Ryū ga Gotoku Ishin!

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Ryū ga Gotoku Ishin!
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Developer(s)Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio
Publisher(s)Sega
Director(s)Hiroyuki Sakamoto
Producer(s)Masayoshi Yokoyama
Writer(s)Masayoshi Yokoyama
SeriesRyū ga Gotoku
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 Ryū ga Gotoku video game series, known in English localization as Yakuza. 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 Ryū ga Gotoku 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[]

In 1866, after finishing sword training in Edo, Sakamoto Ryōma returns to his hometown in Tosa. After a scuffle with the Jōshi - the highest ranked of Japan's samurai - Ryōma is imprisoned and set to be executed, but is saved at the last moment by Yoshida Tōyō; Ryōma's father figure and a government minister who seeks to end the rigid social class system in Tosa.

Tōyō requests that Ryōma see his best friend Takechi Hanpeita, who has founded the Tosa Loyalist Party and also seeks to end the rigid social class system. Ryōma allies with Takechi, and the two formulate a plan: Takechi's forces will surround Kōchi Castle, while Tōyō will be inside negotiating with the ministers. As they are discussing the plan with Tōyō, an unknown assailant surprises the three. Using a style that Ryōma does not recognise, the assailant mortally wounds Tōyō, grievously wounds Takechi and easily bests Ryōma. Takechi survives, but Ryōma is forced to flee the pursuing security forces by jumping into the river.

One year later, Ryōma is in Kyoto, going by the alias Saitō Hajime. He discovers that the assailant who killed Tōyō was using a style called Tennen Rishin, which aims to be close to genuine fighting rather than sticking to any one style. It was practiced at the Shieikan dojo in Edo before it closed down, and its practitioners are now in Kyoto. After a run-in with the Shinsengumi, Ryōma meets an informant going by the alias Niibori Matsusuke, who reveals that all the practitioners of Tennen Rishin are in the Shinsengumi. Ryōma decides to join the Shinsengumi in order to get closer to the assailant.

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���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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