Yakuza: Like a Dragon

 PlayStation 4
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8.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 583 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 76 out of 583
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  1. scruffy_77
    Mar 26, 2021
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. As a long standing Yakuza fan who has played every title to completion I was slightly sceptical about the turn based fighting system. None the less I wasn't going to pass up this having previously completed every instalment. At first I thought it was refreshing, and don't get me wrong the story is in depth and Ichiban took place of Kiryu in a well implemented manner.

    However, whilst I was enjoying the game I reached chapter 12 where it became apparent I was so under levelled to continue the story when having to fight Goro Majima, it was literally impossible to proceed, the spike here in difficulty was un-parallel.
    It took around 3 hours of grinding in the battle arena to continue the story at this point which managed to get me through the following two chapters, just marginally being able to beat the Kiryu boss fight.
    Being in the last chapter I came up across the boss fight with Tendo, after spending a good two hours making my way there through the continuous battles he managed to one hit me and wipe half way through the fight, a second time this happened and I resulted to watching the ending scenes on YouTube because I no longer had the patience or time to grind my character to finish the story.

    This is my only gripe, the game, the story all very strong – but the spikes in difficulty blocking you from just following the story and playing at leisure ruined this title for me. I never thought I would score a Yakuza game less than 10, but on this occasion I cannot justify my experience as more than a 7.    … Expand
  2. SplitMind
    Feb 26, 2021
    6
    Like a Dragon was a great opportunity to shake up the Yakuza formula as the games have been similar for a very long time, however the game falls short for me, changing the wrong aspects of the game.

    The graphics of Yakuza didn't need changing and I'm glad they haven't. The nightlife in particular is as effervescent as ever and a pleasure to traverse. This is balance out by daytime    Like a Dragon was a great opportunity to shake up the Yakuza formula as the games have been similar for a very long time, however the game falls short for me, changing the wrong aspects of the game.

    The graphics of Yakuza didn't need changing and I'm glad they haven't. The nightlife in particular is as effervescent as ever and a pleasure to traverse. This is balance out by daytime skylines that are a bit more drab and grayscale.

    The story of Yakuza contains all the familiar hallmarks: wacky characters, dramatic betrayals and plot twists. My issue with the story is that Yakuza remains dialogue-heavy and packed to the brim with cut-scenes. This is something that I would like to have seen changed, as the gameplay has slowed down also, bringing the whole Yakuza experience to a bit of a turtle-craw. The substories are of course hilarious and fun, but also full of dialogue that tested my patience.

    The gameplay is where the game has completely changed. For me this was the wrong move to make. Combat has always been repetitive, however it has also been frenetic and furious. In Like a Dragon however, the combat is insanely slow and monotonous due to being turn-based. There are also issues of enemy placement and getting caught n the environment. I also found the job system very cumbersome and a nuisance, reminiscent of the sphere dresses from FFX-2. Very strange to see Like a Dragon taking its lead from game mechanics that were outdated long ago.

    One last thing that exasperated me above all; the difficulty spikes and subsequent grinding. Many people have noted Chapter 12 in particular, but for me it was before this where I was level 20 and a boss was level 25 and subsequently wiped the floor with me. In the hours leading up to this I had not encountered such an imbalance of power so was woefully under-prepared. Such an intense grind lay ahead that it just made me put the game down entirely, as grinding is much more tedious in Like a Dragon than in any typical RPG.

    Now that we have experienced a fundamental change in Yakuza, I think we now need further changes. This style does not work for me. Previously I could play the game with more freedom and at my own pace and style. Like a Dragon's random difficulty spikes (or single spike in my case) make me yearn for the older games, warts and all.    … Expand
  3. Smoothhands
    Feb 6, 2021
    7
    I am a long time fan of the Yakuza franchise and i have played every game available in English. And i have loved every one of them. But this is a very mediocre Yakuza game. Which is still a good thing,

    The story is not the worst and not the best, What i love the most about the yakuza games is that with most of them i can't tell what is going on until right at the end when they reveal it    I am a long time fan of the Yakuza franchise and i have played every game available in English. And i have loved every one of them. But this is a very mediocre Yakuza game. Which is still a good thing,

    The story is not the worst and not the best, What i love the most about the yakuza games is that with most of them i can't tell what is going on until right at the end when they reveal it and when i replay them it makes perfect sense. But with this game and two others i saw it coming in the first stages. But it's still really good. The characters are brilliant. The main character Ichiban is a nice change of phase from the batman esk Kiryu. He responded in the same the same emotional way
    as i did to his friends and enemies. His friends are really fun as well but i feel i can't really go into them without giving away anything about the game.

