Yakuza: Like a Dragon has been rated for PC, PS4, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X by ESRB, the scores board.
As effectively as revealing what platforms it’s heading to, the ranking offers us some extra particulars concerning the game. We already know some bits, for the reason that game has been out in Japan for some time, nevertheless it’s good to see it down in English.
Yakuza: Like a Dragon is a departure for the series, leaving its motion game roots behind in favour of turn-based RPG fight. That means extra stats. One of these stats, in response to the ranking, is named “Shitfaced”, which is superb. There’s additionally a particular transfer known as Extreme Bondage Attack.
Elsewhere, there’s all the opposite stuff you’d count on from the sequence, akin to characters promoting porn to minors and other people cleansing up wank rags. Standard, actually. Here’s the complete description from the ESRB:
“This is an motion role-playing game by which gamers comply with the story of a low-level yakuza (Ichiban Kasuga) concerned in a feud between rival clans. Players carry out quests, level-up fight abilities, and combat enemy clans in turn-based fight. Players choose assault strikes/spells from a menu earlier than watching characters punch, kick, and throw one another; spells/particular strikes embrace blasts of fireside and over-the-top assists (e.g., a person attacking with an enormous grater).
“Finishing strikes can set off slow-motion results and digital camera zooming that spotlight violent acts. Blood results accompany a number of strikes (e.g., stabbing/slashing). Cutscenes additionally depict intense acts of violence: a person poking out the eyes of a rival along with his thumbs; a personality shot within the head; a certain man overwhelmed with pipes and bats—blood results typically embellish these acts.
“The game incorporates some sexual materials: characters discussing promoting porn movies to underage youngsters; a particular transfer (Extreme Bondage Attack) depicting a lady in lingerie tying up the focused enemy; characters cleansing up dirty tissues in a brothel (e.g., “Bodily fluids actually aren’t my factor.”). During the course of the game, gamers can go to bars to order alcoholic drinks, regaining well being throughout battles (character standing is usually listed as “sh*tfaced”); characters are typically seen stumbling and slurring their speech when drunk. The phrase “f**k” seems within the dialogue.”
Yakuza: Like a Dragon is coming later this yr, likely around the launch of Xbox Series X.
