How can you not fall in love with the Yakuza series? This Japanese franchise has grown to become fairly popular in the West, and we've been seeing a lot of Kamurocho on PlayStation 4. The latest iteration is Yakuza: Like a Dragon, which stars a new hero but looks just as wacky as its predecessors. A new trailer, embedded above, doubles down on the crazy fights you'll get into.
In the video, new protagonist Ichiban Kasuga and side characters move between various professions, and they all appear to give new moves in the game's turn-based combat. In true Yakuza fashion, they're all wonderfully over the top; grinding pepper into a bad guy's eyes, smashing someone over the head with a hot pan, and knocking someone out with a birthday cake are just a few methods of dealing with baddies. Perfection.
Like a Dragon is due out on PS4 on 13th November, and is coming to PS5 "soon". Are you looking forward to more Yakuza? Breakdance into the comments section below.
[source youtube.com]
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Yeah I'll wait for a demo to come out. I loved the gameplay in 0, Kiwami, 2, 6, and Judgement. To change it to turn based is such a huge turn off.
Oh wow, so from Cold Steel 4 in October to this in November - back to back turn base jRPG fun!
But I'll probably move this to PC so I can play it on my commute via Shadow. Already have Cyberpunk 2077 in Nov for when I am home 🤔
November can't come soon enough.
This is amazing. I love when he puts pepper on the downed opponent.
Got mine preordered 😃
"Coming soon" I hope there is an upgrade from the PS4 version. Probably not gonna be free tho given Sega selling NG+ as a DLC.
This looks great! I just got into the series in 2019 after playing Yakuza 0, and I want to play the whole saga first before getting this. So, considering I just finished Kiwami 2.....I will probably pick this up in 2025 or so! It will be something to look forward to......
Atlus works in the same building as this studio.. and it shows in a good way! I love turned based games so this is right up my street. I still love the old Yakuza/Judgement format too.
That trailer got me pumped up and I love the English dub voices!
Now to wait for them to share the PS5 version release date...I refuse to play on PS4 if there's gonna be a superior PS5 upgrade.
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