Going where several other blogs have gone before.
Last week, Sega and RGG Studios released Like a Dragon Ishin, an Unreal Engine 4 remake of 2014's Ryu Ga Gotoku Ishin. This remake was one of my most anticipated titles of the year as I am a huge fan of the original Ishin. I bought the remake on day 1 and like every other… Continue reading Why I Am Disappointed In Like A Dragon Ishin Kiwami
In Yakuza 6 RGG Studios introduced Oni Michio, a cute mascot character for the small town of Onomichi. This character was an instant success and as such RGG began to put him in every game from Kiwami 2 to Like a Dragon. However, an instant issue began to arise with including Ono Michio in every… Continue reading Yakuza Mystery: Kamulop’s Real Identity
About a month ago I released an article about how Yakuza Ishin turned the Completion List into an actual gameplay mechanic and how every game since has tweaked and slowly evolved it. Upon writing that I got interested in examining other small mechanics that have slowly changed as the series has progressed. Thus I have… Continue reading The evolution of Yakuza mechanics: Locker Keys
About 2 weeks ago at the time of writing this article, RGG studios revealed that they would be remaking Yakuza Ishin and would be bringing it to the west for the first time, causing us all to rejoice! It's safe to say that a majority of Yakuza fans, myself included, were very excited over this… Continue reading Every Change Like a Dragon: Ishin is making (That we know of)
In celebration of RGG announcing that not only would they be remaking Yakuza Ishin, but also localizing it into English, I have begun to play through the game in Japanese for the first time.As I have been playing through the game I have been shocked at how many gameplay mechanics I had previously falsely claimed… Continue reading How Yakuza Ishin completely changed the franchise
Hello, and welcome to yet another article in my series on The Story Arc: Make a Musou. I love Dynasty Warriors, the number of times I bring it up, and the multiple Musou related articles I’ve written should be proof enough of that. However, I am currently in a Dynasty Warriors drought as I have… Continue reading Make a Musou – Yakuza Musou