Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealthlaunched to critical acclaim last week, continuing what has been a very strong start to the year when it comes to video game releases. Infinite Wealth,Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown,Tekken 8, andPersona 3 Reloadhave all launched with impressive review scores. If you’ve been missing out on the Infinite Wealth fun through fear of spoiling previous games in the series though, now is the time to change that withYakuza: Like A Dragongetting its price slashed on the PlayStation Store.
Usually $59.99 onPlayStation, you can currently pick up the seventh game in the Like A Dragon series for just $11.99. The deal will run until July 01, 2025, which means two things. One, you’ve got a while to decide whether to cash in on it or not (but come on, you really should) and two, that means even if you wait until the final day the game is on sale, you now know exactly what you’ll be doing for Valentine’s Day this year.
If you have never played a Yakuza/Like A Dragon game before, figuring out where to start can be pretty intimidating. Even though it’s technically Yakuza 7, Like A Dragon is one of the better places to start your journey. It’s the introduction of Ichiban Kasuga, who is now one of the series' main protagonists. Sure, there will be references to the seven games that have come before it - one through six andYakuza 0- but if you want to play those first, it’s going to be a long time before you make it to Infinite Wealth.
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Yakuza: Like a Dragon, known internationally as Yakuza 7, introduces a new cast of characters and an entirely new battle system. It also marked the first time a Yakuza game was available with both the original Japanese cast, and a localized English version.
If you don’t believe me that Like A Dragon is a good jumping-on point for people who haven’t played a single Yakuza game, it’s the point at which RGG Studio decided to change the name of the series. Dropping Yakuza and calling the games Like A Dragon moving forward not only because it likely wanted to shake the Yakuza connotations moving forward, but to make it clear to new fans, which there have been a lot of via the last two entries, that you don’t need to play seven other games to enjoy these new ones.
No spoilers for Infinite Wealth here since the goal of this article is to get people on the Like A Dragon bandwagon without ruining the story, but suffice to say, the newest game in the series is pretty great. You’ll also want to start playing Yakuza: Like A Dragon now rather than later not only because it’s available for 80 percent less, but also because you know RGG is almost certainly already working on the next installment and will have likely released three more by the end of the year.
