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[Kenshin775]

Summary:
- Like other Yakuza games this one features a blend of a gritty storyline and dizzy ensemble comedy. Still has the insane sidequests, intricate relationship building subsystems and fleshed out minigames
- Its rendered very good for a game that is nearly a decade old, has that plastic look from Yakuza 0. RGG studios has done some impressive work in the cutscenes
- when shooting with a gun there is a special ability that puts you in a dreamy bullet time state to help you better line up your shot
- Out of the 4 different fighting styles Wild Dancer(wielding a sword in one hand and a gun in another hand) was his favorite.if you watch the video he drunkenly flails around and unleashes bullets in different directions and compares this move to something out of Devil May Cry
- Using a gun does feel different than traditional Yakuza combat(duh)
- Sega cast modern day yakuza characters to play characters in this spin off(already known)

 

[Beer Baelly]

Summaries. Im not clicking IGN shite

 

[a multicultural team of v]

I can't wait to finally play this game, sure there are like 10 other Yakuza games but I need MORE.

 

[R6Rider]

Love the Yakuza/Like A Dragon games, but rarely buy them at launch. They always come out at bad times.

Still need to play Lost Judgment too.

 

[GymWolf]

Are they worried because no real samurai from the edo period worked on the game for max autenticity?

 

[Nankatsu]

Next few months for my wallet:

 

[a multicultural team of v]

Are they worried because no real samurai from the edo period worked on the game for max autenticity?

Meanwhile all the real samurais from the Edo period will play it and absolutely love it.

 

[Jinzo Prime]

Next few months for my wallet:

Bro, I feel you. I want to play this, HiFi Rush, Dead Space Remake, RE4 Remake, Street Fighter 6, Atomic Heart, Starfield, Zelda; fuck!

 

[Jack Videogames]

This game makes me wet and I don't even have the right equipment for that. Now let's have a Like a Dragon: Kenzan and my life will be whole.

Maybe a remake of the PSP Black Panther games...

 

[TintoConCasera]

My most wanted game for February, maybe even the whole year.

 

[Kenshin775]

Summaries. Im not clicking IGN shite

done

 

[GymWolf]

The only thing i hate is the game lacking the sweet ragdoll of the latest yakuza games, it was a must throwing people around, precanned shit looks ancient.

Are they even using the dragon engine for this one?

 

[TintoConCasera]

The only thing i hate is the game lacking the sweet ragdoll of the latest yakuza games, it was a must throwing people around, precanned shit looks ancient.

Are they even using the dragon engine for this one?

Sadly no, it's Unreal Engine 4 for some reason.

https://www.ungeek.ph/2022/11/like-...ce-between-unreal-engine-4-and-dragon-engine/

Which is sad, I loved sending fuckers 100 meters away with a kick in Lost Judgment.

 

[Elios83]

Already preordered on the PSN.
Fun fact:
https://wccftech.com/like-a-dragon-ishin-unreal-engine-4

this game uses Unreal Engine as an early test to see if they should continue to upgrade their own Dragon Engine with modern rendering technologies (global illumination, ray tracing, etc) or if it's better to shift to UE5 for the future.

 

[kiphalfton]

This free on game pass or something?

Also not sure how you guys who love the Yakuza games don't get fatigue from the number of games released. Played Yakuza Kiwami, and although I liked it, I don't see playing all the games as they're like 30+ hours long.

 

[Jack Videogames]

Already preordered on the PSN.
Fun fact:
https://wccftech.com/like-a-dragon-ishin-unreal-engine-4

this game uses Unreal Engine as an early test to see if they should continue to upgrade their own Dragon Engine with modern rendering technologies (global illumination, ray tracing, etc) or if it's better to shift to UE5 for the future.

While Unreal Engine 5 has its unarguable strengths, I will miss Dragon Engine. It was so clunky yet so good at the same time.

 

[Jack Videogames]

This free on game pass or something?

Also not sure how you guys who love the Yakuza games don't get fatigue from the number of games released. Played Yakuza Kiwami, and although I liked it, I don't see playing all the games as they're like 30+ hours long.

Do you get oxygen fatigue for breathing every day? We need this shit to live

 

[TintoConCasera]

Also not sure how you guys who love the Yakuza games don't get fatigue from the number of games released. Played Yakuza Kiwami, and although I liked it, I don't see playing all the games as they're like 30+ hours long.

Played through the whole series (10 games) in the span of two years. Sorry but no, I can't get enough.

 

[DynamiteToadie]

Sadly no, it's Unreal Engine 4 for some reason.

https://www.ungeek.ph/2022/11/like-...ce-between-unreal-engine-4-and-dragon-engine/

Which is sad, I loved sending fuckers 100 meters away with a kick in Lost Judgment.

I was actually pretty sour on the Dragon Engine for Kiwami 2 and even 6, but Judgment was solid and Lost Judgment's combat is REALLY refined and makes strong use of it. At the same time, I think it'll be a nice change of pace to go back to the older system for a bit. It will certainly be interesting to see how they progress going forward though. Dragon Engine has it's ups but boy oh boy does it have it's downs, especially with some of it's graphical issues.

 

[DynamiteToadie]

Played through the whole series (10 games) in the span of two years. Sorry but no, I can't get enough.

That's kind of exactly my path. I've played through the whole series over the last 2 years as they've been coming to PC. It's now one of, it not my favorite series. I never really tire of it's serious meets quirky, Japanese-to-the-bone stories and gameplay.

 

[GymWolf]

This free on game pass or something?

Also not sure how you guys who love the Yakuza games don't get fatigue from the number of games released. Played Yakuza Kiwami, and although I liked it, I don't see playing all the games as they're like 30+ hours long.

That's why i space these games at least 4-5 months from each other.

 

[Freeman76]

Is this a direct sequel? Not clicking ign shit but loved like a dragon

 

[TintoConCasera]

Is this a direct sequel? Not clicking ign shit but loved like a dragon

No, it's a fan service game.

With that I mean that it's a story of it's own, but you'll miss all the character references from the Yakuza games if you haven't played them.

 

[A.Romero]

Is this releasing on PC at the same time as other platforms?

Probably not day 1 but I will definitely play this at some point.

 

[Topfuel]

Wanted Dead and this have my February gaming covered.

 

[Jinzo Prime]

Is this a direct sequel? Not clicking ign shit but loved like a dragon

No, this a remake of a spin-off game called Ryū ga Gotoku Ishin! that reimagined the Yakuza cast as samurai in late Edo period Japan.

It has similar gameplay and story as the original Yakuza games, but set in a different time period.

 

[gow3isben]

I need Ryuji Goda to be a big part of this it is the main reason I will buy

 

[Thief1987]

I need Ryuji Goda to be a big part of this it is the main reason I will buy

Big enough?

 

[spawn]

That looked cool. Looks like a traditional Yakuza game, but I like the combat and the blood splatter. Now I'm hyped

 

[SkylineRKR]

This is a day one. This game launched with the PS4 and the fact its being localized is crazy. I should be fine, my last was Lost Judgment (which was my GOTY as well). Yes don't play them in succession.

 

[TintoConCasera]

Still haven't clarified it you'll be able to disable the new super moves on bosses.

Anyway, it's good news. They've decided to add youtubers as card characters for some goddamn reason, so it's nice to know that you can safely ignore that aspect of the game.