Yakuza 6: The Song of Life

Overview

Yakuza 6: The Song of Life is a 2016 action-adventure game developed by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio and published by Sega for PlayStation 4. The game is the seventh main installment in the Yakuza series and the final main game to feature Kazuma Kiryu as the primary protagonist, and was released in Japan in December 2016. The English version was released in Southeast Asia in March 2018, and worldwide the following month. Versions for Windows and Xbox One were released in March 2021. The game was followed up by Yakuza Kiwami 2, a remake of the second game, and by Yakuza: Like a Dragon, the next chronological installment, released in 2020.

Yakuza 6 is an action-adventure game set in an open world environment and played from a third-person perspective. It is similar to that of other Yakuza titles with exploration mixed with arcade style beat 'em up combat with ragdoll physics. Yakuza 6 was the first game in the series to use the new Dragon Engine game engine (later used in Yakuza Kiwami 2, Yakuza: Like a Dragon and the spin-off Judgment series), which overhauls the presentation and combat mechanics compared to past games. It also features an advanced variant of Yakuza 5's Dragon Spirit Mode, called Extreme Heat Mode, where Kiryu becomes resistant to knockback as long as his Heat remains, and his combo finishers can turn into Heat actions that take out immense amounts of health.

Yakuza 6: The Song of Life takes place in winter 2016, and features two major settings: the Kamurochō district of Tokyo, and the Jingaicho district of Onomichi, Hiroshima. Kazuma Kiryu (Takaya Kuroda) returns as the sole playable protagonist, along with several of his allies from previous titles in supporting capacities: Shun Akiyama (Koichi Yamadera), Makoto Date (Kazuhiro Yamaji), Daigo Dojima (Satoshi Tokushige), Goro Majima (Hidenari Ugaki), and Taiga Saejima (Rikiya Koyama). The story is centered around Kiryu's adoptive daughter, Haruka Sawamura (Rie Kugimiya), who has become a mother to an infant child named Haruto. Kiryu sets out to learn the truth about Haruto and the circumstances behind his birth, while being embroiled in a massive conflict between the Tojo Clan and several other crime organizations in Kamurochō and Onomichi.

Yakuza 6 was announced on September 15, 2015, at the Tokyo Game Show during the Sony conference, exclusively for PlayStation 4 and with a release date of "Autumn 2016". Toshihiro Nagoshi of Sega confirmed that more details would be revealed during the rest of the event. A traditional Chinese localization was announced for the Asia region. Beat Takeshi was also announced to be playing a character within the game. The game also features New Japan Pro-Wrestling wrestlers Hiroshi Tanahashi, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Kazuchika Okada, Satoshi Kojima, Tetsuya Naito and Toru Yano, who play fictionalized versions of themselves in the game, all under a group known as "JUSTIS", in which Okada's entrance theme, "Rainmaker" by Yonosuke Kitamura, is played during his battle in the climax of the Clan Creator storyline.

Yakuza 6: The Song of Life received "generally favorable" reviews from critics, on review aggregator Metacritic.

Official trailer

Chapter 1: The Bouncer Trailer. Watch on YouTube

Gameplay

Yakuza 6: The Song of Life - Gameplay Walkthrough Part 1 No Commentary (PS4), AginoGaming. Watch on YouTube

Screenshots

Game details

Genres

Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure

Developer

Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio

Publisher

Sega, Sega Games

Series

Yakuza: Like a Dragon

Engine

Dragon Engine

Platforms

PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One

Age rating

ESRB M

Modes

Single player

Yes

Local multiplayer

No

Online multiplayer

No

Co op

No

Age ratings

USK

18

ACB

R 18+

CERO

D

PEGI

18

ESRB

M

CLASS IND

14

GRAC

19+

Release dates

Editions

Buy this game

Subscription history

Trophies

Trophies59

Platinum possibleYes

Platinum

1

Gold

1

Silver

7

Bronze

50

Total

59

Points

1350

Platinum time

40 hours

100% time

40 hours

Difficulty

3 out of 10

Playthroughs for platinum

1

Playthroughs for 100%

1

DLC has trophies

No

Platinum includes DLC

No

100% includes DLC

No

DLC comes in

Does not exist

DLC note

Clan Creator cards, no trophies

Missable trophies

1

Chapter select fixes a miss

No

Separate trophy lists by region

No

Only in a language other than English

No

Languages

English

Region note

Voices in Japanese.

