Summary
Yakuza: Like A Dragon, the TV adaptation of the hit video game series, is now on Amazon Prime. Well, the first three episodes of it are, and RGG Studio will be hoping the show has the same effect on audiences as theFalloutadaptation did earlier this year by driving new players to theYakuzagames. In anticipation of that, Sega is holding a Yakuza franchise sale,cutting the price of every game in the series across multiple platforms by at least 50 percent, and some by as much as 75 percent.
EvenLike A Dragon: Infinite Wealth, the newest installment in the series which isn’t even a year old, has been heavily discounted following the show’s premiere. Usually $60,the Game of the Year contender is on sale for just $29.99. If you aren’t familiar with Infinite Wealth, you are getting a heck of a lot more than $30 of game. It’s arguably not a bad starting point for new fans too, but if you do want to go back further, you’ve got a lot of discounted options right now.
If you really want to do this properly, you need to go all the way back to Yakuza 0. Not the first game released, but the earliest in the Yakuza timeline and, in my opinion, the best place to start. If you’re not convinced Yakuza is your thing,you may pick up Yakuza 0 for $4.99 right now. Even if you play for a few hours and hate it, which is incredibly unlikely, at worst, you’re out five bucks. At best, you’ve just paid $5 for one of the best games you will ever play.
Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth
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Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth continues the story of Ichiban Kasuga, in the ninth mainline entry in the series formerly known as Yakuza. It will once again feature turn-based combat, and takes our protagonist outside of Japan for the first time.
If you already know that Yakuza is for you and you’ve just been waiting for a sale like this to get started, The Yakuza Complete Series is also heavily discounted. Despite the name of the collection, it doesn’t include every game in the series. Just the first seven, so Yakuza 0 through Yakuza 6, which is everything until the series underwent its Like A Dragon name change outside of Japan. Usually $110,you can currently get that seven-game box set for less than $50.
Yakuza 0
The glitz, glamour, and unbridled decadence of the 80s are back in Yakuza 0.Fight like hell through Tokyo and Osaka with protagonist Kazuma Kiryu and series regular Goro Majima. Play as Kazuma Kiryu and discover how he finds himself in a world of trouble when a simple debt collection goes wrong and his mark winds up murdered. Then, step into the silver-toed shoes of Goro Majima and explore his “normal” life as the proprietor of a cabaret club.Switch between three different fighting styles instantaneously and beat up all manner of goons, thugs, hoodlums, and lowlifes. Take combat up a notch by using environmental objects such as bicycles, sign posts, and car doors for bone-crunching combos and savage take-downs.Fighting is not the only way to kill time in 1988’s Japan: from discos and hostess clubs to classic SEGA arcades, there are tons of distractions to pursue in the richly detailed, neon-lit world.Interact with the colourful denizens the red light district: help a budding S&M dominatrix learn her profession, or ensure a street performer can make it to the bathroom in time – there are 100 incredible stories to discover.
There’s a lot more Yakuza and Like A Dragon on sale than what has been covered above regardless of the platform on which you plan on playing. Well, unless the platform is Nintendo Switch.Yakuza Kiwami arrived on Switch this week, the first game in the series on the console, and while it’s not on sale,it’s only $19.99. You can also play the first four hours of The Man Who Erased His Name on Steam this weekend, the spinoff game released right before Infinite Wealth.
