Ryu ga Gotoku

Ryu ga Gotoku, is a Japanese video game franchise created, owned and published by Sega. The series genre is primarily beat 'em up, but elements of the action-adventure, open world, turn-based strategy and action role-playing genres are also incorporated. The series storyline is a crime drama, with plot lines inspired by yakuza films. The most frequently featured protagonist is yakuza Kazuma Kiryu, a reformed gangster associated with the Kanto-based Tojo Clan. While Kiryu often finds himself working with the leaders of the Tojo Clan to thwart conspiracies aimed against them, the primary theme of the series is his desire to leave the yakuza for good and start over, raising orphans and trying to assimilate into civilian life. The gameplay of Ryu ga Gotoku has the player controlling Kiryu (or another character, depending on the title) in an open world where he can fight random groups of punks and gangsters, craft weapons, take on side missions and activities to earn experience and money, learn new moves from NPCs, eat and drink at various restaurants, visit hostess and cabaret clubs, and engage in a variety of mini games such as golfing, bowling, hitting baseballs, video arcades, karaoke, and illegal gambling at games including poker, blackjack, Cee-lo, and Koi-Koi.