![]() Winning the challenge will level up your bond with Maishiro-sensei to its Max rank. Once you’ve completed the Dancing tutorial, you must keep dancing at the establishment until you are challenged to a Dance Battle on Hard Difficulty. I was already hyped for the launch of Like a Dragon: Ishin, but after getting to see my best boys in action, February just can’t come soon enough.Complete Substory 1: Nichibuzza’s Newest Fan to get access to the Nichibuza Dancing School. ![]() I just know I am going to get carried away with collecting and leveling up Soldier Cards of all my favourite characters at launch. Ishin looks gorgeous, and, as much as I loved LaD, I’m looking forward to going back to the action combat, and even more so because I’m super interested in this new card flair. I own the Japanese version, but could never truly appreciate it as I don’t understand Japanese. It was really enjoyable getting to grips with Ishin properly. ![]() Noticeably, during this battle, one of the Soldier Cards I could use was Ichiban Kasuga from LaD, so I’m keen to see which other characters we’ll see cameo in this way. Again, it’s pretty much what you expect from a Yakuza game boss battle, you need to use your normal array of combat options to whittle down your opponent’s HP, then you’ll have to hit the correct button for the quick time event to ensure you don’t get your ass handed to you. The Night Mode portion of the demo focused on yet another, and far bloodier, cutscene that was followed by a boss battle against Okada Izo - that’s Nishiki to Yakuza fans, only now he’s this kick-ass swordsman nicknamed ‘the Slayer’. ![]() We’re not talking bog-standard samurai moves either, one of them is essentially Ryoma using Kamehameha against his enemies. You have four soldier cards equipped and once they have charged, they’ll allow you to unleash an impressive attack or receive some kind of additional benefit, such as slowing time down for your enemy so you can get more attacks in. In the upcoming remake, they feature in all combat. While these featured in the original version of Ishin, they were limited to use in dungeons only. However, there’s an added twist - Soldier Cards. You can switch between styles at the press of a button, choosing between Brawler, Gunman, Wild Dancer, and Swordsman Styles. Ishin retains the series’ original action combat, rather than the turn-based battle that LaD adopted. I normally don’t mind kicking some thug-butt, but in a time-limited demo, I was chomping at the bit to be done with those numskulls so I could get on with exploring the area. Sad times.Īs usual, you can’t go more than ten paces without some group of thugs calling out to you and mistakenly thinking you’ll be easy prey. Though I was disappointed that the karaoke minigame wasn’t available in the demo. There are substories once again too, where Ryoma finds himself helping out locals with different requests and plot threads, and more importantly - there are minigames again. There are some great nods to the main series to enjoy, such as the Don Quijote vendor and series characters such as Bacchus and Miss Tatsu making an appearance, to name just a few You can eat or drink at different stalls, which can prompt a cutscene to show you building a bond with the vendor who served you - a feature that’s not unfamiliar to main series Yakuza players. Kyo is another densely populated city with twisting alleys and little stores to venture into. Yakuza fans will find themselves in familiar territory when it comes to gameplay. I tried to speak to Okita before leaving, but alas, there was no option, so after one last longing look, I set off to explore Kyo. After the cutscene, we were given free rein for 20 minutes to free roam around the city. ![]() There were plenty of familiar faces in this scene, including some of the new-look characters, such as Zhao from LaD. ![]()
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