Online-only version

No

Digital-only

No

Disc-only

No

Trophy list shared with other versions

Yes

Other versions

One list for the Japanese, Asian and Western releases

Players with the platinum

17.29%

Missable trophies

• Dandling Dragon

Grind

• On the Winning Team

• The Song of Life Platinum 17.29% of players
• Welcome Back Bronze 84.27% of players
• Hiroshiman Shadows Bronze 73.96% of players
• Her Secret Life Bronze 70.45% of players
• A Dead End Bronze 67.59% of players
• Priceless Child Bronze 64.91% of players
• The Secret of Onomichi Bronze 63.77% of players
• Cycle of Blood Bronze 61.96% of players
• Thank You. Silver 60.03% of players
• Dragon of Legend Gold 19.78% of players
• Tell Me a Story Completed 10 substories. Bronze 55.25% of players
• Hero of the Story Completed 40 substories. Bronze 25.79% of players
• Story of My Life Completed all substories. Bronze 20.03% of players
• Troubleshooter Completed 5 types of Trouble Missions. Bronze 59.49% of players
• This Is My City Completed 20 types of Trouble Missions. Bronze 41.27% of players
• Feeling the Heat Activated Extreme Heat Mode 10 times. Bronze 75.73% of players
• Live to Fight Another Day Ran away from 10 encounters successfully. Bronze 29.47% of players
• Skill Dabbler Obtained 10 skills. Bronze 73.75% of players
• Skill Pro Obtained 25 skills. Bronze 69.7% of players
• Skill Master Silver 22.08% of players
• Life of the Dragon Raised Health to a natural 150. Bronze 69.08% of players
• Strength of the Dragon Raised Attack to a natural 150. Bronze 68.89% of players
• Vitality of the Dragon Raised Defense to a natural 150. Bronze 64.3% of players
• Speed of the Dragon Raised Evade to a natural 150. Bronze 67.81% of players
• Heat of the Dragon Raised the Heat Gauge to a natural 150. Bronze 61.15% of players
• Limit Breaker Raised all stats to a natural 200. Bronze 36.43% of players
• Peak Kiryu Silver 19.76% of players
• Amon Defeated Silver 24.47% of players
• A Man's Experience Obtained 1,000 total experience points. Bronze 78.75% of players
• A Fighter's Experience Obtained 10,000 total experience points. Bronze 71.04% of players
• A Dragon's Experience Silver 39.11% of players
• Just Getting Started Completed 10 items on the Completion List. Bronze 75.82% of players
• Maybe You Can Do It Completed 31 items on the Completion List. Bronze 69.65% of players
• You Did It Silver 41.05% of players
• Kiryu Clan Founder Assembled the Kiryu Clan. Bronze 56.78% of players
• Kiryu Clan Captain Reached level 3 in the Kiryu Clan. Bronze 41.01% of players
• Kiryu Clan Patriarch Silver 34.35% of players
• Word on the Streets Raised the Kiryu Clan's influence to 10,000. Bronze 44.56% of players
• Kiryu Clan Enforcer Maxed out a Kiryu Clan leader's stats. Bronze 18.46% of players
• On the Winning Team Achieved 100 victories with the Kiryu Clan. Bronze 18.74% of players
• What a Player Played every minigame. Bronze 22.15% of players
• Dragon of DoGYMa Experienced every RIZAP training. Bronze 37.27% of players
• I'll Have the Calamari Defeated the Emperor Squid. Bronze 38.72% of players
• Where Everybody Knows Your Name Reached Beloved Customer rank at Snack New Gaudi. Bronze 28.22% of players
• Club Shine Star Requested every hostess. Bronze 27.02% of players
• The Internet's Real Purpose Chatted with both lovely Live Chat ladies. Bronze 42.98% of players
• To Be This Good Takes AGES Played every Club SEGA game. Bronze 27.61% of players
• That's Purrecious Rescued three stray cats. Bronze 42.27% of players
• Play Ball! Won a baseball game. Bronze 33.26% of players
• Dandling Dragon Experienced the trials of raising a baby. Bronze 73.13% of players
• How Fortuitous Pulled "Great Blessing" at the temple. Bronze 35.63% of players
• Get Out and Stay Out! Made a store employee angry at you. Bronze 51.72% of players
• Off the Beaten Path Found a secret passage. Bronze 70.28% of players
• Not the Brightest Idea Jumped from a dangerously high place. Bronze 67.37% of players
• Pretty Tasty Activated five types of eatery combos. Bronze 48.43% of players
• Commemorative Photo Took a photo of Ono Michio-kun. Bronze 27.37% of players
• Can of Whoop Ass Engaged enemies while a drink's effect is active. Bronze 68.63% of players
• Life Through Kiryu's Eyes Walked 30 seconds in first-person mode. Bronze 49.5% of players
• No Photos! Got surrounded by enemies while trying to take a picture. Bronze 41.39% of players

Space and patches

Space neededAbout 36.5 GB

Update patch01.05

The updates on record for this game.

DLC

Six SSR leader cards for Clan Creator (Daigo Dojima, Goro Majima, Kazuma Kiryu, Makoto Date, Shun Akiyama, Taiga Saejima), US$1.99 each, still on sale.

Items

Name	Date	Adds	Price	Obtainable today
SSR Clan Creator Cards (six leaders)	2018-04-17	A Clan Creator leader each	US$1.99 each	Yes

Playable today

Playable offline todayYes

The story plays offline.

Online

Plays offlineYes

Single-player. Clan Creator lets players upload their clan and fight other players' clans online, with ranked battles and time-limited missions.

Staff and cast

Staff

Role	Name
Director	Hiroyuki Sakamoto
Producer	Masayoshi Yokoyama
Designer	Ryosuke Horii
Programmer	Koji Tokieda
Programmer	Yutaka Ito
Artist	Nobuaki Mitake
Writer	Tsuyoshi Furuta
Writer	Masayoshi Yokoyama
Composer	Hidenori Shoji
Composer	Chihiro Aoki

Credits

Publisher

Sega, Sega Games

Developer

Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio

Director

Hiroyuki Sakamoto

Released

2018-04-17

Age rating

ESRB M

Disc ID

CUSA09032

Region

US

Time to beat

about 40 hours