Yakuza 5 Remastered

Mechanics

In Yakuza 5 Remastered we observe the action from third-person perspective. The devs offer five fictional districts modeled on the real districts of Japanese cities: Kamurocho in Tokyo (modeled on Kabukicho), Sotenbori in Osaka (the equivalent of the real Dotonbori), Nagasugai in Fukuoka (inspired by Nakasu), a part of Sapporo modeled on Susukino and Kin'eicho, a fictional version of Sakae in Nagoya city.

Each of them has an open character, and while traversing their streets, we perform story tasks, undertake various side activities and play a number of mini-games. Among the latter, the leading ones are Sega classics, i.e. arcade machine versions of Virtua Fighter 2 and Taiko: Drum Master; however, clubs with hostesses, karaoke or even snowball battles are also worthy of attention. In addition, nothing stands in the way of Kazuma working as a taxi driver, or trying our hand in dancing as Haruka, while as Saejima, we can go hunting in the mountains of Hokkaido.

Of course, the game does not lack a series of fist fights that are the hallmark of the series, in which success is ensured primarily by skillful juggling with available attacks and chaining attacks into spectacular combinations; at the same time, individual heroes have unique moveseys, the range of which we broaden as we progress.

Technical aspects

While working on Yakuza 5 Remastered, the devs focused on improving the quality of visuals, so that the title offers resolution of 1080p and 60 frames per second.