Yakuza 4 (PlayStation 3)
I spent two weekends spending hours on this game, and it's a blast.
It took me 35 hours and 41 minutes to progress through the game only because I decided to go through the game on Hard Mode (I wanted to see how tough it was, and it's doable but Saejima's playthrough will make people rage especially with Part 2 Chapter 1) and with that I did 62 of 63 sidestories to help me level up and get better abilities for the main storyline. In the end only 20% of the game was completed, there's a lot of stuff in Yakuza.
I thought by doing Hard mode without changing difficulties I would get the Indomitable trophy, then I realised it's only for Normal mode. Oh well at least I unlocked Extra Hard mode. What I'm currently trying to do now is beat [spoilerinline]Amon[/spoilerinline], the last sub-story which I DO NOT RECOMMEND YOU TACKLE ON HARD MODE. I made that mistake and screwed myself over. I'll be beating him on Normal Mode instead.
As for the story, it's amazing how everything ties together as you play each character. I couldn't count how many plot twists there were in this game because so much is happening at once. In the end they managed to conclude the story which is great. Akiyama is a great character and I loved his ending haha. I can see why they kept him for Yakuza of the Dead (Dead Souls), Yakuza 5, a version of himself in Yakuza Restoration (Ishin) and the upcoming Yakuza 6.
I don't have Dead Souls yet but I'll get it at some point, I do want to pickup the Japanese versions of 1&2 HD Edition and Yakuza Rises (Kenzan) before jumping into the PS4 era.
