Yakuza: Dead Souls

Overview

Yakuza: Dead Souls is a 2011 action-adventure survival horror video game developed and published by Sega for the PlayStation 3. The game is a spin-off of the Like a Dragon series. The game was originally scheduled for release in Japan on March 17, 2011 two days after the release of Yakuza 4 in North America; however, after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, the release was indefinitely delayed. A new release date, setting the game's release for June 9, was announced on April 7. The game was also released in North America and Europe by Sega in March 2012.

Dead Souls is a non-canonical side story set during April 2011, one year after the events of Yakuza 4. A sudden zombie outbreak spreads throughout Kamurocho, and is slowly quarantined as the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force is called in to contain the infection.

The game was first announced in June 2010, during an interview with series producer Toshihiro Nagoshi in Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu, during which he mentioned that a new Ryū ga Gotoku game was in development and that it would star Goro Majima. Majima, as well as the new project, was officially confirmed on July 1, on the official website.

The game received overall average reviews, with most criticism focused on its combat system, and praise focused on the story. The game is assigned a 64/100 on Metacritic, classified as mixed or average reviews as the most common reviews of the game.

Official trailer

Trailer. Watch on YouTube

Screenshots

Game details

Genres

Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Sport, Adventure

Developer

Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio

Publisher

Sega

Series

Yakuza: Like a Dragon

Platforms

PlayStation 3

Age rating

ESRB M

Modes

Single player

Yes

Local multiplayer

No

Online multiplayer

No

Co op

No

Age ratings

CERO

D

ESRB

M

Release dates

Trophies

Trophies49

Platinum possibleYes

Platinum

1

Gold

3

Silver

7

Bronze

38

Total

49

Points

1350

• Platinum Trophy Earn all other trophies in the game. Platinum 4.17% of players
• Part I Complete Complete the four chapters of Part I. Bronze 9% of players
• Part II Complete Complete the four chapters of Part II. Bronze 8.41% of players
• Part III Complete Complete the four chapters of Part III. Bronze 8.01% of players
• Part IV Complete Complete the four chapters of Part IV. Bronze 7.82% of players
• Thanks for Playing! Complete the Final Chapter. Gold 7.76% of players
• The True Ending Complete Extra Hard Mode. Silver 4.52% of players
• Savior of Kamurocho Complete Dead Souls Mode. Gold 4.41% of players
• Amon's Vanquisher Defeat Amon. Gold 4.81% of players
• Unsurpassed Power Reach the maximum character level. Silver 4.39% of players
• Underground Kings Clear 50 floors in the Endless Subterranea. Silver 4.49% of players
• Akiyama Trophy Land 100 head shots with Akiyama. Silver 10.11% of players
• Majima Trophy Defeat 100 enemies using Heat Sniping with Majima. Silver 7.17% of players
• Goda Trophy Destroy 100 wield-able objects with Goda. Silver 6.52% of players
• Kiryu Trophy Defeat 100 mutant variants with Kiryu. Silver 6.18% of players
• Zombie Hunter Defeat 100 zombies. Bronze 11.03% of players
• Zombie Collector Defeat each type of mutant variant. Bronze 8.32% of players
• Recycler Collect 100 items in battle. Bronze 8.46% of players
• Old-School Defeat 10 zombies using wield-able objects. Bronze 10.19% of players
• Road Rage Run over 10 zombies with a forklift or bulldozer. Bronze 8.53% of players
• Nice Try Shoot down an enemy projectile with a Heat Snipe. Bronze 7.86% of players
• Steamed Vegetable Kill a Hermit with fire while it is still armored. Bronze 8.12% of players
• Oh, the Humanity! Successfully Heat Snipe a gas tanker. Bronze 7.95% of players
• Golden Brown Defeat 50 zombies with fire. Bronze 8.67% of players
• My Eyes! Daze 50 zombies with stun grenades. Bronze 5.98% of players
• Heavily Armed Bank Amass over 10 million yen. Bronze 5.36% of players
• Substory 4 Finish 4 substories. Bronze 7.51% of players
• Substory 20 Finish 20 substories. Bronze 6.33% of players
• Substory 40 Finish 40 substories. Bronze 5.94% of players
• Kamurocho Spelunker Initiate the Kamurocho Subterranea mission. Bronze 6.81% of players
• Start of Something Good Befriend your first Perfect Partner character. Bronze 7.52% of players
• Social Butterfly Have all 14 partner characters available. Bronze 4.7% of players
• Mission Complete! Clear a directive from Hasegawa. Bronze 10.74% of players
• Hasegawa's Right Hand Cumulative point total from Hasegawa's directives hit 5,000. Bronze 7.23% of players
• Vigilante Gourmet Order from every restaurant at least once. Bronze 5.43% of players
• Getting Some Action Fight zombies together with a hostess. Bronze 5.59% of players
• My First Mod Mod one weapon or piece of armor. Bronze 8.71% of players
• A Weapon Freak is Born Create at least one weapon from each category. Bronze 5.56% of players
• Official Sponsor Fully upgrade Kamiyama's truck. Bronze 7.21% of players
• All Units, Report! Train at Gary's Boot Camp with all four protagonists. Bronze 5.94% of players
• Life of the Party Play every song at karaoke. Bronze 5.4% of players
• Lounge Lizard Play darts and pool five times each. Bronze 5.58% of players
• Outdoorsman Go golfing and fishing once each. Bronze 6.03% of players
• Indoor Sportsman Go batting, bowling, and play table tennis three times each. Bronze 5.64% of players
• Pro Gambler Play each Japanese gambling game once. Bronze 5.88% of players
• Casino Master Play each casino game once. Bronze 6.22% of players
• Welcome to SEGA Play each game in Club SEGA. Bronze 6.23% of players
• Pachinko Wizard Obtain the “trophy” prize at the Volcano Prize Exchange counter. Bronze 4.81% of players
• Brainiac Win at mahjong and shogi once each. Bronze 4.99% of players

Space and patches

Space neededAbout 20 GB

Playable today

Playable offline todayYes

Single-player only, with no online features.

Online

Plays offlineYes

Credits

Publisher

Sega

Developer

Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio

Released

2012-03-13

Age rating

ESRB M

Region

US

Time to beat

about 13.2 hours