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4.31 average rating based on 224 ratings

This is the thirteenth Ryu Ga Gotoku game I've played since 2017, and it's now one of my very favorites!
All this makes for a game I was in absolutely no hurry to finish, which is the mark of a great Yakuza/Like a Dragon entry for me.
I am a little more conflicted on Kiryu's role in the game. On one hand, Kiryu and Ichiban compliment each other really well, and the game explores Kiryu's past in a different way than in Yakuza 6 or Gaiden. On the other hand, this is the third game I've played that feels like a swan song or passing of the …

This is the thirteenth Ryu Ga Gotoku game I've played since 2017, and it's now one of my very favorites!
All this makes for a game I was in absolutely no hurry to finish, which is the mark of a great Yakuza/Like a Dragon entry for me.
I am a little more conflicted on Kiryu's role in the game. On one hand, Kiryu and Ichiban compliment each other really well, and the game explores Kiryu's past in a different way than in Yakuza 6 or Gaiden. On the other hand, this is the third game I've played that feels like a swan song or passing of the torch... I'd love to see them go all-in on Ichiban, or incorporate a comparatively under-served legacy character like Akiyama or one of the grown-up Sunshine kids. To be clear, I really enjoyed Kiryu in this game, but we can't miss him if he never goes away!
And this is the first entry I've played where I sometimes questioned my preference for the Japanese voice track. Some of the Japanese voice-acting for English-speaking, American characters was a lot less polished than I was prepared to hear.
But the only real disappointment I have is that New Game+ is tied to paid DLC. I'm fine with DLC for bonus content (since the main game is so jam-packed), but restricting replays of the main game is a drag, especially when it makes earning certain trophies extra monotonous.
Overall, Infinite Wealth is a wonderful new chapter, and a validation of how well the series works as a turn-based JRPG. I still can't get enough!
The first two hours of this game were so funny and enjoyable that I was genuinely happy I lived long enough to be present for them. Seriously, Yakuza games make life worth living. I genuinely feel sorry for those who don't know what they are missing. Tragic! No surprise, I had a blast playing this. It was truly the experience of a lifetime! And I'm so glad you know who didn't die! Because I wasn't ready for my yakuza boyfriend to die!
The only negatives I have to say about this game is there's a side quest mini game involving stealth that I didn't like, and the camera can sometimes be slow to catch up to the action during combat. An enemy would be moving to attack one of my characters, but the camera doesn't make it to the action in time for me to see it coming to defend against it. Incredible game otherwise. The story is great, moving, and relevant to now. Both new and returning party members are great. I just love hearing them talk. The changes made to the combat system are welcomed improvements adding more control over the characters and more strategy to battling. The side content is fun and tells stories that can be as moving if not more so than the main story. It's a game that just does everything right and exceptionally well. It's the easiest thing to recommend unless you just don't like RPGs.
So here’s the thing. This game is fun. It’s really, really fun. The new Hawaii setting is great, the mini-games are incredible, the new companions are instantly top-tier, and if Yamai doesn’t snake his ass back in the next game to be Ichiban’s recurring frenemy, I will riot. I would whole-heartedly recommend this game and it’s a high entry in the franchise. That being said, we need to talk about Kiryu. I was ready to see him off after playing the last mainline entry but Gaiden came along and gave me the end for him I didn’t know I needed. I found that game satisfying and the end very moving. So I wasn’t mad to hear Kiryu was in this one too but I hoped then that they would let him keep to the sidelines. He had a great ending and now it was really, truly Ichiban’s franchise. But that’s not what they did. It started strong but as the game progressed it increasingly became clear that this game was fundamentally about missing Kiryu. But I can’t fucking miss the guy if he never leaves and I don’t think I will ever trust that he’s actually leaving. This could still …
Read MoreSo here’s the thing. This game is fun. It’s really, really fun. The new Hawaii setting is great, the mini-games are incredible, the new companions are instantly top-tier, and if Yamai doesn’t snake his ass back in the next game to be Ichiban’s recurring frenemy, I will riot. I would whole-heartedly recommend this game and it’s a high entry in the franchise. That being said, we need to talk about Kiryu. I was ready to see him off after playing the last mainline entry but Gaiden came along and gave me the end for him I didn’t know I needed. I found that game satisfying and the end very moving. So I wasn’t mad to hear Kiryu was in this one too but I hoped then that they would let him keep to the sidelines. He had a great ending and now it was really, truly Ichiban’s franchise. But that’s not what they did. It started strong but as the game progressed it increasingly became clear that this game was fundamentally about missing Kiryu. But I can’t fucking miss the guy if he never leaves and I don’t think I will ever trust that he’s actually leaving. This could still be okay but that turn in the game also brought in plot elements that I actively disliked, disrespecting legacy characters so Kiryu could lecture them back into action and turning the Daidoji from a shady but interesting organization to a clownshow that’s only successful in keeping a middle-aged man from seeing his daughter and grandson. Not that Kiryu even needs help with that. Plus the villains were weak, maybe some of the weakest in the whole franchise, made even weaker by the final fight involving a protagonist and a villain who had no real connection to each other. This all sounds really negative but it comes from a deep place of love and even though I had real problems with the writing in this game, I’m still excited to see what comes next. This franchise is still some of the best content money can buy.
