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Ryū ga Gotoku Ishin!
Developer(s)Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio
Publisher(s)Sega
Director(s)Hiroyuki Sakamoto
Producer(s)Masayoshi Yokoyama
Writer(s)Masayoshi Yokoyama
SeriesYakuza
Platform(s)PlayStation 3
PlayStation 4
Release
  • JP: February 22, 2014
Genre(s)Action-adventure, hack and slash
Mode(s)Single-player

Ryū ga Gotoku Ishin! (Japanese: 龍が如く 維新!, lit. "Like a Dragon Restoration!") is a spin-off game in the Yakuza video game series. The video game was developed and published by Sega for PlayStation 3 and was a launch title for PlayStation 4.

Set in the chaotic Bakumatsu period between 1853 and 1867, Sakamoto Ryōma is distressed resulting from conflicting pressures and uncertainty about one's self and role in the society. Being embroiled in the middle of a Tosa coup d'état and bent on finding the murderer who assassinated his mentor, Ryoma burrows himself with a hidden identity in the streets of Kyoto and joins the grim Shinsengumi.

Despite being the second Yakuza series spin-off set in the samurai era instead of modern-day Japan, this game is unrelated to Ryū ga Gotoku Kenzan!, which was released in 2008 on the PlayStation 3. Kenzan! is set two centuries before Ishin!, hence the plots are not related with each other. Each game focuses on a different character, the historical figures of Miyamoto Musashi (1584-1645) and Sakamoto Ryōma (1836-1867) respectively.

Gameplay

Plot

Development and release

Promotion at TGS 2013

A 2.4GB[1] playable demo (龍が如く 維新！ 体験版) was made available for download on the Japanese PlayStation Store on February 13, 2014.[2]

On February 13, 2014, a 2.6GB "free app for PlayStation Vita" (龍が如く 維新！ 無料アプリ for PlayStation®Vita) was made available for download on the Japanese PlayStation Store.[3]

On February 22, 2014, a 200KB DLC named "Digest Narration Voice" (ダイジェストナレーションボイス) and priced ¥300 was made available on the Japanese PlayStation Store.[4]

Reception

The game sold 138,158 copies on PS3 and 82,540 copies on PS4 on its first two days on sale.[5] As of March 31, 2014, the game has sold 390,000 copies.[6] The game was awarded near-perfect scores of 38/40 and 39/40 on PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 respectively by Famitsu.[7]

References

  1. ^ 龍が如く 維新！ 体験版, Japanese PlayStation Store
  2. ^ 2月22日発売予定『龍が如く 維新！』、PS3®用体験版の配信日が2月13日に決定！
  3. ^ 龍が如く 維新！ 無料アプリ for PlayStation®Vita - Japanese PlayStation Store
  4. ^ ダイジェストナレーションボイス
  5. ^ Handrahan, Matthew (27 February 2014). "Knack beats Yakuza to Japanese number one". GamesIndustry.biz. Gamer Network. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
  6. ^ Yin-Poole, Wesley (9 May 2014). "How are Sega's video games selling?". Eurogamer. Gamer Network. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  7. ^ Sal Romano (12 February 2014). "Famitsu Review Scores: Issue 1315". Gematsu. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
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