    The mini games are pretty fun. They have allot of the old ones but the ones they add are such an improvement. Especially the corporation mini game. It replaces the cabaret clubs/hostess club/gang war and construction mini games that i reluctantly played for a bit of extra cash. While it shares the same elements and feels too grindy i really enjoyed it.

    The combat is fun at first but after 10 ours of random encounters it was completely ruined. It gets tedious, boring and annoying. While the old Yakuza combat was really fast (With the exception of bossfights). This game takes forever in dealing with riff raff takes because you have to wait for every character's animation. The moves are beautifully animated and the moves have allot of verity to them but when you reach higher levels i got really bored with watching the same animations time and time again. Something i never encountered in the old games probably because i did not have to watch one charcter take a minute to do one move.

    But this game is still a yakuza game and it captures the Yakuza spirit perfectly.

    It's hammy and cheesy, To bad the bread is way to stale otherwise it would make a perfect sandwich.

    PS. Fun fact, the main crime family is named Arakawa. One of the first things you beat up in yakuza zero is named Arakawa.    … Expand
  4. soooB
    Mar 19, 2021
    6
    New combat system works reasonably well, story is extremely tiresome and driven by extreme character idiocy making it very hard to watch through. Grinding isn't that bad for what's effectively a JRPG but the difficulty curve for the late game bosses is ridiculous given how easy the rest of the game is. I've played all the series and would probably prefer the other games if they had thisNew combat system works reasonably well, story is extremely tiresome and driven by extreme character idiocy making it very hard to watch through. Grinding isn't that bad for what's effectively a JRPG but the difficulty curve for the late game bosses is ridiculous given how easy the rest of the game is. I've played all the series and would probably prefer the other games if they had this turn based combat system now.… Expand
  5. Deralordo
    Jul 16, 2021
    5
    Richtig gutes Spiel gerade wenn man Yakuza Neueinsteiger ist. Die Geschichte ist super und das Kampfsystem, die Minigames genauso! Das einzige was ich bemängeln würde ist das nicht Japaner wahrscheinlich ziemliche Probst haben werden mit Minigames wie Mahjong und Go
  6. Underpants158
    Feb 28, 2021
    7
    I will write this review based on the assumption you already know about the game. So... I loved the party members in the game. I loved building your relationship, chatting at the bar, learning their personal stories piece by piece. Kasuga is also a worthwhile character to move the franchise into the future and his story and the story of Yokohama was really intriguing. However the grindingI will write this review based on the assumption you already know about the game. So... I loved the party members in the game. I loved building your relationship, chatting at the bar, learning their personal stories piece by piece. Kasuga is also a worthwhile character to move the franchise into the future and his story and the story of Yokohama was really intriguing. However the grinding you need to do in this game is TOO much. I believe grinding to be a design flaw in these types of games and it pains me to see design flaws loving emulated. Despite all that I still think it is a good game. I just think this game could easily be a 9/10 if they balanced it and condensed it a little more. I really did like the combat system...for most of the time, until your go to moves basically became animations instead of timed interactions or strategic AoE placements. Also a minor defense of the AoE attacks. So, a common criticism is that all the characters are moving constantly all wily nily like so you can't be strategic with your placement of AoE. Yes... but if you wait and try to predict the movements of the enemies it can be very satisfying when you guess correctly and land a big AoE attack.… Expand
  7. TheMegaGodz
    May 10, 2021
    7
    I'm not a huge fan of the JRPG mechanics, but the story and characters were great and kept me invested and motivated to finish it. I don't think it's a bad game, but I definitely don't agree with those calling it the best in the series.
  8. Efendiminati
    Apr 29, 2021
    7
    with the great story and minigame and substories rgg studio just perfecting the formula, yes the combat system doesnt for me either but it doesnt change the fact that its a great game
  9. Wondux
    May 1, 2022
    7
    Pros:
    -I love the atmosphere of Yakuza games and this game has also succeeded in creating a dynamic street life. If you are a fan of Japanese culture, then this game - or the Yakuza series - is definitely for you. I liked discovering a new city as well as seeing older ones that I am familiar with such as Kamurocho.
    -I like how they added optional friendship levels and cutscenes with your    Pros:
    -I love the atmosphere of Yakuza games and this game has also succeeded in creating a dynamic street life. If you are a fan of Japanese culture, then this game - or the Yakuza series - is definitely for you. I liked discovering a new city as well as seeing older ones that I am familiar with such as Kamurocho.
    -I like how they added optional friendship levels and cutscenes with your party members. A great option if you want to know about and understand them better.
    -The new turn-based combat system was enjoyable for me. Still, the epic animations could sometimes undermine the tone of the story. Also, I didn't find it any difficult. When you are able to make money you basically have infinite health and cannot die. I think I died only once throughout the entire game. Still, the combat was very enjoyable and didn't bore me at any point.
    -The story was not as predictable as it was in its predecessors.
    -I like the new characters. I think that they are all likable and had their own stories which were tied up in the end pretty well.

