Do the math.īear in mind that, despite the confusing pre-release marketing buzz, Like a Dragon: Ishin! is NOT a remake.
Remember how annoying it was to deal with these brutes in other Yakuza games? Well, you have a gun now. With all said and done, Ishin‘s story is still good, despite the massively predictable plot twists. The only exception lies in antiheroes and rivals, who were given a slightly bigger level of nuance and character development. Villains in Ishin are basically portrayed by villains from other Yakuza games, and the same applies to heroes and allies. The issue lies with the fact that, sadly, if you’re well-versed in the franchise, you can see the plot twists coming from a mile away, namely because the developers didn’t try to subvert expectations when it came to the roles portrayed by the franchise’s characters. It’s cheesy as all hell, but that’s why we love this stupid franchise in the first place, right? Every single character in the game is portrayed by a well-known Yakuza/ Like a Dragon character, giving Ishin a quasi-pantomime aesthetic. He’s a lower-class samurai thrown into the middle of political turmoil, treason, betrayal, death, karaoke, you know how it goes. Sure, it’s the character model, voice actor, and personality from our favorite protagonist that never smiles, but it’s a completely different person. We play as Kiry… wait, someone called Sakamoto Ryoma.
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