Become Ichiban Kasuga, a low-ranking yakuza grunt left on the brink of death by the man he trusted most. Take up your legendary bat and get ready to crack some underworld skulls in dynamic RPG combat set against the backdrop of modern-day Japan.
Released on
Genres
Reviews View More
I wish to be like Ichiban when I grow up
A step down from Yakuza 6 / Judgement 1. Less blood pumping action; the rpg gameplay adds too much padding and make the story feel a lot less tight. I also found Kasuga not nearly as likable as Kiryu or Yagami.
Goro Majima
I’ve never played a Yakuza game before, but this one was a hell of a one to start with. This game is such a masterpiece, and even with the weird credits music, it was such a great experience. The story follows Ichiban Kasuga, a Yakuza of the Arakawa Family, who goes to prison for eighteen years on behalf of another member in his family, but when he gets out, the world isn’t what he remembers when he discovers the Tojo clan is no more. Gameplay is turn-based, and has Ichiban and his party members. There’s action commands to make moves stronger, and you can block attacks as well. Characters are extremely well written, people like Koichi Adachi, Yu Nanba, Saeko Mukoda, and Eri Kamataki, who have good story arcs and play well in battle. The overarching story is very interesting as well. The only complaint I really have with the game is that somewhere in the middle of the game, there’s a boss with a massive twenty level difference difficulty spike, which can be annoying, but you do unlock the battle tower right before that so grinding to there isn’t that bad. Overall, Yakuza: Like a Dragon is a masterpiece and I can’t wait to finally play the other games in this series and see what I’ve been missing.
really mid RPG with a story so strong that it ends up being one of my favorite games anyway. All of the characters are so fun and charming and exploring yokohama was a delight too
It’s amazing, I usually hate turn based rpgs and I usually hate crime stories in video games. This game got me completely hooked with its mystery story that had my hunger for more all I wanted was more of this game. This game also helps that the gameplay loop is also amazing in the fact it makes usually turn based combat really fun 10/10 game would play again