Yakuza 6: The Song of Life - Essence of Art Edition - $14.99 (also @ EB Games)

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Jun 18th, 2020 9:38 am

Sojoph [OP]: Member; Jul 3, 2015; 301 posts; 752 upvotes; Etobicoke, ON

Jun 18th, 2020 9:38 am

[Amazon.ca] Yakuza 6: The Song of Life - Essence of Art Edition - $14.99 (also @ EB Games)

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Heya, folks!

It's a slightly old game at this point (Western release was April 17, 2018), but still a good one at a good price.

Both Amazon and EB Games the special "Essence of Art Edition" for Yakuza 6: The Song of Life on sale for $14.99.

It's been this price before around March (and at that time, that was the lowest it's been), and sold out pretty quickly on Amazon around that time.

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EDIT:
- Jun. 18 (afternoon): It looks like Amazon is now out of stock (that was quick...).
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Links:
- ~~Amazon~~ (out of stock)
- EB Games (in stock in-store only)

Reviews:
- Eurogamer - "Recommended"
- GameInformer - 9.25 out of 10
- GameSpot - 8 out of 10
- IGN - 7.5 out of 10
- Kotaku
- Metacritic - 83 out of 100 (aggregate)
- Polygon - 8.5 out of 10

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Jun 18th, 2020 10:18 am

drawesome: Jr. Member; Jun 12, 2013; 175 posts; 86 upvotes; London

Jun 18th, 2020 10:18 am

Thanks OP. This will be my first dwelve into the Yakuza series

Jun 18th, 2020 10:41 am

number8888: Deal Fanatic; Oct 7, 2007; 6862 posts; 1410 upvotes; Mississauga, ON

Jun 18th, 2020 10:41 am

drawesome wrote: ↑ Thanks OP. This will be my first dwelve into the Yakuza series

If you can I recommend playing the earlier games first like Yakuza Zero and Kiwami because of story reasons. Not a must but Yakuza 6 is supposedly Ryu's final chapter and references a lot of stuff from earlier games.
They should be cheap enough and easy to get. They are on Gamepass and Zero is on sale now on PSN.

There's a sucker born every minute.

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Jun 18th, 2020 10:52 am

RickySlade: Newbie; Feb 15, 2019; 83 posts; 115 upvotes

Jun 18th, 2020 10:52 am

Thanks for the heads up, ordered.

Jun 18th, 2020 11:55 am

floyder70: Member; Feb 5, 2012; 215 posts; 306 upvotes; Woodbridge

Jun 18th, 2020 11:55 am

Thanks OP. I'm still making my way through Yakuza 0 after picking it up on sale. Decided to order the discounted Yakuza 6 as well. Anyone know what the order of the games are? Is Yakuza 6 the sixth game in the series?

Jun 18th, 2020 11:58 am

aZn_Popcorn: Deal Addict; Mar 8, 2006; 1641 posts; 127 upvotes; Beeton

Jun 18th, 2020 11:58 am

Shows as $30.99

Jun 18th, 2020 12:00 pm

Sojoph [OP]: Member; Jul 3, 2015; 301 posts; 752 upvotes; Etobicoke, ON

Jun 18th, 2020 12:00 pm

drawesome wrote: ↑ Thanks OP. This will be my first dwelve into the Yakuza series

I second number8888's suggestion.

If this will be your first foray into the Yakuza series, I would recommend starting with Yakuza Kiwami because it's a remake of the first game (I've been a fan since I bought the first Yakuza back on the PS2, and playing Kiwami really hit the nostalgia notes lol).

Yakuza Kiwami 2 is also a remake of Yakuza 2 (also a PS2 game), so that may be a good game to get into next after beating Kiwami. But there's definitely nothing wrong from going from Kiwami to Zero.

Yakuza Zero is a prequel that takes place before the events of Yakuza 1/Kiwami (and is arguably the best game in the series), and is still a great starting point for newcomers to the series, but there's more appreciation for the game if you're a bit more familiar with the characters that were introduced in the first game.

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Jun 18th, 2020 12:00 pm

TheSlav: Deal Fanatic; Mar 17, 2006; 5417 posts; 3438 upvotes

Jun 18th, 2020 12:00 pm

aZn_Popcorn wrote: ↑ Shows as $30.99

This.