    Cons
    -The story. I don't know how to feel about the story. It wasn't uninteresting but it was not focused. There were a ton of ideas but they are all thrown to you at such speed that you cannot be immersed in a specific theme or an emotion. In addition, the story usually does not fit the expected tone of a "Yakuza" game. I know that this is a Japanese game and it has some anime-like elements but when you are in a life or death situation and your party members have a 5-minute-long dialogue about the power of friendship in front of their enemies as they wait, it just doesn't do it for me. It would be very effective to give subtle hints about how emotional or soft the characters are on the inside as well as hiding it. When I look at the characters I cannot see much tension or seriousness. For example, Kiryu's character was well-written in those terms. He was a badass but also he cared for his friends, and people's lives, he liked children and liked helping people out. However, you could not understand those if you didn't get to know Kiryu very well. To me, Ichiban did not feel like a Yakuza protagonist. Maybe it's because this is the first game of his storyline but I don't think that he will have such character development. He is already in his forties and is mature. Still, I liked Ichiban a lot as a person; he is helpful, he cares for his friends, etc. Just not something I would expect from a Yakuza protagonist.
    -I hated the dungeons. They are repetitive and the level design was terrible. It was not interesting to look around within the sewers. It was the same textures and walls, only in different rooms and corridors. At one time in the dungeon, there were unbreakable walls blocking your way and I had no clue how to get past them. I searched it on the internet and found out that one of our characters should have a specific job to be able to break those walls. And what can you do? Get out of the dungeon by walking the entire way back, go to the job center, change your job, go back to the dungeon entrance, and clear the dungeon out one more time. When I learned about this I was totally done with the dungeon and never got in one ever again, given that it already was not so interesting.
    -Money-making mechanic. Similar to some other old Yakuza games, you are given the option to have a business. I actually love that mechanic and it's always fun to max it out. However, that business is the only way of making real money towards the endgame, where you may need millions and millions of Yens. Although it doesn't take too much time to make money from the business minigame when it's needed, it becomes very boring. The only thing you do is press a button to initiate the business simulator and it does things by itself. Every now and then there is a small minigame but it's also very repetitive and becomes boring. I would have liked it more if there were some minigames within the business minigame including fighting etc.

