History YMMV / Yakuza6

** Joon-Gi Han quickly garnered a fanbase for his [[MrFanservice design]] and legitimately intimidating personality.

'''Instead''': Nagumo immediately rips his mask off in the middle of the room, which causes [[spoiler:Masuzoe to recognize him, compromising their stealthy approach and letting their involvement be known to both the Tojo and the Yomei]].

* ScrappyMechanic: You're not going to find too many fans who enjoy trying to calm down Haruto when he's crying. Periodically, Kiryu will completely stop in his tracks and have to try and soothe Haruto by performing four possible gestures until a gauge is filled. They all work well enough, but it can take a very long time for Kiryu to spell out what needs to be done. If you pay attention to Haruto's animations, it ''is'' possible to figure out the gesture before Kiryu tells you, but the differences between animations are very subtl. Worse is that Kiryu will have to put more effort into calming Haruto each time he has to stop. It's slow, boring, patience-trying and mercifully only shows up once in the whole story.

** [[AIIsACrapshoot Soji]] is a sentient vacuum robot, given to a young man named Fujita as a gift from his girlfriend, Kotomi. Finding out that Fujita has bought a ring to propose to Kotomi, but has been too scared to go through with it for sixth months, Soji takes matters into its own hands. Stealing Fujita's ring when he drops it into the ground, Soji has Fujita and Kiryu chase after it throughout all of Kamurocho. Stopping at a park with several thugs, Soji provokes them into [[LetsYouAndHimFight starting a fight with Fujita]] for the purpose of getting Fujita to [[CruelToBeKind build up courage]]. When Kotomi arrives, Soji drops the proposal ring near her and, with help from Kiryu's words, lead Fujita to build up the courage to propose to Kotomi, Soji happily saying that it completed its task.

** ''Yakuza 6'' is the first game to be released with the Dragon Engine, whereas when the series undergoes engine changes it usually does so first with more experimental spinoffs, as was done in ''Ishin!'' or ''Kenzan!'', giving them time to refine the gameplay changes for mainline entries. As a result not all of the changes have been well received.
** A Japanese-exclusive alpha demo for the game, which was released alongside the Japanese launch of ''Kiwami'' had Kiryu sporting a completely new design. In it, he wore a bulky blue jacket, grey pants and boots, and his appearance was largely criticized by fans. While some didn't mind Kiryu's new look, it was enough that WordOfGod had to confirm that it would not appear in the final game.

'''Instead''': Nagumo immediately rips his mask off in the middle of the room, which causes [[spoiler:Masuzoe to recognize him, compromising their stealthy approach and letting their involvement be known to both the Tojo and the Yomei]].
** In Chapter 11, Yuta tries to sacrifice himself to kill Big Lo and was being successful by setting Little Asia into fire until Kiryu arrives. Faced with someone who's easily beaten him in a three-on-one fight.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Yuta to try to speak more reasonably towards Kiryu rather than proclaiming a desire to fight if needed. Not that it would have worked, but words may have distracted Kiryu some more.\\
'''Or''': Use something in the environment that either makes the fire worse so Kiryu can't even try to safe him or at least make use of objects to try to hold him off long enough.\\
'''Instead''': Yuta tries to go all bare-handed against Kiryu in their fight. The end results are predictably a CurbStompBattle as even a holding-back Kiryu is still leagues above Yuta and secures his safety in a matter of moments.

