Preview Like a Dragon Gaiden Feels Like an Evolution of the Yakuza Franchise
Erase everything, build it again, better.
We’ve seen glimpses of Kiryu since his reported death in 2018 — his appearance in Yakuza: Like a Dragon is a perfect passing of the torch for the series, we reacquainted ourselves with the eerily similar looking Ryōma this year in Like A Dragon Ishin!, and the Judgment series has continued Ryu Ga Gotoku’s lineage of brawlers with a new fluency in movement and combat. However, if you know one thing about the Yakuza fanbase, it's that everyone loves Kiryu and Co., so of course SEGA brought him out of his well-earned retirement / hiding to go on another adventure, and explain why he’s showing up in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth.
We went hands-on with Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name at Gamescom and learned a lot about Kiryu’s return from apparent death. The demo opens with Kiryu, working under the codename Joryu for mysterious Daidoji Faction, being flown away from the mainlands of Japan to a massive tanker at sea. Joryu is brought there by the bubbly Akame, whom he’s met in Sotenbori and seems to know a lot about what has happened to the crumbling Tojo and Omi clans since Kiryu retired.
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