Read LessUsed to be a huge fan of the Yakuza games. I've fallen off a bit, noticing the flaws more than I have before. Nothing here is much different from prior games, but it seems that my nit picks have become more glaring.
Side content is very fun as always, but I'm noticing the grind and repetition much more.
Main story is interesting as a whole, but the slow, dumbed down way it gets presented ends up dragging on.
Voice acting is great!
Ended up getting maybe 30 hours in before falling off. Might dip back into the next one i
45 hours - This was my first jump into the Yakuza series and I wish I hadn't waited so long! Terrific fun, loved the characters especially. This kind of team bonding mechanic should be a staple in other RPGs (reminded me of the Mass Effects). I'm both interested in learning their side story and you get rewarded for hanging out with them with various upgrades.
Voice acting is top notch, honestly I didn't even know about the controversy with Kiryu's English dub until I read about it afterward. Some incredibly silly and fun moments, but also some solid melodrama and serious moments too. It's impossible not to love Ichiban Kasuga, what a protagonist.
Lots of side content that didn't waste my team and exploring Hawaii was a treat. Combat was mostly great - while there was a lot of extraneous fluff and I think the job system was undercooked, the movement mechanics and the combo attacks you can do are amazing. Fantastic.
Another great RPG for the year 2024 and man, there were a lot of them.
Bueno, me he pasado este juego y tengo varias cosas a comentar. Es una secuela directa a Yakuza Like a Dragon, por lo que la historia ocurre justo después de dicho juego con el acontecimiento de la gran disolución Yakuza. El juego trata de expandir todo lo que Yakuza 7 supuso, a veces hasta se pasa. Esta ya no es la historia de Ichiban, sino que es coprotagonista junto con el mítico Kiryu de los primeros 6 juegos de la saga. He de decir que a mi Kiryu me gusta como personaje, funciona bien como contraparte a Kasuga, ya que es un tipo más frío y duro. Pero el que sea coprotagonista implica que tiene que tener cierta relevancia en el juego, y vaya si la tiene. Uno de los problemas que le vi a este juego es el bajón de ritmo que pega justo a la mitad. La historia ya de por sí demora en arrancar, pero cuando finalmente lo hace el juego te obliga a llevar a Kiryu una buena parte de la aventura, lo que implica nuevos personajes jugables, nuevos vínculos que subir de cero y mucha más paja secundaria. Entiendo que para los nostálgicos de Yakuza …
Read MoreBueno, me he pasado este juego y tengo varias cosas a comentar. Es una secuela directa a Yakuza Like a Dragon, por lo que la historia ocurre justo después de dicho juego con el acontecimiento de la gran disolución Yakuza. El juego trata de expandir todo lo que Yakuza 7 supuso, a veces hasta se pasa. Esta ya no es la historia de Ichiban, sino que es coprotagonista junto con el mítico Kiryu de los primeros 6 juegos de la saga. He de decir que a mi Kiryu me gusta como personaje, funciona bien como contraparte a Kasuga, ya que es un tipo más frío y duro. Pero el que sea coprotagonista implica que tiene que tener cierta relevancia en el juego, y vaya si la tiene. Uno de los problemas que le vi a este juego es el bajón de ritmo que pega justo a la mitad. La historia ya de por sí demora en arrancar, pero cuando finalmente lo hace el juego te obliga a llevar a Kiryu una buena parte de la aventura, lo que implica nuevos personajes jugables, nuevos vínculos que subir de cero y mucha más paja secundaria. Entiendo que para los nostálgicos de Yakuza y los que llevan jugando con Kiryu desde el inicio esto no supone un problema, más bien un homenaje a todo lo que este personaje ha supuesto para ellos. Yo, como no tengo tal apego, simplemente me pareció una bajada de ritmo. Estaba muy implicado con la trama de Hawái y de repente tengo que pasarme 15 horas en Japón porque sí. Todo lo demás que el juego expande me gusta, y mucho, Hawái como localización me encantó. Los personajes nuevos son una pasada (chitose y Tomizawa). Hay