Yakuza
Developer(s): Amusement Vision
Publisher(s): Sega
Genre: Action, Adventure
Wikipedia: Link
Game review links: Metacritic: 75/100
Game description: Just as Kazuma, a former rising star in the Yakuza, emerges from prison after a murder cover-up, 10 billion yen vanishes from the Yakuza vault, forcing him once again into their brutal, lawless world. A mysterious young girl will lead Kazuma to the answers if he can keep her alive.
Although the game does not explicitly say it, much of the game takes place in Tokyo's Shinjuku ward, most noticeably a recreation of Shinjuku's red-light district Kabukichō, which is famous for its hostess bars (cabarets), host clubs, love hotels, shops, restaurants, nightclubs and its organized crime presence. Although the area was recreated as a fictionalized "Kamurocho district", much of Kabukichō's landmarks remain in an altered, renamed form.
Test configurations on Windows:
Environment | Configurations | Comments | Tester | ||||
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Region | OS | CPU/GPU | Revision | Graphics | Sound/Pad | ||
NTSC-U | ? |
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0.9.7.3876m | GSdx 3693 (MSVC 15.00, SSE41) |
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BIOS: USA v02.30, HACKS: Using VU Cycle stealing causes slowdown, Has an overbloom/ghosting effect when playing at non-native resolutions., Runs smoothly with hardware mode, and mostly software mode too. No serious or game-breaking issues. | 98.254.75.187 |
NTSC-U | Windows |
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1.1.0 r5517 | GSdx 5464 SSE41 |
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Runs at 200% speed. | |
NTSC-U | Windows 7 |
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r5875 | GSdx9 Hardware mode |
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•SPEEDHACKS:all recomended +mtvu EEcyclerate lvl3
•PERFORMANCE:Runs smooth as butter 50- 60 FPS only on huge zones with a very high level of population 60FPS everywhere else occasionaly some stuttering here and there but this is probably my pc fault, light game overall |
Razor96 |
NTSC-U | Windows 7 Ultimate x64 |
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1.3.0 (2014-12-14) | GSdx 0.1.16 AVX (2014-12-14) |
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BIOS: USA v2.00
Additional hacks: MTVU Renderer: Direct3D9 (Hardware); Interlacing: None; Custom resolution: 1920x1080; 3D texture filtering; Hardware hacks: Half-pixel Offset; Anisotropic filtering: x16. Runs at constant 60fps. There isn't any ghosting, but there are black lines on some pictures of the inventory. |
ManaYagami |
Trivia
- Original names: 龍が如く (SLPM-66168), 龍が如く PlayStation®2 the Best (SLPM-74234), 龍が如く PlayStation®2 the Best (SLPM-74253)
- Also known as Ryuu ga Gotoku (JP), Ryu ga Gotoku (KO)
- The game has built in 16:9 widescreen mode. Set it in the games Options menu.
Known Issues
Semi transparent line in the middle of the screen
- Status: Active
- Type: Minor
- Description: A semi transparent whitish line appears in the middle of the screen. Not very disturbing, because it's a very thin line and more or less transparent. Most of the time you will probably not notice it.
- Workaround: You can use software mode to get it away. Or use Texture Filtering only for 3D. Another way to solve this is to use a custom 16:9 resolution. When using scaling the line appears regardless of texture filtering setting.
Ghosting
- Status: Active
- Type: Minor
- Description: In some areas of the game the character models, neon signs, etc. will have a ghosting like effect.
- Workaround: Half-pixel Offset fixes it, but sadly it also exaggerates the above mentioned line problem (a second line appears across the screen, line colour will turn black). When using a custom 16:9 resolution with half-pixel offset, the lines do not appear. Alpha hack with Skipdraw 1 removes ghosting and misaligned bloom and does not trigger line problem, although causes other minor glitches like shadows drawing over the objects, halos from light sources are lacking and Kage's big screen is blank.
Slowdown with VU hacks
- Type: Not an issue
- Description: Using VU Cycle Stealing causes slowdown.
- Workaround: Do not use VU Cycle Stealing. MTVU seems ok.
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Yakuza (SLES 54171)
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