Yakuza 6: The Song of Life Demo Out Now in the West - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 03 March 2018 / 2,114 Views

Sega has released the Yakuza 6: The Song of Life demo inn the North America and Europe on the PlayStation Store. The demo is 36.53 GB.

Here is an overview:

How far will you go for family? Hoping to quietly settle down after a brief stint in prison, reformed yakuza Kazuma Kiryu returns to find danger surrounding the lives of those he values most.

Yakuza 6: The Song of Life will launch for the PlayStation 4 on April 17 in North America and Europe.

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16 Comments

COKTOE (on 27 February 2018)

Buying it day one, but will probably play Yakuza 0 and Kiwami first. Gonna have to avoid spoilers for quite a while.

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COKTOE COKTOE (on 27 February 2018)

Yeah, that's true. I've successfully avoided spoilers for much more popular games for extended periods of time, so this shouldn't be difficult. Still have to exercise some caution though. Mostly common sense stuff.

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Nem COKTOE (on 28 February 2018)

Youve still got plenty to play if you are gonna do that, Best get started.

StreaK (on 27 February 2018)

Wow, I'll try it out. I've never played the Yakuza games. Is it a good beat em up if ya liked Streets of Rage???

Nem StreaK (on 27 February 2018)

It's difficult to say. Streets of Rage is more action oriented and paced. Yakuza is an RPG with the focus on the story and RPG elements. The fight are random enounters with a fw thugs as you get to places to complete your quests.

COKTOE StreaK (on 27 February 2018)

The combat is WAY better than Streets Of Rage imo. The variety of attacks and level of brutality is almost hilarious.

Nem StreaK (on 28 February 2018)

In a way, yes. Ut being in 3D makes it less precise. You character may go off doing a string in one direction after an eney dodges, and he doesnt correct it with subsequent moves, wich never feels very good. Think more like Shenmue if you've played it.

StreaK StreaK (on 28 February 2018)

How much of an RPG are we talking about here? Do you have to grind and level up??? I love the story bits though.

Nem StreaK (on 28 February 2018)

Pretty sure you can get through without grinding. It will be harder though. You do level up. Depending on the game theres different ways. In Y6 you earn like 6 different kind of points from activities and combat and then can spend them to upgrade Kiryu stats and unlock new passives and moves.
The story is great. The game boasts the mini-games and side quests but they are terrible imo. The main story is pretty good in all the games though. It's the strong point of the game. Combat i would say is alright, but this is not a tight game like Streets of Rage. That is way i said it's difficult to say.

Errorist76 (on 27 February 2018)

Holy...is this the whole game already?

COKTOE Errorist76 (on 27 February 2018)

You mean the file size of the demo? It is pretty big isn't it?

DivinePaladin Errorist76 (on 28 February 2018)

Actually, it WAS! Somebody at Sega screwed up, and the demo allegedly didn't stop when it should. A couple buddies of mine even earned Trophies for it.