una cantidad ingente de minijuegos que es hasta exagerado y todos con una profundidad aplastante. Loco que hay un Animal Crossing en este juego, por la cara. Mención especial al Pokémon de hacendado (Sujimón) que me hice las 5 medallas y me pareció el mejor Pokémon desde el oro y plata de la Nintendo DS. Las misiones secundarias muy en la línea del anterior juego. Muy divertidas y surrealista, me las hice casi todas, me habré dejado 4 o 5 por hacer. El combate es prácticamente el mismo que en Like a Dragon pero con algunas mejoras como los ataques combinados y la movilidad limitada por turnos, que le da más posibilidades como los ataques por la espalda o los ya dichos ataques combinados. En resumen, me ha gustado mucho todo lo nuevo. La historia, aunque se alarga un poco y demora en arrancar, me gusta como cierra el ciclo Kiryu y deja ya a Ichiban como el personaje a futuro de la saga.
Read LessPelo amor de deus o Kiryu merece um final feliz.
3/5
Played on PS5. Unfortunately calling it on this one. Put about 15 hours in and it never really caught me - in terms of story, gameplay or anything. Big fan of turn-based RPGs so a little surprised by that. It might be that it needs more time (just recently unlocked jobs) but there are way too many games coming out right now. Loved the ostentatious goofiness of everything else. Especially the pokemon bum-like minigame, hilarious.
So i just finished my platinum on this (PS5), and i have to say i haven't been this captivated by a game in a while!
The game continues the story from Yakuza 7 (Like a dragon) and the intermission game (Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name), so in a sense this is Yakuza 8. If you're going to play Infinite wealth i would recommend playing at least the 2 games i just mentioned before it (7 was practically a reboot, it's safe to start from there).
Everything that Y7 does, this game does better, bigger and more awesome. The combined mapsize is huge, the amount of sidecontent is seriously daunting; there are 2 full-blown games inside this game, naming
This time however, they have gone full-out and the amount of stuff to do really is almost obscene. Where Y7 had a lot of 'empty map', with nothing going on, Y8 really has an activity or something else to see and do on every 5 steps …
So i just finished my platinum on this (PS5), and i have to say i haven't been this captivated by a game in a while!
The game continues the story from Yakuza 7 (Like a dragon) and the intermission game (Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name), so in a sense this is Yakuza 8. If you're going to play Infinite wealth i would recommend playing at least the 2 games i just mentioned before it (7 was practically a reboot, it's safe to start from there).
Everything that Y7 does, this game does better, bigger and more awesome. The combined mapsize is huge, the amount of sidecontent is seriously daunting; there are 2 full-blown games inside this game, naming
This time however, they have gone full-out and the amount of stuff to do really is almost obscene. Where Y7 had a lot of 'empty map', with nothing going on, Y8 really has an activity or something else to see and do on every 5 steps you take in the several maps.
All of the sidequests this time have been done really well, Y7 already had some really good ones but in Y8 every single one of them has a fun or good story and none of the side quests really feel like a waste of time.
Story wise, they've done a good job, there's plenty of good plot twists, funny, sad and awesome moments during the game's main quest.
Some parts of it were a bit too over-board for me (
Lastly, a word on the DLC. I wish you could review that separately because it really disappoints. The added dungeon has some decently cool stuff in it, but overall it is way too easy. All the bosses in it just fall over and even the endboss is just a complete joke, especially compared to the ones in the base game dungeon. NG + (i'm still playing through this to complete the game on legend difficulty) also only unlocks with the DLC, which is a highly questionable move.
