Yakuza 6: The Song of Life

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Yakuza 6 Release Date: PlayStation 4 December 2016 (JP) April 2018 (WW) Windows, XBOX One March 2021 (WW) Developer: Ryu ga Gotoku Studio Publisher: SEGA Series: Yakuza Platforms: PlayStation 4, XBOX One, Microsoft Windows Genre: Action, JRPG, Brawler

Yakuza 6: The Song of Life (Ryū ga Gotoku 6: Inochi no Uta (Japanese: 龍が如く6 命の詩。, Like a Dragon 6: Poem of Life) is a videogame by SEGA released in December 2016 in Japan and April 2018 worldwide for PlayStation 4. The game was subsequently released for XBOX One, Windows 10, and Steam in March 2021. Set in the new location of Onomichi, Hiroshima, as well as the staple Kamurocho, Tokyo district, Yakuza 6 is the seventh game in the main Yakuza series, and the last to feature Kazuma Kiryu as the main protagonist. Kiryu is searching for the father of his adoptive daughter Haruka Sawamura's infant son after a mysterious accident leaves her in a coma. A revamped battle system means that Kiryu can no longer purchase or obtain weapons, including firearms, outside of picking them up during battles. Such weapons cannot be placed in his inventory.
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The following weapons appear in the video game Yakuza 6: The Song of Life:

Handguns

1911-type pistol

Certain characters, including Hirose Family patriarch Toru Hirose (Beat Takeshi) have this 1911 clone, familiar to those versed with previous games, which mostly resembles a Para Ordnance LDA 7.45. The older version of this model from the previous game engine also appears in flashback screenshots from Yakuza Kiwami.

Para Ordnance LDA 7.45 - .45 ACP.

Hirose with the 1911.

Someya family patriarch Takumi Someya with the 1911 clone pointed at Saio Triad leader Big Lo.

In the time it took for Kiryu to move in between him and Lo, Someya remembered to actually cock the hammer back, the 1911 being a single-action-only pistol.

Way back in 2005, being scared stiff after having witnessed a massacre at Bacchus bar, 9-year-old Haruka meets the man that will become her father figure for the first time.

Makarov PM

As usual in the Yakuza series, this modified Makarov-PM-type pistol with an extended barrel and ring hammer is a stalwart of the criminal underworld, being used by Tojo Clan yakuza and the Saio Triad alike. A silver-coloured version also appears in street fights, simply labelled as "Pistol."

Baikal-442 - 9x17mm Browning/9x18mm Makarov/9x19mm. It is a Canadian market import model of the Makarov. It features an long barrel, not seen on the military Makarov pistol.

After diplomacy breaks down, Saio Triad members point their Makarovs at a Tojo Clan delegation...

...As said Tojo Clan delegation does the same right back.

Kiryu fires at some unknown foe with his appropriated Makarov.

Here, Kiryu prepares to unleash a heat action on this yakuza chinpira...

...shooting him three times, then hitting him with the butt of the pistol, which does as much damage as each of the shots. Because Yakuza.

Nambu Model 60

Police officers in the game are modelled with this revolver holstered. It is distinguished by its distinctive lanyard ring and associated handgrip cutout.

Snub-nose Nambu Model 60 - .38 special.

Saejima is taken in by the police, who are each armed with the Nambus.

An officer eyes Kiryu suspiciously as he looks at his weapon.

Other

Rocket launcher

In one scene, a Yakuza from the Yomei Alliance uses a rocket launcher to fire at Kiryu. It appears to be the same model as the rocket launcher from Binary Domain, which is based on the Panzerfaust 3, except the warhead has been removed for this game. Yakuza 6 is the first appearance of this particular model, which is later used in Yakuza Kiwami 2 and Yakuza: Like a Dragon

Panzerfaust Mk3 - 60mm

Yomei Alliance member Mimura with the rocket launcher.

Aiming the rocket launcher.

Firing. Note the projectile which is reminiscent of a AT4 warhead.

Rendering of the Rocket launcher model.

"Speargun"

In the sea fishing minigame, which plays as an on-rails shooter such as other famous SEGA franchises like House of the Dead, Kiryu uses a harpoon gun, called a "speargun" in-game. There are different models with different stats such as ammo count and power that are unlocked during the course of the associated side-quest. To prompt the player to reload, the speargun makes a "ping" like that of an M1 Garand when the last spear has been fired.

"High-impact speargun" in the fishing menu.

Kiryu dives into the water, speargun in hand.

An epic showdown between the Dragon of Dojima and a giant squid.