From Polygon · Jen Glennon · · 1m
Yakuza Spinoff: Quiet Best Game Now
Yakuza's quiet spinoff offers deep storytelling at a steep discount.
In brief
Yakuza's quiet spinoff offers deep storytelling at a steep discount. Yakuza: The Man Who Erased His Name delivers intense character drama at $9.99 with a November 21 sale end. Originally reported by Polygon.
Yakuza's quiet spinoff
Yakuza: The Man Who Erased His Name is a 2023 interquel game about Kazuma Kiryu's exile after Yakuza 6.
“We could have just told of Kiryu’s past through a thirty-minute interlude as part of Like a Dragon 8 [ Infinite Wealth ], but we decided it would be a lot more interesting as a game of its own”
Kiryu's lonely exile
Kiryu works with the Daidoji Clan after Yakuza 6's government conspiracy forces him into hiding.
“Kiryu must work with the Daidoji Clan, a shadowy organization of spies and fixers”
Identity as Joryu
Kiryu fakes his death to become Joryu, a secret agent with identity-concealing sunglasses and magic cigarettes.
“Kiry: he assumes the identity of the secret agent Joryu after faking his own death”
Gloomy rock bottom
Kiryu spends time meditating in temples or smoking cigarettes, isolated from everyone he knows.
“Yakuza players will be accustomed to seeing Kiryu with the odds stacked against him, but this is a gloomy rock bottom like never before”
Compact gameplay
The game runs 15-20 hours, focusing on Osaka's Sotenbori district and Yokohama's Isezaki Ijincho.
“Compared to the mainline Yakuza games, The Man Who Erased His Name is a brief, compact experience, just 15-20 hours compared to the usual 60+”
Discounted now
PlayStation Store discounts the game from $49.99 to $9.99 through November 21.
“Best of all, The Man Who Erased His Name is significantly lowered-price on the PlayStation Store right now, discounted from $49.99 to $9.99”
The takeaway
Yakuza: The Man Who Erased His Name delivers intense character drama at $9.99 with a November 21 sale end.