** [[Wrestling/KazuchikaOkada Kazuchika Okada]], also known as "The Rainmaker" is the leader of JUSTIS, a group formed to fight back against gangs that terrorized Kamurocho. After he and his girlfriend were kidnapped and tortured by the Yakuza, Satsuki, Okada seeked revenge, recruiting violent thugs and criminals for the sake of increasing JUSTIS' power, [[HeWhoFightsMonsters leading JUSTIS to be little different than the gangs it fought against]]. When his friend and co-founder Joe leaves JUSTIS due to what it's became, Okada provokes Joe to take down JUSTIS by repeatedly having members of JUSTIS attack him. Dissolving JUSTIS after Kiryu and Joe defeat him, Okada's betrayed by his advisor, Komei, who reveals that he's been working with Satsuki to take control of JUSTIS away from him. However, Okada reveals that he was well aware of Komei's intentions, and that [[BatmanGambit all of his actions from changing JUSTIS to leading Jo to fight against it were done for the purpose of drawing out Satsuki to get his revenge]], gladly lending his aid to Joe and Kiryu to take down JUSTIS once and for all.
** Soji is a sentient vacuum robot, given to a young man named Fujita as a gift from his girlfriend, Kotomi. Finding out that Fujita has bought a ring to propose to Kotomi, but has been too scared to go through with it for sixth months, Soji takes matters into it's own hands. Stealing Fujita's ring when he drops it into the ground, Soji has Fujita and Kiryu chase after it throughout all of Kamurocho. Stopping at a bark with several thugs, Soji provokes them into starting a fight with Fujita for the purpose of getting Fujita to build up courage. When Kotomi arrives, Soji drops the proposal ring near her and, with help from Kiryu's words, lead Fujita to build up the courage to propose to Kotomi, Soji happily saying that it completed it's task.

'''Instead''': Nagumo immediately rips his mask off in the middle of the room, which causes [[spoiler:Masuzoe to recognize him, compromising their stealthy approach and letting their involvement be known to both the Tojo and the Yomei]].

* GoodBadBugs: On the Xbox and PC ports, the bodies of defeated enemies may start flying around while spinning rapidly, making for a harmless yet quite amusing scene.

* ScrappyMechanic: You're not going to find too many fans who enjoy trying to calm down Haruto when he's crying.

** The reveal of the Secret of Onomichi being [[spoiler:a battleship mightier than the Yamato. One side found it underwhelming that all the conspiracies were centered around what is effectively a giant hunk of metal, another side felt it was nice to have something relatively grounded after things like [[ViceoGame/Yakuza2 Osaka Castle]] and are satisfied with the secret being evidence of years of large-scale government corruption. Some disliked the fact that the chapter had a large ExpositionDump for this, while others felt the explanation wasn't enough to fully understand why the Yamato Mark II was so important, as some knowledge of [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII WW2]] is required[[note]]Japan was forbidden from militarizing after the war, so the battleship's existence would have international repercussions.[[/note]]]].

* CompleteMonster: Shares a page with the rest of the series [[Monster/{{Yakuza}} here]].

* CompleteMonster: [[TheChessmaster Tsuneo Iwami]] is the son of Yomei Alliance chairman [[EvilParentsWantGoodKids Heizo Iwami]] and CEO of Iwami Shipbuilding. Resenting his father for keeping him out of the Yakuza lifestyle, Iwami takes his own shot at [[AmbitionIsEvil making it to the top of the criminal underworld]]. Teaming up with Tojo Clan advisor Katsumi Sugai, Iwami is responsible for all the events that occurred throughout the game, such as having Sugai and Takumi Someya burn down Little Asia to stage a war with the Saio Triad and have Daigo Dojima be arrested; [[{{Patricide}} murdering his father]] to gain control of the Yomei; and attempting to have Kiryu, the Hirose Family, Haruka, and her infant son Haruto killed. [[InvoluntaryBattleToTheDeath Forcing Someya to fight Kazuma Kiryu to the death]] by threatening the man's family, Iwami then gives Kiryu a SadisticChoice to either kill Someya or let Someya's ex-wife Kiyomi die. Someya commits {{seppuku}} to appease Iwami, only for Iwami to order Kiyomi's execution anyway. When finally confronted by Kiryu, Iwami reveals that he has Haruka and Haruto taken hostage, threatening to kill them if Kiryu retaliates. When finally at the receiving end of Kiryu's wrath, Iwami tries to save his own skin by ordering Sugai to shoot Haruka and Haruto. Committing numerous heinous crimes just to prove his father wrong and [[ItsAllAboutMe satisfy his own ego]], Tsuneo Iwami is one of the few individuals who truly earned the Dragon of Dojima's hatred.

