Yakuza 6: The Song of Life
Best Video Game Stories of 2018 So Far
The long running Yakuza series has been thrust into the limelight recently with the popular releases of 0 and Kiwami that introduced many new players to the series. The Song of Life finally made its way to the West earlier this year, and it is the conclusion to Kazuma Kiryu’s epic story.
This time, Kiryu is fresh from a prison sentence when he finds out that his surrogate daughter has gone missing from the orphanage he looks after. As he hunts for those that took her, he returns to Kamurocho. If you’ve played any of the previous games, you’ll be used to the excellent character work and melodrama, but Yakuza 6 is more emotional than many of those that have come before. With modernized gameplay and mechanics, it plays better at times, but it’s the conclusion to Kiryu’s story that makes The Song of Life worth playing.