    Still, it is a well-polished game with a great atmosphere but 7/10 is the max I can give to this game. Definitely should try it out if you are a fan of Japanese culture or the Yakuza series. If you are new to the series and have no sympathy for the culture I don't think that you will be able to finish the game.    … Expand
  10. awar_7
    Dec 20, 2021
    7
    No soy seguidor de la franquicia Yakuza, me inicié con este título y la verdad es que lo disfruté mucho durante la primera mitad del juego. Tirando hacia su parte final se me llegó a hacer un poco pesado y lo acabé pidiendo la hora, aunque seguramente el problema era más mío que del propio juego. Minijuegos muy originales, como los exámenes, los karts o el recolector de chatarra, aunque miNo soy seguidor de la franquicia Yakuza, me inicié con este título y la verdad es que lo disfruté mucho durante la primera mitad del juego. Tirando hacia su parte final se me llegó a hacer un poco pesado y lo acabé pidiendo la hora, aunque seguramente el problema era más mío que del propio juego. Minijuegos muy originales, como los exámenes, los karts o el recolector de chatarra, aunque mi preferido fue el de empresario. Recomendable para quien le gusten los juegos de rol por turnos.… Expand
  11. Revolt176
    Dec 3, 2020
    6
    Love the story,BUT I hate that f grind wall in chapter 9,cannot proceed,wasted tons of hours trying to level up and it goes to slow. Combat system ruined all fun and positive experience I had at beginning of the game. I have all yakuza games (exception Japan exclusive) long time fan of those,but this just the worst and the only reason is combat system.
  12. Juggajuggaoneli
    Apr 8, 2021
    5
    A Yakuza RPG but geared toward the younger audience and more Persona like. My main gripe is the endless cut scenes and rather inane story, The combat and overall grinding does very little to differentiate this from Persona and any other JRPG. It felt great for over half the game until I attempted to level up for Level 20 and above. The battles become relentless and even using Auto, itA Yakuza RPG but geared toward the younger audience and more Persona like. My main gripe is the endless cut scenes and rather inane story, The combat and overall grinding does very little to differentiate this from Persona and any other JRPG. It felt great for over half the game until I attempted to level up for Level 20 and above. The battles become relentless and even using Auto, it can be tiresome.… Expand
  13. DrSiko
    Mar 6, 2021
    5
    This Yakuza game is a disappointment. I was open to new characters in the franchise since Kiryu became old and it's time for new blood. However, aside from Ichiban who's okay, the other characters are one-dimensional and have no likeable personality. I didn't care about any of them. The female character is very weak it ends up a punch bag rather than helpful in fights.

    The turn-based    This Yakuza game is a disappointment. I was open to new characters in the franchise since Kiryu became old and it's time for new blood. However, aside from Ichiban who's okay, the other characters are one-dimensional and have no likeable personality. I didn't care about any of them. The female character is very weak it ends up a punch bag rather than helpful in fights.

    The turn-based fighting system can be a change for the first few hours in the game, then it gets so boring I kept auto-combat on all the time (thanks for whoever programmed it) unless the characters screw up I take control again.

    What makes me give up is the grinding. Previous Yakuza games didn't need this cheap way to make the game "last longer" while you need to go through hundreds of fights to farm exp points and level up the characters. What I usually immerse in is the story. I don't want to spend 20+ hours to grind only to be able to defeat a boss. This is a bad practice I don't know how gamers today accept this. RPG? Sure, but it doesn't have to be this grindy. This is not Destiny or some MMO game.

    I even didn't like the story much and it felt weak. Reading that it has many unreasonable twists, it sounds it's not worth it investing into the story either.    … Expand
  14. chlxowns68
    Oct 1, 2021
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is not good.
    As an rpg game, the completeness is not good.
    The appearance of Kiryu Kazuma was also hasty.    … Expand
  15. octopus0606
    Dec 9, 2020
    7
    story is not so good, i couldn't be absorbed in story. so i give this game 7 points.
  16. Magicmairou
    Nov 15, 2020
    7
    Otherwise a good game but in many of the fights it turns in to a long slog of having only one enemy with massive health pool but basically no offensive capabilities so you just keep hammering X button for 15 minutes. (I guess setting it to auto and making yourself a cup of coffee is the way to go in these boring fights.)
  17. Kauzik
    Nov 22, 2020
    6
    Yes its definitely a yakuza game, great story too. But can we not with turn based. If it was any other game I would have passed. It makes sense for southpark to do it but not yakuza. please not again
  18. GamingNinja
    Nov 19, 2020
    6
    Very slow, boring, graphics worse than the previous ones, massive dissapointment as a huge yakuza fan.
  19. feathercave
    Jun 27, 2023
    7
    Yakuza game that moved to Role Playing Game.

    good point - You are good at inserting movie scenes. - Decent music. -The main character has a positive personality. -Fellow characters are attractive and clearly higher than the previous yakuza series. - Yakuza Role Playing Game. Cons -The tempo is worse than before. -The world setting is somewhat unreasonable. - I'm tired because I    Yakuza game that moved to Role Playing Game.

