The Yakuza titles are a long-running series of games from Sega. Personally, it feels like it is one of those fun series that got away from me as before Yakuza: Like a Dragon, I had only dipped my toes in a few titles. Like a Dragon was a soft relaunch of the series in a sense and I didn’t miss the chance to jump in now.
Yakuza: Like a Dragon adds RPG elements
The Yakuza series before were action-adventure games with over the top humour and heavy references to Japan and the criminal gang(s) the game is named after. Yakuza: Like a Dragon mixes in RPG elements into the formula and a new protagonist, the unforgettable Ichiban Kasuga.
Having a blast playing Like a Dragon
I’m about 25 hours in and while things started VERY SLOW at about the 5-hour mark after all the backstory and setup was over I was finally free to roam the streets of a fictional version of Yokohama Japan to do crazy things and meet crazier companions.
When you are the president of a company in a video game and said company makes a cheesy commercial#YakuzaLikeADragon pic.twitter.com/Kl405eOL63
β Kirk ποΈ (@Jamaipanese) December 3, 2020
I’m having a blast playing Yakuza: Like a Dragon in my free time in short bursts and I might follow up this post with another depending on how things are by the time I get to the end.
Yokohama in a game world
I have been to Yokohama (in real life) a couple of times and can recognize many of the landmarks and references in the game; I have watched a magician perform in the park, been to the Yokohama Landmark Tower and explored the sprawling China town located in Yokohama. Have you played Yakuza: Like a Dragon or any of the previous games in the Yakuza series? Let’s chat in a comment below or Tweet me @Jamaipanese.