Like a Dragon: Ishin Launches - West Waited 9 Long Years For This

In a few hours, we will see the release of Like a Dragon: Ishin!, a samurai spin-off to Sega's popular series. It's a remake of Yakuza Ishin from 2014, which never lived to see an English-language version. Fans have been asking the publisher for years to make the game available outside Japan, and today the company will finally grant that wish.

1. Like a Dragon: Ishin! will hit PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5.
2. The game will be unlocked in digital stores today at 4pm CET.
3. The standard PC edition can be purchased on Steam, PlayStation Store (PS4 and PS5 versions) and Microsoft Store (XONE, XSX and PC editions).
4. In addition to the standard edition, a so-called Deluxe Edition is also available on all hardware platforms, which offers additional skins, three weapons and a set of materials for upgrading weapons and accelerating hero progress.

The web has already been flooded with reviews of the game. On Opencritic Like a Dragon: Ishin! has an average rating of 81%. Reviewers praise the storyline, atmosphere and gameplay mechanics. It is also often stated that it is the perfect installment to start your the adventure with the series. The criticism is mainly that the changes are too small compared to the original.

1. Like a Dragon: Ishin! on Steam
2. Like a Dragon - official website

Finally, it is worth quoting the game's system requirements.

Like a Dragon: Ishin! - minimum requirements

The following configuration should provide 30 fps on low settings at 1080p resolution.

1. Processor: Intel Core i5-3470 3.2 GHz / AMD Ryzen 3 1200 3.1 GHz.
2. Graphics card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 2 GB / AMD Radeon RX 460 2 GB.
3. DirectX version: 12
4. RAM: 8 GB
5. Disk space: 60 GB
6. Operating System: Windows 10 64-bit

Like a Dragon: Ishin! - recommended requirements

The following configuration should provide 60 fps on high settings at 1080p resolution.

1. Processor: Intel Core i7-4790 3.6 GHz / AMD Ryzen 5 1600 3.2 GHz.
2. Graphics card: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB / AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 8 GB.
3. DirectX version: 12
4. RAM: 8 GB
5. Disk space: 60 GB
6. Operating System: Windows 10 64-bit

If you want to see for yourself how the game will perform on your PC, a demo version is available on Steam, focusing on demonstrating the combat system.

What about Yakuza: Kenzan!

Everything indicates that it was worth waiting for Like a Dragon: Ishin. Hopefully the game will be a success and thus encourage Sega to develop a remake of Yakuza: Kenzan!. This is another samurai spin-off of the series, released in 2008 for the PlayStation 3. It too never lived to see an English release.

Like a Dragon: Ishin

February 21, 2023

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