    good point
    - You are good at inserting movie scenes.
    - Decent music.
    -The main character has a positive personality.
    -Fellow characters are attractive and clearly higher than the previous yakuza series.
    - Yakuza Role Playing Game.
    Cons
    -The tempo is worse than before.
    -The world setting is somewhat unreasonable.
    - I'm tired because I use a lot
    -Enemy hardness is abnormal in the second half.    … Expand
  20. AcerolaOrion
    Oct 12, 2022
    5
    Why is there soooo much freaking combat and why is the combat sooo boring? There is sooooo much of it. Enemies will literally spawn 10 meters down the street from you AFTER YOU JUST KILLED A PREVIOUS GROUP OF ENEMIES ON THE SAME STREET!
    Maybe try the South Park RPG approach next time!
    The english VA is a major improvement to previous titles for a game that prides itself on its    Why is there soooo much freaking combat and why is the combat sooo boring? There is sooooo much of it. Enemies will literally spawn 10 meters down the street from you AFTER YOU JUST KILLED A PREVIOUS GROUP OF ENEMIES ON THE SAME STREET!
    Maybe try the South Park RPG approach next time!

    The english VA is a major improvement to previous titles for a game that prides itself on its storytelling (only to drown it in awful gameplay).    … Expand
  21. Zakis1991
    Aug 8, 2022
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Перестал следить за сюжетом после 6 главы, но прошел. В игре много минусов, очень много бегать, если хочешь собирать команду на яд, кровотечение, огонь, и холод, то не получится, у боссов всех иммунитет ко всему этому, а еще эти эффекты не стакаются. Встретил гринд вол, не мог пройти дальше по сюжету, пока не прокачался,… Expand
  22. zasaz13
    Nov 1, 2022
    6
    Good movie with some moments of play. Boring combat system, but with good history
  23. fabgo
    Sep 5, 2022
    6
    Fantastic story, filled with quirky humor and many life lessons. This is probably the most emotionally intelligent game I ever played.

    Unfortunately, to get through the story, you have to grind through thousands of boring encounters and repetitive fights. The turn-based combat is not very engaging, and most fights are without any challenge. The game is also very unbalanced, so you go from    Fantastic story, filled with quirky humor and many life lessons. This is probably the most emotionally intelligent game I ever played.

    Unfortunately, to get through the story, you have to grind through thousands of boring encounters and repetitive fights. The turn-based combat is not very engaging, and most fights are without any challenge. The game is also very unbalanced, so you go from easy-easy-easy-easy-easy to super-hard. And then you have to grind for hours to level up and get better gear just so you can get through that next fight that blocks story progress.

    There is a lot to do in the game. From side-quests and collectibles to many, many optional mini-games. I didn't really care for the mini-games very much, but they do add some depth and flavor to the game, and you can play the mini-games for hours if you so choose.

    The game auto-save feature is useless, so you have to save frequently yourself if you don't want to lose progress. Except many areas disable the save feature. And then, if you then forget to save when you get out of that area, you could lose a lot of progress. There is no load. So if you want to load a previous save, you have to quit and restart the game.

    Overall it's a pretty good game, but the flaws mentioned are frustrating, and prevent the game from being truly great. A missed opportunity from SEGA.    … Expand
  24. PasiMetaAho
    Feb 5, 2023
    6
    Turn based street fighting? Really????????????
    RGG really shat the bed with the gameplay even if the story is as always god tier!
  25. anemotaxis
    Nov 22, 2022
    6
    無理やり辻褄を合わせたようなストーリーに興ざめする。
    歪んでいるとはいえ主人公の人の好さは伝わったが、頭脳明晰のように語られるキャラクター全員がバカに見える。
    60点くらいのミニゲームの詰め合わせでボリュームを水増しするくらいなら、もっとメインの部分に力を入れてほしい。
  26. kamenest
    Aug 9, 2022
    7
    Good game with great combat, but:
    *Too long cutscenes
    *No restart option for Dragon Kart
    *Story Millennium Tower don't have any save point
  27. BigKidPlays
    Sep 9, 2023
    6
    The combination of difficulty, weird design choices and the game being too long killed this one for me. I HATE grinding in games, but I felt like I needed to grind in order to advance. I didn't like the dungeons, and the thought of having to grind these dungeons just made me drop the game. The business management sim also didn't interest me at all.
  28. BTSFANCLUB
    May 13, 2023
    7
    Game is OK.

