Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth Reviews
For those who have been following the series, Infinite Wealth manages to be a wealth of infinite nostalgia. Unfortunately, it stumbles in its ambition and forgets its humble origins. More can be good, but it's not always better.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth is a game that asks a lot of the player even before it begins to reap the most meaningful memory out of it. Having to create an emotional resonance with its characters by playing dozens of hours of its previous entries, patience to understand every game mechanic and grind to be appropriately leveled for each chapter, and attention to properly comprehend each story beat. But, if you are willing to go through all of it to live this epic experience, one of the most impactful stories in gaming awaits.
A game that surprised me every second with its massive scale, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth is one of the most glorious games in the series with its story, gameplay and variety.
Review in Turkish | Read full review
I took my time with Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio’s latest entry in the long-running Yakuza franchise. The turned-based combat has greatly improved, the myriad of activities feel endless and entertaining, and the overall story left me teary-eyed and wanting more. I’m now more invested in the series than I ever was thanks to Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth with Kasuga leading the charge.
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth benefits not only from its novel Hawaii setting, but also from its decision to include dual protagonists. It's not a revolution, but a fantastic game nonetheless.
Review in Slovak | Read full review
Having put 70+ hours into Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth, I can safely say that this title is going to give more bang for your buck than many other games this year. With an engrossing story, compelling characters and more side activities than you can poke a bat at, the value alone on this title makes this well worth picking up.
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth is many things. It's a sequel that enhances everything that came before it. It's a look back at a series with 19 years of history behind it and a step forward into what the series might become next. It features some of the best gameplay the series has had, adapting the free-flowing beat-em-up style of the original games even more beautifully with a few key adjustments to the RPG format. And it contains so much surprising depth in almost every gameplay system and minigame hidden within. If I had to pick one RPG to take with me to a deserted island, it just might be Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth. And for that reason, it gets one of the rarest scores we can give.
This game ended with me placing down the controller and reflecting over what had transpired. Something that has excelled in its narrative goals and left me excited for what comes next. For newcomers, both this game and the predecessor Like A Dragon are excellent jumping on points for the series.
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth is one of the best adventures in the series. If, like me, you've been dreaming of playing both Ichiban and Kiryu, you won't be disappointed. It's also the title with the most things to do in the entire series. Scenario-wise, it's still high on emotion and full of twists and turns, some more predictable than others. For my part, apart from the main antagonists who are a little less interesting, the game as a whole remains one of the best, if not the best, in the collection to date.
Review in French | Read full review
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth feels very much like the franchise’s apotheosis; a culmination of everything it’s been building towards while leaving a ton of runway for future entries to build upon.
While the initial narrative pacing in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth is rather slow, the eventual payoff is well worth it, as are the game’s diverse range of activities and gameplay mechanics.
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth is a huge title and a breath of fresh air for the series, with gameplay that manages to find the right middle ground between action and turn-based strategy and a new setting full of things to do. A highly recommended title for fans of the series.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Infinite Wealth wasn't satisfied with just offering a great Yakuza game, or a great ending to Kiryu's saga, but it also positions itself as one of the best Japanese role-playing games in recent years, and as one of the biggest candidates for game of the year this year, this includes all aspects, whether its in terms of story, Or through a very enjoyable gameplay style, or by presenting a lively, interactive world full of content that keeps you immersed in the experience for many hours.
Review in Arabic | Read full review
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth is the extension of its own protagonist. It's a unique game that manages to swim against all the odds of a rigged industry and still deliver a brilliant experience. It's one of those occasions when it's necessary to drop that tired cliché and say that it's a product that reminds us why we love video games.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth is the most ambitious game RGG Studio has ever produced both narratively and depth of content-wise. There are easily 100 hours of enjoyment to be had playing this game, and aside from the rather slow intro, it's all blissful fun. When looking back at the last decade of gaming, Like a Dragon may just be the most consistently great franchise over that period.
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth is the best entry in the series, with it fine-tuning the formula of the previous games to perfection. Combat is more dynamic and strategic than before, the narrative will hook you in with its effective pacing and emotional beats, the world is beautiful and packed with surprises, whilst the side-tasks and sub-quests are more engaging than ever thanks to their fun (and often wacky) tasks. It’s simply phenomenal and should DEFINITELY be kept in mind when Game of the Year conversations start later this year.
With one foot in the past and one in the future, the powerfully themed narrative tied to masterful gameplay cements Infinite Wealth as an undisputed all-time great.
I may not have played all of the Like A Dragons series, but this one...This one I honestly had tons of fun with. [...] While it may be daunting for newbies like myself, it's worth jumping into the deep end and rolling with it. Because once its metaphoric dragon jaws snag you, it's hard not to get immersed and enjoy the levity and drama Sega offers in its crime-slash-fun-time gameplay set in a bold tropical landscape.
A poignant story that will matter more to longtime fans but is otherwise still accessible to newcomers, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth delivers a robust adventure that takes advantage of its turn-based system to make combat even more enjoyable, aided by an expanded job system that continues to impress. With more cohesive writing and storytelling, the cast of familiar and new faces come together for an engaging tale that strikes a great balance between the absurd and the serious, constantly driving players along for its main storyline and providing a plethora of distractions along the way to entertain. Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth is undoubtedly the best work RGG Studios have put out in recent times, and the team will have a hard task ahead of them if they hope to surpass the greatness that is now available for everyone to enjoy.
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth is positively bursting at the seams with memorable moments, side content, well-written characters and an engaging storyline of epic proportions.