The DLC really only serves one purpose, which is getting your Lvl 70 Ichiban achievement with a lot less grinding than without the DLC. The added dungeon reduces that grind from probably around 10-15 hours, down to 1-2 hours.
That said, if you're not chasing platinum (or the steam achievements) and you're not desparate to see the added dungeon (or be majorly disappointed if you do) or play NG+, just get the base version of the game!
So close, so hype.
I am so tempted to just hop directly into the pirate one.
These games please my brain
Today, I realized that 2025 is RGG's 20th anniversary. And since this thought came to me, it made me think that Infinite Wealth really should have been delayed to 2025 instead. It should have been the game to celebrate RGG's 20th anniversary since it is a game that reminisces on and the franchise's history. It could give the writers more time to make an ending that actually lands or flesh out characters that are just vessels for the plot. I just wish we got a more complete story for this because now after playing every mainline game before it, it frustrates me even more that it's story didn't land, as much as I liked playing it.
If you're into It's a Wonderful Life, boy, do I have the video game for you.
I'd really like to try out some of these games, but I'm also really reluctant to commit myself to playing 6+ previous installments. Scanning threads on Reddit, the usual feedback is "You'll really need to play the entire series!" - That may very well be true, but a lot of the discussion also happens in a echo chamber of die hard series fans.
So I'm looking for a perspective from someone who bought and played "Like a Dragon" and "Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth" without having playing the previous installments: How much did you enjoy the games?
Just to make sure my question is not misunderstood, I'm not really looking for feedback on whether playing the previous installments enhances the enjoyment of the more recent entries (because I'm sure it does) - I'd really like to just know whether these two more recent installments, on their own merits, can be enjoyed.
I like this, but I don’t really know if I wanna keep playing it, just feels like such a huge thing. I really liked the last one, but that did come out in 2020 which was a very good time to play a game like this. The start has felt quite slow and drawn-out, maybe I’m just too tired for it, but in any case I just haven’t really wanted to boot it back up for several days.
Had to pause my playthrough of this, work has been overwhelming, hitting the gym too, and playing games on my Switch became a bit of a habit. It doesn't help that Infinite Wealth is a huuuuuge game.
Beat the main story of this tonight, I enjoyed this game and am glad it done. I am glad i can still walk away satisfied with the ending. I am doing some post-game content (
I haven’t gotten around to picking this up yet because I was worried about front loading my year with too many big games, but Costa Del Sol in FFVII Rebirth is giving me strong Like a Dragon vibes and I really need to play this soon.
Ended up getting this after Dunkey his YouTube video. I played and absolutely loved the first Like A Dragon game and this one is just incredible. It's everything I expected and wanted from a Like a Dragon game. I'm about 5+ hrs in, and the game feels like it's opening up. Very, very cutscene heavy. But I'm really in love with the mechanics, the flow, the story, the characters. And I cannot wait to delve deeply into the quircky, silly stuff.
The fact that I can play poker to unlock Persona 4 songs, to listen to on my in-game smartphone whilst playing the game. Is just, wow. Baffling.
I got to Dondoko last night, and I see why people like this minigame. It is a dopamine that you get into a lot of the time. I am just spacing it out in the story because the minigame is long so spacing it out works for me well. Making this my night game while i play reload during the day That feels like the right thing to do.
Finished Infinite Wealth a few days ago and let some thoughts settle in.
Finished Infinite Wealth a few days ago and let some thoughts settle in.
All in all though, I really liked this game. I haven't been so invested in a game in months so I guess that is really saying something. It's been a while since I have had consistently long play sessions with a game. Even if the story is the most underwhelmed I have been in a while
Trigger warning: sexual assault (no main story spoilers)
Anyone here finished this one? I'm deep into Chapter 4, and I'm really having to force myself to keep going. I know Yakuza games are usually slow starters, but I'm really not invested in this story, and I'm honestly starting to roll my eyes at the constant detours and distractions.
Is there a point where this game stops fucking around at gets to a narrative high, or is it just gonna continue to be flat like this?
Gotta say too - even for a Yakuza game, this one feels way too goofy and unrealistic in its scenario building. I dunno man. It also completely lacks the strong, progressive undertone of 7 that really had me invested in that one.
I'm not sure if I'm gonna sell this one and move on completely or just put it on ice for now, but I'm kinda disappointed so far. :/