A spin off which is entitled today to a good big seven-minute video to announce its intentions, without forgetting the bonus little announcement from RGG Studio, namely the presence of a playable demo of Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (which in a simpler world would be called Yakuza 8) in all copies of Like a Dragon Gaiden. Digital copies, of course, since no box release is scheduled in the West. Notable detail, this Special Trial Version of Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth will include scenes that won’t be in the game when it releases early next year. It will also be necessary to overcome Like a Dragon Gaiden to unlock this bonus.
Successor of Toshihiro Nagoshi, gone to live a new adventure at NetEase Games, Masayoshi Yokoyama gave us an overview of the story and the gameplay of Like a Dragon Gaiden. As we already knew, this chapter sold a little cheaper (50 euros) gives news of Kazuma Kiryu, historical protagonist of the franchise who had decided to fake his death and move away from his loved ones at the end of Yakuza 6 : The Song of Life. A retirement finally short-lived since after an appearance in Yakuza: Like a Dragon, here is the Dragon of Dojima back in the foreground.
It must be said that, as the trailer shows, his enemies threaten to go after the children of a certain orphanage, which leaves him little choice but to plunge back into dark affairs involving the alliance. Omi and the Tojo Clan. In a franchise specializing in recycling, no one will be surprised to learn that this spin-off will take place in two already well-known neighborhoods, Sotenbori (Osaka) and Isezaki Ijincho (Yokohama). The combat system remains in real time, a logical choice for a solitary adventure like that of Kiryu, who can strategically alternate between Agent and Yakuza styles, the first being noticed by the use of inevitably absurd gadgets.
The absurd is, as always, the feeling that predominates in the secondary activities with here a large district devoted to night entertainment, which includes combat arenas, karaoke, a plethora of mini-games (darts, billiards, the terminal arcade Sonic the Fighters) and a cabaret whose hostesses will face us this time in live action, embarrassment not being part of the vocabulary of fans of the franchise. Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name will be released on November 9.