Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name Launches on Steam

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Latest work by Ryu ga Gotoku Studio, responsible for all parts of Yakuza, will go on sale today on Steam (it will be unlocked around 8 a.m. PST). In Xbox Game Pass and on Sony consoles, the title will become available tomorrow.

Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name will be available with Japanese dubbing and English subtitles.

Kazuma Kiryu returns

Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name is an action adventure game whose storyline takes place between the events of Yakuza 6: The Song of Life and the seventh installment of the series - Yakuza: Like a Dragon. In it we will learn the fate of the legendary Kazuma Kiryu, who faked his own death to protect his family and now has to face a mysterious villain who wants to bring him out of hiding.

Fans of the series need no introduction to Kazuma Kiryu, known as the Dragon of Dojima. This is because he is the protagonist of almost all installments of the series. Thanks to Like a Dragon Gaiden, on the other hand, we will learn what happened to Kiryu before he was replaced by another protagonist in the seventh installment.

In terms of gameplay, it's also a return to its roots - it's an action adventure game with an arcade combat system. The world has an open-ended structure, and most of the available quests end in a fight. As the gameplay progresses, Kazuma learns new styles and more advanced techniques. In combat, he uses fists, kicks and elements of the environment. There will also be a variety of mini-games, for which the series is famous.

According to the first reviews (average 79/100 on Opencritic), the game is rather short - it reportedly takes about 10 hours to complete the main storyline. Critics praise the satisfying combat system and great storyline, which one of them described as "a love letter to Kazuma Kiryu fans."

Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name - minimum requirements for PC

• Operating system: Windows 10 1903
• Processor: Intel Core i5-3470 3.2 GHz or AMD Ryzen 3 1200 3.1 GHz
• RAM: 8 GB
• Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 4 GB, AMD Radeon RX 460 4 GB or Intel Arc A380 6 GB
• Disk space: 98 GB

Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name - recommended requirements for PC

• Operating system: Windows 10 1903
• Processor: Intel Core i7-4790 3.6 GHz or AMD Ryzen 5 1600 3.2 GHz
• RAM: 16 GB
• Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB, AMD Radeon RX 5700 8 GB or Intel Arc A750 8 GB
• Disk space: 98 GB