Sega and RGG Studio have introduced Like a Dragon 8, the subsequent (newly rebranded) Yakuza collection sport, coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Collection X|S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC in 2024.
Ichiban Kasuga returns from Yakuza: Like a Dragon, however he’s joined by a well-recognized face (if not coiffure). That’s proper. Kiryu Kazuma is again after taking a break after the occasions of Yakuza 6, prepared for extra Yakuza collection shenanigans. He’s received gray hair befitting a Japanese boy band idol, although.
Besides this isn’t a Yakuza sport anymore. Following on from the announcement of the Yakuza: Ishin remake – Like a Dragon: Ishin – it’s clear that the collection will now be known as Like a Dragon around the globe. Referred to as Ryu Ga Gotoku in Japan, and with the studio named Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio, this interprets to English as Like a Dragon, so you possibly can take into account this Sega righting the wrongs of Western branding from the early 2000s.
There’s loads of questions left to be answered concerning the sport, although. Yakuza: Like a Dragon made the leap from the open world brawling of the Yakuza collection up till that time to turn-based RPG battling, in what was a doubtlessly controversial shift. Fortunately it pulled it off with aplomb, however with Kiryu returning, will that additionally imply that the actual time brawling will likely be again in some type? To this point, Sega and RGG have solely described this sequel as being a turn-based RPG.
Wanting again on our Yakuza: Like a Dragon assessment, we wrote:
“Yakuza Like a Dragon is an satisfying new twist on the collection, though it’s not laborious to think about that many long-time followers of the collection will likely be delay by its sluggish tempo. In a day and age the place online game corporations not often take dangers, Like a Dragon is a refreshing change of tempo for a collection that risked beginning to really feel stale.”
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