Like a Dragon: Ishin!

Like A Dragon: Ishin! is a near-perfect experience on all fronts. It has deeper combat than the style-oriented Yakuza 6 or Lost Judgment. NPCs are loaded with cultural essence through this historical lens on Japanese nationalism, and the localization masterfully handles all the old difficult dialects and Japanese Keigo (honorific speech). Despite being a remake of a decade-old Japanese-only game, Like A Dragon: Ishin! is the definitive version for those looking for a good action experience with a memorable and thought-provoking story, and was well worth the wait for a proper localization.

Like a Dragon: Ishin! is the most fun I've had playing a Yakuza game since Yakuza 0. Any fan of the series or fans of samurai games, in general, should check it out.

Like A Dragon Gaiden is another great game in a long-running series, that continues the high-quality tradition. It’s packed to the brim with content and offers great drama that not only gets Kiryu sucked back into the underground world, but also yourself.

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Like a Dragon: Ishin! is a wonderful remake that keeps the beauty of the Yakuza/LaD series alive. On top of that, it can run really well on Steam Deck!

Like a Dragon: Ishin is a stellar period piece filled with melodramatic monologues, great combat, goofy side content, and a whole lot of heart.

Though Like a Dragon Ishin! is rough around the corners, its complex story and rich world with an abundance of side adventures are well worth the cost of admission. The game’s reinterpretation of Japan’s Bakumatsu period is a transporting experience that explores a moment in history that is not often available to Western audiences. Ishin has some trouble upgrading the combat system and camera controls to today’s standards, and it’s not a graphical powerhouse despite some visual upgrades. But anyone who is a fan of the Yakuza Kiwami series will likely forgive these faults to a degree. Like a Dr...

Yakuza, but as a period drama.

A ballet of blades and bullets.

Was it really necessary to remake Like a Dragon: Ishin!? It’s questionable, but we’re glad it’s finally available in the west in some form. It’s not the best Like a Dragon game – in fact, it might come quite low in the pile – but a good time can be had with it nonetheless. Its world might not be all that attractive, and its story a slow-burner, but it has the usual charm and a bucketload of interesting activities to carry it.

A new setting is not enough to disguise Like a Dragon: Ishin!'s unbalanced combat and middling story.

An 1800s action-adventure that's sure to both delight longtime Yakuza fans and make for a perfect entry point into the series for newcomers.