* ItsEasySoItSucks: A complaint that many share about the game is how easy it is to break the game by abusing its level-up system, especially with the 1 million yen in the safe above New Serena that can be obtained at any time provided the player knows the password. Extreme Heat Mode is available by default and also significantly reduces the difficulty factor by making Kiryu ImmuneToFlinching, grabbing nearby objects a la 'Beast" style from ''0'' and ''Kiwami'', and having several powerful Heat Actions exclusive to it.

* MemeticMutation: The whole [[RefugeInAudacity baby rugby]] cutscene.

* StrangledByTheRedString: A group of fans aren't exactly pleased with how the relationship between [[spoiler: Haruka and Yuta]] is played out, and see it as a poor way to end the character arc of one of the series' main characters. Some find the reason [[spoiler: she fell for him to be too sudden, and the fact that Haruto was conceived from a one-night stand to be very uncharacteristic of her]]. Those fans are also disappointed that despite Kiryu's efforts to [[spoiler:protect Haruka and keep her far away from the criminal underworld, she ends up starting a family with someone with yakuza ties, and believe she won't find the happiness she deserves with Yuta]].

** ''Yakuza 6'' is the first game to be released with the current latest gameplay engine, whereas when the series undergoes engine changes it usually does so first with more experimental spinoffs, as was done in ''Ishin!'' or ''Kenzan!'', giving them time to refine the gameplay changes for mainline entries. As a result not all of the changes have been well received.

** Haruka revealing that her adoptive father is ex-yakuza before she quits the idol business, which sets off the events of this game.
** Nagumo ripping his mask off in Chapter 5 in the middle of the room instead of somewhere hidden away, which causes [[spoiler:Masuzoe to recognize him, compromising their stealthy approach]].

** Haruka's characterization has gotten a lot of heat in this game, as much of the game's events could have been avoided had she not revealed her DarkAndTroubledPast to an audience of thousands of people, lied and run off to Hiroshima, and gotten herself pregnant [[spoiler: from a one-night stand without using protection]]. Longtime fans were not pleased that Haruka TookALevelInDumbass when she was shown to be WiseBeyondTheirYears throughout the series, especially as a kid, and found that her poorly thought-out choices are ultimately to blame for [[spoiler: Kiryu having to fake his death[[note]]The cutscene in the epilogue makes it clear that he didn't have to fake his death; his decision was due to the grief his own status as an underworld legend caused.[[/note]]]]. But she does have her defenders who sympathize with her, who argue that people her age make questionable choices when they hit rock bottom and when they're in the heat of the moment. Some also blame Kiryu for not teaching her better and for thinking he could give her a normal life when he can't cut his own ties to his criminal past, or for leaving her alone at a crucial point in her life by not making sure she was looked after when he went to prison, or for willingly going to prison in the first place as if he forgot how this decision played out in ''Yakuza 1''.
** Tsuneo Iwami, who not only serves as the final boss of the game, but Kiryu's story arc. Mostly due to his [[TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse completely unremarkable appearance]] and once again hiding behind a ClarkKentOutfit, fans felt that Kiryu's true final battle should have been against a true WorthyOpponent and were very disappointed that the developers failed to deliver on that end. On the other hand, once the localization came out, [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap some fans changed their tune]] and liked that the BigBad turned out to be one of the slimiest and most irredeemable villains the series had to offer, someone that even Kiryu grew to hate and wanted to pummel to death, and felt that smashing his face in after everything he had done was worth it.

