Like A Dragon Gaiden Only Took 6 Months To Make The Game

As per studio director Masayoshi Yokoyama, Like a Dragon Gaiden only took six months to develop.

[CrimsonWing69]

hmmmm... I'm a massive Yakuza fan, but is this going to be noticeably budget looking? That's a little concerning.

[Vits]

It's going to look like pretty much every Yakuza game of the last 10 years. Maybe a bit crispier as it's using a more modern version of the Dragon Engine. But this is a cross-gen and a $50 title after all, so if you are expecting Alan Wake II levels of visuals you will be left waiting.

[andy85]

They've always been very good looking games even though they pump them out I'm not worried

[Vits]

@andy85

Yeah exactly, it's the same level of quality that they always deliver that we should expect here.

[eagle21]

It scored an 8 from Gamespot. Solid score!

[CrimsonWing69]

Nice!

[Vengeance1138]

Re-used assets and animations?

[Tankbusta40]

and locations

[porkChop]

Yup. The games take place in the same cities so aside from updating some buildings, signs, etc., a lot of the work is already done. I honestly wish more open world sequels would reuse the same world, but populate it with new stuff to do, new interiors, etc. It seems like such a waste to build these massive worlds where only like 10% of the map is really utilized for meaningful content, and then throw it away after one game.

[gold_drake]

they probably reused most of the assets from the previous game.

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

As long as the it feels like a full and complete game, I don't have a problem with asset reuse as long as the reused assets look good in the first place.

[LOGICWINS]

Based off of the story trailer they released, it looks like a whole ass uncompromised Yakuza experience to me. They could've charged $70 and I wouldn't have questioned that decision.

[Inverno]

It took 6 months and they're charging 50 bucks? Basically confirms that most of the work was already done cause they reused assets and they couldn't let the asking price reflect that?

[TheColbertinator]

Hence the 50 dollar price point. I'm hoping the game is not trash.

[andy85]

My physical copy will be on its way soon 🥳 love this series

[Chocoburger]

Sega has always forced crunch culture on their developers. Hope they got some decent sleep during that time, but most likely not.

[-Foxtrot]

Sometimes I feel they pump these out which is why the maps never really expand as much as you'd expect

I know Kiryu is super popular but they keep finding a place to give him a nice end to his story then bring him back. They finally moved on with Ichiban and yet he's then sharing the spotlight in the next main numbered game. I thought he was a really good replacement, no one will ever beat Kiryu and his legacy but they found a decent character to move forward with.

[Kosic]

Most Yakuza games reuse assets and the original map. No idea if this is the same. If so, then a lot of the work is out of the way.