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Spotlight on Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth

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A brilliant, hyper-creative turn-based RPG masterpiece. Infinite Wealth blends a mature, emotionally resonant yakuza story with exceptionally fun, positioning-based turn-based combat and a vast, wackily detailed Hawaii playground that sets a high standard for genre content.

Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth is a massive, highly creative turn-based JRPG that merges a mature yakuza crime narrative with wackily humorous combat systems set in a sun-drenched Hawaii sandbox. You play as Ichiban Kasuga and Kazuma Kiryu, navigating a complex gang warfare plot. Combat is built on the 'Live Command RPG' turn-based system: characters can walk around a limited physical area in real-time before attacking, allowing players to utilize environmental props (like picking up a bicycle or sign to swing), align knockback attacks to send enemies flying into teammates for combo strikes, or perform timed button blocks. The class system is hilarious and deep, converting real-world occupations into JRPG stats: you can customize party members as a 'Geodancer' (using maracas for healing), an 'Action Star' (using nunchucks for fire combos), a 'Desperado' (using dual guns), or a 'Housekeeper'. The game also features a massive, dedicated Animal Crossing satire island ('Dondoko Island') where players decorate a custom resort to earn money.

Strengths

  • Highly innovative, positioning-based Live Command turn-based combat
  • Addictive and hilarious occupation-based JRPG class custom systems
  • Vast, spectacular, and content-rich Hawaii sandbox playground

Caveats

  • campaign length is extremely long (70+ hours)
  • Hand-to-hand combat animations can feel slightly arcade-like

Context

Developed by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio and published by Sega in 2024. It became the fastest-selling game in the entire Like a Dragon / Yakuza franchise, universally praised for its visual polish, combat enhancements, and highly emotional narrative pairing of series veterans Ichiban and Kiryu.

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Details

IGDB Rating 85
Released January 26, 2024

Tags

Classification CheckpointDB

RPG › Turn-Based RPG

Game Length

Main 57h
Extra 84h
100% 118h

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