Yakuza: Like a Dragon
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Critic Reviews for Yakuza: Like a Dragon
From a studio that's never really ventured into the genre of traditional JRPGs, Yakuza: Like a Dragon is an impressive inaugural effort. It's not perfect by any means, as the turn-based combat still has some growing pains in its current iteration. Coupled with repetitive dungeon design and an unfair endgame grinding requirement, these downsides cast an unfortunate sting on an otherwise very solid JRPG.
Like A Dragon pulls off an impressive JRPG makeover while simultaneously taking on all the flaws of the genre.
Yakuza: Like a Dragon takes some bold steps in a new direction for the series but neglects to maintain its balance.
A fun, charming, and occasionally brilliant Yakuza game, let down by an overabundance of repetitive turn-based battles.
Because, ultimately, what makes a great JRPG isn't a fantastical journey, an epic tale of gods and monsters, or a slow fight against an ambiguous evil. To me, a truly great JRPG is a series of deliberate and intentional systems that inform each other in every conceivable way. Every stat has a place, and that stat's place informs the place of another stat, and so on and so forth. Each upgrade feels tangible, each new attack feels purposeful, and each "role" has an important part to "play". The story's place, then, isn't to pad out time or paint a vivid picture of a massive world, but to give players an impetus to engage with those systems - a compelling raison d'etre for making those numbers go up. Like A Dragon does this, and does it with great aplomb.
Yakuza: Like a Dragon impressively pulls off the switch to an RPG in style, providing an excellent combat system supported by loveable characters, and a tantalising main storyline with meaningful side quests.
The turn-based battles don't fully convince but the new protagonist and bizarre mini-games still feel distinctively and entertainingly Yakuza.
Industry Coverage
Yakuza: Like A Dragon Comes to PS5 in March 2021
When Yakuza: Like A Dragon launches this fall, it won't do so simultaneously on all next-gen consoles. The sequel is coming to PS5 next year.
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Yakuza: Like a Dragon's Release Date Has Been Confirmed
It has been officially announced that Yakuza: Like a Dragon will release this November
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