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Jun 18th, 2020 12:01 pm

FearLess: Deal Addict; Apr 13, 2008; 2879 posts; 1599 upvotes; west Island MTL

Jun 18th, 2020 12:01 pm

dead already show at 30.99$...

Where There is Fear There Is No Deal

Jun 18th, 2020 12:02 pm

chemicalxv: Deal Fanatic; Dec 26, 2014; 6511 posts; 6799 upvotes; Winnipeg, MB

Jun 18th, 2020 12:02 pm

Still waiting for them to clear out the After Hours edition!

Jun 18th, 2020 12:02 pm

JustinZ: Deal Addict; Aug 22, 2003; 1333 posts; 525 upvotes

Jun 18th, 2020 12:02 pm

https://store.playstation.com/en-ca/pro ... 6SONGOFLEN

its 14.99 on PlayStation Store too no tax and no people

Jun 18th, 2020 12:03 pm

yesnomaybe: Deal Addict; Dec 29, 2012; 1853 posts; 1606 upvotes; Toronto

Jun 18th, 2020 12:03 pm

If you don't care about the artbook, the standard edition is $14.99 on the Playstation Store
https://store.playstation.com/en-ca/pro ... 6SONGOFLEN

Jun 18th, 2020 12:05 pm

Sojoph [OP]: Member; Jul 3, 2015; 301 posts; 752 upvotes; Etobicoke, ON

Jun 18th, 2020 12:05 pm

floyder70 wrote: ↑ Thanks OP. I'm still making my way through Yakuza 0 after picking it up on sale. Decided to order the discounted Yakuza 6 as well. Anyone know what the order of the games are? Is Yakuza 6 the sixth game in the series?

Mm-hmm, pretty much. Yakuza 6 is technically maybe the tenth game released in the Yakuza/Ryu ga Gotoku series (if you include the spin-offs), but in terms of the sequence of events for the plot, it's the seventh entry story-wise.

Chronologically, the plot goes in numerical order of the main games. So yep, the events of Yakuza 6 takes place after Yakuza 5, Yakuza 5 before Yakuza 4, and so forth.

Yakuza Zero released relatively recently (it came out after Yakuza 5 for the PS3 and before the Yakuza Kiwami remake of the first game), but it is a prequel and the events of the game takes place before the events of the first game.

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Jun 18th, 2020 12:20 pm

WL1980: Deal Fanatic; Dec 28, 2007; 5141 posts; 3926 upvotes

Jun 18th, 2020 12:20 pm

drawesome wrote: ↑ Thanks OP. This will be my first dwelve into the Yakuza series

How did this happen. Kiwami was free on PS+.

Jun 18th, 2020 12:50 pm

drawesome: Jr. Member; Jun 12, 2013; 175 posts; 86 upvotes; London

Jun 18th, 2020 12:50 pm

How long do you think it would take to go through each game? I do agree that it make sense to start from the very first game but i don’t know how much time I can spend on this series.

Jun 18th, 2020 2:09 pm

Sojoph [OP]: Member; Jul 3, 2015; 301 posts; 752 upvotes; Etobicoke, ON

Jun 18th, 2020 2:09 pm

drawesome wrote: ↑ How long do you think it would take to go through each game? I do agree that it make sense to start from the very first game but i don’t know how much time I can spend on this series.

For Yakuza Zero, it depends on how much of the game you want to complete.

For example, if you just stick with the main story, it can be completed in about 25-30 hours, give or take?

But doing the main story and the extra stuff (side missions, the real estate and hostess bar missions, collections, etc.), it can take 50-60+ hours.

For me personally, I did as much as I could in Yakuza Zero, and I think by the time I put the game down, I clocked in a little over 100 hours.

For Yakuza Kiwami, I did as much as I could, and I think I clocked around 80 hours.

But for the main story only, I think it can be beaten around or under 20 hours.

And for doing main story plus extra stuff like the side missions, add on another 10 hours or so.

And I feel like both Yakuza Kiwami 2 and Yakuza 6 are about the same as Kiwami, timing-wise.

In the end, I feel like Yakuza Zero is one of the longer games in the series, and one of the easier games to end up sink a lot of hours into without realizing it. I honestly did not expect myself to play it as long as I did...