Yakuza: Dead Souls
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Developer: Sega CS1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Supporting companies: Digital Frontier (event movies), Inbound (translation), MIT Gathering (audio), Shirogumi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Number of players: 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Yakuza: Dead Souls, known as Ryu ga Gotoku of the End (龍が如く OF THE END) in Japan, is an action game developed and published by Sega for the PlayStation 3 in 2011.
Dead Souls is a spin-off (or parody) of the Yakuza franchise not considered part of the main canon, wherein a zombie outbreak occurs and characters from the series are forced to take up arms. Dead Souls is a third person shooter, unlike previous games which were akin to more traditional beat em' ups.
Contents
Story
A zombie outbreak occurs in Kamurocho. The dead rise from their graves and attack the living. Those who are bitten turn into zombies, and no cure for the infected seems to be available. The Japanese Self-Defense Force called in and they attempt to block parts of the city in order to prevent any further spread of the disease. It is eventually revealed that this is not a natural disaster, but rather a well-planned and executed attack on Kamurocho, aimed at the Tojo Clan, particulary the fifth chairman, Kazuma Kiryu.
Gameplay
Similar to Yakuza 4, Dead Souls has four main characters and main story is divided between four parts, culminating in the final fifth part.
Characters
Achievements
- Main article: Yakuza: Dead Souls/Achievements.
History
Development
Yakuza: Dead Souls was intended for release shortly after Yakuza 4, but was delayed due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
Legacy
Dead Souls, unlike previous games (particulary Yakuza 3 and 4) received mostly mixed reviews from overseas reviewers due to its shift in genre and tone as well as several fundemental design problems. The controls were especially criticised (for example, the left stick is used for aiming firearms instead of the right stick like most shooting games).
It is believed that Binary Domain, another third-person shooter released in early 2012 by many of the same team members, was designed based on experience and feedback learned from Dead Souls.
Versions
Localised names
Language | Localised Name | English Translation |
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English | Yakuza: Dead Souls | Yakuza: Dead Souls |
English (US) | Yakuza: Dead Souls | Yakuza: Dead Souls |
Japanese | 龍が如く OF THE END | Ryu ga Gotoku of the End |
Downloadable content
- Main article: Yakuza: Dead Souls/Downloadable content.
Production credits
- Main article: Yakuza: Dead Souls/Production credits.
Magazine articles
- Main article: Yakuza: Dead Souls/Magazine articles.
Artwork
Physical scans
PlayStation 3, EX† |
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External links
- Official website (Japanese)
- Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): PlayStation 3
- Yakuza: Dead Souls on PlayStation.com: JP, JP (PS3 the Best), US, UK, KR
- Yakuza: Dead Souls on PlayStation Store: US, UK (Retail), UK (Digital), AU (Retail), AU (Digital)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 http://www.sega.com/news/?n=5607 (Wayback Machine: 2012-04-02 18:47)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://www.jp.playstation.com:80/software/title/bljm60316.html (Wayback Machine: 2011-02-16 16:06)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 http://www.jp.playstation.com:80/software/title/bljm55054.html (Wayback Machine: 2013-01-31 03:03)
- ↑ http://www.playstation.co.kr/game/2273 (archive.today)
- ↑ http://www.playstation.co.kr/news/18947 (Wayback Machine: 2017-04-24 00:44)
- ↑ http://www.softclub.ru/games/ps3/20627-yakuza-dead-souls (archive.today)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 PlayStation Store (en-us; UP0177-NPUB31509_00-YAKUZADSPSNUS001) (Wayback Machine: 2018-04-07 23:07)
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 PlayStation Store (fr-fr; EP0177-NPEB02034_00-YAKUZADSPSNEU001) (Wayback Machine: 2018-04-07 23:08)
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 PlayStation Store (de-de; EP0177-NPEB02034_00-YAKUZADSPSNEU001) (Wayback Machine: 2018-12-21 21:36)
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 PlayStation Store (en-gb; EP0177-NPEB02034_00-YAKUZADSPSNEU001) (Wayback Machine: 2018-04-07 23:07)
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 PlayStation Store (en-au; EP0177-NPEB02034_00-YAKUZADSPSNEU001) (Wayback Machine: 2018-04-07 23:07)
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