyable before. I loved how in Part 2 you get to fight a bear which is awesome. But I was pulling my hair out when I had to become a hunter for several hours before I can fight the bear again. Everything came to ahead when in a Yakuza game (Mostly about mobsters and beat-em-ups), that now I have to become a pop-star and learn beauty tricks about how awesome Chinese Medicine is the best medicine. I truly wish I just skipped Yakuza 5    … Expand
  12. Kai82
    May 1, 2022
    8
    Another good game in the franchise. However for the first time I feel fatigue. To clarify: Yakuza 5 has the most protagonist and locations. Nothing is bad but the overall story does not wow me and I did all the side content for the characters (side quests, taxi, hunting, idol gigs and baseball) which took away from the main story. It became hard to finish the game. Also while I truly likedAnother good game in the franchise. However for the first time I feel fatigue. To clarify: Yakuza 5 has the most protagonist and locations. Nothing is bad but the overall story does not wow me and I did all the side content for the characters (side quests, taxi, hunting, idol gigs and baseball) which took away from the main story. It became hard to finish the game. Also while I truly liked Tatsuo Shinada and Shun Akiyama you could skip their stories more or less without mayor impacts. The story is set in 6 parts (I would say 7 but game says 6). The mayor plot evolves around the Omi Alliance chairman that is terminally ill. The Omi Alliance are the rivals of the Tojo Clan and both are the only top dogs in the Yakuza world. The next chairman will not be someone who is interested in peace and so the situation can end in a full fledged conflict. In preparation the Tojo Clan under their chairman Daigo Dojima makes alliances with (much smaller) Yakuza clans across Japan as poison pill to avoid war with the Omi alliance. Meanwhile Kazuma Kiryu has abandoned the orphanage to give no taint to his beloved adopted daughter idol career and other children's future. He works under a new name as taxi driver but the past catches up again. Taiga Saejima return to prison to serve the rest of his time before becoming a captain in the clan when strange changes happened. Haruka is meanwhile on the way to become a popular idol and managed to reach the final of the Princess League a talent TV show that is a breakthrough for the winners. Shun Akiyama is just trying o set up a new branch of Sky Finance when he is draw into the events. Lastly we have Tatsuo Shinada who struggles in life as he was a rising baseball star which was framed for manipulating games despite being just transferred and played 1 game. Despite being innocent and no evidence against him he was banned for live. Those individuals are the protagonist of the story. Like I said the story is well done but maybe a bit to much. Here I would say less it more and it could be condensed. The characters however are excellent and I like the old and new ones. This was never a complain in the series and I returned always for this. The strengths of the Yakuza games are the activities. You have tons of side quest and mini games. Be it a battle coliseum, poker, black jack, shogi, bowling, darts majong, koi koi, cee lo, darts, videogames and more. You can easily sink in more times in these as in the main story. I like the side-quests and craziness involved. For the characters each one has a special side activity aka arc. Kiryu has taxi missions, Taiga a hunting mini game, Haruka dance battles and Tatsuo of cause a baseball story arc. Those were entertaining and even I who never payed much time a the baseball mini games was amazed how good Tatsuo’s arc worked. A true strength of the game. The presentation and gameplay is like expected in a Yakuza game. You level up, learn abilities and manage equipment and items. The battle system works smoothly for the most times. If you like previous games you will feel familiar (Don't start a part 5 of a series). My negatives were like already said that the story is a bit overburdened and some parts can be removed without mayor impacts. Other than that I see no noteworthy problems. Overall I started at 9/10 but now give a rounded up 8/10 as it got hard to finish the game and I don't talk about the difficulty.… Expand
  13. Dco326
    Jul 11, 2021
    6
    Bolja od svih ostalih remastered ali druzeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee story znaci kad ne bi se israli bilo bi top XD moraju da preteraju pa to ti je jebt XD
  14. Kos1983
    Apr 29, 2020
    10
    A perfect game..............................................................
  15. StarsWitch
    Jun 24, 2020
    10
    amazing game and a perfect remaster! I had a blast, I especially enjoyed Haruka's story line
  16. SantiPar
    Jun 27, 2020
    8
    Through the prevalance of foreground obstructions, YAKUZA 5 REMASTERED contains and then breaches socioeconomic ambivalence in Japanese society.
  17. Nick_Scratch
    Mar 12, 2023
    8
    Another solid installment. In some ways, juggling 5 protagonists is a drawback, but it also made for some fun aspects that didn't drag on too much, like playing rhythm games as Haruka. Overall, very enjoyable.
  18. daikengo
    Sep 16, 2020
    7
    각 주인공의 특징을 살린 서브퀘들이 꽤 재미있고 몰입도가 있는 편. 다만 캐릭터 밸런스가 무너져서 성능이 구린 주인공으로 강제 플레이해야 하는 구간이 엄청난 발암을 선사한다. 후반부 전개는 사람 따라 취향이 갈릴 듯.
  19. itachi_uchiha
    Nov 24, 2020
    10
    One of the best games I’ve ever played. The storyline, characters, gameplay are amazing!!! The only thing that I didn’t like is the part with Saejima and snow village. Also in this part appears my favorite character - Shinada. I can highly recommend this game for every fan of Japanese culture and Japanese games. Yakuza series - masterpiece!
  20. rvp
    Nov 30, 2020
    9
    I just love the Yakuza series, I can recommend all of the games! Also this entry of the series is just great. The story is great, the side quests are amazing. The open world is a lot of fun! It's nice to play in a smaller open world where you know the whole world after a while and it's a lot of fun to do stuff in it. The characters are as always loveable. The plot twists are great! A greatI just love the Yakuza series, I can recommend all of the games! Also this entry of the series is just great. The story is great, the side quests are amazing. The open world is a lot of fun! It's nice to play in a smaller open world where you know the whole world after a while and it's a lot of fun to do stuff in it. The characters are as always loveable. The plot twists are great! A great great Yakuza game!… Expand
  21. debile56500
    Dec 21, 2020
    10
    best game ever best game everbest game everbest game everbest game everbest game everbest game everbest game everbest game everbest game everbest game everbest game everbest game everbest game everbest game everbest game everbest game everbest game everbest game everbest game everbest game everbest game everbest game everbest game everbest game everbest game everbest game everbest gamebest game ever best game everbest game everbest game everbest game everbest game everbest game everbest game everbest game everbest game everbest game everbest game everbest game everbest game everbest game everbest game everbest game everbest game everbest game everbest game everbest game everbest game everbest game everbest game everbest game everbest game everbest game everbest game everbest game everbest game everbest game everbest game everbest game everbest game everbest game everbest game everbest game everbest game everbest game everbest game ever… Expand
  22. MYd1La
    Apr 5, 2021
    9
    One of the biggest Yakuza games ever. Contains a lot of content. 5 playable characters. A lot of minigames. Not the best soundtrack, but not the worst. I love Machine Gun Kiss by Kiryu and Shinada.
    9/10
  23. Ahmadovskii
    Jun 6, 2021
    10
    It's long and super fun, although saejimas part is so boring and pointlessly long
  24. Tommey
    May 14, 2022
    5
    Wasn't a fan of this game, and I generally enjoy the Yakuza series. Not even attemping Yakuza 3 and 4.
  25. Roberto45
    Aug 5, 2022
    10
    BEST GAME EVER! WITHOUT A DOUBT! LONG AND ENJOYABLE! Very relatable characters such as Shinada
  26. Xunkar
    Dec 23, 2022
    5
    As always with Yakuza games, especially the old ones, you can expect a good albeit corny-at-times story, wrapped in some of the most aggravating **** gameplay mechanics you'll ever see. But there's no point talking about that here, as only players who already know the series would consider playing this one, and they know all about it.

