‘Like a Dragon: Ishin!’ Is a True Yakuza Game

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‘Like a Dragon: Ishin!’ Is a True Yakuza Game
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The hero, Sakamoto, is based on a man whose life was defined by the role he played in ending the seven-centuries-long rule of Japan’s military government.

, must flee as a fugitive wanted for the violent death of his adoptive father, he heads to the chicken races. Brow furrowed, still armed with the swords and revolver with which he fights his enemies, Sakamoto places wagers on competitors with names like Rooster Booster and King of Wings in a Kyoto betting house, and then watches to see whether his favored fowl wins him money.

After he’s finished, Sakamoto may be guided by the player toward the next step in a quest for vengeance, whose outcome shapes 19th-century Japan’s entry into the modern world. Or they might have him visit his farm to plant vegetables, or head on down to a crude, potentially deadly version of a batting cage to practice his swordsmanship by deflecting cannonballs fired at him by a cheerful artilleryman.

, has a unique tone. It’s as concerned with the melodramatics of its characters’ personal lives and the twisting intrigues of rival political factions as it is with making the player crack a smile at irreverent mini games and side missions. It’s important to note, too, thatis a spin-off from the main series, and repurposes the voice actors and character likenesses of the main series’ sprawling cast as the faces and voices of figures from Japan’s Bakumatsu period.

This historical setting trades the somewhat lower stakes of modern organized crime for those of the tumultuous years of the 1850s and ’60s, which saw Japan violently emerge from centuries of international isolation and feudal government to a nominally democratic industrialized nation. And its hero, Sakamoto, is based on a man whose life was defined by the instrumental role he played in ending the seven-centuries-long rule of the country’s military government.

Aside from one entry set in the late 1980s and another spin-off set in the early 17th century that’s not yet released in English,has always taken place in modern Japan. The series examines contemporary social and political issues through the lens of organized crime along with the light-heartedness of life in a major city, home not only to hardened gangsters and ruthless businesspeople but also eccentrics and regular citizens.

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