    Story is way too much dialogue for me, and it feels like its just: story, battle, story, battle, story, etc. Not much variety Combat system is pretty fun, I enjoyed the other yakuza games combat as well but always had an issue w boss fights not being that fun. This game didnt have that, they all had a strategic counter. Allthough you def had to do some grinding to lvl up in    Game is OK.

    Story is way too much dialogue for me, and it feels like its just: story, battle, story, battle, story, etc. Not much variety

    Combat system is pretty fun, I enjoyed the other yakuza games combat as well but always had an issue w boss fights not being that fun. This game didnt have that, they all had a strategic counter.

    Allthough you def had to do some grinding to lvl up in other activities because the story doesnt give you enough xp to lvl up to the point that you are not underleveled to face the next chapter, this starts from chapter 7 all the way too 14. The final chapter was pretty easy.

    The substories are fun.

    The business minigame is ok, not as fun as the cabaret club but more fun than what Yakuza 0 ha but doesnt have interesting characters like the 5 kings.

    Dont play this game if you dont have the time for it.    … Expand
  29. CutNickel
    Jun 6, 2023
    7
    Yakuza: Like a Dragon toma a un nuevo cast de personajes para seguir lo que dicen es el GTA Japones. La historia tal cual es increible sin lugar a dudas hasta lo que son los ultimos capitulos donde siento que flaquea un poco el juego, lo cual sin lugar a dudas es triste ya que lo que hace a un juego genial es su final. El nuevo sistema de combate deja total libertad para todo tipo deYakuza: Like a Dragon toma a un nuevo cast de personajes para seguir lo que dicen es el GTA Japones. La historia tal cual es increible sin lugar a dudas hasta lo que son los ultimos capitulos donde siento que flaquea un poco el juego, lo cual sin lugar a dudas es triste ya que lo que hace a un juego genial es su final. El nuevo sistema de combate deja total libertad para todo tipo de locuras desde hacerle cortas con papel al enemigo o invocar una langosta para que te ayude en el combate lo cual es hilarante sin lugar a dudas. Lo unico malo que podria decir ademas de la historia y algunos bugs que me encontre es que es practicamente obligatorio farmear niveles y items para los ultimos combates donde lo pase sumamente mal. Aun asi es un juego que siempre recomendare cuando me pregunten por un RPG para la Ps4 o Ps5.… Expand
  30. Harthik69
    Aug 5, 2023
    7
    Good Game. Can give it a second try in future, I might like the gameplay and visuals
  31. Spacemonkey1964
    Aug 12, 2023
    6
    A decent enough JRPG but very long winded and dialogue heavy. The basic gameplay loop is repetitive; go someplace, meet someone, talk ( a lot ), have a fight. Repeat. There's lots of mini games to relieve the boredom like the dragon cart and business management and 50+ sub plots, some better than others. The turn based combat is a nice change of pace and allows for strategic planning.

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#17 Best PS4 Game of 2020
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#27 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2020

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Metascore
84

Generally favorable reviews - based on 54 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 49 out of 54
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 54
  3. Negative: 0 out of 54
  1. CD-Action
    Jun 9, 2021
    85
    Like a Dragon is the eighth installment of Yakuza, but a new protagonist makes it a great opportunity to get acquainted with the franchise. Even though the new turn-based combat system may become tedious at some point and I was disappointed with the lack of thrilling boss battles, it’s one of the best games in the series. Ichiban Kasuga and his friends are a really awesome bunch and I very much enjoyed experiencing Yokohama through their eyes. [01/2021, p.70]
  2. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Apr 12, 2021
    100
    A great detour from the classic Japanese series, which shows that the Yakuza can work with turn-based battles and a ton of bizarre humor. [Issue#309]
  3. GameCritics
    Feb 27, 2021
    90
    Issues aside, Yakuza: Like a Dragon is a masterpiece that might also be of historical note, since I’m hard-pressed to come up with another series that changed genres without losing what made it special in the first place. Players come to Yakuza games expecting fantastic storytelling, a bustling open world, and intense combat. Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios have proven they can swap out one leg of that stool without sacrificing its strength, and that’s an accomplishment few can claim.
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