like a dragon: ishin.. man was this reveal something. for a while i knew about the existence of ishin and thought it was intriguing! unfortunately it was japanese only and never got a localized release, however at the playstation states of play, i was NOT expecting an announcement like this! which made me really happy to finally experience the game!

the story is pretty good! while im not familiar with japanese history, i still really enjoyed the story of this game! sakamoto ryoma was an interesting character here but tbh all i could hear and see was kiryu lol. while i don't remember the names of the other characters just know that i found them really enjoyable too! the main antagonist was good too!

the gameplay is definitely interestingas it has 4 fighting styles:
- Brawler is your typical like a dragon combat
- Swordsman i didn't really use much at all
- Gunman is quite literally just gun
-Wild Dancer i really liked! it's very precise and has a gun which functions like the gunman so really you get 2 for 1 in here!
the bosses are quite decent in this game too! don't got much to say

while the minigames were pretty fun, side content surprisingly i didn't really enjoy as much, there wasn't much to them and i didn't bother completing most of them. the soundtrack however is EPIC! lots of bangers in here!

overall yeah i enjoyed my time with ishin, it's not required to understand the mainline games but pick it up if you want