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'''K''': [[Hypocrisy Nod|Sure it was a tax shelter]] but he ran it like a legitimate thing. You know.|[http://www.boingboing.net/2010/08/10/yakuza-3-review.html Real Yakuza gangsters review the game].}}
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The series is basically old school [[Beat'Em Up]] with a [[Wide Open Sandbox|sandbox setting]] and [[RPG|RPG elements]]. While you can just follow the story and play it as a straightforward beat 'em up, there are TONS of sidequests, minigames and secrets to do and find, many of them quite challenging, unique, even funny sometimes. Players can help people on the street with myriad problems, find hidden illegal gambling halls to play in, go to the batting cage to hit a few balls or find an [[Old Master|enigmatic martial artist]] to learn many powerful moves from. And in good ol' [[Shonen]]/[[Seinen]] series fashion, there's even underground fighting tournaments to participate in, complete with a caged arena. The amount of things to do in the games is mindblowing.
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* Seven games in the main series with Kiryu as protagonist, ''0 - 6,'' plus remasters of ''1-5'' and ''Kiwami'' remakes of ''1'' and ''2'', and [[Gaiden Game]] ''Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name''.
* Two main series games, genre switched to RPG, with new protagonist Ichiban Kasuga, ''7'' (localised subtitle ''Like a Dragon'') and
* Two feudal-era but otherwise unconnected spin-offs called ''Ryu Ga Gotoku Kenzan!'', starring Miyamoto Musashi as "Kiryu Kazuma-no-suke", and ''Ryu Ga Gotoku Ishin!'', starring Sakamoto Ryōma. ''Ishin!'' has a remake, ''Like a Dragon: Ishin!''
* Very one-on-one combat-oriented PSP spinoffs called ''Kurohyou: Ryu Ga Gotoku Shinshou'' and ''Kurohyō 2: Ryū ga Gotoku Ashura-hen'' that focus on the life of underground fighter Ukyou Tatsuya.
* The spin-off featuring characters from the main series, ''Ryu Ga Gotoku: Of The End''/''Yakuza: Dead Souls'', takes place during an... [[Zombie Apocalypse|umm... outbreak of the living dead]].
* ''Hokuto ga Gotoku/[[Fist of the North Star]]: Lost Paradise'', which is technically a FotNS game but made by the ''Yakuza'' developers, using the same gameplay and mechanics, having ''Yakuza'' alumni in the cast including Kenshiro's Japanese voice being Kiryu's voice actor Takaya Kuroda and with a few familiar faces showing up, and is therefore considered part of the family.
* ''Judge Eyes/Judgment'': Another spinoff series, currently at two games, starring lawyer-turned-private detective Takayuki Yagami (voiced by in Japanese and modelled after superstar [[Takuya Kimura]], that add investigation elements into the gameplay.
* A live-action prequel to the first game, a live-action adaptation of the first game directed by [[Takashi Miike]], and radio dramas.
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* [[A Protagonist Is Ryu]] - Kazuma Kiryu
* [[Abhorrent Admirer]] - in the third game, Kazuma's animal magnetism draws the attention of the [[Drag Queen]] Michiru, causing 'her' to stalk you through several pulse-pounding chase-scenes. How is it possible to run that fast on high heels? The world may never know...
* [[Action Commands]] - Some of Kazuma's Heat Actions have these to potentially increase their damage (and pain to the unfortunate recepient). And in the second game, these sometimes crop up when Kazuma has to avoid some damaging move, tying in with [[Press X to Not Die]].
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* [[Badass Crew]]: Everyone who supported and helped Kazuma has at least done something awesome to earn this. Two of them being his [[Nakama]] in ''4'' (Akiyama, Saejima and Tanimura) and the other playable characters in ''Dead Souls'' (Akiyama again, Goda, Majima)
* [[Badass Family]]: The Amons are a clan of notorious assassins who hold a grudge against Kiryu for being one of the very few people to not only survive but defeat them.
* [[Batter Up]]: Goro Majima, in one of his more psycho moments in the first game, takes a baseball bat to one of his underlings. He gains use of bats as a playable style, Slugger, in ''0''.
{{quote|'''Majima:''' This is the part where you're SUPPOSED TO LAUGH! [WHACK!] '''[[Cluster F-Bomb|LAUGH YOU STUPID MUTHAFUCKA!]]'''}}
* [[Betting Minigame]]: The two hidden (and illegal) Casinos as well as the (also hidden and illegal) Cho-Han Dice Parlor in Kamurocho, although oddly enough they don't offer a direct cash payout, rather relying on a prize exchange system. There's also the Volcano Video Slot Parlor which is more legal and also relies on a prize exchange system for the payoffs.
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