Please Enjoy This Very Brief Look At Yakuza 8
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Because we get new Yakuza video games on a regular basis, and since they’re so typically set in the identical locations starring the identical individuals utilizing the identical engine, the collection has by no means wanted large, staged reveals earlier than. Take the following recreation, for instance, of which we’re getting our first look…over a developer’s shoulder.
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The video under is of a 17-minute tour of Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio, builders of the collection. While most of it’s crammed with well mannered interviews and a take a look at the group’s motion-capture setup, there’s a few components—one which I’ve set to autoplay under—the place we get a really temporary, first take a look at the following recreation within the collection. (The subsequent recreation was introduced final yr, however with none visuals to accompany it.)
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I do know, that’s not a lot! But we do get to see Ichiban’s new and improved haircut. (Or outdated and improved haircut, since he was sporting a ponytail when launched from jail within the final recreation. Remember, his perm from Like a Dragon was a results of a hairdressing catastrophe!)
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We can even see his outdated buddies Yu Nanba (the homeless wizard) and Koichi Adachi (the large former cop), all three of them hanging out in what seems to be like Ichiban’s suitably shitty residence.
A follow-up story from Japanese journal Famitsu says that along with the temporary glimpse of the sport in motion, it was additionally revealed that the following recreation within the collection will see the introduction of a “new town,” one thing that’s all the time a pleasure to absorb.
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I reviewed Like a Dragon again in 2020, and located that whereas the swap to a JRPG system had greater than its share of teething issues, that very same ol’ Yakuza magic was nonetheless shining by means of. With that have beneath their belt, I’m very excited to see what Ryu Ga Gotoku can provide you with subsequent…at any time when this recreation is launched. There’s nonetheless no official date for it.