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By Xandria Morden|February 8, 2024|2 Comments
Platform(s): PC (version reviewed), PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S Genre: Action, Adventure, RPG If you've followed Sega's Like A Dragon/Yakuza series, you know how crazy it can get. Well, the newly-released role-playing game Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth -which is basically Yakuza 8- is no different. The story is.....
By Kakuchopurei|January 31, 2024|1 Comment
Money in Japanese role-playing games is important. And in a game with the word "wealth" in the title, the latest Like A Dragon/Yakuza title does require you to have a good amount of it. In Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth, money means paying for Jobs you can use in your party, money to summon Poundmates to help you out in a jam, and money to buy e...
By Kakuchopurei|January 30, 2024|0 Comment
Like A Dragon: Infinity Wealth has blessed our protagonist Ichiban Kasuga with a Personality Trait system from the previous Yakuza game he's in (and the Persona RPG games by extension). Basically, Ichiban has 5 individual stats that can be levelled up to boost the Jobs in the Job System they're tied to. Certain personality trait thresholds also ...
By Kakuchopurei|January 30, 2024|1 Comment
The Job System of Like A Dragon 8/Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth is back and better than ever! Basically the class system in a role-playing game, Like A Dragon 8's Job System lets you switch roles for your available party members and ass-kickers like Ichiban Kasuga and Kiryu Kazuma. Here's a breakdown on the system, as well as what's available a...
Update: added ESGS to the mix. Just when you thought the crowds in Malaysia and Indonesia's biggest comic conventions weren't getting any bigger, along comes this bombshell news. Sega will be participating in the following upcoming comic conventions at the tail end of 2023: ESGS (Electronic Sports and Gaming Summit) on 3rd-5th in the Philippi...
By Kakuchopurei|September 24, 2023|1 Comment
Tokyo Game Show 2023 has come and gone. Suffice it to say, it was a blast! While the big turnout is due to the last one being restrictive, thanks to COVID-19 and all, it was nonetheless a great show featuring loads of good games to play that will be out next year, a lot of booths with lovely photo-op moments, live performances & even fightin...
By Jon Toyad|September 23, 2023|2 Comments
If you're hoping for the zaniness of a Yakuza game to still stay intact since Yakuza: Like A Dragon (Yakuza 7), then you're in luck. The location of the latest Like A Dragon game -Like A Dragon 8: Infinite Wealth- has changed, from the streets of Kamurocho to the game's version of Hawaii- but the elaborate sidequests, side story, and turn-based ove...
By Alleef Ashaari|February 21, 2023|0 Comment
SEGA has released the first episode of a Ryu Ga Gotoku docu-series titled “Behind the Scenes of Like a Dragon!”. It showcases the behind-the-scenes development of the upcoming Like A Dragon 8, or Yakuza 8. This episode shows the staff of Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio taking on the challenge of developing Like A Dragon 8 shortly after the company's tr...
Sega has announced a new Yakuza/Like A Dragon entry during today's Ryu Ga Gotoku Summit 2022 event. The game is called Like A Dragon 8, and it features both Ichiban Kasuga and Kiryu Kazuma as the lead protagonists of the game's story, sharing the spotlight for the first time. Part 8 will be an RPG like Yakuza 7, where combat is turn-based and pl...
By Alleef Ashaari|July 19, 2022|2 Comments
Sega and RGG Studio originally announced that Yakuza 8, or a sequel to Yakuza Like A Dragon, was already in development back in October 2021. Fast-forward almost a year later, and we've finally received our first look at what Yakuza 8 looks like, as well as several new details about the upcoming game. The first look at Yakuza 8 was unveiled via ...
By Alleef Ashaari|October 8, 2021|1 Comment
Yakuza franchise creator Toshihiro Nagoshi has announced that he will be leaving both Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio (RGG Studio) and SEGA. As part of the same announcement, Sega and RGG Studio has also confirmed that they are currently working on a sequel to Yakuza Like A Dragon. This news follows our report from August 2021 that claimed Chinese develope...
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