INFO
FORMAT PS5 (rev), PS4
PRICE £49.99
ETA Out now
PUB Sega
DEV Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio
PLAYERS 1
LENGTH 25-100 hrs
ACCESSIBILITY Customisable game and camera controls, font size, font colours and highlights, sound direction, and QTEs
This latest remaster of a game in the Yakuza series (now known as Like A Dragon to match the original Japanese title) is called Ishin, or revolution. It’s a word used for one revolution in particular, the Meiji Restoration, a period in Japanese history during which Japan’s military government lost power and the emperor regained his position as head of the country.
You play as Sakamoto Ryoma, a lower-caste samurai and excellent swordsman from the province of Tosa. Returning home after some time away honing his skills with a blade, he finds his foster father, government minister Yoshida Toyo, plotting a coup to overthrow Japan’s