Yakuza: Like a Dragon 2020
Developed by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio
- Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Action, Open world
Yakuza: Like a Dragon is a role-playing game developed and published by Sega. Released in 2020, it is the eighth main entry in the Yakuza series. The game introduces a new protagonist, Ichiban Kasuga, and departs from the traditional action combat system, instead featuring turn-based combat with a party of characters. Set in the city of Yokohama, the game follows Kasuga's quest for revenge and his journey through Japan's criminal underworld. Ichiban Kasuga, a low-ranking grunt of a low-ranking yakuza family in Tokyo, faces an 18-year prison sentence after taking the fall for a crime he didn't commit. Never losing faith, he loyally serves his time and returns to society to discover that no one is waiting for him on the outside, and his clan has been destroyed by the man he respects most. Ichiban sets out to discover the truth behind his family's betrayal and take his life back, drawing a ragtag group of society’s outcasts to his side: Adachi, a rogue cop, Nanba, a homeless ex-nurse, and Saeko, a hostess on a mission. Together, they are drawn into a conflict brewing beneath the surface in Yokohama and must rise to become the heroes they never expected to be.
Role-playing (RPG)AdventureActionOpen worldjapancrimeparty-basedturn-based combatyakuzaplaystation trophiesside queststurn-based rpgthe game awards - best roleplaying game - nomineeXbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
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Contemporary, earnest, resolved and grave.
- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
- resolvedopen-ended
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
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- Platforms
- Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
- Developer
- Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio
- Publisher
- Sega, Sega Games
- Released
- January 16, 2020
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- First person, Third person
- Engine
- Dragon Engine
- Time to beat
- 78 h main story · 120 h completionist
IGDB rating 8.5/10 from 191 ratings.
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