* ContestedSequel: Perhaps the most heated since ''Yakuza 3''. Being the first game released on the ''Dragon'' Engine means that while it's the most immersive and impressive looking entry in the ''Yakuza'' series yet, and finally leapfrogs the visual quality of the games to contemporary levels, it's offset by a host of technical issues as well as a lot less content relative to previous games. Most of these issues would've probably been a lot more forgivable for a spinoff game, but the fact that it's meant to be the GrandFinale for Kiryu's story means it's held to higher standards. The story is considered one of the weaker ones in the series, and a lot of fans believe that the game ends on a sour note because of the finale where Kiryu [[spoiler:fakes his death and leaves Haruka's life so that she can be happy]]. In spite of that, the game has also gotten a lot of positive reception for its SliceOfLife aspects and its themes of family and humanity.

* StrangledByTheRedString: A group of fans aren't exactly pleased with how the relationship between [[spoiler: Haruka and Yuta]] is played out, and is seen as a poor way to end the character arc of one of the series' main characters. Some find the reason [[spoiler: she fell for him to be too sudden, and the fact that Haruto was conceived from a one-night stand to be very uncharacteristic of her]]. Those fans are also disappointed that despite Kiryu's efforts to [[spoiler:protect Haruka and keep her far away from the criminal underworld, she ends up starting a family with someone with yakuza ties, and believe she won't find the happiness she deserves with Yuta]].

** Haruka's characterization has gotten a lot of heat in this game, as much of the game's events could have been avoided had she not revealed her DarkAndTroubledPast to an audience of thousands of people, lied and run off to Hiroshima, and gotten herself pregnant [[spoiler: from a one-night stand without using protection]]. Longtime fans were not pleased that Haruka TookALevelInDumbass when she was shown to be WiseBeyondTheirYears throughout the series, especially as a kid, and found that her poorly thought-out choices are ultimately to blame for [[spoiler: Kiryu having to fake his death]]. But she does have her defenders who sympathize with her, who argue that people her age make questionable choices when they hit rock bottom and when they're in the heat of the moment. Some also blame Kiryu for not teaching her better and for thinking he could give her a normal life when he can't cut his own ties to his criminal past.

** [[spoiler:For that matter, a lot of people predicted that Yuta is the father. Not only is he the closest to Haruka's age which would make him the most likely candidate without any {{Squick}} factor involved, and in contrast to Tatsukawa is a NiceGuy which would be understandable why Haruka fell for him.]]

* StrangledByTheRedString: Fans aren't exactly pleased how the relationship between [[spoiler: Haruka and Yuta]] is played out, and is seen as a poor way to end the character arc of one of the series' main characters. Some find the reason [[spoiler: she fell for him to be too sudden, and the fact that Haruto was conceived from a one-night stand to be very uncharacteristic of her]]. Fans are also disappointed that despite Kiryu's efforts to [[spoiler: protect Haruka and keep her far away from the criminal underworld, she ends up starting a family with someone with yakuza ties, and believe she won't find the happiness she deserves with Yuta]].

* WhatAnIdiot: Haruka revealing that her adoptive father is ex-yakuza before she quits the idol business, which sets off the events of this game.

* CompleteMonster: [[TheChessmaster Tsuneo Iwami]] is the son of Yomei Alliance chairman [[EvilParentsWantGoodKids Heizo Iwami]] and CEO of Iwami Shipbuilding. Resenting his father for keeping him out of the Yakuza lifestyle, Iwami takes his own shot at making it to the top of the criminal underworld. Teaming up with Tojo Clan advisor Katsumi Sugai, Iwami is responsible for all the events that occurred throughout the game, even having his own father murdered. Forcing Takumi Someya to fight Kazuma Kiryu to the death by [[IHaveYourWife threatening the man's family]], Iwami then gives Kiryu a SadisticChoice to either kill Someya or let Someya's ex-wife Kiyomi die. Someya commits seppuku to appease Iwami, only for Iwami to order Kiyomi's execution anyway. When finally confronted by Kiryu, Iwami reveals that he has Haruka and her son Haruto taken hostage, threatening to kill them if Kiryu retaliates. When finally at the receiving end of Kiryu's wrath, Iwami tries to save his own skin by ordering Sugai to shoot Haruka. [[KickTheDog Committing numerous heinous crimes]] just to prove his father wrong, Tsuneo Iwami is one of the few individuals who truly earned the Dragon of Dojima's hatred.