    Comparatively, Yakuza 5 started off with a good    As always with Yakuza games, especially the old ones, you can expect a good albeit corny-at-times story, wrapped in some of the most aggravating **** gameplay mechanics you'll ever see. But there's no point talking about that here, as only players who already know the series would consider playing this one, and they know all about it.

    Comparatively, Yakuza 5 started off with a good setting and interesting characters, but quickly fell down to rehashing every single narrative techniques and plot points from Yakuza 4, with so many predictable reversals and counter-reversals that it becomes dull very quickly. On top of that, our beloved Kiryu gets even less screen time and the game features the most anticlimatic ending in a Yakuza game so far.

    Gameplay wise, expect zero improvements, and although the game is marginally less frustrating that Yakuza 4, you'll still wish you can skip straight to the cinematics. Do yourself a favor and play on easy, it might be cheesy, but so is the game. At least the side arc of each character is pretty good and worth getting into. As a matter of fact Haruka's mechanics were particularly fun and varied, and I wish it had been developed even further.    … Expand
  27. Killerpummkin
    Aug 10, 2023
    8
    The story is crazy and amazing, even if the game has some flaws. Yakuza is such a beautiful series.

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#92 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2020

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Metascore
82

Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. Gamer Escape
    Jun 10, 2020
    90
    Ultimately, these changes, as well as the visual and mechanical upgrades, make Yakuza 5 Remastered a better game than the original release. If you’re a newcomer to the series and have never experienced the beautiful story of this title, then this is a must-play. The changes made here, especially when considering the other remastered titles, make it clear the Yakuza Remastered Collection is a great choice for any fan of the Kazuma Kiryu saga, or someone looking to continue their journey after Yakuza Kiwami 2.
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  2. RPG Fan
    Mar 19, 2020
    83
    Yakuza 5 was considered a high-water mark for the series, and it's easy to see why. I've rarely seen a game that packs in so much content, even compared to the other installments of the series which are bursting with side quests and mini games. Though the story loses some of its focus in the final part (a recurring issue with most Yakuza games), it still keeps you engaged from beginning to end. There are laughs, tears, broken faces, and a hell of a lot of dancing. In other words, it's a quintessential Yakuza game that makes for a super-satisfying conclusion to the Yakuza Remastered Collection!
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  3. SpazioGames
    Feb 24, 2020
    82
    The final chapter on the Yakuza Remastered Collection is a quality one, and definitely one that should not be missed by Yakuza fans. The bigger, bolder and weirder Yakuza game yet.
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