Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name

10 hours in and its so good

Like a Dragon Gaiden: "The Man Who Erased His Name" is a captivating and emotional look at Kiryu’s life that offers a ‘greatest hits’ of the series gameplay The game was first released on November 9, 2023. The game’s protagonist, Kazuma Kiryu, is a legend who we thought had wrapped up with Yakuza 6: The Song of Life However, this game proves that there’s still so much more to Kiryu’s legacy The game is noticeably shorter than previous entries but it is a tight package that’s akin to a ‘greatest hits’ for the franchise.

SHOULD I PLAY LIKE A DRAGON GAIDEN: THE MAN WHO ERASED HIS NAME? I’ll qualify this a bit by saying yes, play this game, but not as an entry point to developer Ryu Ga Gotoku’s long-running series of yakuza action-adventure games. Like A Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name is a backward-looking side story to what is now the main storyline in the Like A Dragon series and stars Kazuma Kiryu, the protagonist of the preceding