For anybody questioning what occurred to Yakuza collection icon Kiryu Kazuma after the occasions of Yakuza 6, Sega and RGG studio have introduced Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Title, an interquel that may fill within the blanks when it releases in 2023.
Set across the identical 2018 time interval as Yakuza: Like a Dragon, which launched new collection lead Ichiban Kasuga, the Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Title trailer introduces us to a very new character Joryu.
Properly, really it’s Kiryu who’s given up his title and stepped away from his previous, intent to reside out his days meditating as a disciple on the Daidoji Temple. What might presumably draw him again in? How does he find yourself returning to the primary collection for Like a Dragon 8? Properly, gamers of Yakuza: Like a Dragon will definitely have some understanding of what occurred to Kiryu, however this story has been constructed out into an entire new online game.
Following on from the announcement of the Yakuza: Ishin remake – Like a Dragon: Ishin – throughout the PlayStation State of Play final night time, and the reveal of Like a Dragon 8, it’s clear that the collection will now be referred to as Like a Dragon world wide. 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’ll be able to think about this Sega righting the wrongs of Western branding from the early 2000s.
Trying again on Kiryu’s final journey, in our Yakuza 6: The Track of Life evaluate, we wrote:
“Yakuza 6 is a beast of a sport, and it sends Kiryu off in fashion. The graphical upgrades are mouth-watering, and the seamless inside exploration makes an already immersive world much more engrossing. Fight feels very totally different from another Yakuza sport, and whereas it’s just a little sluggish and unsatisfying at first, upgrades and stat buffs assist make Kiryu really feel like as a lot of a bruiser as he’s all the time been. Whereas some necessary side-characters don’t get their second within the sundown right here, Kiryu Kazuma will get one final heart-breaking journey that parallels the highs and lows of his earlier adventures. Kiryu could also be gone, however with a brand new engine and flashy new fight, the Yakuza collection is nowhere near going away.”