There's a reworked Trooper card system from the original, from which you can call in Kasuga "The Boy" Ichiban from Yakuza: LAD to blitz your enemies. Some have been resurrected from the dead, while others are completely fresh on the block, but seeing faces old and new go blade to blade (or blade to gun barrel, in some cases), playing off and against their established Yakuza rivalries is a real thrill - and the magic of Ishin's swordplay means you're able to see how two titans either collide or snake around each other with a playful malice.
#Like a dragon ishin cinematic mode series
Watching your favourite characters from across the series jab each other in historical cosplay has a miraculous feel to it. I'd say the late-Edo period will likely make for better back-stabbing, though (in every sense of the word). Still, business etiquette is upheld across generations, as characters old and new hash out their strategies with a familiar charged energy. Sliding doors adorned with delicate motifs replace the blink of printers and panes of glass. Kneeling replaces arms slung back on velvet chairs. Legendary clan captains like Yakuza 0's Kuze (or KUZEEEEE!!, as he's better known) brood in their hakamas, interjecting with gravelly barks as dust gently falls on tatami floors. Until I'd sat through some lavish cutscenes, I hadn't realised quite how well Yakuza's all-star cast lends itself to the shogunate. In other words, the perfect introduction point to this mad, but beautiful action series. I don't expect it to convert those who dislike the series, but if you're a fan or a newcomer, it's looking like it'll both be a celebration of its cast, and a remake that feels like an old-school spin on the excellent Yakuza 0. I almost cried, I raced chickens, I caught a big eel, and I've come away with a warm fuzzy feeling inside.įrom what I've played of the game's earliest portions, it's Yakuza through and through, to both its benefit and detriment. The original was a Japanese-only release back in 2014 on the PlayStation 3, but what a fever dream it was to be dropped into Chapter 3 of the story and let loose on an Edo period Kyoto as none other than Ryoma Sakamoto (multiverse Kiryu).
Above the Berlin Samurai Museum's gift shop and flanked by ornate helmets of fearsome warriors of a bygone era, I played a few hours of Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio's remake of historical Yakuza spin-off Like A Dragon: Ishin this week.
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