** The final showdown with [[RecurringBoss Jo Amon]]. After 5 previous games of him and his brothers being ThatOneBoss incarnate, your big final throwdown with him is quite frankly anti-climactic. From the dull stage where it's set, to Jo being quite a bit easier to fight and even having [[ItMakesSensInContext explosive Roombas]] that you can toss at him for good damage. Compared to the fights previously, especially in 5, it's a big letdown.

* AntiClimaxBoss: The final boss of ''Yakuza 6'', Tsuneo Iwami, is near unanimously seen as the lamest final boss Kiryu has ever faced. While very much an InvokedTrope to display how much of a slimy, greedy and pathetic fool he is. Many find that the final major opponent of Kiryu's story, a simple fight with no real set pieces and against another overambitious {{jerkass}} to be a colossal disappointment no matter the developers' intent.[[note]] This is especially problematic given how no matter how weak or poorly developed the previous final bosses were, the fights against them were generally viewed as one of the, if not the best, fights of the games they were in.[[/note]] The only redeeming part of this fight to many players is that his [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic boss theme]] kicks ass.

* SamePlotSequel: With a twist. The game hits pretty much all the same story beats as the first game.
** Big conspiracy involving links between government and yakuza.
** TheTriadsAndTheTongs as an OutsideContextVillain.
** A seemingly mild-mannered yakuza patriarch and father figure who turns out to be a merciless hitman responsible for the deaths of his subordinates' fathers, and is murdered by rivals in his own organization and dies in said subordinates' arms.
** A LoveTriangle involving a HighSchoolSweetheart and a white-suited yakuza with slicked-back hair, both of whom are dead by the end of the game. [[spoiler: Well, almost.]]
** Said HighSchoolSweetheart having a daughter fathered by a scumbag.
** An innocent child caught up in the middle of all of it because of who their parents are.
** A big showdown in the Millenium Tower.
** [[spoiler: Someone takes a bullet for someone who is trying to take the bullet for someone.]]
** The last thing that happens is [[spoiler: Haruka screaming for a dead parent.]]
*** However, the comparison only works if you assume that ''Nagumo'' and not Kiryu is the protagonist.

!! YMMV: [[YMMV/{{Yakuza}} All Games]] | ''YMMV/Yakuza1'' | ''YMMV/Yakuza2'' | ''YMMV/Yakuza3'' | ''YMMV/Yakuza4'' | ''YMMV/YakuzaDeadSouls'' | ''YMMV/Yakuza5'' | ''YMMV/Yakuza0'' | ''Yakuza 6'' | ''YMMV/YakuzaLikeADragon''

** Makoto Date and Satsuki have "Muscle Party", a Heat Action that makes all your units invincible for 10 seconds. While both are great on their own, it's by having both on the field that let's you trivialize the difficulty of every mission, even the Amon Clan Creator ones.

** A Japanese-exclusive alpha demo for the game, which was released alongside the Japanese launch of ''Kiwami'' had Kiryu sporting a completely new design. In it, he wore a bulky blue jacket, grey pants and boots, and his appearance was largely criticized by fans. While some didn't mind Kiryu's new look, it was enough that WordOfGod had to confirm that it would not appear in the final game.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: [[EvilCounterpart Takumi Someya]], is well-received by fans for his complexity as an antagonist and status as an EvilCounterpart to Kiryu. His boss battles and his themes are considered to be among the best the series has to offer, [[spoiler:and his tragic death after his final battle is a massive TearJerker.]]